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Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..

Clarinet :: Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band..

Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself..

Simple :: Simple (a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Platinochloride :: Platinochloride (n.) A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.

Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints..

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Conceptacle :: Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles..

Catling :: Catling (n.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife..

Iceland Spar :: Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite..

Amphirhina :: Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double..

Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

Bimarginate :: Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells..

Double :: Double (a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two..

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