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Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..

Basihyal :: Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch..

Perisome :: Perisome (n.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument..

Standard :: Standard (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally..

Otocyst :: Otocyst (n.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed..

Reversal :: Reversal (n.) The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens..

Amphitropous :: Amphitropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous..

Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony..

Hemitropous :: Hemitropous (a.) Turned half round; half inverted.

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Pelecoid :: Pelecoid (n.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants..

Invertible :: Invertible (a.) Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar..

Retinula :: Retinula (n.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Enteropneusta :: Enteropneusta (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix..

Erector :: Erector (n.) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted..

Preposterous :: Preposterous (a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root..

Keratose :: Keratose (n.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode..

Saccharinic :: Saccharinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime..

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