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Amid
preposition · 78% connection
See Amidst.
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
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
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
p. pr. · 78% connection
Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
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
unknown · 78% connection
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.
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 sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; a…
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
One of the Ctenophora.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
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 act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: middle, body, surrounded, bands, cilia.
