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Ear

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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Attending 76% connected

of Attend

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Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Audition 76% connected

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

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Fruit 76% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

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Hearing 76% connected

of Hear

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Containing whole 4

Caput 70% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Corn 70% connected

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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Head 70% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Maize 70% connected

A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on c…

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Component part 4

Eardrum 70% connected

The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

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Fenestra 70% connected

A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

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Tragus 70% connected

The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.

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Tympanum 70% connected

The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

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Synonym 4

Auricle 92% connected

The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.

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Capitulum 92% connected

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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Pinna 92% connected

A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

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Spike 92% connected

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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