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Sclerogen :: Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.

Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Thickened; becoming thicker.

Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..

Pterostigma :: Pterostigma (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.

Heteroptera :: Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera..

Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..

Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..

Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..

Puree :: Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated..

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

Curd :: Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whe.

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.

Black Pudding :: Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic..

Corn :: Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome..

Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle..

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