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Circus :: Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows..

Osmaterium :: Osmaterium (n.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below..

Aboon :: Aboon (prep.) and adv. Above.

Airometer :: Airometer (n.) A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water..

Upsun :: Upsun (n.) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.

Epaxial :: Epaxial (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal..

Jube :: "Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read..

Hyper- :: Hyper- () A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion..

Hypothenar :: Hypothenar (a.) Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence..

Captain :: Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army..

Suprarenal :: Suprarenal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys..

Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..

Epichordal :: Epichordal (a.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it..

Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..

Floating :: Floating (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above..

Superstructure :: Superstructure (n.) all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.

Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Deep-waisted :: Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck..

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