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Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold..

Voidance :: Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent..

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..

Bent Grass :: Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass..

Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief..

Curvicostate :: Curvicostate (a.) Having bent ribs.

Bibcock :: Bibcock (n.) A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

Inflexed :: Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower..

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..

Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.

Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..

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

Reverted :: Reverted (a.) Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S..

Belly :: Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back..

Benthamite :: Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem..

Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..

Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

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