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31karyosome — A mass of chromatin often found in the interphase cell nucleus representing a more condensed zone of chromatin filaments. SYN: chromatin nucleolus, chromocenter, false nucleolus, net knot. [karyo + G. soma, body] * * * kar·yo·some …
32massecuite — (ˈ)ma|skwēt noun ( s) Etymology: French masse cuite, from masse mass + cuite, feminine of cuit, past participle of cuire to cook, from Latin coquere more at mass, cook : a dense mass of sugar crystals mixed with mother liquor obtained by… …
33Impervious surface — Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures, such as pavements, rooftops, sidewalks, roads, and parking lots covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, and stone. Soils compacted by urban development are also… …
34Echium pininana — Taxobox name = Tree Echium, Giant Viper s bugloss, Pine echium regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida familia = Boraginaceae genus = Echium species = E. pininana binomial = Echium pininanas binomial authority =… …
35spissifolium — L. spissus, dense; folium, leaf. Culms freely branching from the lower nodes thereby generating a dense mass of foliage at the base of the plant …
36cannibal star — /ˈkænəbəl sta/ (say kanuhbuhl stah) noun Astronomy a small dense star which, because of the attraction it exerts on a larger, less dense mass, is able to draw matter on the periphery of a larger star to itself …
37matted — matted1 [mat′id] adj. 1. closely tangled together in a dense mass [matted hair] 2. covered with a dense growth 3. covered with or enclosed in matting or mats matted2 [mat′id] adj. having a matte, or dull finish …
38big bang — noun (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe • Topics: ↑cosmology, ↑cosmogony, ↑cosmogeny • Hypernyms: ↑explosion, ↑detonation, ↑blowup * * * …
39mat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew miṭṭāh bed Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor… …
40Battle of Albuera — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera . Print by T. Sutherland, 1831. conflict=Battle of Albuera partof=the Peninsular War date=16 May 1811 place=Albuera, south of Badajoz, Spain… …