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| science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind |
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| science dealing with the study of bacteria |
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| science dealing with the study of living organisms |
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| science dealing with the action and diseases of the heart |
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| scientific study of crimes and criminals |
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| science dealing with the skin and its diseases |
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| science dealing with the relation of living things to their environment and to each other |
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| branch of anthropology dealing with human aces, their origin, distribution, culture, t=etc. |
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| account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor |
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| science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks |
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| science dealing with the atmosphere and weather |
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1. scientific study of the forms and structures of plants and animals
2. form and structure of an organism or any of its parts |
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| account or study of myths |
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| list of persons who have died recently; obituary |
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| scientific study of the nervous system and its diseases |
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| science dealing with life in the remote past as recorded in fossils |
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1. science dealing with the nature and causes of disease
2. something abnormal |
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| scientific study of rocks |
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| science dealing with the functions of living things or their organs |
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| study of the evolution, development, and functioning of human society |
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| use of science to achieve a practical purpose; applied science; engineering |
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| study of religion and religious ideas |
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| spontaneous generation (development of life from lifeless matter)(ant. biogenesis) |
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1. able to live both on land and in water
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| germ-killing substance produced by or derived from a microorganism |
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| story of a person's life written by that person |
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| chemistry dealing with chemical compounds and processes in living plants and animals |
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| destructive to life or living things |
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| capable of being readily decomposed into harmless substances by microorganisms (ant. nonbiodegradable) |
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| development of life from preexisting life (ant. abiogenesis) |
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| story of a person's life written by another person |
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| science dealing with the study of living organisms |
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| (or biometrics) statistical analysis of biological data |
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| diagnostic examination of a piece of tissue from the living body |
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| plants (flora) and animals (fauna) living in a region |
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| microscopic life form; microorganism; germ |
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| living together in mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms |
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1. dissection of plants, animals, or other things to study their structure; analysis
2. structure (e.g., of a plant or animal) |
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| surgical removal of the appendix |
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| smallest particle of an element (literally, "not cut," "indivisible") |
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| device for converting a liquid to a fine spray |
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| cutting or division into two; division |
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| surgical removal of part or all of the stomach |
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| brain surgery for treatment of certain mental disorders |
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| surgical removal of a breast |
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| opening of a vein to diminish the blood supply |
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| one volume, or "cut," of a work of several volumes; scholarly book |
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| surgical removal of the tonsils |
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| surgical operation of cutting into the trachea (windpipe) |
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| parts of the globe (or their inhabitants) diametrically opposite to each other (literally, "with the feet opposite) |
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| invertebrate (animal having no backbone) with jointed legs, e.g., insects |
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| one who treats ailments of the human foot |
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| verse (line of poetry) consisting of two feet; a dimeter |
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1. dais; raised platform
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| (or pseudopodium)(literally, "false foot") temporary extension of the protoplasm, as in the ameba, to enable the organism to move and take in food |
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| utensil, stool, or cauldron having three legs |
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| having the same color; monochromatic; unicolor |
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| of the same kind; similar; uniform |
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| differing in kind; dissimilar; varied |
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| dissimilarity in structure |
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| exhibiting similarity in form |
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| exhibiting diversity in form |
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| word that sounds like another but differs in meaning and spelling, e.g.,principal and principle |
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| word spelled like another, but differing in sound and meaning, e.g., bass (the tone pronounced "base") and bass (the fish, rhyming with "pass") |
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| having the same center; concentric |
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| having the same sound or voice (ant. polyphonic) |
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| deviating from the common rule; abnormal; atypical |
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| person or thing diviating from the common rule |
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| opposed to accepted beliefs or established doctrines, especially in religion; unorthodox (ant. orthodox) |
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| excess of sugar in the blood |
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| abnormally low level of sugar in the blood |
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| abnormally high blood pressure |
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| especially high fever; hyperpyrexia |
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| subnormal body temperature |
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| marked by excessive activity of the thyroid gland |
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| marked by deficient activity of the thyroid gland |
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| extravagant exaggeration of statement |
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| farsightedness (ant. myopia) |
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| excessively sensitive; supersensitive |
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| excessive growth or development, as of a body part (ant. atrophy) |
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| theory or supposition assumed as a basis for reasoning (something "placed under") |
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| assumed without proof for the purpose of reasoning; conjectural |
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| marriage withing the tribe, caste, or social group |
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| marriage outside the tribe, caste, or social group |
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| produced from within; due to internal causes |
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| produced from without; due to external causes |
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| internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal |
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| hard protective structure developed outside the body, as the shell of a lobster |
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| inflammation of the lining of the heart |
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| membranelike tissue lining the digestive tract |
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| parasite living on the inside of its host (ant. exoparasite) |
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| plant growing within another plant |
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| known externally (outside a select group; publicly); readily understandable (ant. esoteric) |
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1. introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native)
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| total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder |
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| rule by an absolute sovereign |
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| body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the group above it; pecking order |
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| form of social organization in which the mother rules the family or tribe, decent being traced through the mother |
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| state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen |
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| form of government in which a few people have the power |
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| form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe, decent being traced through the father |
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| measured from the earth's center; having the earth as a center |
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| pertaining to geodesy (mathematics dealing with the earth's shape and dimensions) |
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| study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc. |
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| science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks |
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| mathematics dealing with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids (literally, "measurement of land") |
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| pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface |
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| science treating of the forces that modify the earth |
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| study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography |
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| art or science of agriculture (literally, "working of the earth") |
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| response to earth's gravity, as the growing of roots downward in the ground |
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| farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly; body (ant. perigee); culmination |
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| aversion ("feeling against"); dislike (ant. sympathy) |
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| lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement; indifference |
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| complete understanding of another's feelings, motives, ect. |
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| quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness |
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| sharing of ("feeling with") another's trouble; compassion (ant. antipathy) |
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| transference of thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent means of communication |
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| treatment of disease with minute doses of a remedy that, if given in massive doses to healthy persons, would produce effects like those of the disease (ant. allopathy) |
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| practitioner of osteopathy (treatment of diseases by manipulation of bones, muscles, nerves, etc.) |
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1. pertaining to mental disease
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| having no definite form; shapeless; unorganized |
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| attributing human form or characteristics to beings not human, especially gods |
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| occurring under two distinct forms |
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| having a form deriving largely from the embryo's inner layer; having a heavy body build (ant. ectomorphic) |
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| exhibiting diversity of form |
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1. branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of animals and plants
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| membranous sac enclosing the heart |
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| nearest point to the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body (ant. apogee) |
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| nearest point to the sun in the orbit of a heavenly body (ant. aphelion) |
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| whole outer boundary or measurement of a surface or figure |
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| branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the bone and gum tissues supporting the teeth |
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| traveling about; itinerant |
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1. on the periphery (outside boundary);outside or away from the central part, as in peripheral vision
2. only slightly connected with what is essential; merely incidental |
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| device that can be attached to or used with a computer, such as a keyboard, monitor, printer, or scanner |
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| expressed in a roundabout way; circumlocutory |
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| instrument permitting those in a submarine a view ("look around") of the surface |
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| wavelike contraction of the wall of the intestines, which propels contents onward |
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1. row of columns around a building or court
2. the space so enclosed |
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| inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and surrounding the organs with in it) |
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