The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Analgesia
Absence of sensibility to pain.
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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because i…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The variety of life in a place or across the planet.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound shee…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, he…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Dominion; empire; authority.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of Endanger
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, inf…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Words connected by meaning
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To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.Violent contest or striving.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, sensibility, pain.Explore Academic Dictionary
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