7 2 noun n noun
• an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
Example sentence • I have a stomach ache after eating too much.
7 2 noun n Example sentence • I love relaxing in my hammock on warm summer afternoons.
8 3 noun n noun
• a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Example sentence • The United States is a republic with a democratic system of government.
7 3 adjective adj adjective
• appearing in a biblical canon
adjective satellite
• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
Example sentence • The canonic text of the Bible includes both the Old and New Testaments.
7 2 noun n noun
• either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
Example sentence • She landed hard on her left buttock .
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
Example sentence • The soldiers were housed in a temporary barrack during training.
7 2 noun n Example sentence • The farmer used a bullock to plow the fields.
7 2 noun n noun
• a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
5 2 noun n noun
• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
Example sentence • The discovery of penicillin marked a new epoch in the field of medicine.
5 2 noun n noun
• violent and needless disturbance
Example sentence • The hurricane wreaked havoc on the coastal town, causing extensive damage.
7 2 noun n noun
• pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
Example sentence • The horses grazed peacefully in the paddock .
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
Example sentence • I ordered the grilled pollack for dinner.
10 4 adjective adj adjective satellite
• communicating without apparent physical signals
Example sentence • She claimed to have telepathic powers, being able to communicate with others through her mind.
8 4 adjective adj Example sentence • In the study of genetics, isogenic mice are often used as a model organism.
7 2 verb, noun v, n
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Example sentence • The ruddock is a small bird native to Europe.
7 2 noun n noun
• a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers
Example sentence • The priest wore a black cassock during the church service.
7 2 noun n noun
• lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
Example sentence • I ordered a delicious haddock dish for dinner.
7 2 noun n Example sentence • The children rolled down the hillock in the park.
5 2 noun n noun
• 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
Example sentence • I saw a kopek wandering the streets.
7 3 adjective adj adjective
• of or relating to osmosis
Example sentence • Plant roots absorb water through osmotic processes.
9 4 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• Of, pertaining to or using biometrics.
Example sentence • The airport authorities installed biometric scanners for identity verification.
13 4 adjective adj
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Example sentence • The patient was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
6 2 noun n noun
• A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
Example sentence • She wore a pair of cozy mukluks to keep her feet warm in the snow.
11 5 adjective adj adjective
• of or relating to the practice of homeopathy
Example sentence • She decided to try a homeopathic remedy for her cold.
10 5 adjective adj adjective
• (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause
Example sentence • He was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy, as there was no identifiable cause for his seizures.
9 3 noun n noun
• United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)
6 2 noun n noun
• informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
10 4 adjective adj adjective
• of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
Example sentence • He has a philatelic collection of stamps from around the world.
6 2 noun n noun
• United States filmmaker whose works include the first full-length feature film with sound sequences (1902-1979)
10 4 adjective adj adjective
• of or pertaining to aeronautics
Example sentence • The aeronautic industry is responsible for designing and manufacturing aircraft.
9 4 noun n noun
• a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
adjective satellite
• capable of distinguishing
Example sentence • The letter "ö" in German has a diacritic called an umlaut.
10 4 adjective adj adjective
• with unchanging entropy; at constant entropy
Example sentence • An isentropic process is a thermodynamic process in which the entropy of the system remains constant.
7 2 noun n noun
• marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
Example sentence • The piddock is a type of marine bivalve mollusk.
7 3 noun n noun
• a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
8 2 noun n noun
• southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
Example sentence • I bought a shaddock at the grocery store.
8 3 adjective adj
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Example sentence • She uses a glycolic cleanser every night before bed.
5 2 noun n noun
• A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
Example sentence • The xebec slowly sailed into the harbor.
6 4 verb v Example sentence • Please attach your resume to the job application.
4 1 noun n noun
• German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
verb
• lead a bachelor's existence
6 2 verb v verb
• cause to become detached or separated; take off
Example sentence • She carefully detached the old photograph from the album.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)
7 2 noun n noun
• southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
Example sentence • I love eating spinach in salads.
13 5 adjective adj adjective
• arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species
Example sentence • The study focused on intraspecific variation in body size.
5 3 noun n noun
• (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
8 3 adverb adv
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Example sentence • He was not happy with his salary, inasmuch as he thought he deserved more.
12 3 noun n noun
• the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
Example sentence • The first stomach of a cow is known as the rumen.
13 3 noun n noun
• the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
Example sentence • The fourth stomach of a cow is called abomasum.
15 5 noun n noun
• a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
Example sentence • The news hit me like a punch in the pit of the stomach .
13 4 noun n noun
• the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Example sentence • Cows have a second stomach called the rumen where they digest their food.
12 3 noun
• the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Example sentence • Cows have four main compartments in their stomach, with the third stomach known as the omasum.
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