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Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..

Length :: Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length..

Infoldment :: Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..

Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg..

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..

Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight..

Unfoldment :: Unfoldment (n.) The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded..

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration..

Infolding :: Infolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infol.

Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.

Duplication :: Duplication (n.) The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold..

Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..

Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es

Inset :: Inset (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted..

Blindfolding :: Blindfolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blindfol.

Scaffolding :: Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body..

Anagnorisis :: Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.

Pentaptych :: Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece..

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