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Dilatability :: Dilatability (n.) The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility..

Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..

Vision :: Vision (v.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve..

Frondose :: Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.

Winged :: Winged (a.) Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

Apterous :: Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate..

Dicrotic :: Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2..

Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..

Rocket :: Rocket (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display..

Stylops :: Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants..

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5..

Aliseptal :: Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Thermostat :: Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Thallus :: Thallus (n.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens..

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