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Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..

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..

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

Triarticulate :: Triarticulate (a.) Having three joints.

Polytomous :: Polytomous (a.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves..

Valance :: Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Collude :: Collude (v. i.) To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification..

Ginglymoidal :: Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform..

Corivalship :: Corivalship (n.) Joint rivalry.

Basicerite :: Basicerite (n.) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.

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..

Abreuvoir :: Abreuvoir (n.) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar..

Knee :: Knee (n.) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man..

Trochantine :: Trochantine (n.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa..

Severance :: Severance (n.) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate..

Conjointness :: Conjointness (n.) The quality of being conjoint.

Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof..

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