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Concavation :: Concavation (n.) The act of making concave.

Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

Rhynchocephala :: Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia..

Talon :: Talon (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee..

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..

Scotia :: Scotia (n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Castanets :: Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars..

Thecodontia :: Thecodontia (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles..

Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..

Cup :: Cup (v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw..

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Dishing :: Dishing (a.) Dish-shaped; concave.

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Concavous :: Concavous (a.) Concave.

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..

Concavo-concave :: Concavo-concave (a.) Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Teleosaur :: Teleosaur (n.) Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae..

Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

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