a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface |
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | the formative tissue at the base of a nail |
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
| (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules |
| an enclosure within which something originates or develops |
| (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded |