acanthoma | (noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis | Synonyms: skin tumor |
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bathometer | (noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water | Synonyms: bathymeter |
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fathom | (noun) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth | Synonyms: fthm |
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(noun) (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore | Synonyms: fthm |
(verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | Synonyms: sound |
(verb) come to understand | Synonyms: bottom, penetrate |
fathomable | (adjective) (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth | Synonyms: plumbable, soundable |
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(adjective) (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended | - |
fathometer | (noun) depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves | Synonyms: sonic depth finder |
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keratoacanthoma | (noun) skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar | - |
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lithomancer | (noun) one who practices lithomancy | - |
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lithomancy | (noun) divination by means of stones or stone talismans | - |
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lithomantic | (adjective) of or relating to lithomancy | - |
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ornithomimid | (noun) lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes | - |
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orthomolecular | (adjective) designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals | - |
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orthomyxovirus | (noun) a group of viruses including those causing influenza | - |
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parasympathomimetic | (adjective) having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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sympathomimetic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: adrenergic |
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unfathomable | (adjective) of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured | - |
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(adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abysmal, abyssal |
(adjective) incapable of being fully understood | - |
unfathomed | (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: profound, unplumbed, unsounded |
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xanthoma | (noun) a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism | - |
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xanthomatosis | (noun) widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism | Synonyms: cholesterosis cutis, lipid granulomatosis, lipoid granulomatosis, xanthoma multiplex |
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xanthomonad | (noun) bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants | - |
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