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Loment :: Loment (n.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed..

Scutellated :: Scutellated (a.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds..

Anticlastic :: Anticlastic (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle..

Virgularian :: Virgularian (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests..

Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..

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..

Band :: Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body..

Scutellum :: Scutellum (n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals..

Ptenoglossa :: Ptenoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather..

Preaxial :: Preaxial (a.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb..

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.

Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

Stoma :: Stoma (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.

Straight-joint :: Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

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

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle..

Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral..

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