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Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent..

Chaetodont :: Chaetodont (n.) A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..

Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Hybodus :: Hybodus (n.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth..

Compressed :: Compressed (a.) Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well..

Obcompressed :: Obcompressed (a.) Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one..

Firm :: Firm (superl.) Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood..

Subconcave :: Subcompressed (a.) Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Chameleon :: Chameleon (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back..

Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..

Insulite :: Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc..

Compression :: Compression (n.) The act of compressing, or state of being compressed..

Gland :: Gland (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing..

Compressed :: Compressed (a.) Flattened lengthwise.

Taeniosomi :: Taeniosomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon..

Pressiroster :: Pressiroster (n.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers..

Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates..

Air Gun :: Air gun () A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger..

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