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Heterogenesis

Spontaneous generation, so called.

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Digenesis 76% connected

The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

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Metagenesis 76% connected

The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovu…

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Xenogenesis 92% connected

Same as Heterogenesis.

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Abiogenesis noun · 78% connection

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spon…

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Abiogenous adjective · 78% connection

Produced by spontaneous generation.

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Accord verb · 78% connection

Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.

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Adventitious adjective · 78% connection

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

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Archegony noun · 78% connection

Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

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Artificial adjective · 78% connection

Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

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Atavism noun · 78% connection

The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.

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Autogenesis noun · 78% connection

Spontaneous generation.

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Automaton verb · 78% connection

Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

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Bang's disease noun · 78% connection

an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

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Brucellosis noun · 78% connection

an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

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Careless adjective · 78% connection

Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a…

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Coagulation noun · 78% connection

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…

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Concession noun · 78% connection

The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary…

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Concourse noun · 78% connection

An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.

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Concrete noun · 78% connection

A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.

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Contagious abortion noun · 78% connection

an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

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Diatom noun · 78% connection

One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplyin…

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