curved+backward
21hartebeest — [här′tə bēst΄, härt′bēst΄] n. pl. hartebeests or hartebeest [obs. Afrik < harte, hart + beest, beast] any of a genus (Alcelaphus) of large, swift African antelopes with long horns curved backward at the tips …
22runcinate — [run′sə nit, run′sināt΄] adj. [L runcinatus, pp. of runcinare, to plane off < runcina, a plane (formerly understood as “saw”)] Bot. irregularly saw toothed, with the teeth or lobes curved backward, as some leaves: see LEAF …
23Wiltshire — Wiltshire1 [wilt′shir] n. [after WILTSHIRE2] any of a former breed of white faced English sheep with a fine fleece and horns that curved backward Wiltshire2 [wilt′shir] county in S England: 1,342 sq mi (3,476 sq km); pop. 564,000 …
24recurved — curved upward, backward or inward …
25fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
26cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
27dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… …
28Wing of ilium — Infobox Bone Name = Wing of ilium Latin = a. ossis ilii GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 232 Caption = Right hip bone. External surface. Caption2 = Right hip bone. Internal surface. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 21 DorlandsSuf =… …
29analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …
30neuropteran — /noo rop teuhr euhn, nyoo /, adj. 1. neuropterous. n. 2. Also, neuropteron. a neuropterous insect. [1835 45; < NL Neuropter(a), neut. pl. of neuropterus (see NEUROPTEROUS) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any of a group of insects commonly …
