allogamy | (noun) cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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anisogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) | - |
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apogamy | (noun) (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization | - |
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autogamy | (noun) self-fertilization in plants | - |
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balsamy | (adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam | Synonyms: balsamic |
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beamy | (adjective) radiating or as if radiating light | Synonyms: beaming, effulgent, radiant, refulgent |
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(adjective) broad in the beam | - |
bigamy | (noun) the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred | - |
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(noun) the state of having two spouses at the same time | - |
cleistogamy | (noun) the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers | - |
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cockamamy | (adjective) informal term for ridiculous and implausible | Synonyms: cockamamie |
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creamy | (adjective) of the color of cream | - |
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(adjective) thick like cream | - |
dreamy | (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature | Synonyms: moony, woolgathering |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous |
endogamy | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: inmarriage, intermarriage |
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exogamy | (noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: intermarriage |
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foamy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, frothy, spumy |
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(adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foaming, frothing |
gamy | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamey, high |
(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
infamy | (noun) a state of extreme dishonor | Synonyms: opprobrium |
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(noun) evil fame or public reputation | - |
isogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure | - |
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loamy | (adjective) consisting of or having the character of loam | - |
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misogamy | (noun) hatred of marriage | - |
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monogamy | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamousness |
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polygamy | (noun) the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
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seamy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid |
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(adjective) showing a seam | - |
steamy | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, turned on |
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(adjective) hot or warm and humid | Synonyms: muggy, sticky |
(adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steaming |