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Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone..

Terebenthene :: Terebenthene (n.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Limber :: Limber (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..

Describent :: Describent (n.) Same as Generatrix.

Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..

Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Eyelet :: Eyelet (n.) A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..

Nuddle :: Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.

Recline :: Recline (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand..

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..

Plash :: Plash (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches..

Curvature :: Curvature (n.) The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve..

Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.

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