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Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

One who assents.

One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

A person or thing that cements.

ings are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.

To be placed in a center; to be central.

An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

See under Cartridge.

Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

One of the Coelentera.

One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.

One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge.