bregma | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium | - |
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dogma | (noun) a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative | - |
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(noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | Synonyms: tenet |
enigma | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, mystery, secret |
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(noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle |
hypozeugma | (noun) use of a series of subjects with a single predicate | - |
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kerugma | (noun) preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church | Synonyms: kerygma |
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kerygma | (noun) preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church | Synonyms: kerugma |
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magma | (noun) molten rock in the earth's crust | - |
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sigma | (noun) the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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smegma | (noun) a white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin | - |
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stigma | (noun) a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease | - |
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(noun) an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod | - |
(noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: brand, mark, stain |
(noun) the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil | - |
syntagma | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagm |
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zeugma | (noun) use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect | - |
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