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Allantoid
noun · 78% connection
A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Bellows
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air throug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Chain
noun · 78% connection
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Channel
noun · 78% connection
a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred cha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Cock
noun · 78% connection
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Coil
noun · 78% connection
A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Copulative
adjective · 78% connection
Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Curb
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
D valve
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Faucet
noun · 78% connection
A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desire…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Four-way
adjective · 78% connection
Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Hammer
noun · 78% connection
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Hippurite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper val…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Ileocolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
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Interosculant
adjective · 78% connection
Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
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Lap
noun · 78% connection
The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Leash
noun · 78% connection
A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
Link motion
unknown · 78% connection
A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: connected, serving, connect, three, channels.
