anthurium | (noun) any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | Synonyms: tail-flower, tailflower |
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aquarium | (noun) a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals | Synonyms: fish tank, marine museum |
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archaebacterium | (noun) considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Synonyms: archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria |
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archesporium | (noun) primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops | Synonyms: archespore |
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armamentarium | (noun) the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine | - |
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aspersorium | (noun) the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches | - |
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(noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspergill |
atrium | (noun) the central area in a building; open to the sky | - |
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(noun) any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
auditorium | (noun) the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits | - |
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bacterium | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Synonyms: bacteria |
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barium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | Synonyms: atomic number 56, Ba |
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bohrium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 107 | Synonyms: atomic number 107, Bh, element 107 |
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cerium | (noun) a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 58, Ce |
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cinerarium | (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: columbarium |
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collyrium | (noun) lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | Synonyms: eye-lotion, eyewash |
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columbarium | (noun) a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns | - |
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(noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: cinerarium |
(noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbary, dovecote |
corium | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: derma, dermis |
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corynebacterium | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium | - |
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crematorium | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematory |
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(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematory |
criterium | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: crit |
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curium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | Synonyms: atomic number 96, Cm |
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delirium | (noun) a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations | - |
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(noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria |
deuterium | (noun) an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) | Synonyms: heavy hydrogen |
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disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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emporium | (noun) a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain | Synonyms: department store |
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emunctorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: purificator, purificatorium |
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endometrium | (noun) (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition | - |
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endoneurium | (noun) delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve | - |
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epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | Synonyms: labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense |
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(noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates | Synonyms: chemical equilibrium |
(noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equipoise |
(noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | - |
eubacterium | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Synonyms: eubacteria, true bacteria |
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ferrocerium | (noun) a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints | - |
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halobacterium | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacteria |
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haustorium | (noun) a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host | - |
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herbarium | (noun) a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study | - |
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honorarium | (noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service | - |
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hypochondrium | (noun) the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium | - |
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imperium | (noun) supreme authority; absolute dominion | - |
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(noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | Synonyms: empire |
manubrium | (noun) the upper part of the breastbone | - |
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meitnerium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 109 | Synonyms: atomic number 109, element 109, Mt |
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moratorium | (noun) suspension of an ongoing activity | - |
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(noun) a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged | - |
mycobacterium | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacteria |
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myometrium | (noun) the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus | - |
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myxobacterium | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, slime bacteria |
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natatorium | (noun) pool that provides a facility for swimming | Synonyms: swimming bath, swimming pool |
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nitrobacterium | (noun) any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates | - |
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opprobrium | (noun) a state of extreme dishonor | Synonyms: infamy |
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(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse | Synonyms: obloquy |
ostensorium | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: monstrance |
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perineurium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers | - |
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phoenicophorium | (noun) latanier palm | Synonyms: genus Phoenicophorium |
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planetarium | (noun) an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems | - |
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(noun) an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome | - |
(noun) a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling | - |
praetorium | (noun) the tent of an ancient Roman general | Synonyms: pretorium |
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pretorium | (noun) the tent of an ancient Roman general | Synonyms: praetorium |
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psalterium | (noun) the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | Synonyms: omasum, third stomach |
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puerperium | (noun) time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved | - |
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purificatorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: emunctorium, purificator |
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radiothorium | (noun) radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 | Synonyms: thorium-228 |
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samarium | (noun) a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite | Synonyms: atomic number 62, Sm |
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sanatarium | (noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases | Synonyms: sanatorium, sanitarium |
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sanatorium | (noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases | Synonyms: sanatarium, sanitarium |
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(noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum | Synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, snake pit |
sanitarium | (noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases | Synonyms: sanatarium, sanatorium |
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scolopendrium | (noun) a fern thought to resemble a millipede | - |
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scriptorium | (noun) a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts | - |
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sensorium | (noun) the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world | - |
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sericterium | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: serictery, silk gland |
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solarium | (noun) a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun | Synonyms: sun lounge, sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom |
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sudatorium | (noun) a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths | Synonyms: sudatory |
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tellurium | (noun) a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold | Synonyms: atomic number 52, Te |
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tentorium | (noun) (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum | - |
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terrarium | (noun) a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed | - |
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thorium | (noun) a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands | Synonyms: atomic number 90, Th |
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ununtrium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 113 | Synonyms: atomic number 113, element 113, Uut |
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vitellarium | (noun) A modified part of the ovary that in many flatworms and rotifers produces yolk-filled cells serving to nourish the true eggs. | - |
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vivarium | (noun) an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions | - |
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yttrium | (noun) a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys | Synonyms: atomic number 39, Y |
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zoarium | (noun) a colony of zooids. | - |
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