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Wristlet :: Wristlet (n.) An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove..

Exaspidean :: Exaspidean (a.) Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds..

Encrinoidea :: Encrinoidea (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea..

Tenon :: Tenon (n.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk..

Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

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..

Annulus :: Annulus (n.) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon..

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Zone :: Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth..

Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height..

Planimeter :: Planimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer..

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

Pericranium :: Pericranium (n.) The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..

Circum- :: Circum- () A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about..

Ciliata :: Ciliata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth..

Valance :: Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor..

Belt :: Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other..

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