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Polygon :: Polygon (n.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles..

Stenoderm :: Stenciler (n.) One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.

Dodecagon :: Dodecagon (n.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

Line :: Line (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.

Figurehead :: Figurehead (n.) A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief..

Hypobole :: Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Column :: Column (n.) A perpendicular line of figures.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse..

Defeature :: Defeature (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.

Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

Embroidery :: Embroidery (n.) Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration..

Pattern :: Pattern (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

Heroic :: Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure..

Intaglio :: Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively..

Scar :: Scar (n.) A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials..

Arborization :: Arborization (n.) The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite..

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