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| heliotrope | A plant that turns so that it faces the sun. |
| phototropism | the movement of a plant towards or away from light |
| apogeotropism | growth or orientation away from the earth |
| gastronomy | The art or science of good eating; style of cooking, as of a particular region |
| gastroscope | a form of endoscope used to view the inside of the stomach |
| arthritis | Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability , swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders. |
| ventriloquist | One who practices the art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy. |
| dorsoventral | Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something |
| dorsal | With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate |
| macrocephalic | having an abnormally large head |
| macrocosm | The universe; A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures |
| macroscopic | Visible to the unassisted eye; as opposed to microscopic. |
| dextrose | the naturally-occuring dextrorotatory form of glucose |
| dexterity | Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands. |
| brachycephalic | Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). |
| brachypterous | An anatomical condition meaning that an animal has very reduced, non-functional wings. |
| kinetic | Of or relating to motion |
| hypokinesia | Slowed or diminished movement of the body |
| telekinesis | The ability to move an object with the power of one's thoughts. |
| pterodactyl | Any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods |
| dactylic | consisting of dactyls: A poetical foot of three syllables (— ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented |
| dactylology | fingerspelling; The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf. |
| dactylography | the science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify someone |
| phosphoresce | to emit light without any perceptible heat |
| pentagon | A polygon with five sides and five angles. |
| tetragon | A quadrilateral. |
| decagon | A polygon with ten sides and ten angles. |
| diagonal | Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings. |
| orthogonal | (geometry) pertaining to right angles; perpendicular (to); (statistics) statistically independent, with reference to variates; (software engineering) Able to be treated separately. |
| omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore). |
| herbivore | Any animal that eats only plants (ie, that eats no meat). |
| carnivore | Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. |
| voracious | Wanting or devouring great quantities of food; Having a great appetite for anything |
| devour | To eat fast, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing. |
| fructivorous | Eating fruits |
| holocaust | Widespread destruction, by or as if by fire; The annihilation or near-annihilation of a group of animals or people, whether by natural or deliberate agency |
| hologram | A three dimensional image |
| holistic | Relating to an analysis of the whole instead of a separation into parts |
| synopsis | A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work |
| biopsy | The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes. |
| corpulent | Large in body; fat; overweight. |
| virulent | Of a disease or disease-causing agent, highly infectious, malignant, or deadly. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious. |
| succulent | juicy or lush |
| effusive | gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive in emotional expression |
| effulgent | shining, resplendent, with radiant splendor |
| efficacy | Ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect. |
| effluvium | a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one |
| dichotomy | Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white. |
