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| alyssum |
any of a group of weedy low-growing plants of the mustard family, having tiny white or yellow four-petaled flowers borne on branched stalks. [1/2 definitions] |
| amphioxus |
a tiny fishlike marine organism characterized by a primitive vertebra and dorsal nerve tissue; lancelet. |
| animalcule |
a tiny or microscopic creature. |
| atom |
anything extremely small; tiny bit. [1/2 definitions] |
| atomic |
extremely tiny. [1/3 definitions] |
| beauty spot |
a tiny dark mark or patch applied to the face or shoulders, esp. by a woman to accentuate the fairness of her skin. [1/2 definitions] |
| biting midge |
any of several tiny two-winged biting insects, similar to gnats, that attack in swarms. |
| breadcrumb |
a very tiny bit of bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| calla |
any of several subtropical plants, esp. the calla lily, which has a large, white petal-like part surrounding a yellow spike of tiny flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| canaliculus |
a small bodily channel or tubular passage, such as a tear duct, or a tiny groove, as in a bone. |
| cap1 |
a tiny explosive charge, usu. contained in paper, for use in a toy pistol. [1/10 definitions] |
| cattail |
any of several tall, reedlike marsh plants with tiny brown flowers growing in dense rows on a cylindrical spike. |
| chigger |
a tiny parasitic mite larva that lives in the skin of vertebrates, causing severe itching and possible spreading of infectious disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| chromosome |
one of the tiny, threadlike, DNA-containing bodies found in the cell nuclei of all plants and animals, responsible for transmitting hereditary characteristics. |
| cilium |
a tiny hair on a plant, insect, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| cribriform |
pierced with tiny holes. |
| crumb |
a tiny fragment, esp. such as breaks or falls from baked goods. [2/6 definitions] |
| crystallite |
a tiny crystal that typically forms as a material cools. |
| cypress |
one of a group of evergreen trees having tiny scale-like leaves, or the branches or wood of such a tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| diatom |
any of various tiny single-celled algae having cell walls of silica. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. [2/4 definitions] |
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