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Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals. (more info) 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space. A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. The solid formed by a circle revolving

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Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals. (more info) 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space. A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

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  • FORMALITY
    The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
  • CIRCLED
    Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
  • SOLIDARE
    A small piece of money. Shak.
  • REVOLVE
    1. To cause to turn, as on an axis. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. Milton. 2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. This having heard, straight
  • FOUNDATION
    The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
  • OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
    Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
  • FORMICARY
    The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
  • FORMULIZE
    To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
  • REVOLVABLE
    That may be revolved.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • FOUND
    1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his
  • FORMICAROID
    Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.
  • SOLIDUNGULA
    A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
  • FORME
    First. "Adam our forme father." Chaucer.
  • FORMIDABLY
    In a formidable manner.
  • SPACE
    One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line , a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance
  • FORMICATE
    Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
  • FOUNDATIONER
    One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
  • SHAPE
    creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen, Icer. skapa, skepja, Dan. skabe, skaffe, Sw. skapa, skaffa, Goth.
  • OMNIFORMITY
    The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More.
  • FALCIFORM
    Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.
  • INFORMITY
    Want of regular form; shapelessness.
  • DEFORMER
    One who deforms.
  • NOTOTHERIUM
    An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
  • DIVERSIFORM
    Of a different form; of varied forms.
  • MISHAPPEN
    To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
  • PREFORM
    To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak.
  • VARIFORM
    Having different shapes or forms.
  • RESINIFORM
    Having the form of resin.
  • VILLIFORM
    Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.
  • BIFORM
    Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall.
  • REFORMALIZE
    To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
  • CONFOUNDED
    1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
  • FULL-FORMED
    Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson.
  • SCORIFORM
    In the form of scoria.
  • ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
    Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
  • MALCONFORMATION
    Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.

 

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