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| acorn squash |
a variety of winter squash with a ridged acorn shape and dark green skin. |
| adult education |
a noncredit course of study for adults that offers instruction in a variety of subjects, typically offered by a university or college extension or by a community-based organization. |
| alabaster |
a hard, translucent, and sometimes striped variety of calcite. [1/5 definitions] |
| albacore |
a variety of tuna found in warm to temperate waters, and often canned for human consumption. |
| all-around |
able to do a variety of things; not specialized; versatile. [1/2 definitions] |
| ampicillin |
a synthetic antibiotic related to penicillin, taken orally to fight a variety of bacterial infections. |
| assorted |
of different kinds or sorts, collected together; variety. |
| assortment |
a collection of different sorts of things; variety. |
| ballroom dancing |
dancing performed by couples to a variety of social dances, such as the waltz, tango, or fox trot. |
| bamboo |
the stems of such a plant, used as a building material for such things as houses and fences, and for a wide variety of products such as hats, furniture, musical instruments, and chopsticks. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bartlett |
a large yellow juicy variety of pear. |
| bazaar |
a shop or market with a wide variety of goods for sale. [1/3 definitions] |
| benzene |
a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, obtained from petroleum and coal tar and used in or to make a wide variety of chemical products, such as insecticides, motor fuels, and solvents. |
| Bibb lettuce |
a variety of lettuce with a small round head of loose, tender, dark green leaves. |
| bicarbonate |
a chemical that is a variety of carbonate, used esp. in baking or as an antacid. (See sodium bicarbonate.) |
| Bing cherry |
a variety of sweet, dark red cherry. |
| biodiversity |
the condition of having a wide variety of living things. If an area on the earth has biodiversity, it means that there are many different kinds of animals and plants living there. |
| bleeding heart |
any of several flowering plants, esp. a common garden variety with drooping red or deep pink, heart-shaped flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| bluebonnet |
a blue-flowered variety of lupine, esp. the Texas state flower. [1/3 definitions] |
| bluebottle |
a variety of blowfly having an iridescent blue body. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue point |
a variety of Siamese cat with a pale body and dark bluish gray points. |
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