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plasmodiidae.n.01 | protoctist_family.n.01 | malaria parasites |
nucleolus.n.01 | organelle.n.01 | a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis |
pitfall.n.01 | difficulty.n.02 | an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty |
trepidation.n.01 | apprehension.n.01 | a feeling of alarm or dread |
diestrus.n.01 | anestrus.n.01 | (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity |
elegiac_stanza.n.01 | quatrain.n.01 | a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme |
public_defender.n.01 | lawyer.n.01 | a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense |
brooding.n.01 | parturition.n.01 | sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body |
louvered_window.n.01 | window.n.01 | a window with glass louvers |
checkrow.v.01 | plant.v.01 | plant in checkrows |
scherzo.n.01 | movement.n.05 | a fast movement (usually in triple time) |
labetalol.n.01 | blocker.n.02 | antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) |
mortality_table.n.01 | actuarial_table.n.01 | an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc |
british_pound.n.01 | british_monetary_unit.n.01 | the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence |
curb_service.n.01 | service.n.15 | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
comity_of_nations.n.01 | comity.n.01 | courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another |
heat-seeking_missile.n.01 | missile.n.01 | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
cultivar.n.01 | variety.n.03 | a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation |
fruit_punch.n.01 | punch.n.02 | a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol) |
opium.n.01 | narcotic.n.01 | an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy |
readership.n.01 | audience.n.02 | the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) |
rite.n.01 | religious_ceremony.n.01 | an established ceremony prescribed by a religion |
aspiration_pneumonia.n.01 | bronchopneumonia.n.01 | inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest) |
north_american_free_trade_agreement.n.01 | free_trade.n.01 | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years |
intradermal_injection.n.01 | injection.n.03 | an injection into the skin |
money_market.n.01 | market.n.04 | a market for short-term debt instruments |
reassurance.n.01 | support.n.02 | the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence |
influenza.n.01 | respiratory_disease.n.01 | an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease |
major-domo.n.01 | servant.n.01 | the chief steward or butler of a great household |
jade.n.01 | opaque_gem.n.01 | a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite |
hello.n.01 | greeting.n.01 | an expression of greeting |
drift_apart.v.01 | estrange.v.02 | lose personal contact over time |
yea.n.01 | affirmative.n.01 | an affirmative |
latanier.n.01 | fan_palm.n.01 | fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region |
military_uniform.n.01 | uniform.n.01 | prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers |
cone_clutch.n.01 | friction_clutch.n.01 | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped |
truism.n.01 | truth.n.03 | an obvious truth |
round_arch.n.01 | arch.n.04 | an arch formed in a continuous curve; characteristic of Roman architecture |
french_door.n.01 | door.n.01 | a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length |
high-level_radioactive_waste.n.01 | radioactive_waste.n.01 | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |
lanceolate_spleenwort.n.01 | spleenwort.n.01 | a spleenwort of western Europe |
steam-heat.v.01 | heat.v.02 | heat by means of steam |
silverwork.n.01 | work.n.02 | decorative work made of silver |
desensitization.n.01 | decrease.n.02 | the process of reducing sensitivity |
aberrant.n.01 | anomaly.n.02 | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
systematize.v.01 | order.v.05 | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system |
leap_second.n.01 | second.n.01 | a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation |
irish_pound.n.01 | irish_monetary_unit.n.01 | formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence |
web-spinning_mite.n.01 | mite.n.02 | a mite that spins a web |
subjectivist.n.01 | intellectual.n.01 | a person who subscribes to subjectivism |
case_agreement.n.01 | agreement.n.05 | agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction |
progressive_rock.n.01 | rock_'n'_roll.n.01 | a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing |
amiodarone.n.01 | antiarrhythmic.n.01 | an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective |
jive.v.01 | dance.v.02 | dance to jive music; dance the jive |
theater_light.n.01 | light.n.02 | any of various lights used in a theater |
myopia.n.01 | ametropia.n.01 | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred |
zollinger-ellison_syndrome.n.01 | syndrome.n.02 | syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity |
good_authority.n.01 | testimony.n.03 | testimony by someone who should know |
overcredulity.n.01 | credulity.n.01 | too much credulity |
portrait_lens.n.01 | camera_lens.n.01 | a compound camera lens with a relatively high aperture |
regional_anesthesia.n.01 | anesthesia.n.01 | loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) |
multiprocessing.n.01 | data_processing.n.01 | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
diabetic_diet.n.01 | diet.n.01 | a diet designed to help control the symptoms of diabetes |
evenki.n.01 | oriental.n.01 | a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia |
sketch_map.n.01 | map.n.01 | a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an area |
epauliere.n.01 | armor_plate.n.01 | armor plate that protects the shoulder |
leatherback_turtle.n.01 | sea_turtle.n.01 | wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle |
freak.n.01 | mutant.n.01 | a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed |
straw_boss.n.01 | foreman.n.01 | a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers |
phoneme.n.01 | phone.n.02 | (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language |
new_look.n.01 | vogue.n.01 | a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt |
interpretive_dance.n.01 | modern_dance.n.01 | a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story |
beach_house.n.01 | house.n.01 | a house built on or near a beach |
puppy_fat.n.01 | adipose_tissue.n.01 | fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence |
seizing.n.01 | small_stuff.n.01 | small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together |
wall_rue.n.01 | spleenwort.n.01 | small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America |
amazon_ant.n.01 | slave-making_ant.n.01 | small reddish slave-making ant species |
brake_cylinder.n.01 | cylinder.n.03 | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
music_critic.n.01 | critic.n.01 | a critic of musical performances |
old_world_vulture.n.01 | vulture.n.01 | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
citizenry.n.01 | group.n.01 | the body of citizens of a state or country |
overdraft.n.01 | draft.n.01 | a draft in excess of the credit balance |
jaggedness.n.01 | unevenness.n.01 | something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface |
vasoconstriction.n.01 | constriction.n.04 | decrease in the diameter of blood vessels |
logic_element.n.01 | electronic_device.n.01 | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
planetesimal.n.01 | celestial_body.n.01 | one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system |
duchenne's_muscular_dystrophy.n.01 | muscular_dystrophy.n.01 | the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) |
autoclave.v.01 | sterilize.v.01 | subject to the action of an autoclave |
oncogene.n.01 | gene.n.01 | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
eastern_narrow-mouthed_toad.n.01 | frog.n.01 | small toad of southeastern United States |
literary_composition.n.01 | writing.n.02 | imaginative or creative writing |
lamb's-quarters.n.01 | goosefoot.n.01 | common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb |
contortionist.n.01 | acrobat.n.01 | an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions |
body_temperature.n.01 | temperature.n.01 | temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
labor_pain.n.01 | pain.n.01 | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
reproductive_system.n.01 | system.n.06 | organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring |
commission_on_human_rights.n.01 | economic_and_social_council_commission.n.01 | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights |
auditory_perception.n.01 | perception.n.03 | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
censer.n.01 | vessel.n.03 | a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) |
noon.n.01 | hour.n.02 | the middle of the day |