antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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article | (noun) one of a class of artifacts | - |
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(noun) nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication | - |
(noun) (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase | - |
(noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: clause |
(verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
auricle | (noun) a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: atrial auricle, auricula atrii |
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(noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: ear, pinna |
canticle | (noun) a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
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chicle | (noun) gum-like substance from the sapodilla | Synonyms: chicle gum |
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chronicle | (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, history, story |
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(verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record | - |
clavicle | (noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum | Synonyms: collarbone |
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conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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(noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
cubicle | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, kiosk, stall |
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(noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, stall |
(noun) small room in which a monk or nun lives | Synonyms: cell |
cuticle | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, shell, shield |
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(noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: epidermis |
(noun) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail | - |
denticle | (noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | - |
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fascicle | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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(noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicule |
follicle | (noun) any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity | - |
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funicle | (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funiculus |
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icicle | (noun) ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water | - |
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ossicle | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: bonelet, ossiculum |
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panicle | (noun) compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers | - |
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papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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particle | (noun) a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs | - |
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(noun) a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | Synonyms: subatomic particle |
(noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, speck |
pedicle | (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle | Synonyms: pedicel |
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pellicle | (noun) thin protective membrane in some protozoa | - |
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popsicle | (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lollipop, lolly |
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quasiparticle | (noun) a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle | - |
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radicle | (noun) (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) | - |
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reticle | (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticule |
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sanicle | (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers | Synonyms: snakeroot |
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silicle | (noun) short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants | - |
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testicle | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis |
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utricle | (noun) a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | Synonyms: utriculus |
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vehicle | (noun) a conveyance that transports people or objects | - |
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(noun) a medium for the expression or achievement of something | - |
(noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | Synonyms: fomite |
(noun) any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it | - |
ventricle | (noun) a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries | Synonyms: heart ventricle |
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(noun) one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid | - |
versicle | (noun) a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | - |
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vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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