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| Bissau |
the capital of Guinea-Bissau. |
| brainstorm |
to engage in a method of problem-solving or idea-gathering in which members of a group freely and spontaneously offer their thoughts and suggestions. [1/6 definitions] |
| breakaway |
of a theatrical or film prop, designing to break under slight impact, as a balsa-wood chair. [1/6 definitions] |
| brucellosis |
a bacteria-induced disease that causes recurring fever and pains in the joints in people and abortions in cattle; undulant fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever. |
| calzone |
an Italian dish consisting of a pizza-dough shell filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, or the like. |
| cath- |
variant of cata-. |
| Central Powers |
a World War I alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary together with Turkey and Bulgaria. |
| cha-cha |
to dance the cha-cha. [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. |
| comma bacillus |
the comma-shaped bacterium that causes Asiatic cholera. |
| deka- |
variant of deca-. |
| dynamo- |
see "dyna-." |
| filterable virus |
a virus capable of passing through bacteria-retaining filters and thus remaining infectious. |
| gin rummy |
a card game for two players in which the aim is to be the first to discard all of one's cards in three-of-a-kind or sequenced sets. |
| granite |
a coarse-grained igneous rock usu. composed of silica-rich minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and small amounts of mica or amphibole, commonly used for building, sculpture, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| hari-kari |
see "hara-kiri." |
| mushroom |
any of numerous edible or poisonous fungi, usu. with a fleshy, umbrella-shaped cap on a thin stalk. [1/7 definitions] |
| peso |
the chief monetary unit of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equaling one hundred centavos. [1/3 definitions] |
| pisolite |
a small, rounded, pea-sized mass of calcium carbonate. [1/2 definitions] |
| plasmid |
a DNA-containing, self-reproducing element in the cytoplasm of some bacteria which exists outside the chromosome, used in recombinant DNA technology because it can alter a hereditary characteristic when introduced into another bacterium. |
| privative |
in grammar, a word element that indicates absence or negation, such as "a-" in "atonal". [1/4 definitions] |
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