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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Breastsummer :: Breastsummer (n.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows..

Generalize :: Generalize (v. t.) To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule..

Punctual :: Punctual (a.) Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.

Limb :: Limb (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

Ray :: Ray (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray..

Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..

Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf..

Rhinopome :: Rhinopome (n.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs..

High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..

Trailer :: Trailer (n.) A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant..

Extensor :: Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor..

Extent :: Extent (n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity..

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle..

Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

Prolate :: Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate..

Shoshones :: Shoshones (n. pl.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes..

Zone :: Zone (n.) A band or stripe extending around a body.

Megalo- :: Megalo- () Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm..

Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..

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