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Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..

Nucleate :: Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Enucleated :: Enucleated (imp. & p. p.) of Enucleat.

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.

Entosthoblast :: Entosthoblast (n.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Cytode :: Cytode (n.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present..

Nonnucleated :: Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.

Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..

Enucleation :: Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..

Multinucleated :: Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.

Binuclear :: Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleat.

Multinucleate :: Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleate.

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