| accretion |
the growing together of separate parts. [1/3 definitions] |
| adhesion |
an abnormal growing together of separate body tissues. [1/4 definitions] |
| à la carte |
with separate charges for each item as stated on the menu. (Cf. prix fixe, table d'hôte.) |
| alcove |
a separate or recessed part of a room that is partly enclosed. [1/2 definitions] |
| alone |
separate from everyone or everything else; solitary. [1/5 definitions] |
| analyze |
to separate into parts for close scrutiny; examine. |
| annex |
a building, either attached or separate, added to an existing one. [1/4 definitions] |
| apart |
isolated; separate. [1/3 definitions] |
| apocarpous |
having distinctly separate seed-bearing organs, as the strawberry. |
| Aral Sea |
formerly, a very large, single lake in Central Asia. Once one of the world's largest lakes, the Aral Sea has vastly diminished in volume of water and has divided into separate parts as a result of the diversion, for agricultural purposes, of the rivers that fed the lake. The southeastern part of the Aral Sea has become entirely dry. |
| aside |
away or to a separate place. [1/6 definitions] |
| asunder |
in or into separate parts or pieces. [1/2 definitions] |
| back up |
to create and store a copy of (a computer file), often in a separate location, in case the original is damaged or lost. [1/8 definitions] |
| baptistery |
a part of a church or a separate building used for administering baptism. [1/2 definitions] |
| berlin |
a large four-wheeled closed carriage with separate perches for the footman and driver, and two facing seats inside. [1/2 definitions] |
| bifocal |
(pl.) eyeglasses or contact lenses with separate sections that correct for near and far vision. [1/3 definitions] |
| black nationalism |
(often caps.) a U.S. movement that advocates the establishment of a separate black nation. |
| block |
(chiefly British) a large building divided into separate apartments, offices, or the like. [1/19 definitions] |
| bobsled |
a long racing sled with two separate sets of runners and mechanisms for steering and braking. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bohemia |
a region in the northwestern Czech Republic that was formerly a separate country. [1/2 definitions] |
| boil1 |
to separate (something) from a liquid by boiling (usu. fol. by "off" or "away"). [1/8 definitions] |