adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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allosaur | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaurus |
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allosaurus | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaur |
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angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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ankylosaur | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaurus |
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ankylosaurus | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaur |
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apatosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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archosaur | (noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts | Synonyms: archosaurian, archosaurian reptile |
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archosaurian | (noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts | Synonyms: archosaur, archosaurian reptile |
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argentinosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina | - |
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barosaur | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaurus |
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barosaurus | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaur |
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biosafety | (noun) safety from exposure to infectious agents | - |
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brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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ceratosaur | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaurus |
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ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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chondrosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells | - |
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corposant | (noun) an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere | Synonyms: corona, corona discharge, electric glow, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire |
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corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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counterproposal | (noun) a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal | - |
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curiosa | (noun) books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
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dinosaur | (noun) any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
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disposable | (noun) an item that can be disposed of after it has been used | - |
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disposal | (noun) the act or means of getting rid of something | Synonyms: disposition |
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(noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: administration |
(noun) a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage | Synonyms: electric pig, garbage disposal |
(noun) the power to use something or someone | - |
dosage | (noun) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | Synonyms: dose |
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(noun) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | Synonyms: dose |
dromaeosaur | (noun) a kind of maniraptor | - |
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edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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flindosa | (noun) tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc | Synonyms: Flindersia australis, flindosy, native beech |
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gloriosa | (noun) any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily |
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glucosamine | (noun) an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides | - |
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goosander | (noun) common merganser of Europe and North America | Synonyms: Mergus merganser |
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hadrosaur | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurus |
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hadrosaurus | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur |
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hosanna | (noun) a cry of praise or adoration (to God) | - |
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hysterosalpingogram | (noun) X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages) | - |
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ichthyosaur | (noun) any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs | - |
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ichthyosaurus | (noun) ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic | - |
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icosahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twenty plane faces | - |
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ictodosaur | (noun) intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals | - |
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jambosa | (noun) tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit | Synonyms: Eugenia jambos, rose-apple tree, rose apple |
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leiomyosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate | - |
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lignosae | (noun) a category in some early taxonomies | - |
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liposarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of fat cells | - |
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margosa | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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mariposa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip |
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megalosaur | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaurus |
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megalosaurus | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaur |
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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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mimosa | (noun) a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice | Synonyms: buck's fizz |
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(noun) any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves | - |
(noun) evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers | Synonyms: Acacia dealbata, silver wattle |
monosaccharide | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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mosaic | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | - |
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(noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, photomosaic |
(noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube | - |
(noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic | - |
(noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves | - |
mosaicism | (noun) the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
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mucosa | (noun) mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior | Synonyms: mucous membrane |
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myosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of muscle tissue | - |
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neurosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue | Synonyms: malignant neuroma |
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nothosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming | - |
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oligosaccharide | (noun) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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oophorosalpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes | - |
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osteosarcoma | (noun) malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur | Synonyms: osteogenic sarcoma |
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pachycephalosaur | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaurus |
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pachycephalosaurus | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaur |
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parosamia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: dysosmia, olfactory impairment |
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pelycosaur | (noun) large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America | - |
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photomosaic | (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, mosaic |
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pisanosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: pisanosaurus |
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pisanosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: pisanosaur |
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plesiosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaurus |
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plesiosaurus | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaur |
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ponderosa | (noun) common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature | Synonyms: bull pine, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine |
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promposal | (noun) The act of asking someone to go to a prom with you | - |
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proposal | (noun) something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) | - |
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(noun) the act of making a proposal | Synonyms: proposition |
(noun) an offer of marriage | Synonyms: marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal of marriage |
prosaicness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosiness |
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psittacosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal | Synonyms: psittacosaurus |
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psittacosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal | Synonyms: psittacosaur |
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pterosaur | (noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb | Synonyms: flying reptile |
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rhabdomyosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdosarcoma |
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rhabdosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdomyosarcoma |
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rosacea | (noun) a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance | Synonyms: acne rosacea |
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rosary | (noun) a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) | Synonyms: prayer beads |
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samosa | (noun) small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot | - |
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scabiosa | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | Synonyms: scabious |
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seismosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America | Synonyms: ground-shaker |
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serosa | (noun) a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: serous membrane |
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staurikosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaurus |
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staurikosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaur |
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stegosaur | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: Stegosaur stenops, stegosaurus |
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stegosaurus | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: stegosaur, Stegosaur stenops |
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styracosaur | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaurus |
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styracosaurus | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaur |
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submucosa | (noun) the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane | - |
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supposal | (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: assumption, supposition |
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(noun) the cognitive process of supposing | Synonyms: supposition |
thimerosal | (noun) a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic | Synonyms: Merthiolate, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate |
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titanosaur | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaurian |
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