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126 words match “DACTYL”

DACTYL n. 3 definitions
d from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]
DACTYLAR a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
DACTYLET n.
A dactyl. [Obs.]
DACTYLIC a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
DACTYLIOGLYPH n. 2 definitions
An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.
DACTYLIOGLYPHY n.
The art or process of gem engraving.
DACTYLIOGRAPHY n. 2 definitions
The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
DACTYLIOLOGY n. 2 definitions
That branch of archæology which has to do with gem engraving.
DACTYLIOMANCY n.
Divination by means of finger rings.
DACTYLIST n.
A writer of dactylic verse.
DACTYLITIS n.
An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.
DACTYLOLOGY n.
The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
DACTYLOMANCY n.
Dactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc.
DACTYLONOMY n.
The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
DACTYLOPTEROUS a.
Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.
DACTYLOTHECA n.
The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.
DACTYLOZOOID n.
A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
ACRODACTYLUM n.
The upper surface of the toes, individually.
ADACTYL; ADACTYLOUS a. 2 definitions
Without fingers or without toes.
ANISODACTYLA; ANISODACTYLS n. 2 definitions
A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
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