allmouth
— Noun
– English
~ fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
alloantibody
— Noun
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~ an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
allocation
— Noun
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~ the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
allocation
— Noun
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~ (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
allocation
— Noun
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~ a share set aside for a specific purpose
allocator
— Noun
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~ a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
allocution
— Noun
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~ (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
allogamy
— Noun
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~ cross-fertilization in plants
allograft
— Noun
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~ tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
allograph
— Noun
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~ a signature written by one person for another
allograph
— Noun
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~ a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme
allomerism
— Noun
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~ (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
allometry
— Noun
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~ the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole
allomorph
— Noun
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~ any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
allomorph
— Noun
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~ a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
allopathy
— Noun
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~ the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
allopatry
— Noun
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~ the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap
allophone
— Noun
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~ (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
allopurinol
— Noun
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~ a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
allosaur
— Noun
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~ late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus