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Abbreviator
noun · 78% connection
One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Alvine
adjective · 78% connection
Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Capillary
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Chondritic
adjective · 78% connection
Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Chondro-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Cleistogamous
adjective · 78% connection
Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Concretion
noun · 78% connection
A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Concretionary
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Demilune
noun · 78% connection
A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Dissolvent
noun · 78% connection
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Dolomite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Eclogite
noun · 78% connection
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Epithelium
noun · 78% connection
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Fretwork
noun · 78% connection
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Gland
noun · 78% connection
An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary gland…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Glandular
adjective · 78% connection
Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Glandulous
adjective · 78% connection
Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
Globule
noun · 78% connection
A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, acini, minute, granular, concretions.
