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Drumstick :: Drumstick (n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl..

Coefficacy :: Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy.

Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects..

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

Straight-joint :: Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..

Kneejointed :: Kneejointed (a.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2..

Meropodite :: Meropodite (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

Linguadental :: Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.

Coaptation :: Coaptation (n.) The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..

Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

Hough :: Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint..

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

Mutual :: Mutual (a.) Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort..

Promoter :: Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like..

Felon :: Felon (a.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint..

Scape :: Scape (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

Fidejussor :: Fidejussor (n.) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor..

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