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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..

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

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Window :: Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening..

Contignation :: Contignation (n.) A framework or fabric, as of beams..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages..

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..

Montant :: Montant (n.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..

Replum :: Replum (n.) The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off..

Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

Neuroglia :: Neuroglia (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

Needlework :: Needlework (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

Framing :: Framing (n.) A framework, or a sy/ of frames..

Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

Bedstead :: Bedstead (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

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..

Stroma :: Stroma (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell..

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

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