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Cell

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Blastema 76% connected

The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

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Blastomere 76% connected

One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.

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Cooler 76% connected

That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

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Dungeon 76% connected

A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

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Fiber 76% connected

Alt. of Fibre

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Fibre 76% connected

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

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Guardroom 76% connected

The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Tank 76% connected

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

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Compartment 76% connected

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a gar…

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Radiophone 76% connected

An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Cellular 74% connected

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

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Cellular 74% connected

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

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Containing whole 5

Being 70% connected

of Be

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Convent 70% connected

A coming together; a meeting.

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Monastery 70% connected

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for fem…

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Organism 70% connected

Organic structure; organization.

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Ward 70% connected

The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

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Component part 5

cell membrane 70% connected

A biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of all cells from the outside environment

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Cytoplasm 70% connected

The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.

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Nucleus 70% connected

A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both…

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Protoplast 70% connected

The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.

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Vacuole 70% connected

A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical s…

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Cadre 92% connected

The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

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Cubicle 92% connected

A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

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