ngultrum | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bhutan | - |
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poultry | (noun) a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | Synonyms: domestic fowl, fowl |
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(noun) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | - |
poultryman | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poulterer |
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sultriness | (noun) the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire | - |
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(noun) oppressively hot and humid weather | - |
ultracentrifugation | (noun) centrifugation at very high speeds | - |
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ultracentrifuge | (noun) a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins | - |
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ultraconservative | (noun) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism | Synonyms: extreme right-winger, reactionary |
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ultramarine | (noun) a vivid blue to purple-blue color | - |
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(noun) blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli | Synonyms: ultramarine blue |
ultramicroscope | (noun) light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes | Synonyms: dark-field microscope |
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ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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ultramontane | (noun) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) | - |
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ultramontanism | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope | - |
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ultranationalism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism |
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ultrasonography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasound |
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ultrasound | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasonography |
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(noun) very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography | - |
ultraviolet | (noun) radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays | Synonyms: ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet radiation, UV |
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