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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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..

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

Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Interpolated :: Interpolated (a.) Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter..

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..

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

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