acerola | (noun) acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | Synonyms: barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
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(noun) tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries | Synonyms: barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
acicula | (noun) a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | - |
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ala | (noun) a wing of an insect | - |
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(noun) a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism | - |
algarobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarroba, algarrobilla |
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algarrobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarroba |
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alula | (noun) tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing | Synonyms: bastard wing, spurious wing |
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(noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: calypter |
ampulla | (noun) a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils | - |
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(noun) the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear | - |
amygdala | (noun) an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior | Synonyms: amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum |
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andryala | (noun) any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers | - |
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arcella | (noun) an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella | - |
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areola | (noun) small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | Synonyms: ring of color |
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(noun) small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing | - |
armilla | (noun) (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm | - |
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(noun) a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars | Synonyms: armillary sphere |
arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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arugula | (noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
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auricula | (noun) a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart | Synonyms: auricular appendage, auricular appendix |
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(noun) yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated | Synonyms: bear's ear, Primula auricula |
axilla | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder | Synonyms: armpit, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
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banderilla | (noun) a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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barilla | (noun) Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate | Synonyms: Halogeton souda |
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
blastula | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastosphere |
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bola | (noun) a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin | - |
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(noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie |
brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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buccula | (noun) a fold of fatty tissue under the chin | Synonyms: double chin |
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bulla | (noun) the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull | - |
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(noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: bleb, blister |
cabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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cabbala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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calabazilla | (noun) perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit | Synonyms: buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin |
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calendula | (noun) any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
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calla | (noun) South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix | Synonyms: arum lily, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica |
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camarilla | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, faction, junto |
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campanula | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: bellflower |
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canafistola | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistula, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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canafistula | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistola, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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candela | (noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candle, cd, standard candle |
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candelilla | (noun) wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States | Synonyms: Euphorbia antisyphilitica |
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(noun) wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Synonyms: Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis |
canella | (noun) highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic | Synonyms: canella bark, white cinnamon |
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cannula | (noun) a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication | - |
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canola | (noun) vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | Synonyms: canola oil |
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cantala | (noun) Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | Synonyms: Agave cantala, maguey |
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(noun) hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants | Synonyms: Cebu maguey, manila maguey |
capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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cavalla | (noun) large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil | Synonyms: cero, king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla |
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cedilla | (noun) a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s | - |
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chela | (noun) a Hindu disciple of a swami | - |
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(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: claw, nipper, pincer |
cherimolla | (noun) large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples | Synonyms: cherimoya |
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chinchilla | (noun) small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur | Synonyms: Chinchilla laniger |
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(noun) a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton | - |
(noun) the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla | - |
chlorella | (noun) any alga of the genus Chlorella | - |
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cholla | (noun) arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Opuntia cholla |
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christella | (noun) any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds | - |
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chuckwalla | (noun) a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Sauromalus obesus |
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cicala | (noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone | Synonyms: cicada |
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cola | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts | Synonyms: dope |
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columella | (noun) a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal | - |
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copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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corolla | (noun) (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | - |
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coronilla | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels | - |
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cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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cyrilla | (noun) shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage | Synonyms: Cyrilla racemiflora, leatherwood, white titi |
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doula | (noun) an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | Synonyms: birthing coach, labor coach, monitrice |
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drosophila | (noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | Synonyms: Drosophila melanogaster |
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facula | (noun) a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots | Synonyms: solar facula |
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(noun) a bright spot on a planet | - |
fecula | (noun) excreta (especially of insects) | - |
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fella | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
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fenestella | (noun) oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault | Synonyms: lunette |
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fibula | (noun) the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | Synonyms: calf bone |
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fistula | (noun) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface | Synonyms: sinus |
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(noun) a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse | Synonyms: fistulous withers |
flotilla | (noun) a fleet of small craft | - |
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(noun) a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | - |
formula | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, rule |
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(noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | Synonyms: rule |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: expression |
(noun) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle | - |
(noun) directions for making something | Synonyms: recipe |
(noun) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements | Synonyms: chemical formula |
(noun) a liquid food for infants | - |
fothergilla | (noun) any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | Synonyms: witch alder |
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fraxinella | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather | Synonyms: burning bush, Dictamnus alba, dittany, gas plant |
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furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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gala | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala affair, jamboree |
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garambulla | (noun) small berrylike fruit | - |
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(noun) arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit | Synonyms: garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans |
gastrula | (noun) double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm | - |
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gentianella | (noun) low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: Gentiana acaulis |
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girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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glabella | (noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | Synonyms: mesophyron |
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gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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(noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
(noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
gorgonzola | (noun) Italian blue cheese | - |
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gorilla | (noun) largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa | Synonyms: Gorilla gorilla |
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granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
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(noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
(noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
(noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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guerilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerrilla, insurgent, irregular |
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guerrilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, insurgent, irregular |
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gula | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gluttony, overeating |
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harpulla | (noun) fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building | Synonyms: Harpullia cupanioides |
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hawala | (noun) an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction | - |
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hediondilla | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: coville, creosote bush, Larrea tridentata |
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heliophila | (noun) any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes | - |
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helvella | (noun) any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds | - |
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holla | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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holometabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabola |
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hoopla | (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: ballyhoo, hype, plug |
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hula | (noun) a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman | Synonyms: Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula |
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hydrilla | (noun) submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways | Synonyms: Hydrilla verticillata |
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hyperbola | (noun) an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone | - |
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