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Caligula
originally Gaius Caesar, 12-41 A.D.
Emperor of Rome (37-41) who succeeded his adoptive father Tiberius;
after a severe illness, he displayed the ruthlessness, extravagance and
megalomania
that led to his assassination; as an adult he became insane
and had members of his own family murdered
chromatid.noun,.plural.chromatids
either of the two daughter
strands of a duplicated chromosome that are joined by a single centromere
and separate during cell division to become individual chromosomes
centromere.noun,.plural.centromeres
the most condensed
and constricted.region
of a chromosome to which the
spindle.fiber
is attached during mitosis
centromeric.adjective
crystalize.also.crystallize,
crystalized,
crystalizing,
crystalizes.verbs.(spelt
with an 's' instead of a 'z' in
the UK and some other countries)
transitive verb use.to
cause
to form crystals or assume
a crystalline structure;
to coat with crystals, as of sugar; to give a definite,
precise
and usually.permanent.form
to (it only took a week for her to crystallize (form in her mind) her design
for the decorations)
intransitive verb use.to
assume a crystalline form; to take on a definite, precise and usually permanent
form
crystalizable.adjective
crystalization.noun,.plural.crystalizations
crystalizer.noun,.plural.crystalizers
crystalline.adjective
being,
relating.to
or composed
of crystal or crystals; resembling
crystal, as in transparency
or distinctness
of structure
or outline
crystallinity.noun
crystal.noun,.plural.crystals
a crystal is a small piece
of a substance that has formed
naturally into a regular symmetrical
shape (salt crystals; a single crystal of silicon;
crystal is a transparent rock
that is used to make jewelry and ornaments
(a strand of crystal beads);
crystal is a high quality glass; a homogenous
solid formed by a repeating
three-dimensional
pattern of atoms, ion
or molecules and having fixed
distances between constituent
parts; a mineral, especially a
transparent form of quartz, having
a crystalline structure, often
characterized
by external
planar faces; a natural
or synthetic crystalline material having piezoelectric
or semiconducting.properties;
a high-quality clear, colorless glass; such objects considered as a group
called crystal; a clear glass or plastic protective cover for the face
of a watch or clock
crystal.adjective
clear or transparent (a
crystal lake; the crystal clarity
of her reasoning)
crystallography.noun
the science of crystal structure
and phenomena
crystallographer.noun,.plural.crystallographers
crystallographic.or.crystallographical.adjective
crystallographically.adverb
corvee.noun,.plural.corvees
labor.exacted
by a local authority for little or no pay or instead of taxes; a day of
unpaid work required of a vassal
by his feudal.lord
(today it's working for nothing for one half the year just to pay all the
taxes and the next half of the year what you've earned is yours to spend
on things requiring even more taxes and/or fees to be paid on them, it
being
a.mechanism
to keep the majority of people at the slavery
level of existence)
castor bean.noun
the castor oil plant; the poisonous
seed of the castor-oil plant, from which castor oil is obtained
caster.noun,.plural.casters
one that casts (fishermen are casters of nets);
a small wheel on a swivel, attached under a piece of furniture or other
heavy object to make it easier to move; a small bottle, pot or shaker for
holding a condiment; a stand for a set of condiment containers
condiment.noun,.plural.condiments
a sauce, relish or spice used to season food (pass
the ketchup)
condimental.adjective
copasetic.adjective
excellent;
first-rate
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