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Amid
preposition · 78% connection
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Annulata
n. pl. · 78% connection
A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Bots
n. pl. · 78% connection
The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Brachiolaria
n. pl. · 78% connection
A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Brilliant
adjective · 78% connection
A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Chalcid fly
noun · 78% connection
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Chalcidfly
noun · 78% connection
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Chart
noun · 78% connection
A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Ciliata
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Ciliated
adjective · 78% connection
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Circus
noun · 78% connection
A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Ctenophore
noun · 78% connection
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arrange…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenopt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Gastrotricha
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Interference
noun · 78% connection
The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
