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• a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Example sentence • She combs her hair every morning.
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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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adjective
• used of your own ground
noun
• where you live at a particular time
adverb
• 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 .
5 1 noun
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noun
• a (usually) large and scholarly book
Example sentence • He spent hours reading through ancient tomes at the library.
5 1 verb
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noun
• a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
verb
• become bubbly or frothy or foaming
Example sentence • She foams the milk before adding it to her coffee.
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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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• German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
Example sentence • The resistance of this circuit is 10 ohms .
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• a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
6 2 noun
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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 .
5 1 noun, adjective
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noun
• a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
11 3 noun, adjective
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noun
• primitive aquatic vertebrate
Example sentence • Lampreys and hagfish are types of cyclostomes .
8 2 noun
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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.
9 2 noun
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noun
• a complex of concurrent things
6 2 noun
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• A valley, often wooded and often with no river
Example sentence • There are many beautiful combes in the English countryside.
10 3 noun
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• a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing
Example sentence • Many professional cyclists train regularly at indoor velodromes .
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• an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Example sentence • Many small towns have aerodromes for small private planes.
9 3 noun
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• an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
Example sentence • The catacombs beneath the city were a labyrinth of tunnels and burial chambers.
11 3 noun
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• a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Example sentence • Humans typically have 46 chromosomes in each cell.
9 3 noun
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• an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
Example sentence • Scientists are studying liposomes as potential drug delivery systems.
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• (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Example sentence • She fell and broke her arm bones .
5 1 noun
n
noun
• 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.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Example sentence • She loves reading poems before going to bed.
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noun
• the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
verb
• give temporarily; let have for a limited time
Example sentence • Banks offer various types of loans to their customers.
7 1 verb, noun
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noun
• the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
verb
• sit on the throne as a ruler
Example sentence • The thrones in the castle were made of gold.
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• United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
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noun
• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
adjective satellite
• of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
verb
• kill by throwing stones at
Example sentence • She collected colorful stones from the beach.
6 1 noun
n
noun
• 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 large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders
5 1 noun
n
noun
• (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.
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5 1 noun, adjective
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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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• 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.
9 3 noun
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noun
• 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.
9 3 noun
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Example sentence • One of the most famous antinomes is the concept of free will versus determinism.
10 3 noun
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noun
• a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
9 3 noun
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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.
10 3 noun
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Example sentence • Fossilized biostromes provide valuable insights into past marine ecosystems.
9 2 noun
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• light carriage; pulled by a single horse
Example sentence • The royal family used to travel in luxurious broughams .
10 3 noun
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• a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
Example sentence • Doctors use dermatomes to diagnose nerve damage.
10 3 noun
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noun
• 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.
7 2 noun
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noun
• 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.
9 3 noun
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11 3 noun
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• a stadium for horse shows or horse races
Example sentence • Many cities in ancient Greece had their own hippodromes .
10 3 noun
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noun
• 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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