Definition of cleat

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

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Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..
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.
Multinucleated :: Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.
Binuclear :: Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleat.
Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..
Enucleating :: Enucleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enucleat.
Cleat :: Cleat (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..
Cytode :: Cytode (n.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present..
Enucleation :: Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
Nucleate :: Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center..
Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Nonnucleated :: Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.
Myeloplax :: Myeloplax (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.
Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..
Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
Entosthoblast :: Entosthoblast (n.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
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..
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