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• an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
Example sentence • Reptiles are ectotherms, which means they rely on external sources of heat to regulate their body temperature.
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• an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
Example sentence • The ability to regulate body temperature is a distinctive characteristic of homoiotherms.
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• (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
Example sentence • The isotherm on the weather map shows areas with the same temperature.
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• an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
Example sentence • The lizard is a poikilotherm , meaning its body temperature fluctuates with the environment.
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• An animal that maintains a constant body temperature
Example sentence • Birds are endotherms that can stay warm even in cold weather.
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Example sentence • The stenotherm fish is only found in specific regions with very narrow temperature ranges.
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• an isogram connecting points of equal temperature below the surface of the earth.
Example sentence • An isogeotherm is a line on a map connecting points of equal subsurface temperature.
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• a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition
Example sentence • The exotherm of the reaction caused the temperature to rise rapidly.
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• anything that provides inspiration for later work
Example sentence • Washing hands frequently helps to eliminate germs.
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• a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
Example sentence • The herm in the museum is an ancient Greek sculpture representing Hermes.
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• the middle of the gestation period
Example sentence • I need to study for my midterm tomorrow.
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• a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
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• give a permanent wave to
Example sentence • She decided to get a perm to add some waves to her hair.
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• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Example sentence • Please confirm your appointment by replying to this email.
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• any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
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• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
Example sentence • I found a worm in the garden.
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• a word or expression used for some particular thing
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• name formally or designate with a term
Example sentence • The term 'apple' refers to a round fruit with a red or green skin.
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• a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
Example sentence • The bike race course had a steep berm that the riders had to maneuver.
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• the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
Example sentence • The ectoderm gives rise to the nervous system.
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• any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
Example sentence • The zookeeper fed the pachyderm a bale of hay.
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• a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units
Example sentence • The therm in the room showed that the temperature had dropped below freezing.
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• A premature birth or baby.
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• Of a premature birth or baby.
Example sentence • The preterm baby needed specialized care in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Example sentence • I affirm that I will attend the meeting tomorrow.
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• a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Example sentence • Sarah is a bookworm and loves spending hours at the library.
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• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Example sentence • The earthworm burrowed into the soil.
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• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
Example sentence • The little boy squirmed in his seat, unable to sit still.
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• ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
Example sentence • A tapeworm is a type of parasite that attaches itself to the intestines of its host.
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• plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Example sentence • An angiosperm is a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel.
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• marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
Example sentence • The spiny skin of echinoderms gives them their name, which means 'spiny skin' in Greek.
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• the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems
Example sentence • The endoderm is the innermost layer of an embryo's trilaminar disc.
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• nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants
Example sentence • The endosperm is a tissue that provides nutrition to the developing embryo in the seeds of flowering plants.
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• the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems
Example sentence • The entoderm gives rise to the lining of the digestive tract.
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• the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
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• plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
Example sentence • The gymnosperm is a type of plant that bears its seeds directly on the surface of cones.
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• extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
Example sentence • The fossils of ostracoderms provide valuable insights into the early evolution of vertebrates.
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• fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws
Example sentence • One of the most famous placoderms is the Dunkleosteus, a giant predatory fish.
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• an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
Example sentence • Fossil evidence suggests that pteridosperms were widespread and diverse.
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Example sentence • The coral bioherm formed a barrier reef along the coastline.
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Example sentence • I always degerm my hands before preparing food.
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Example sentence • The technician used a deperm tool to demagnetize the hard drive.
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Example sentence • The epiderm is the outermost layer of the skin.
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Example sentence • Some eurytherms are able to survive both extreme heat and extreme cold.
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Example sentence • The doctor injected the medication directly into the hypoderm .
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Example sentence • The monogerm beet seeds are ideal for home gardeners.
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Example sentence • John planted a multigerm seed and was amazed when multiple plants sprouted from it.
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• The outer layer of plant tissue comprising the phellem, phellogen and the phelloderm.
Example sentence • The periderm is the outer protective layer of woody plants.
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Example sentence • The phelloderm is the innermost layer of the periderm in woody plants.
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Example sentence • The protoderm is the outermost primary meristem in plants.
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• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978
Example sentence • He affirmed his loyalty to the company.
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• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Example sentence • I went fishing and used an angleworm as bait.
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• small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Example sentence • The blindworm is a legless lizard with small eyes and a shiny, smooth skin.
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• a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait
Example sentence • The aquarium fish eagerly devoured the bloodworms.
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