6 1 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
Example sentence • The stargazers gather in the observatory to view celestial bodies using powerful scopes .
9 3 noun
n
noun
• a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
Example sentence • I need to buy envelopes for these letters.
5 1 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• a specific instance of feeling hopeful
Example sentence • I have high hopes for the success of this project.
5 1 noun
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Example sentence • The climber tied the ropes securely before scaling the mountain.
6 1 noun
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noun
• an elevated geological formation
Example sentence • The skiers navigated the steep slopes with ease.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• a structurally different form of an element
Example sentence • The study of allotropes is important in the field of materials science.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
Example sentence • The toy drone uses gyroscopes to stabilize and maintain its position in the air.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
Example sentence • Some people believe that horoscopes can predict their future.
11 3 noun
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noun
• magnifier of the image of small objects
Example sentence • Scientists use microscopes to observe tiny organisms.
10 3 noun
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noun
• an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
Example sentence • The submarine has multiple periscopes for the crew to see above the water.
12 3 noun
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noun
• a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
Example sentence • The doctors used their stethoscopes to listen to the patients' heartbeats.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• a magnifier of images of distant objects
verb
• crush together or collapse
Example sentence • Astronomers use telescopes to observe distant galaxies.
13 4 noun
n
noun
• electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Example sentence • Researchers use oscilloscopes to analyze electronic signals.
11 3 noun
n
noun
• a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
Example sentence • I bought two cantaloupes from the grocery store.
5 1 verb
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noun
• brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
verb
• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Example sentence • She copes with stress by practicing yoga.
6 2 verb
v
verb
• run away secretly with one's beloved
Example sentence • She elopes with her boyfriend and gets married in secret.
6 1 verb
v
noun
• the act of groping; and instance of groping
verb
• feel about uncertainly or blindly
Example sentence • He gropes in the dark for the light switch.
5 1 verb, noun
v, n
Example sentence • She watched as the antelope gracefully jumped in swift lopes across the plain.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
verb
• rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
Example sentence • Their shop sells a wide range of organic soaps .
5 1 verb
v
noun
• a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Example sentence • He stops the car abruptly to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
8 3 noun
n
noun
• only the silky anteater
Example sentence • The cyclopes were a race of one-eyed giants in Greek mythology.
3 1 noun
n
noun
• (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
Example sentence • The ops team has been working round the clock to fix the issue.
4 1 verb, noun
v, n
Example sentence • He always buys designer tops for his wife.
8 3 noun
n
noun
• A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
Example sentence • Marine biotopes include coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds.
8 3 noun
n
noun
• the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
Example sentence • Researchers are studying different epitopes to develop effective vaccines.
10 3 noun
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noun
• small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
Example sentence • During the breeding season, male phalaropes take on the responsibility of incubating the eggs.
10 4 noun
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noun
• A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
Example sentence • The presence of azeotropes in a mixture can complicate the separation of its components.
11 4 noun
n
noun
• A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
Example sentence • The hagioscopes in the abbey offered a unique perspective on the religious ceremonies.
7 2 noun
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noun
• minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
Example sentence • The cyclops in Greek mythology was a giant creature with a single eye in the middle of its forehead.
4 1 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
Example sentence • The farmer grows hops in his backyard.
11 4 noun
n
noun
• huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
Example sentence • The triceratops was a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous period.
6 1 verb, adverb, noun
v, adv, n
noun
• birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Example sentence • The miners were working in the dark, narrow stopes .
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Example sentence • The technician relied on aeroscopes to assess the air quality in the laboratory.
9 3 noun
n
noun
• someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
Example sentence • There were several antipopes in the 14th century.
8 3 noun
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noun
• abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
Example sentence • The process of omitting sounds or letters in a word is known as apocopes .
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Example sentence • He consulted the baroscopes to predict the upcoming storm.
9 3 noun
n
noun
• a South African movie theater
Example sentence • She attended a lecture on the history of bioscopes .
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Example sentence • The boltropes on the sails ensured their stability in the strong winds.
10 3 noun
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noun
• An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
Example sentence • With the help of borescopes , engineers can detect defects in infrastructure.
10 2 noun, adjective
n, adj
noun
• a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points
Example sentence • The new cryoscopes on the market are more accurate than previous models.
11 3 noun
n
noun
• A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
Example sentence • The surgeon used cystoscopes during the bladder surgery.
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Example sentence • Gemologists often carry dichroscopes as part of their toolkit.
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Example sentence • Most of the population fall into the category of emmetropes .
10 3 noun
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noun
• a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
Example sentence • Modern endoscopes have high-definition cameras for clear visualization.
9 3 noun
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noun
• A form of epidiascope that projects images of opaque objects
Example sentence • The church had a collection of episcopes for use during religious services.
10 3 noun
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noun
• a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
Example sentence • Doctors use fetoscopes to listen to the baby's heartbeat in the womb.
11 3 noun
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noun
• a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
Example sentence • The detective used fiberscopes to search for hidden compartments in the suspect's car.
12 3 noun
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noun
• an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
Example sentence • The hospital uses fluoroscopes to obtain real-time images of the patient's internal organs.
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Example sentence • The sailors climbed down the footropes to board the ship.
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