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About :: About (adv.) Here and there; around; in one place and another.

Perivitelline :: Perivitelline (a.) Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable..

Osteoblast :: Osteoblast (n.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast..

About :: About (adv.) On all sides; around.

Peripterous :: Peripterous (a.) Feathered all around.

Heterotricha :: Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end..

Halo :: Halo (n.) A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged..

Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..

Taffrail :: Taffrail (n.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern..

Lawn :: Lawn (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

Hemorrhoids :: Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods..

Radiata :: Radiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere..

Circumvection :: Circumvection (n.) The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried..

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase..

Macaw :: Macaw (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted..

Gyratory :: Gyratory (a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around..

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