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arthritis |
n. acute or chronic inflammation of a joint, symptoms include: pain, structural change, and having diverse causes
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holocaust
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n. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. by fire or nuclear war
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coprolite
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n. a piece of fossilized dung
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phosphene
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n. a sensation of light caused by excitation of the retina by mechanical or electrical means rather than by light, as when the eyeballs are pressed through closed lids
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corpulent
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adj. fat or stout; obese
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fructivorous
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adj. fruit-eating
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gastronomy
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n. the art or science of good eating
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effusive
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adj. pouring out; overflowing
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dichotomy
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n. division in two parts
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brachycephalic
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adj. having a short, broad short skull with the breadth 80 percent of the length
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phylogenesis
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n. plural form of phylogeny; the evolutionary history of a group of organisms, esp. as depicted in a family tree
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ventriloquist
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n. an entertainer who makes their voice appear to some from a dummy of a person or animal
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macrocosm
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n. the universe considered as a whole
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dorsal fin
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n. the fin or fin-like integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates
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branchiopod
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n. a crustacean having flattened foot-like appendages
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kinetic
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adj. of, relating to, or resulting from motion
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haploid
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adj. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes
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dextrorotation
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n. rotation to the right
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einsteinium
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n. a transuranic element
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blastocyst
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n. the blastula of the mammalian embryo
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diagonal
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adj. connecting two nonadjacent angles or figures
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brachium
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n. the arm, specifically the upper arm from shoulder to elbow
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pterodactyl
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n. an extinct flying reptile, having wings of skin stretched between hind limb and a long digit of the forelimb
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trophy
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n. anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.
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myopia
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n. near-sightedness
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