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ambush |
Verb
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to hunt by stalking and ambushing |
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ambuscade |
Noun
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the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
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ambuscade |
Verb
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to wait in hiding to attack |
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amalgamation |
Noun
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the combination of two or more commercial companies |
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admission |
Noun
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the act of admitting someone to enter |
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admission |
Noun
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the right to enter |
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admission |
Noun
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an acknowledgment of the truth of something |
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admission |
Noun
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the fee charged for admission |
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admittance |
Noun
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the act of admitting someone to enter |
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admittance |
Noun
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the right to enter |
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assemblage |
Noun
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the social act of assembling |
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assemblage |
Noun
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a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose |
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assemblage |
Noun
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several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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assemblage |
Noun
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a group of persons together in one place |
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accenting |
Noun
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the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
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accentuation |
Noun
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the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
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accentuation |
Noun
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the use or application of an accent |
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awakening |
Noun
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the act of waking |
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animal kingdom |
Noun
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taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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animalcule |
Noun
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microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
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animalculum |
Noun
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microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
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amphidiploid |
Noun
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(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent |
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animal virus |
Noun
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an animal pathogen that is a virus |
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anthrax bacillus |
Noun
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a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs) |
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acrodont |
Noun
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an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
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antler |
Noun
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deciduous horn of a member of the deer family |
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aerobe |
Noun
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an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life |
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anaerobe |
Noun
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an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live |
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arbovirus |
Noun
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a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions |
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arborvirus |
Noun
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a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions |
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adenovirus |
Noun
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any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye |
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arenavirus |
Noun
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animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae |
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alphavirus |
Noun
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an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses |
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animal order |
Noun
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the order of animals |
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archaebacteria |
Noun
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considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae |
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archaebacterium |
Noun
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considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae |
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archaeobacteria |
Noun
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considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae |
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archeobacteria |
Noun
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considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae |
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acidophil |
Noun
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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
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acidophile |
Noun
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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment |
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actinopod |
Noun
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protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods |
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acidophilus |
Noun
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a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics |
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ameba |
Noun
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naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion |
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amoeba |
Noun
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naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion |
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actinomycete |
Noun
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any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales |
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arcella |
Noun
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an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella |
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actinomyces |
Noun
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soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites |
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alga |
Noun
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primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
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algae |
Noun
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primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
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arame |
Noun
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an edible seaweed with a mild flavor |