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Aerobies
n. pl. · 78% connection
Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of…
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Against
preposition · 78% connection
From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
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Albuminate
noun · 78% connection
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the…
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Albuminose
noun · 78% connection
A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
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Analysis
noun · 78% connection
The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what element…
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Bubble
noun · 78% connection
A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
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Click
noun · 78% connection
A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of t…
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Colloid
noun · 78% connection
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself thro…
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Dialysis
noun · 78% connection
The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially thro…
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Elastin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…
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Element
noun · 78% connection
Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any i…
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Flake
noun · 78% connection
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
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Function
noun · 78% connection
A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in t…
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Globuliferous
adjective · 78% connection
Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated glo…
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Hydrodynamics
noun · 78% connection
That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action…
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Hygroscopic
adjective · 78% connection
Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass…
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Icebound
adjective · 78% connection
Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as…
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Impact
noun · 78% connection
Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
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