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Effector

An effecter.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Organ 76% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Effect 74% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Effect 74% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Effecter 92% connected

One who effects.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cell noun · 78% connection

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cell organ noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Cell organelle noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Chromatin noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromatin granule noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromosome noun · 78% connection

a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…

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Cytol noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytoplasm noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytoskeleton noun · 78% connection

a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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