'hood means: (slang) a neighborhood
10-membered means: of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members
18-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold
2-hydroxybenzoic acid means: a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes
2-methylpropenoic acid means: an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics
22-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 87 per cent gold
22nd means: coming next after the twenty-first in position
23rd means: coming next after the twenty-second in position
24-karat gold means: 100 per cent gold
2d means: coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
activated charcoal means: powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons
arnold joseph toynbee means: English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
arthur marx means: United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)
battery charger means: a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable
black death means: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
cambodia means: a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
cytologic specimen means: a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis
dennis gabor means: British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979)
dissemble means: make believe with the intent to deceive
dissemble means: behave unnaturally or affectedly
dissemble means: hide under a false appearance
division myxomycota means: slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista
equivalence means: qualities that are comparable
equivalence means: essential equality and interchangeability
equivalence means: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
european creeper means: common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill
existentialism means: (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
habitableness means: suitability for living in or on
jutish means: one of the major dialects of Old English
modernisation means: making modern in appearance or behavior
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