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celluloid
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adj 1: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat
celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid, synthetic]
n 1: highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and
camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its
use has decreased with the development of nonflammable
thermoplastics
2: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces
transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema";
"film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema,
celluloid]
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colloid
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n 1: a mixture with properties between those of a solution and
fine suspension
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cycloid
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adj 1: resembling a circle [syn: cycloid, cycloidal]
n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a
straight line
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diploid
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adj 1: of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or
twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells" [ant:
haploid, haploidic, monoploid, polyploid]
n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of
DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the
haploid number
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haploid
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adj 1: of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
[syn: haploid, haploidic, monoploid] [ant:
diploid, polyploid]
n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set
of chromosomes
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hyperboloid
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n 1: a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around
its main axis
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hypocycloid
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n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around
inside another circle
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metalloid
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adj 1: of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the
properties of metal; "arsenic is a metalloid element"
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mongoloid
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adj 1: characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; "the mongoloid
epicanthic fold"
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the
traditional racial division of humankind including especially
peoples of central and eastern Asia
3: of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome;
n 1: a member of the Mongoloid race
2: a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used
technically in this sense)
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myeloid
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adj 1: of or relating to bone marrow
2: of or relating to the spinal cord
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tabloid
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n 1: sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism,
tabloid, tab]
2: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: tabloid, rag,
sheet]
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triploid
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adj 1: of a cell or organism having three complete sets of
chromosomes; "human triploid fetuses are usually
spontaneously aborted"
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unalloyed
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adj 1: free from admixture; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed
pleasure"
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underemployed
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adj 1: employed only part-time when one needs full-time
employment or not making full use of your skills;
"migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able
people are kept underemployed"
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thalloid
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a
thallus
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keloid
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n 1: raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury;
results from excessive tissue repair [syn: keloid,
cheloid]
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amyloid
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adj 1: resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous,
amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous]
n 1: a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of
starch; any substance resembling starch
2: (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling
starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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petaloid
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adj 1: resembling a flower petal
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bungaloid
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adj 1: characterized by bungalows; "the bungaloid suburbs"
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hyaloid
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adj 1: resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the
morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell
Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid]
n 1: the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of
the eye and separating it from the retina [syn: hyaloid
membrane, hyaloid]
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polyploid
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adj 1: of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid
number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid
species" [ant: diploid, haploid, haploidic,
monoploid]
n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the
haploid number of chromosomes
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amygdaloid
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adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped,
amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal]
n 1: volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding
gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
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heteroploid
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n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number
that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome
number for that species
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paraboloid
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n 1: a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single
coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that
axis
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epicycloid
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n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around
another circle
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condyloid
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crystalloid
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syphiloid
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tetraploid
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varioloid
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