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- An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (plural)
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- A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
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- To consider in detail and subject to an ___ in order to discover essential features or meaning
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- A porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (plural)
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- Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via
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- A body part made of tissues working together to perform a function.
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- Magnifier of the image of small objects
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- Living or active in the absence of free oxygen
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- Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
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- Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural)
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- Armor plate that protects the nose
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- Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball
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- Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei
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- A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
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- The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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- Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to
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