Definition of double

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Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..

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Doubleness :: Doubleness (n.) Duplicity; insincerity.
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil..
Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.
Duplicate :: Duplicate (a.) Double; twofold.
Bipeltate :: Bipeltate (a.) Having a shell or covering like a double shield.
Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..
Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (v. t.) To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.
Double :: Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
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..
Geminate :: Geminate (v. t.) To double.
Zinco- :: Zinco- () A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively..
Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.
Titano- :: Titano- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc..
Quadruplex :: Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility..
Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..
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..
Double-breasted :: Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat..
Antherogenous :: Antherogenous (a.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower..
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