Definition of cleft

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Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..

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Staphylotomy :: Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft..
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Pentafid :: Pentafid (a.) Divided or cleft into five parts.
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
Fissile :: Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals..
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure..
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided..
Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..
Rift :: Rift (n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Two-cleft :: Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
Chap :: Chap (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin..
Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
Multifid :: Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla..
Bifid :: Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins..
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