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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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380 words match “SITUATE”

INSERTED a.
Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray.
INSULATED p.
Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible. C. A. Young. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.
INTERAMNIAN a.
Situated between rivers. [R.] "An interamnian country." J. Bryant.
INTERARTICULAR a.
Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
INTERATOMIC a.
Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
INTERAXAL a.
Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt.
INTERAXILLARY a.
Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
INTERCAROTID a.
Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.
INTERCOLLINE a.
Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.
INTERDENTAL a.
Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.
INTEROCULAR a.
Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.
INTEROSSEAL; INTEROSSEOUS a.
Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
INTERSTICED a.
Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.
INTERTROPICAL a.
Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.
INTERVOCALIC a.
Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.
INTEXTINE n.
A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in .
INTRAAXILLARY a.
Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
INTRAMARGINAL a.
Situated within the margin. Loudon.
INTRAMOLECULAR a.
Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.
INTRAPARIETAL a.
Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Roll
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