Word Meanings - SAGITTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike appendage. Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the

Additional info about word: SAGITTAL

1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike appendage. Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. In the mesial plane; as, a sagittal section of an animal. Sagittal suture , the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.

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• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• 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.
• SURFACE LOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• 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
• INNERLY
  More within. Baret.
• ARROWY
  1. Consisting of arrows. How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton. 2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue." Cowper. By the
• SUTURED
  Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
• RABDOIDAL
  See SAGITTAL
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• FURROWY
  Furrowed. Tennyson.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• SURFACE TENSION
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• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• ARROWWOOD
  A shrub growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
• APPENDAGE
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  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• FURNISH
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• FURNISHER
  One who supplies or fits out.
• REGIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
• APPENDAGED
  Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
• TWINNER
  One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
• PHOTIC REGION
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• DINNERLY
  Of or pertaining to dinner. The dinnerly officer. Copley.
• MARROWFAT
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• SPARROWWORT
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• HANDBARROW
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• NARROW-MINDED
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• WINNER
  One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
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• DOUBLE-SURFACED
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• TINNER
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