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| aggregate |
added up, combined, or considered as a whole. [2/6 definitions] |
| aggregation |
the act of collecting or being collected into a whole or mass. [1/2 definitions] |
| aliquot |
in math, forming a whole number divisor of another number without a remainder. [3 definitions] |
| all |
the whole; the universe; everything; totality. [1/12 definitions] |
| all along |
from the beginning; the whole time. |
| analysis |
careful scrutiny of constituent parts in order to thoroughly understand the whole. [1/4 definitions] |
| anesthetic |
a drug that causes anesthesia in the whole body or in a localized area. [1/2 definitions] |
| apportionment |
a distribution based on the relation of part to whole. [1/2 definitions] |
| arithmetic |
the simplest form of mathematics consisting of the theory and computation of whole numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, evolution, and involution. [1/3 definitions] |
| assembly |
a collection of parts, as of machinery, put together to form a whole. [2/4 definitions] |
| assembly line |
a set-up in a factory whereby a product being put together passes, in moving along a track, conveyor belt, or the like, a succession of stations with workers, each of whom adds, adjusts, or secures apart to the whole. |
| baked Alaska |
a rich dessert made by piling ice cream on top of a layer of cake, covering the whole with meringue, and baking or broiling until the meringue begins to brown. |
| batch |
a quantity of something or a number of like items handled or considered as a group or whole. [1/2 definitions] |
| being |
essential or fundamental character; whole self. [1/3 definitions] |
| black pepper |
a spice made by grinding the whole dried berry of the pepper plant. |
| blood bank |
a place where blood is collected, processed, and stored as whole blood or plasma, for later use in transfusion. |
| bloodbath |
a brutal and indiscriminate slaughter of many people or a whole population; massacre. [1/2 definitions] |
| Boston brown bread |
a dark steamed bread made of corn meal or graham or whole wheat flour, sweetened with molasses. |
| breve |
in music, a note equal in length to two whole notes. [1/2 definitions] |
| cantle |
a portion or corner, as of land, cut off from a larger whole. [1/2 definitions] |
| chapati |
in Indian cookery, a thin flat usu. whole-wheat bread baked on a griddle. |
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