agglomerate | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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(noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together | - |
agglomeration | (noun) the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating | - |
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(noun) a jumbled collection or mass | - |
agglomerator | (noun) a device that causes material to gather into rounded balls | - |
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allomerism | (noun) (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form | - |
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arthromere | (noun) any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod | - |
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astronomer | (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: stargazer, uranologist |
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blastomere | (noun) any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg | - |
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bloomer | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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(noun) a flower that blooms in a particular way | - |
bloomers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: drawers, knickers, pants |
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boomer | (noun) a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s | Synonyms: baby boomer |
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boomerang | (noun) a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | Synonyms: backfire |
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(noun) a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower | Synonyms: throw stick, throwing stick |
centromere | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: kinetochore |
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comer | (noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arrival, arriver |
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(noun) someone with a promising future | - |
conglomerate | (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: empire |
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(noun) a composite rock made up of particles of varying size | Synonyms: pudding stone |
conglomeration | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglobation |
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(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, congeries |
(noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglobation |
customer | (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: client |
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diapheromera | (noun) a variety of stick insect | Synonyms: Diapheromera femorata |
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elastomer | (noun) any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) | - |
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enantiomer | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomorph |
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glomerule | (noun) a compacted or sessile cyme | - |
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glomerulonephritis | (noun) nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema | - |
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glomerulus | (noun) a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation | - |
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homer | (noun) a base hit on which the batter scores a run | Synonyms: home run |
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(noun) pigeon trained to return home | Synonyms: homing pigeon |
(noun) an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs | Synonyms: kor |
homeroom | (noun) a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business | Synonyms: home room |
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infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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isomer | (noun) a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight | - |
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isomerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form | - |
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isomerisation | (noun) the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself | Synonyms: isomerization |
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isomerism | (noun) the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers | - |
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isomerization | (noun) the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself | Synonyms: isomerisation |
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latecomer | (noun) someone who arrives late | - |
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misnomer | (noun) an incorrect or unsuitable name | - |
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monomer | (noun) a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | - |
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newcomer | (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, starter |
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(noun) a recent arrival | - |
omerta | (noun) a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities | - |
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overcomer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: subduer, surmounter |
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roomer | (noun) a tenant in someone's house | Synonyms: boarder, lodger |
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sarcomere | (noun) one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
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somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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somerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset |
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stereoisomer | (noun) any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement. | - |
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taxonomer | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: systematist, taxonomist |
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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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vomer | (noun) thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum | - |
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welcomer | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, saluter |
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