abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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bran | (noun) food prepared from the husks of cereal grains | - |
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(noun) broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting | - |
branch | (noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | Synonyms: arm, limb |
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(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: arm, subdivision |
(noun) a stream or river connected to a larger one | - |
(noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth |
(noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | - |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: leg, ramification |
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
branched | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branching, ramate, ramose, ramous |
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(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
branchia | (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | Synonyms: gill |
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branchial | (adjective) of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) | - |
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branchiate | (adjective) provided with gills | Synonyms: gilled |
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branching | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branched, ramate, ramose, ramous |
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(adjective) resembling the branches of a tree | - |
(noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: fork, forking, ramification |
branchiopod | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopodan, branchiopodous |
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(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding | Synonyms: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan |
branchiopodan | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodous |
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(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean |
branchiopodous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda | Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodan |
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branchless | (adjective) having no branches | - |
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branchlet | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: sprig, twig |
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branchy | (adjective) having many branches | - |
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brand | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, steel, sword |
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(noun) a recognizable kind | Synonyms: make |
(noun) a name given to a product or service | Synonyms: brand name, marque, trade name |
(noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: mark, stain, stigma |
(noun) identification mark on skin, made by burning | - |
(noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: firebrand |
(verb) mark or expose as infamous | Synonyms: post |
(verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brandmark, trademark |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
(verb) burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals | - |
branded | (adjective) marked with a brand | - |
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(adjective) (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights | - |
branding | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: stigmatisation, stigmatization |
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brandish | (noun) the act of waving | Synonyms: flourish |
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(verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: flourish, wave |
(verb) exhibit aggressively | - |
brandmark | (verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brand, trademark |
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brandy | (noun) distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice | - |
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brandyball | (noun) a British candy flavored with brandy | - |
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brandysnap | (noun) a gingersnap flavored with brandy | - |
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brant | (noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward | Synonyms: brant goose, brent, brent goose |
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celebrant | (noun) an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist | - |
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(noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrater, celebrator |
cytomembrane | (noun) a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell | Synonyms: cell membrane, plasma membrane |
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dibranch | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk |
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dibranchiate | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranch, dibranchiate mollusk |
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elasmobranch | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: selachian |
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embrangle | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: snarl, snarl up |
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encumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
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(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, incumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: incumbrance |
firebrand | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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(noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: brand |
incumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, interference, preventative, preventive |
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(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | Synonyms: encumbrance |
lamellibranch | (adjective) bivalve | Synonyms: pelecypod, pelecypodous |
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(noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
membrane | (noun) a thin pliable sheet of material | - |
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(noun) a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants | Synonyms: tissue layer |
membranophone | (noun) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end | Synonyms: drum, tympan |
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membranous | (adjective) relating to or made of or similar to a membrane | - |
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(adjective) characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane) | Synonyms: membrane-forming |
misbranded | (adjective) branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements | Synonyms: mislabeled |
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nudibranch | (noun) any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | Synonyms: sea slug |
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remembrance | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: anamnesis, recollection |
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(noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, memorial |
unbranched | (adjective) without branches | Synonyms: unbranching |
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unbranching | (adjective) without branches | Synonyms: unbranched |
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unbranded | (adjective) not marked with a brand | - |
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vibrancy | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness |
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vibrant | (adjective) of colors that are bright and striking | - |
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(adjective) of sounds that are strong and resonating | - |
(adjective) vigorous and animated | Synonyms: vivacious |