2 1 adverb, noun adv, n noun
• a quad with a square body
4 2 noun
• the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
Example sentence • Could you please, ahem , stop talking during the movie?
3 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
Example sentence • She wears a beautiful gem necklace.
3 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
verb
• fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
Example sentence • She carefully folded the hem of her dress.
6 2 noun n noun
• the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
Example sentence • The protest descended into mayhem as the crowd started looting and vandalizing the shops.
5 2 noun n noun
• (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
Example sentence • I need to reset the modem to fix the internet connection.
3 1 noun
• (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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• grow out of, have roots in, originate in
Example sentence • The flowers had long, slender stems.
3 1 noun
• the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Example sentence • She has a great mem for names and faces.
3 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (sometimes derogatory) A feminine or effeminate person.
Example sentence • The conference focused on empowering women and promoting fem .
7 2 verb v verb
• express strong disapproval of
Example sentence • The government condemned the terrorist attack as an act of cruelty.
5 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.
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• (entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
Example sentence • She is a strong and independent femme .
10 4 adjective adj Example sentence • The antemortem examination found no signs of illness or injury.
6 3 noun n noun
• an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
Example sentence • She wore a shimmering diadem on her head.
9 3 noun n noun
• a maneuver in a game or conversation
Example sentence • He used a clever stratagem to win the game.
9 3 noun n noun
• a system that is part of some larger system
Example sentence • The cooling subsystem of the computer was not functioning properly.
8 2 noun n noun
• tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
Example sentence • The bluestem grass swayed in the wind.
6 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged
Example sentence • I was at the fair and decided to ride the dodgems.
5 2 noun n noun
• desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
4 2 noun n noun
• (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Example sentence • The concept of ylem is often discussed in cosmology.
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• A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.
Example sentence • The femmes at the party were all dressed in elegant gowns.
9 2 noun n noun
• the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
Example sentence • The brainstem controls basic functions such as breathing and heart rate.
9 3 verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj noun
• a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure
Example sentence • The doctor prescribed diltiazem to help control her heart rate.
5 2 noun n noun
• (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
Example sentence • In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter.
6 3 adverb adv adverb
• in the same place (used when citing a reference)
8 3 noun n noun
• undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
Example sentence • The meristem in the shoot tip gives rise to new leaves and stems.
8 3 noun n noun
• a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem
Example sentence • The millirem is a unit of measurement for ionizing radiation.
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Example sentence • She adorned her hair with an anadem of flowers.
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Example sentence • The network allows for intersystem communication between different devices.
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Example sentence • She has a multiproblem car that needs fixing.
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Example sentence • The human body is a complex multisystem .
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Example sentence • She used a small pipestem to clean out the clogged drain.
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Example sentence • The protoxylem consists of narrow and elongated cells that transport water and minerals in young plants.
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Example sentence • The agricultural productivity of this region is largely dependent on the presence of sierozem .
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Example sentence • In solving a complex coding task, it is important to break it down into smaller subproblems.
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Example sentence • The human body can be viewed as a supersystem made up of various interconnected systems.
10 4 noun n noun
• excessive intolerance of opposing views
Example sentence • Many people were disturbed by the fanaticism of the religious group.
11 4 noun n noun
• similarity by virtue of corresponding
Example sentence • The writer used parallelism to emphasize the similarities between the two characters.
9 3 adjective adj noun
• a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Example sentence • He was so proud of his brummagem trophy, even though it was just a cheap imitation.
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep
Example sentence • My dentist informed me that I suffer from bruxism and recommended a mouthguard.
7 2 verb v verb
• look down on with disdain
Example sentence • He was contemned by his colleagues for his unethical behavior.
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5 2 noun n noun
• An introduction, preface or preamble.
Example sentence • The proem of the novel sets the tone for the entire story.
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Example sentence • The spirem of the plant was delicate and beautifully formed.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a word or phrase borrowed from French
Example sentence • This French word is a gallicism that has been adopted into the English language.
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