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A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles. Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron. Regular tetrahedron , a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one

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A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles. Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron. Regular tetrahedron , a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.

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• BOUNDLESS
  Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• TETRAHEDRON
  A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles. Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron. Regular tetrahedron , a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• SOLIDUNGULA
  A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
• INCLOSER
  One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
• REGULARIA
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
• EQUALIZE
  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
• SOLIDUNGULATE
  See SOLIPED
• BOUNDING
  Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery.
• SOLIDATE
  To make solid or firm. Cowley.
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• SOLIDLY
  In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
• SOLIDISM
  The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
• INCLOSE
  Etym: 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. 2. To put within a case,
• REGARDLESS
  1. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton. 2. Not regarded; slighted. Spectator. Syn. -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned;
• SOLIDNESS
  1. State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies. 2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.
• CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
  1. The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. 2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization.
• REGARD
  1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. Shak. 2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. Sandys. That exceedingly beatiful seat,
• HOME-BOUND
  Kept at home.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• OUTBOUND
  Outward bound. Dryden.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• TRIAKISOCTAHEDRON
  A trigonal trisoctahedron.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• UNBOUNDED
  Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n.
• CONSOLIDATED
  Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray. The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787)
• CONSOLIDATION
  To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation. (more info) 1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. The consolidation of the marble and of the
• SURREBOUND
  To give back echoes; to reëcho. Chapman.