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Hyoid

Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/].

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Bone 76% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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Alpha noun · 78% connection

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

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Amphistylic adjective · 78% connection

Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

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Arch noun · 78% connection

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

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Arched adjective · 78% connection

Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

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Azymous adjective · 78% connection

Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologi…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Cope noun · 78% connection

Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

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Czechs n. pl. · 78% connection

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

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Digamma noun · 78% connection

A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

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Dual adjective · 78% connection

a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…

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Eysell noun · 78% connection

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

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Fauld noun · 78% connection

The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

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Glossohyal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…

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Hellenist noun · 78% connection

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his moth…

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Hellenize verb · 78% connection

To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.

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Hyomandibular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid ar…

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