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Opercula :: Opercula (n. pl.) See Operculum.

Plumper :: Plumper (n.) A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote..

Dove's-foot :: Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine.

Bob :: Bob (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..

Predorsal :: Predorsal (a.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column..

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

Clumps :: Clumps (n.) A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two clumps or groups, the clump which guesses the word winning the game..

Pseuso-peripteral :: Pseuso-peripteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end..

Sycophant :: Sycophant (v. t.) To inform against; hence, to calumniate..

Chamfer :: Chamfer (v. t.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Lumbering :: Lumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lumbe.

Pitter :: Pitter (n.) A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit..

Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Ascarid :: Ascarid (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons..

Vasculum :: Vasculum (n.) A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants..

Lumbricus :: Lumbricus (n.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm..

Animalculum :: Animalculum (n.) An animalcule.

Spirometry :: Spirometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer..

Slumberous :: Slumberous (a.) Inviting slumber; soporiferous.

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