link
Webster Dictionary
the length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4
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halysites
Webster Dictionary
a genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain
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gunter's chain
Webster Dictionary
the chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale
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chain
Webster Dictionary
to fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog
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chatelaine
Webster Dictionary
an ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain
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catenarian
Webster Dictionary
relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve
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asymmetric
(ˌeɪ səˈmɛ trɪk, ˌæs ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a polymer) noting an atom or group that is within a polymer chain and is bonded to two different atoms or groups that are external to the chain.
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toggle
(ˈtɒg əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope.
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fetter
Webster Dictionary
a chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle
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leptothrix
Webster Dictionary
having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals
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skid
Webster Dictionary
a shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose
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chainwork
Webster Dictionary
work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work
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chain pump
Webster Dictionary
a pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge
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ramate
(ˈreɪ meɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
branching out or off; branched.
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toggle
(toggle)
Princeton's WordNet
a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
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menorah
(əˈnɔr ə, -ˈnoʊr ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a nine-branched candelabrum used during Hanukkah.
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bridle
(ˈbraɪd l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a rope or chain secured at both ends to an object, and itself held or lifted by a rope or chain secured at its center.
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candelabrum
(ˌkæn dlˈɑ brəm, -dlˈeɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an ornamental branched holder for more than one candle.
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chain
Webster Dictionary
a series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas
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bridle
Webster Dictionary
a span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle
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pedicel
(ˈpɛd ə səl, -ˌsɛl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the stalk of a single flower in a branched inflorescence.
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staghorn coral
(ˈstægˌhɔrn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several stony corals of the genus Acropora, having the skeleton branched like antlers.
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antler
(ˈænt lər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the solid deciduous horns, usu. branched, of an animal of the deer family.
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fusee
Webster Dictionary
the cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring
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broomcorn
(ˈbrumˌkɔrn, ˈbrʊm-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several varieties of sorghum having a long, stiff-branched panicle used in the manufacture of brooms.
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bacteroid
(ˈbæk təˌrɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants.
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reindeer moss
(ˈreɪnˌdɪər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, esp. the gray, many-branched C. rangiferina, of arctic and subarctic regions.
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chandelier
(ˌʃæn dlˈɪər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a decorative, sometimes ornate light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usu. having branched supports for a number of lights.
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nudibranch
(ˈnu dəˌbræŋk, ˈnyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any shell-less marine gastropod mollusk of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages.
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white pine
(ˈʰwaɪtˌaʊt, ˈwaɪt-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of E North America with a gray bark.
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