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ashram |
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(India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus |
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ashram |
Noun
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a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram |
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anomaly |
Noun
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(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) |
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anomaly |
Noun
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a person who is unusual |
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anomaly |
Noun
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deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
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active site |
Noun
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the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
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acme |
Noun
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the highest point (of something) |
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acme |
Noun
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the highest level or degree attainable |
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airhead |
Noun
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a bridgehead seized by airborne troops |
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airhead |
Noun
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a flighty scatterbrained simpleton |
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Albion |
Noun
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archaic name for England or Great Britain |
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abyss |
Noun
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a bottomless gulf or pit |
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abysm |
Noun
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a bottomless gulf or pit |
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abyssal zone |
Noun
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the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light |
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achondrite |
Noun
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a stony meteor lacking chondrules |
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acicula |
Noun
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a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal |
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anthill |
Noun
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a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest |
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antibaryon |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a baryon |
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antilepton |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a lepton |
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antimeson |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a meson |
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antimuon |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a muon |
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antineutrino |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a neutrino |
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antineutron |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a neutron |
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antiparticle |
Noun
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a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties |
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antiproton |
Noun
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an unstable negatively charged proton |
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antiquark |
Noun
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the antiparticle of a quark |
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antitauon |
Noun
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an antilepton of very great mass |
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aerolite |
Noun
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a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals |
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airborne transmission |
Noun
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a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract |
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abience |
Noun
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(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object |
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adience |
Noun
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(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object |
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alluvial sediment |
Noun
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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alluvial deposit |
Noun
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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alluvium |
Noun
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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alluvion |
Noun
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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alluvion |
Noun
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
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alluvion |
Noun
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gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |
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alluvial flat |
Noun
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a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
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agromania |
Noun
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an intense desire to be alone or out in the open |
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alluvial plain |
Noun
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a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
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alp |
Noun
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any high mountain |
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alcoholism |
Noun
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an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess |
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alcoholism |
Noun
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habitual intoxication |
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alpha particle |
Noun
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a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom |
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altocumulus |
Noun
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a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
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altocumulus cloud |
Noun
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a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
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altostratus |
Noun
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a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
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altostratus cloud |
Noun
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a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
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ammonite |
Noun
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one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks |
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ammonoid |
Noun
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one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks |