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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that is ordinarily |
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Mosaic |
A picture or design made on a surface by fitting and cementing together small colored pieces as a of tile glass or stone |
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Mutation |
A change in a gene or chromosome of an organism that can be inherited by its offspring |
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Nebula |
A thinly spread cloud of interstellar gas and dust |
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Nocturnal |
Of relating to or occurring at night |
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Nuisance |
A source if inconvenience or annoyance a bother |
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Omnivore |
An organism that eats both plants and animals |
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Outrageous |
Exceeding all bounds of what is right or proper |
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O•zone |
A poisonous unstable form of oxygen that has three atoms per molecule rather than the usual two |
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Parasite |
An organism that lives in or on a different kind of organism from witch it gets nourishment and to which it is sometimes harmful |
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Participle |
A verb form that is used with auxiliary verbs to indicate certain tenses and that can also function as an adjective |
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Phloem |
A plant tissue that conducts food from the leaves to the other plant parts |
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Plateau |
An elevated comparatively level expanse of land |
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Polygon |
A flat closed geometric figure bounded by tree or more line segments |
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Protagonist |
The main character in a drama or literally work |
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Pulverize |
Past participle and past tense |
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Quandary |
A condition of uncertain or doubt |
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Quarantine |
A condition period of time or place in witch a person or animal is confident or kept in isolation in an effort to prevent a disease from spreading |
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Quota |
An amount of sown thing assigned |
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Rainforest |
A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 160 inches |