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nounpart of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
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nounthe inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
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- vegetable any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
- chink fill the chinks of, as with caulking
- foucault French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
- oakum loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
- caulk seal with caulking
- calk seal with caulking
- wynnea sparassoides a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower
- jean bernard leon foucault French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
- genus eriocaulon type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
- purau shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament