centrifugal | (adjective) tending to move away from a center | - |
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(adjective) tending away from centralization, as of authority | - |
(adjective) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS | Synonyms: motor |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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centrifugation | (noun) the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge | - |
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centrifuge | (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: extractor, separator |
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(verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
countrified | (adjective) characteristic of rural life | Synonyms: countryfied, rustic |
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denitrify | (verb) remove nitrogen from | - |
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devitrify | (verb) become crystalline | - |
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(verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque | - |
electrification | (noun) the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group | - |
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(noun) the act of providing electricity | - |
electrify | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: wire |
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(verb) charge (a conductor) with electricity | - |
(verb) excite suddenly and intensely | - |
electrifying | (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement | Synonyms: thrilling |
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gentrification | (noun) the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents) | - |
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gentrify | (verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | - |
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loosestrife | (noun) any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | - |
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(noun) any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia | - |
metrification | (noun) the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds | Synonyms: metrication |
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(noun) writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) | - |
metrify | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize |
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(verb) compose in poetic meter | - |
nitrification | (noun) the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) | - |
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(noun) the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) | - |
nitrify | (verb) treat (soil) with nitrates | - |
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(verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrogenise, nitrogenize |
(verb) convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria | - |
nutrify | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nourish |
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petrifaction | (noun) a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form | - |
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(noun) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | Synonyms: petrification |
petrification | (noun) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | Synonyms: petrifaction |
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petrify | (verb) change into stone | Synonyms: lapidify |
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(verb) cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright | - |
(verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: ossify, rigidify |
petrifying | (adjective) paralyzing with terror | - |
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strife | (noun) bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension | - |
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(noun) lack of agreement or harmony | Synonyms: discord |
trifid | (adjective) divided into three lobes | - |
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trifle | (noun) something of small importance | Synonyms: small beer, trivia, triviality |
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(noun) a detail that is considered insignificant | Synonyms: triviality |
(noun) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate | - |
(verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: dally, play |
(verb) act frivolously | Synonyms: frivol |
(verb) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently | Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away |
trifler | (noun) one who behaves lightly or not seriously | - |
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trifling | (adjective) not worth considering | Synonyms: negligible, paltry |
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(noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dalliance, dawdling |
trifluoromethane | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: fluoroform |
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trifoliata | (noun) small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges | Synonyms: Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange |
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trifoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliated, trifoliolate |
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trifoliated | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliate, trifoliolate |
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trifoliolate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliate, trifoliated |
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trifurcate | (verb) divide into three | - |
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trifurcation | (noun) the act of splitting into three branches | - |
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ultracentrifugation | (noun) centrifugation at very high speeds | - |
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ultracentrifuge | (noun) a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins | - |
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(verb) subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge | - |
unvitrified | (adjective) (of ceramics) lacking a vitreous finish | - |
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vitrification | (noun) the process of becoming vitreous | - |
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(noun) a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified | - |
vitrified | (adjective) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it | Synonyms: glassy, vitreous |
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vitrify | (verb) undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like | - |
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(verb) change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat | - |