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Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

The space between two dentils. Gwilt.

Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.

Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De Quincey.

Mutually dependent.

Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.

are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, xsq. root2, or xsq. roota. Interscedent series, a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.

A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] Halliwell.

administration of justice. The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology, jurisprudence, philosophy. J. Warton. Medical jurisprudence, that branch of juridical law which concerns questions of medicine.

Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West.

Of or pertaining to jurisprudence. Stewart.

Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.

A labiodental sound or letter.

A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Is. i. 4. A ship laden with gold. Shak.

Broad-toothed.

Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

Language; speech; voice; cry. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.

Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron. -- n.