Definition of joint

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"Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc..

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Articulation :: Articulation (n.) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods..
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..
Pollicate :: Pollicate (a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
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..
Knee :: Knee (n.) In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg..
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Trierarch :: Trierarch (n.) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service..
Jointer :: Jointer (n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
Butt Joint :: Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8..
Entrochal :: Entrochal (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble..
Ginglymodi :: Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel..
Knee :: Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. i.) To fall in pieces.
Knotgrass :: Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
Unite :: Unite (v. t.) United; joint; as, unite consent..
Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Interarticular :: Interarticular (a.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments..
Packing :: Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.
Collegatary :: Collegatary (n.) A joint legatee.
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