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Geniculate

Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…

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Beak noun · 78% connection

That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

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Bell crank unknown · 78% connection

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

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Bent a. & p. p. · 78% connection

Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.

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Bevel noun · 78% connection

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…

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Bight verb · 78% connection

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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Bisectrix noun · 78% connection

The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

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Bournonite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…

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Bowleg noun · 78% connection

a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

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Branch noun · 78% connection

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

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Breasthook noun · 78% connection

A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bent, abruptly, angle, like, knee.
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Breech noun · 78% connection

The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

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Clinodiagonal noun · 78% connection

That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.

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Crookbill noun · 78% connection

A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

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Crutch noun · 78% connection

A knee, or piece of knee timber

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Crystalloid adjective · 78% connection

Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.

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Deflexed adjective · 78% connection

Bent abruptly downward.

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Eightling noun · 78% connection

A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.

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