| ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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| alfilaria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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| appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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| araucaria | (noun) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds | - |
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| aria | (noun) an elaborate song for solo voice | - |
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| calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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| calvaria | (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: skullcap |
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| cercaria | (noun) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | - |
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| cineraria | (noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers | Synonyms: Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus |
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| crotalaria | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: rattlebox |
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| filaria | (noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects | - |
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| (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
| malaria | (noun) an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | - |
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| mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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| maria | (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: mare |
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| maxillaria | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers | - |
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| miliaria | (noun) obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity | Synonyms: heat rash, prickly heat |
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| planaria | (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | Synonyms: planarian |
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| sharia | (noun) the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | Synonyms: Islamic law, sharia law, shariah, shariah law |
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| talaria | (noun) a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Greco-Roman art) | - |
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| urticaria | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: hives, nettle rash, urtication |
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| wistaria | (noun) any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | Synonyms: wisteria |
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