animal
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(noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
Synonyms:
fauna,
creature,
beast,
brute,
animate being |
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decimal
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(noun) a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 |
Synonyms:
decimal fraction |
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(noun) a number in the decimal system |
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duodecimal
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(noun) one part in twelve equal parts |
Synonyms:
twelfth,
one-twelfth,
twelfth part |
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formal
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(noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
Synonyms:
ball |
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(noun) a gown for evening wear |
Synonyms:
dinner dress,
dinner gown,
evening gown |
infinitesimal
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(noun) (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit |
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isoseismal
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(noun) a line on a map connecting points at which earthquake shocks are of equal intensity. |
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mammal
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(noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk |
Synonyms:
mammalian |
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normal
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(noun) something regarded as a normative example |
Synonyms:
pattern,
convention,
rule,
formula |
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planetesimal
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(noun) one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system |
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protomammal
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(noun) probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals |
Synonyms:
therapsid |
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simal
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(noun) East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok |
Synonyms:
red silk-cotton tree,
Bombax ceiba,
Bombax malabarica |
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subnormal
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(noun) a person of less than normal intelligence |
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tamal
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(noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed |
Synonyms:
tamale |
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thermal
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(noun) rising current of warm air |
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