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abiotic
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adjective
  1. nonliving, Nonliving.
  2. Of inorganic matter.
acidophilic
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or being an acidophile
aerial
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noun
  1. A device for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
adjective
  1. of, or in, the air
aerobic
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adjective
  1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria
  2. Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body e.g. aerobic exercise
  3. Of, or relating to aerobics
affect
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noun
  1. (psychology) Emotion.
  2. (colloquial, psychology) A strong emotional experience. See
    1. Usage notes, usage notes below.
  3. (psychology) external, External display of emotion or mood.
He seemed completely devoid of .
verb
  1. (transitive) To influence or alter.
The experience affected me deeply.
The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
  1. (transitive) To move to emotion.
He was deeply affected by the themes in the play.
  1. (transitive) To make a false display of.
He managed to a smile despite feeling quite miserable.
  1. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Hepatitis affects the liver.
aggregation
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noun
  1. The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated
  2. collection into a mass or sum
  3. a collection of particulars
  4. an aggregate
  5. (networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route
  6. {Veterinary Epidemiology} the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population
allowable
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adjective
  1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
  3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
  4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
  5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy.
anaerobic
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adjective
  1. Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
  2. Of, or relating to an anaerobe
aquatic
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adjective
  1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
arenicolous
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adjective
  1. (biology) living or burrowing in sand
association
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noun
  1. The act of associating.
  2. The state of being associated.
  3. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
  4. A connection to or an affiliation with something.
autecology
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noun
  1. one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
    • 1959 CE: Odum,
      In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into and synecology.''
autochthon
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noun (pl2=autochthones)
  1. The earliest inhabitant of an area, an aboriginal.
  2. (geology) An autochthonous rock formation.
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