blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
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blastodermatic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermic |
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blastodermic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermatic |
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brooder | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: incubator |
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chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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chyloderma | (noun) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction | Synonyms: elephantiasis scroti |
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coder | (noun) a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | Synonyms: computer programmer, programmer, software engineer |
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decoder | (noun) a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language | - |
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(noun) the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text | Synonyms: decipherer |
echinoderm | (noun) marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies | - |
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ectoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, exoderm |
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ectodermal | (adjective) of or relating to the ectoderm | Synonyms: ectodermic |
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ectodermic | (adjective) of or relating to the ectoderm | Synonyms: ectodermal |
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endoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast |
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entoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, hypoblast |
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erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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exoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, ectoderm |
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hypodermal | (adjective) of or relating to the hypodermis | - |
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hypodermic | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: subcutaneous |
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(noun) a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | Synonyms: hypo, hypodermic syringe |
hypodermis | (noun) layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods | - |
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immoderate | (adjective) beyond reasonable limits | - |
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immoderately | (adverb) without moderation; in an immoderate manner | - |
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(adverb) to a degree that exceeds the bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: unreasonably |
immoderateness | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderation |
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immoderation | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderateness |
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keratoderma | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratodermia |
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keratodermia | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratoderma |
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leukoderma | (noun) a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin | - |
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melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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mesoderm | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoblast |
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mesodermal | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesoblastic |
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moderate | (adjective) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme | - |
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(adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: temperate |
(adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: restrained |
(noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
(verb) make less fast or intense | - |
(verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, lead |
(verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
(verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in |
moderately | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
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(adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner | - |
moderateness | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
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(noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: modestness, reasonableness |
moderating | (adjective) lessening in intensity or strength | - |
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moderation | (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: mitigation |
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(noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderateness |
(noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: temperance |
(noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, relief |
moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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moderationist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate |
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(noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
moderatism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: centrism |
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moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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moderator | (noun) someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence | - |
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(noun) someone who presides over a forum or debate | - |
(noun) in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly | - |
(noun) any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors | - |
moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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modern | (adjective) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | - |
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(adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modernistic |
(adjective) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative |
(noun) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | Synonyms: Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern font |
(noun) a contemporary person | - |
moderne | (adjective) of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes | - |
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modernisation | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernization |
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modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
modernised | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernized |
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modernism | (noun) practices typical of contemporary life or thought | - |
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(noun) genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres | - |
(noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness |
modernist | (noun) an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles | - |
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modernistic | (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modern |
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modernity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernness |
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modernization | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernisation |
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(noun) a modernized version (as of a play) | - |
modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
modernized | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernised |
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modernness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity |
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neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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nonmodern | (adjective) not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | - |
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ostracoderm | (noun) extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic | - |
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placoderm | (noun) fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws | - |
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postmodern | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodernist |
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postmodernism | (noun) genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
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postmodernist | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodern |
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scleroderma | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: dermatosclerosis |
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ultramodern | (adjective) extremely modern | - |
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ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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unmoderated | (adjective) not made less extreme | - |
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unmodernised | (adjective) not brought up to date | Synonyms: unmodernized |
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unmodernized | (adjective) not brought up to date | Synonyms: unmodernised |
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xeroderma | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xerodermia |
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xerodermia | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xeroderma |
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