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Efflorescence

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

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Crystallization 76% connected

The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

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Crystallizing 76% connected

of Crystallize

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Growing 76% connected

of Grow

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Growth 76% connected

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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Maturation 76% connected

The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

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Ontogenesis 76% connected

Alt. of Ontogeny

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Ontogeny 76% connected

The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in…

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Hives 76% connected

The croup.

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Miliaria 76% connected

A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.

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Urticaria 76% connected

The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and w…

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Urtication 76% connected

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

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Anthesis 92% connected

The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

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Bloom 92% connected

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

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Blossom 92% connected

The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as,…

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Blossoming 92% connected

of Blossom

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Florescence 92% connected

A bursting into flower; a blossoming.

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Flower 92% connected

In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.

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Flowering 92% connected

of Flower

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Flush 92% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Heyday 92% connected

An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

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Inflorescence 92% connected

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

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Peak 92% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Prime 92% connected

Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna

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Rash 92% connected

To pull off or pluck violently.

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Roseola 92% connected

A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; a…

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