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111apple — /ap euhl/, n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family. 2. the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions. 3. the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus. 4.… …
112hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… …
113mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… …
114migration — migrational, adj. /muy gray sheuhn/, n. 1. the process or act of migrating. 2. a migratory movement: preparations for the migration. 3. a number or body of persons or animals migrating together. 4. Chem. a movement or change of position of atoms… …
115spore — sporal, adj. sporoid, adj. /spawr, spohr/, n., v., spored, sporing. n. 1. Biol. a walled, single to many celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly. 2. a germ, germ cell,… …
116spring — springlike, adj. /spring/, v., sprang or, often, sprung; sprung; springing; n., adj. v.i. 1. to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or… …
117Romanesque art — Sculpture and painting that reached its height in western Europe с 1075–1125, a fusion of Roman, Carolingian and Ottonian, and Byzantine art with local Germanic traditions. The expansion of monasticism in the 10th–11th centuries revived the art… …
118diapause — A period of biological quiescence or dormancy with decreased metabolism; an interval in which development is arrested or greatly slowed. [dia + G. pausis, pause] embryonic d. a d. in the course of embryogenesis; postulated to occur in instances… …
119Chamaegigas — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] …
120Bulls–Pistons rivalry — Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons History Post Season Meetings 16–12 (DET) 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals Pistons won, 4–1 1989 Eastern Conference Finals Pistons won, 4–2 1990 Eastern Confe …
