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action |
the manner of a mechanism's moving or operating, or the mechanism itself. [1/8 definitions] |
allspice |
the aromatic berry of a West Indian tree of the myrtle family, or the tree itself. [1/2 definitions] |
anil |
a shrub of the pea family that is native to the West Indies, and from which indigo is obtained, or the blue dye itself. [1/2 definitions] |
application |
the act of laying on a substance or preparation, or the substance or preparation itself. [1/6 definitions] |
as such |
in itself. |
aubergine |
(chiefly British) a plant cultivated for its fruit, or the dark purple, ovoid fruit itself, which is eaten as a vegetable; an eggplant. [1/2 definitions] |
auricle |
an earlike projection of either of the two upper chambers of the heart, or one of the chambers itself; atrium. [1/3 definitions] |
autointoxication |
in pathology, poisoning caused by toxic substances that have developed within the body itself, as in the intestines during digestion; autotoxemia. |
automatic |
acting by itself without outside power or influence. [1/4 definitions] |
Ave Maria |
this prayer itself, used in the Roman Catholic church. [1/2 definitions] |
bildungsroman |
a novel that concerns itself primarily with the psychological and moral development of the main character, usually from youth into adulthood. |
bioluminescence |
the emission of light produced naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria, or such light itself. |
Bourbon |
a member of an aristocratic French family that produced rulers of France, Spain, and Naples at various times in the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, or the name of this family itself. [1/2 definitions] |
Brazil nut |
a large, oily triangular nut, the seed of a large tropical South American tree, or the tree itself. |
calk2 |
of a horse, to cut (itself) with a calk. [1/4 definitions] |
candlepin |
(pl. but used with a sing. verb) the game itself. [1/2 definitions] |
cane |
the stalk of a large, hard-stemmed grass, such as bamboo, or the plant itself. [1/7 definitions] |
cannabis |
the dried flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant, or the plant itself; marijuana; hashish. |
carbonyl |
a metal compound containing a radical of one atom of carbon and one of oxygen, or this radical itself. |
catalysis |
the introduction or intervention of a substance that causes or speeds up a chemical reaction without being affected itself. [1/2 definitions] |
catalyst |
a substance that produces or speeds up a chemical reaction without being affected itself. [2 definitions] |
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