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Epignathous :: Epignathous (a.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Subadvocate :: Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

Tapeworm :: Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adh

Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..

Adhamant :: Adhamant (a.) Clinging, as by hooks..

Goracco :: Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India..

Snell :: Snell (n.) A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line..

Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hook, or hooklike process..

Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..

Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out..

Grunter :: Grunter (n.) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..

Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form..

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