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A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel. A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered

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A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel. A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

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• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• 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.
• PLANE TREE
  See PLANE
• FIRST
  Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• BRAIN
  The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• THUMBKIN
  An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• PLANETULE
  A little planet. Conybeare.
• 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.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• PARALLELOGRAMMIC; PARALLELOGRAMMICAL
  Having the properties of a parallelogram.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• PLANE-PARALLEL
  Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
• COVERT BARON
  Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
• BOUNDING
  Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery.
• PARALLEL SULCUS
  A sulcus parallel to, but some distance below, the horizontal limb of the fissure of Sylvius.
• HOME-BOUND
  Kept at home.
• OUTBOUND
  Outward bound. Dryden.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• DORSIVENTRAL
  Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.