4 1 verb, noun v, n 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 • I can't wait to go home and relax after work.
4 1 noun n noun
• a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Example sentence • The stadium has a retractable dome .
6 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments
Example sentence • I love the shiny chrome finish on my new car.
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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 • I have a small gnome figurine in my garden.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Example sentence • She used a comb to style her hair.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
verb
• become bubbly or frothy or foaming
Example sentence • The waves crashed against the rocks, creating white foam .
4 1 noun n 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
4 1 verb v verb
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example sentence • The tourists decided to roam around the ancient ruins.
8 2 noun n noun
• a complex of concurrent things
Example sentence • Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes intellectual disability and distinctive physical features.
3 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
Example sentence • The unit of electrical resistance is measured in ohms.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing
Example sentence • The velodrome track is made of smooth, wooden boards.
4 1 noun n noun
• a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Example sentence • The gardener prepared the soil by adding a layer of loam .
10 3 noun n noun
• a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Example sentence • Humans typically have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
6 2 noun n noun
• the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
Example sentence • The human genome consists of approximately 3 billion base pairs.
6 2 noun n noun
• (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
4 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.
Example sentence • The small island of Öland is home to several holms.
9 3 noun n noun
• an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Example sentence • He landed his private jet at the small local aerodrome .
9 3 noun n noun
• a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
10 3 noun n noun
• a stadium for horse shows or horse races
Example sentence • The ancient hippodrome in Constantinople was a famous venue for chariot races.
7 2 noun n noun
• a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Example sentence • Ginger is a rhizome that is commonly used in cooking.
9 3 noun n 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 • I love eating honeycomb with my breakfast.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a light resilient foam of polystyrene
Example sentence • I need a styrofoam cup for my coffee.
6 2 interjection
• A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
8 3 noun n noun
• the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome
Example sentence • The scientists analyzed the proteome of cancer cells to better understand the disease.
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Example sentence • In Genesis, the creation of the world took place over six yom .
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• A valley, often wooded and often with no river
Example sentence • She hiked along the picturesque combe , enjoying the stunning views.
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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 • The liposome encapsulated the medication, allowing it to be targeted to a specific area of the body.
10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
adjective satellite
• having or exhibiting many colors
verb
• color with many colors; make polychrome
Example sentence • The museum displayed a beautiful polychrome vase from ancient Greece.
8 3 noun n noun
• an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
Example sentence • The catacomb is a series of underground tunnels used as burial places.
9 3 noun n noun
• clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
Example sentence • I need to buy a metronome for my piano practice.
10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• painting done in a range of tones of a single color
adjective satellite
• having or appearing to have only one color
Example sentence • I love the monochrome of his black and white photography.
5 1 noun n noun
• the time of day immediately following sunset
Example sentence • The gloam of the evening enveloped the landscape in a serene darkness.
4 1 noun n noun
• a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
Example sentence • She picked a ripe pome from the tree.
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5 2 noun n noun
• a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Example sentence • The Amazon rainforest is a biome that is home to millions of species.
8 2 noun n noun
• an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Example sentence • The airdrome was bustling with activity as passengers boarded their flights.
9 3 noun n noun
• a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
Example sentence • The loxodrome is the curve formed by the intersection of a sphere with a plane that cuts all the meridians at the same angle.
10 3 noun n noun
• a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
Example sentence • A man, a plan, a canal: Panama is a palindrome .
8 2 noun n noun
• a toilet that is available to the public
Example sentence • I need to find the nearest restroom .
8 3 noun n noun
• a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
Example sentence • The acrosome is a cap-like structure that covers the head of a sperm cell.
5 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
Example sentence • He planted brome grass in the field to prevent erosion.
10 3 noun n noun
• small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
Example sentence • The centrosome is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
10 3 noun n noun
• (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
Example sentence • Scientists have discovered a new type of cytochrome in bacteria that helps them survive in extreme environments.
10 3 noun n noun
• a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Example sentence • The dictyosome is responsible for packaging and distributing proteins in the cell.
7 3 noun n noun
• DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
Example sentence • The plasmid pBR322 is a well-known example of an episome .
10 3 noun n noun
• a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Example sentence • The renowned gastronome enjoyed exploring different cuisines.
8 3 noun n noun
• an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)
Example sentence • The lysosome is responsible for breaking down waste materials in the cell.
9 3 noun n noun
• a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
Example sentence • The microsome is a small organelle found in cells.
8 2 noun n noun
• an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur
Example sentence • The prodrome of the illness includes symptoms such as fatigue and headache.
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