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Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow; void of contents.

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..

Cope :: Cope (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door..

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

Concave :: Concave (v. t.) To make hollow or concave.

Cove :: Cove (n.) A concave molding.

Ophthalmoscope :: Ophthalmoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens..

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

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Efflower :: Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather..

Hypocycloid :: Hypocycloid (n.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid..

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

Opisthocoelous :: Opisthocoelous (a.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

Roach-backed :: Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.

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

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..

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

Hypotrochoid :: Hypotrochoid (n.) A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid..

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner..

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..

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