acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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acicular | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped |
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aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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boracic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boric |
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calcic | (adjective) derived from or containing calcium or lime | - |
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calcicolous | (adjective) growing or living in soil rich in lime | - |
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cicada | (noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | Synonyms: cicala |
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cicala | (noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | Synonyms: cicada |
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cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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cicatrix | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrice, scar |
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cicatrize | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrise |
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cicero | (noun) a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em | - |
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cicerone | (noun) a guide who conducts and informs sightseers | - |
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cichlid | (noun) freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums | Synonyms: cichlid fish |
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duncical | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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farcical | (adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | Synonyms: ludicrous, ridiculous |
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farcicality | (noun) The property of resembling a farce; of being ludicrous, absurd. | - |
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farcically | (adverb) in a farcical manner | - |
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fascicle | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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(noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicule |
fasciculation | (noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | - |
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fascicule | (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicle |
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fasciculus | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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icicle | (noun) ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water | - |
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nociceptive | (adjective) caused by or in response to pain | - |
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oxytocic | (noun) a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus | Synonyms: oxytocic drug |
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streptococcic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcal |
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thoracic | (adjective) of or relating to the chest or thorax | Synonyms: pectoral |
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