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Hepatica :: Hepatica (n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement..

Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..

Placoid :: Placoid (n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks..

Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

Lamelliform :: Lamelliform (a.) Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Anethol :: Anethol (n.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor..

Fourth :: Fourth (n.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key..

Re :: Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale..

Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.

Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales..

Cone :: Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base..

Reaumur :: Reaumur (n.) A Reaumur thermometer or scale.

Snake''s-head :: Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.

Broom Rape :: Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum..

Mascled :: Mascled (a.) Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions..

Scalenohedral :: Scalenohedral (a.) Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.

Clove :: Clove (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic..

Litharge :: Litharge (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot..

Reading :: Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer..

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