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Reinsertion :: Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

Tenon :: Tenon (v. t.) To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber..

Inset :: Inset (n.) That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings..

Interpunction :: Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

Inlay :: Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions..

Involution :: Involution (n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction..

Hole :: Hole (n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars..

Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition..

Nib :: Nib (n.) The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder..

Graft :: Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon..

Interpolate :: Interpolate (v. t.) To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author..

Linament :: Linament (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers..

Insition :: Insition (n.) The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx..

Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year..

Housing :: Housing (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another..

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