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Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage..

Uranoplasty :: Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.

Envelop :: Envelop (n.) That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter..

List :: List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat..

Lag :: Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Epilogue :: Epilogue (n.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion..

Surrounding :: Surrounding (a.) Inclosing; encircling.

Grin :: Grin (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile..

Calicle :: Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian..

Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..

Inclosing :: Inclosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inclos.

Lock :: Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

Sea Cock :: Sea cock () In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea..

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor..

Frith :: Frith (a.) A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure..

Rh/tic :: Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology..

Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..

Genesee Epoch :: Genesee epoch () The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York..

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