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Appetizer

Something which creates or whets an appetite.

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Cocktail 76% connected

A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Starter 92% connected

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bionomics noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Ecology noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Environmental science noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Oceanography noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aboriginal noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Aborigine noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Biotic community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological niche noun · 78% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Fertility noun · 78% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…

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Architect noun · 78% connection

someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

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Articles of incorporation noun · 78% connection

a legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of…

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Autoimmune diabetes noun · 78% connection

severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss an…

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Builder noun · 78% connection

a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country; "empire builder"

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Bulimy noun · 78% connection

A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.

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Cancer of the liver noun · 78% connection

malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and…

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Carver noun · 78% connection

an artist who creates sculptures

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cloning noun · 78% connection

a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)

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Conceiver noun · 78% connection

someone who creates new things

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Creatress noun · 78% connection

She who creates.

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Cretor noun · 78% connection

One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.

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