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Tensor

A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

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Muscle 76% connected

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

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Variable 76% connected

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

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Tense 74% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Tense 74% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Accountant noun · 78% connection

One who renders account; one accountable.

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Actomyosin noun · 78% connection

a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions

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Aromatizer noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.

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Betterment noun · 78% connection

An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.

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Biceps noun · 78% connection

any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

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Blemish noun · 78% connection

Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherw…

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Congruity noun · 78% connection

That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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Crane verb · 78% connection

To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

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Creatin noun · 78% connection

an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…

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Creatine noun · 78% connection

an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…

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Dearth noun · 78% connection

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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