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Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..

Implate :: Implate (v. t.) To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron..

#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..

Rhinotheca :: Rhinotheca (n.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.

Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..

Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Sheathed.

Coleorhiza :: Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle..

Sheathy :: Sheathy (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case.

Sheathing :: Sheathing (p. pr. & a.) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants..

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.

Slip :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Sheathfish :: Sheathfish (n.) Same as Sheatfish.

Exorhiza :: Exorhiza (n.) A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.

Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..

Vaginal :: Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone..

Bandala :: Bandala (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

Missheathed :: Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.

Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Strap :: Strap (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses..

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