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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..

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

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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

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

Origin :: Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

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..

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers..

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver..

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

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric..

Hand-hole :: Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc..

Ineye :: Ineye (v. t.) To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate..

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

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty..

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..

Epenthesis :: Epenthesis (n.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in nimble from AS. n/mol..

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..

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..

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