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Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Mesocephalic :: Mesocephalic (a.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.

Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits..

Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib..

Craning :: Craning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cran.

Bicycle :: Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Ancon :: Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow..

Craniotomy :: Craniotomy (n.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel..

Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Crankness :: Crankness (n.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

Craned :: Craned (imp. & p. p.) of Cran.

Crane''s-bill :: Crane's-bill (n.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane..

Cultirostres :: Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc..

Scrawny :: Scrawny (a.) Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..

Cephalotomy :: Cephalotomy (n.) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Crania :: Crania (pl. ) of Craniu.

Amphioxus :: Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc..

Acranial :: Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.

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