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Rep :: Rep (a.) Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk..

Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..

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..

Scalariform :: Scalariform (a.) Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants..

Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Transvert :: Transvert (v. t.) To cause to turn across; to transverse.

Transverse :: Transverse (v. t.) To overturn; to change.

Circumscissile :: Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

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

Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.

Axle :: Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

Crosswise :: Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

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

Striges :: Strigate (a.) Having transverse bands of color.

Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..

Cross-tining :: Cross-tining (n.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges..

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification..

Tabulata :: Tabulata (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.

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