dense+mass
121cloud — n 1. haze, vapor, mist, steam, fog, Inf. pea soup; nebula, nebulosity, smoke, smog, soot, dust, puff; smoke screen, dust storm. 2. pall, shroud, mantle, cloak, veil, screen, shade, shadow, cover. 3. blur, smudge, smear, smutch, smirch; blotch,… …
122karyosome — n. the dense mass of chromatin found in the cell nucleus, which is composed mainly of chromosomes …
123pyknosis — n. the process in which the cell nucleus is thickened into a dense mass, which occurs when cells die. Derivatives: pyknotic adj …
124big bang theory — big′ bang′ the ory n. astron. a theory that the universe began with an explosion of a dense mass of matter and is still expanding from the force of that explosion • Etymology: 1950–55 …
125pollard — pol•lard [[t]ˈpɒl ərd[/t]] n. 1) bot a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches 2) ahb. a hornless stag, ox, sheep, etc 3) zool. to make a pollard of • Etymology: 1515–25 …
126Antarctic bottom water — noun a dense mass of water in the deep seas around Antarctica, formed mainly in the Weddell and Ross seas, which flows around Antarctica and then northerly to enter the oceans, passing through and mixing with the water of the Antarctic… …
127pollard — /ˈpɒləd / (say poluhd) noun 1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches. 2. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, without horns. 3. a by product of the process of the milling of wheat, used especially for… …
128stroma — /ˈstroʊmə/ (say strohmuh) noun (plural stromata /ˈstroʊmətə/ (say strohmuhtuh)) 1. the colourless, spongelike, framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. the connective tissue forming the framework of an organ (contrasted with… …
