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Step :: Step (v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal..

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

Trabecula :: Trabecula (n.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part..

Bone :: Bone (n.) Fig.: The framework of anything.

Casing :: Casing (n.) An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

Ribband :: Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework..

Endoskeleton :: Endoskeleton (n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship..

Wigwam :: Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee..

Rickstand :: Rickstand (n.) A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..

Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..

Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..

Self-contained :: Self-contained (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Comb :: Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb..

Timber :: Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding..

Hurries :: Hurries (n.) A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

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