| androgeny | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgenesis |
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| anthropogeny | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogenesis |
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| astheny | (noun) an abnormal loss of strength | Synonyms: asthenia |
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| autogeny | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: abiogenesis, autogenesis, spontaneous generation |
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| biogeny | (noun) the production of living organisms from other living organisms | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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| cosmogeny | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogony, cosmology |
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| cryogeny | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogenics |
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| cytogeny | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogenesis |
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| deny | (verb) declare untrue; contradict | - |
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| (verb) refuse to accept or believe | - |
| (verb) refuse to recognize or acknowledge | - |
| (verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: traverse |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: refuse |
| (verb) refuse to grant, as of a petition or request | - |
| (verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: abnegate |
| dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | (noun) an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 | Synonyms: DDT |
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| dihydroxyphenylalanine | (noun) amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | Synonyms: dopa |
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| diphenylhydantoin | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative | Synonyms: Dilantin, phenytoin |
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| endogeny | (noun) a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth | - |
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| homogeny | (noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
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| larceny | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | Synonyms: stealing, theft, thievery, thieving |
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| lysogeny | (noun) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | Synonyms: lysogenicity |
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| mephenytoin | (noun) a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective | Synonyms: Mesantoin |
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| neoteny | (noun) an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species | - |
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| ontogeny | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis |
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| orogeny | (noun) the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) | - |
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| parthenogeny | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogenesis |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogenesis, virgin birth |
| phenylacetamide | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilid, acetanilide |
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| phenylalanine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body | - |
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| phenylamine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline, aniline oil |
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| phenylbutazone | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin) | Synonyms: Butazolidin |
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| phenylephrine | (noun) a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion | - |
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| phenylethylene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: cinnamene, styrene, vinylbenzene |
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| phenylketonuria | (noun) a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency | Synonyms: PKU |
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| phenylpropanolamine | (noun) an adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections | - |
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| phenyltoloxamine | (noun) antihistamine included in some preparations used to treat coughing and nasal congestion | - |
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| phenytoin | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative | Synonyms: Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin |
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| phylogeny | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | Synonyms: evolution, organic evolution, phylogenesis |
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| progeny | (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, offspring |
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| sheeny | (adjective) reflecting light | Synonyms: glistening, glossy, lustrous, shining, shiny |
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| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, kike, yid |
| teeny | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny |
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| thiodiphenylamine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: phenothiazine |
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| tuppeny | (adjective) of trifling worth | Synonyms: sixpenny, threepenny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, twopenny |
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| weeny | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, teeny, wee, weensy |
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