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• a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Example sentence • The domes of the cathedral were visible from afar.
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• used of your own ground
noun
• where you live at a particular time
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• at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
verb
• provide with, or send to, a home
Example sentence • Many people dream of owning their own homes .
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• a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Example sentence • Farmers often prefer loams for growing crops because they have a good balance of clay, sand, and silt.
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• a (usually) large and scholarly book
Example sentence • He spent hours reading through ancient tomes at the library.
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• any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
Example sentence • The field was filled with various bromes .
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• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Example sentence • My garden is filled with colorful gnomes .
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• a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders
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• German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
Example sentence • The resistance of this circuit is 10 ohms .
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• a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Example sentence • She loves reading poems before going to bed.
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• a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
Example sentence • Apples and pears are both types of pomes .
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• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example sentence • The lion roams freely in the jungle.
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• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
Example sentence • Tourists flocked to see the ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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• a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
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• a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
Example sentence • Damaged acrosomes can lead to fertility problems.
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Example sentence • One of the most famous antinomes is the concept of free will versus determinism.
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• a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
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• any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Example sentence • Humans typically have 22 pairs of autosomes .
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Example sentence • The beachcombs are always on the lookout for washed-up treasures.
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• a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Example sentence • Rainforests and tundras are two different types of biomes .
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Example sentence • Fossilized biostromes provide valuable insights into past marine ecosystems.
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• light carriage; pulled by a single horse
Example sentence • The royal family used to travel in luxurious broughams .
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• primitive aquatic vertebrate
Example sentence • Lampreys and hagfish are types of cyclostomes .
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• a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
Example sentence • Doctors use dermatomes to diagnose nerve damage.
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• A structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue
Example sentence • The presence of desmosomes strengthens the structural integrity of tissues.
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• the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
Example sentence • Scientists are studying the human and mouse genomes to understand the similarities and differences between the two species.
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• a stadium for horse shows or horse races
Example sentence • Many cities in ancient Greece had their own hippodromes .
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• a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
verb
• carve a honeycomb pattern into
Example sentence • Bees use honeycombs to store their honey and raise their young.
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Example sentence • He intombs his deceased cat in the backyard.
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Example sentence • Under a microscope, you can observe the karyosomes within the cell.
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• a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms
Example sentence • The resistance of the circuit is measured in megohms .
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Example sentence • Some studies suggest that mesosomes are artifacts created during the preparation of cells for electron microscopy.
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• clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
Example sentence • I have two metronomes on my piano to help with my timing.
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• scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
Example sentence • The microtomes available in the lab were outdated and needed to be replaced.
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Example sentence • The circuit has a resistance of 10 milliohms .
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• The chromosome whose homologous counterpart is missing in monosomy.
Example sentence • Recent studies have shown that monosomes play a critical role in translation regulation.
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• a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
Example sentence • There are many interesting palindromes in different languages.
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• An intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except Archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown hydrogen peroxide, and are responsible for the oxidation of long-chain fatty acids.
Example sentence • The main function of peroxisomes is to break down fatty acids.
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Example sentence • The phyllomes of this tree are very large and broad.
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• the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome
Example sentence • The study aimed to analyze the proteomes of cancer cells.
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• a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
Example sentence • The radomes on the spacecraft protect the sensitive instruments from the harsh conditions of space.
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• a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Example sentence • The rhizomes of certain plants, such as ginger and turmeric, are widely used in cooking.
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Example sentence • The scientist examined the rhytidomes of various tree species.
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• an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell
Example sentence • The ribosomes in our cells play a crucial role in the production of proteins.
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• a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber
Example sentence • The structure and function of sarcosomes vary among different types of bacteria.
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