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Locus

A place; a locality.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Site 76% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Locale 92% connected

A place, spot, or location.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Venue 92% connected

A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allelomorph noun · 78% connection

(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Cistron noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…

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Cosmid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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Crossbreeding noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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Fertilized ovum noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…

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Gene linkage noun · 78% connection

(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…

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Gene mutation noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

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Haploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Haplotype noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…

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Hereditary pattern noun · 78% connection

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

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Heteroploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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Heterozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

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Homozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic

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Hybrid vigor noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

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Hybridisation noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: place, locality.
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Back adverb · 78% connection

To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left b…

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Batman noun · 78% connection

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fou…

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Bed verb · 78% connection

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a be…

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Booly noun · 78% connection

A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like…

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Brocatel noun · 78% connection

A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble,…

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Chorographer noun · 78% connection

A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

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Chorology noun · 78% connection

The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality,…

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Congestion noun · 78% connection

Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local h…

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Conveyance noun · 78% connection

The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is…

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Digging noun · 78% connection

Region; locality.

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Displace verb · 78% connection

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in…

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