Word Meanings - FOLLICLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed. A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle. A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.

Additional info about word: FOLLICLE

A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed. A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle. A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt. A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle. (more info) follis bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money bag, perh. akin to

Related words: (words related to FOLLICLE)

• GLANDULAR
  Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
• CRYPTOGRAPHIST
  See CRYPTOGRAPHER
• CRYPTOGRAM
  A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
• GLANDULOSITY
  Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. Sir T. Browne.
• INNERVATION
  Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs. (more info) 1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• CRYPTOPINE
  A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
• SUTURE
  The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• CRYPTOBRANCHIATA
  A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. A group of nudibranch mollusks.
• INNERLY
  More within. Baret.
• GLAND
  The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. (more info) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the
• GLANDAGE
  A feeding on nuts or mast. Crabb.
• PERICARP
  The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• TUBULARIAN
  Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida. Note: These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain
• GLANDERED
  Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu
• SUTURED
  Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
• CRYPTURI
  An order of flying, dromTinamou.
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• DORSIVENTRAL
  Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• TWINNER
  One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• KALONG
  A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
• DINNERLY
  Of or pertaining to dinner. The dinnerly officer. Copley.
• DORSOVENTRAL
  From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.