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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]