actinolite
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～ a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
Actinomeris
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～ used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina
actinometer
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～ an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect)
actinometry
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～ measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
actinomyces
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～ soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
Actinomycetaceae
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～ filamentous anaerobic bacteria
Actinomycetales
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～ filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria
actinomycete
— Noun
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～ any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
actinomycin
— Noun
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～ any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
actinomycosis
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～ disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses
abdominal actinomycosis
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～ a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen
actinon
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～ any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
actinopod
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～ protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
Actinopoda
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～ heliozoans; radiolarians
actinotherapy
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～ (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Actinozoa
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～ a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
actinozoan
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～ sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
action
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～ something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"