blastema |
an undifferentiated or primitive mass of cells, as in an embryo or regenerating organ, that is capable of becoming organized into a specific tissue or organ. |
blob |
a shapeless, soft mass. [1/3 definitions] |
blur |
a mass of confusion or vagueness. [1/7 definitions] |
bolus |
a rounded mass, esp. one of partially chewed food. [1/2 definitions] |
boscage |
a mass of woody growth; thicket. |
bracken |
a thick growth or mass of such ferns. [1/2 definitions] |
bush1 |
a thick mass or growth of bushes. [1/3 definitions] |
cake |
a hardened, formed mass of some substance. [2/4 definitions] |
calve |
of a glacier or iceberg, to cause (a mass of ice) to break loose. [1/4 definitions] |
camphor ball |
a small mass of solid chemicals, including naphthalene or camphor, used to repel moths; mothball. |
candy floss |
(chiefly British) a candy consisting of melted sugar spun into a fluffy mass around a stick or paper cone; cotton candy. |
carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
center of gravity |
that point in or near a body or mass about which all of its parts are in perfect balance. |
center of mass |
the point at which the mass of an object or system of objects can be considered to be concentrated. |
centimeter-gram-second |
of or concerning the system of measurement in which the centimeter, gram, and second are the basic units of length, mass, and time. |
chasuble |
a loose, sleeveless garment worn by a priest over other clothing during Mass. |
cheese |
a food made from milk curd that has been pressed into a mass and aged or seasoned in any of a wide variety of ways. [2/3 definitions] |
cholesteatoma |
a tumor-like mass of epithelial cells appearing esp. in the middle ear or mastoid process, also known as a pearl tumor. |
chyme |
the semifluid thick mass that is the product of the partial digestion of food in the stomach and that passes into the small intestine. |
climate change |
any significant change in Earth's climate capable of causing cataclysmic events such as the mass extinction of species. [1/2 definitions] |
clot |
a thickened lump or mass of liquid, such as blood. [2/4 definitions] |