| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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| ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
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| amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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| angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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| antelope | (noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gerenuks, blackbucks, dik-diks | - |
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| bachelor | (noun) a man who has never been married | Synonyms: unmarried man |
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| (noun) a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon | Synonyms: bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor |
| bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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| bachelorhood | (noun) the state of being an unmarried man | - |
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| (noun) the time of a man's life prior to marriage | - |
| belonging | (noun) happiness felt in a secure relationship | - |
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| belongings | (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: holding, property |
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| beloved | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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| celom | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celoma, coelom |
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| celoma | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, coelom |
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| cheloid | (noun) raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair | Synonyms: keloid |
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| chelonian | (noun) a reptile of the order Chelonia | Synonyms: chelonian reptile |
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| coelogyne | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black | - |
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| coelom | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, celoma |
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| coelophysis | (noun) one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic | - |
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| coelostat | (noun) optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror | - |
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| counselor | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader |
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| (noun) someone who gives advice about problems | Synonyms: counsellor |
| (noun) someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp | Synonyms: counsellor |
| counselorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counsellorship |
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| developer | (noun) photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film | - |
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| (noun) someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use) | - |
| developing | (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
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| development | (noun) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | - |
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| (noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | Synonyms: exploitation |
| (noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | - |
| (noun) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | - |
| (noun) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | - |
| (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: developing |
| (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| (noun) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | Synonyms: evolution |
| (noun) a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | - |
| echelon | (noun) a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset | - |
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| (noun) a body of troops arranged in a line | - |
| (noun) status in a society or organization | - |
| elocution | (noun) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture | - |
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| elocutionist | (noun) a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery | - |
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| elongation | (noun) the act of lengthening something | - |
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| (noun) an addition to the length of something | Synonyms: extension |
| (noun) the quality of being elongated | - |
| elopement | (noun) the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married) | - |
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| eloquence | (noun) powerful and effective language | Synonyms: fluency, smoothness |
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| envelope | (noun) any wrapper or covering | - |
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| (noun) a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. | - |
| (noun) the bag containing the gas in a balloon | Synonyms: gasbag |
| (noun) the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft) | - |
| (noun) a natural covering (as by a fluid) | - |
| (noun) a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves | - |
| envelopment | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, enclosure, inclosure |
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| epipelon | (noun) cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae that live on or in association with fine-grained substrata. | - |
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| felon | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw |
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| (noun) a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | Synonyms: whitlow |
| feloniousness | (noun) The property of relating to, or having the nature of a serious criminal offense. | - |
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| felony | (noun) a serious crime (such as murder or arson) | - |
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| firelock | (noun) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | Synonyms: flintlock |
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| forelock | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: foretop |
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| (noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | - |
| freeloader | (noun) someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
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| furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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| havelock | (noun) a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun | - |
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| helot | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: serf, villein |
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| hypervelocity | (noun) excessive velocity | - |
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| keloid | (noun) raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair | Synonyms: cheloid |
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| livelong | (noun) perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | Synonyms: live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium |
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| matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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| melodiousness | (noun) the property of having a melody | Synonyms: tunefulness |
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| melodrama | (noun) an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization | - |
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| melody | (noun) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | Synonyms: tonal pattern |
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| (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune |
| meloid | (noun) beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin | Synonyms: blister beetle |
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| melon | (noun) any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh | - |
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| (noun) any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers | Synonyms: melon vine |
| melosa | (noun) South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil | Synonyms: Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa |
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| muskmelon | (noun) the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers | Synonyms: sweet melon |
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| (noun) any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell | Synonyms: Cucumis melo, sweet melon, sweet melon vine |
| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myelocyte | (noun) an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelofibrosis | (noun) fibrosis of the bone marrow | - |
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| myelogram | (noun) X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space | - |
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| myelography | (noun) roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) | - |
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| myeloma | (noun) a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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| nickelodeon | (noun) a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | Synonyms: jukebox |
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| nondevelopment | (noun) failure of normal development to occur | - |
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| ocelot | (noun) nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat | Synonyms: Felis pardalis, panther cat |
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| paddymelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: pademelon |
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| pademelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: paddymelon |
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| parallelogram | (noun) a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length | - |
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| parallelopiped | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon |
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| parallelopipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped |
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| pelota | (noun) a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket | Synonyms: jai alai |
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| pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
| pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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| pyelogram | (noun) an X ray of the kidneys and ureters | - |
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| pyelography | (noun) roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye) | - |
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| pyelonephritis | (noun) inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection | - |
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| redevelopment | (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: overhaul, renovation |
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| relocation | (noun) the act of changing your residence or place of business | Synonyms: move |
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| (noun) the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) | Synonyms: resettlement |
| saveloy | (noun) a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage | - |
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| tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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| (noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
| telomerase | (noun) an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
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| telomere | (noun) either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome | - |
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| telophase | (noun) the final stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| travelog | (noun) a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | Synonyms: travelogue |
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| travelogue | (noun) a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | Synonyms: travelog |
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| truelove | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| tupelo | (noun) any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America | Synonyms: tupelo tree |
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| (noun) pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum | - |
| underdevelopment | (noun) (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast | - |
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| (noun) state of inadequate development | - |
| velocipede | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, trike |
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| (noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel | - |
| velociraptor | (noun) small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs | - |
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| velocity | (noun) distance travelled per unit time | Synonyms: speed |
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| velodrome | (noun) a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing | - |
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| velour | (noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet | Synonyms: velours |
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| velours | (noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet | Synonyms: velour |
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| veloute | (noun) white sauce made with stock instead of milk | - |
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| watermelon | (noun) large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp | - |
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| (noun) an African melon | Synonyms: Citrullus vulgaris, watermelon vine |