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Hydrorhiza :: Hydrorhiza (n.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

Uncinate :: Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process..

Thysanura :: Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura..

Debentured :: Debentured (a.) Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods..

Scythe :: Scythe (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use..

Colophene :: Colophene (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene..

Worm-shaped :: Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root..

Up :: Up (adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied..

Cumbent :: Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.

Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..

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..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..

Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

Incavated :: Incavated (a.) Made hollow; bent round or in.

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

Squarrous :: Squarroso-dentate (a.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.

Accumbent :: Accumbent (n.) One who reclines at table.

Sorbent :: Sorbent (n.) An absorbent.

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