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noun (famil, ies, -)
- (countable) a father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family
- "Her nuclear family was very small."
- (countable) a group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
- (countable) a kin, tribe; also called extended family
- (context, countable, biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank
- Magnolias belong to the Magnoliaceae.
- (countable) a group of people who live together
- "This is my fraternity family at the university."
- (countable) a group of people similar to (2)
- "Our company is one big happy family."
- (uncountable) collectively, people who are members of one's intimate social group
- They treated me like family.
- (countable) music: a group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production "the brass family" "the violin family"
- (countable) linguistics: a group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language "the Indo-European language family" "the Ural-Altaic language family"
adjective
- related to the family
- The dog was kept as a pet.
- For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.
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noun
- The representation of the letters of the alphabet using just the hands
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noun
- A modification of a word resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail.
- Such a misunderstanding; a false etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word.
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noun
- formalin
adjective
- being in accord with established forms
- official
- relating to the form or structure of something
- ceremonial
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noun - (grammar) a language unit that has morphological function
adjective
- of, or relating to the formation and subsequent growth of something
- My years were spent in an inner city.
- capable of forming something
- (biology) capable of producing new tissue
- (grammar) relating to the inflection of words
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noun (fossils)
- in paleontology, the mineralized remains of an animal or plant
- in linguistics, a w:fossilized term
- (metaphorically) anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
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verb to fossilize (intransitive)
- to become a fossil
- (context, by extension) to become inflexible or outmoded
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noun
- The side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves
- The side of a building with the building's main entrance
- (Military) an area where armies are engaged in conflict
- (context, meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. Fronts receive their names from the movement of the air masses involved.
- (context, meteorology) An area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
- A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- (Military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- (Military) The direction of the enemy.
- (Military) The line of contact of two opposing forces.
- (Military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
verb
- To lead or be the spokesperson of a group.
- (intransitive) To provide money or financial assistance in advance.
- If you can't afford to buy it, I will you the money.
adjective
- Located at or near the front.
- The runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
- (context, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
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noun
- (mathematics) A function that takes other functions as its argument.
adjective
- In good working order.
- Useful; serving a purpose
- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also . It can be used as a hatrack.
- (comptheory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
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noun
- The act of melting or to liquify something by heating it
- The merge, merging of similar or different elements into a union
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy
- Music that blends disparate genres; especially types of jazz
- A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
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