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Postcommissure :: Postcommissure (n.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.

Orthoceras :: Orthoceras (n.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa..

Tubiporite :: Tubiporite (n.) Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Civet :: Civet (n.) The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species..

Transverse :: Transverse (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose..

Breastbeam :: Breastbeam (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely..

Coamings :: Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges..

Transverse :: Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

Vertebrarterial :: Vertebrarterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body..

Bent :: Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.

Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..

Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

Microseme :: Microseme (a.) Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.

Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers..

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

Postaxial :: Postaxial (a.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb..

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