Word Meanings - GASTRULA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by
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An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall . See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. -- a.
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- LINGET
An ingot. - LINGISM
A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. - LINNE
Flax. See Linen. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - DOUBLEGANGER
An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley. - WALLOWER
A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows. - WALLETEER
One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar. Wright. - DOUBLE
Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally - PUSHPIN
A child's game played with pins. L. Estrange. - LINAGE
See HOLLAND - LINGUAL
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. See Odontophore. - DOUBLE-SHADE
To double the natural darkness of . Milton. - LINNAEA BOREALIS
The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. - DOUBLE-LOCK
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler. - LINCHI
An esculent swallow. - LINKS
A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green. A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander. - GIVES
Fetters. - LINER
A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim. (more info) 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. 2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - COLLINEATION
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson. - DUCKLING
A young or little duck. Gay. - TOOLING
Work perfomed with a tool. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey. - MEDULLIN
A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose. - SCRAMBLING
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott. - TOWELING
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. - CLINKSTONE
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. - RIDGELING
A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, - RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. - STEELING
The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - INDWELLING
Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. - TRICLINATE
Triclinic. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - DELINEABLE
Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.