Real Dictionary

cell
a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it [...]
a change or alteration, esp a radical one [...]
a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic [...]
a concept of quantity that is or can be derived from a single unit, the sum of a collection of units, or zero. Every number occupies a unique position in a sequence, enabling it to be used in counting. It can be assigned to one or more sets that can be ar
a flat covering of paper, usually rectangular in shape and with a flap that can be folded over and sealed, used to enclose a letter, etc [...]
a group of organisms or cells of the same genetic constitution that are descended from a common ancestor by asexual reproduction, as by cuttings, grafting, etc, in plants [...]
a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc [...]
a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape [...]
a means of securing; a fastening [...]
a mutual or reciprocal action or influence [...]
a newly joined member of a military service [...]
a number of things growing, fastened, or occurring close together [...]
a person or thing that regulates [...]
a person or thing that survives, such as a custom [...]
a person whose mental imagery strongly reflects movement, esp his or her own [...]
a ratio of two expressions or numbers other than zero [...]
a recurring period of time in which certain events or phenomena occur and reach completion or repeat themselves in a regular sequence [...]
a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc [...]
a sensory nerve ending that changes specific stimuli into nerve impulses [...]
a series of actions that produce a change or development [...]
a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc [...]
a single layer of atoms or molecules adsorbed on a surface [...]
a small body of still water, usually fresh; small pond [...]
a small part of anything, intended as representative of the whole; specimen [...]
a small round ball, esp of compressed matter [...]
a small simple room, as in a prison, convent, or monastery; cubicle [...]
a subgroup of a statistical population [...]
a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total [...]
a thickness of some homogeneous substance, such as a stratum or a coating on a surface [...]
a vertical construction made of stone, brick, wood, etc, with a length and height much greater than its thickness, used to enclose, divide, or support [...]
all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place [...]
an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal [...]
an intermediate or middle state, degree, or condition; mean [...]
an interruption or temporary revocation [...]
any disturbance or abnormality in the function of an organ or part [...]
any flat, curved, or irregular expanse of a surface [...]
any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue [...]
any of a large group of nitrogenous compounds of high molecular weight that are essential constituents of all living organisms. They consist of one or more chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds and are folded into a specific three-dimensional shap
capable of becoming actual, useful, etc; practicable [...]
fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble [...]
general appearance or outline [...]
intense mental application; complete attention [...]
manner of behaving or conducting oneself [...]
one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned [...]
physical damage or hurt [...]
poisonous to living cells: denoting certain drugs used in the treatment of leukaemia and other cancers [...]
power to direct or determine [...]
rapid growth or reproduction of new parts, cells, etc [...]
something extracted, such as a part or passage from a book, speech, etc [...]
something that infiltrates [...]
something used for distinguishing or marking [...]
the act of counting or reckoning [...]
the act of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed [...]
the act of elongating or state of being elongated; lengthening [...]
the act of expanding or the state of being expanded [...]
the act of giving or taking form, shape, or existence [...]
the act of invading with armed forces [...]
the act of isolating or the condition of being isolated [...]
the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained [...]
the act of progressing; advancement [...]
the act of responding; reply or reaction [...]
the act of separating or state of being separated [...]
the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority [...]
the act or an instance of entering; entrance [...]
the act or an instance of losing [...]
the act or an instance of migrating [...]
the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words [...]
the act or process of regulating [...]
the act or state of touching physically [...]
the act, process, or result of moving [...]
the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms [...]
the branch of science concerned with the functioning of organisms [...]
the condition of having or giving polarity [...]
the condition of having poles [...]
the degree to which something is filled, crowded, or occupied [...]
the destruction or dissolution of cells by the action of a particular lysin [...]
the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or value [...]
the exterior face of an object or one such face [...]
the maintenance of metabolic equilibrium within an animal by a tendency to compensate for disrupting changes [...]
the material produced by lysis [...]
the outermost boundary of an area [...]
the permanent end of all functions of life in an organism or some of its cellular components [...]
the physical and biochemical characteristics of an organism as determined by the interaction of its genetic constitution and the environment [...]
the point or place from which something originates [...]
the procedure involved in such a transfer [...]
the process of forming or obtaining images by electronically tracing something such as sound waves, temperature, or chemicals, rather than by using light rays or ordinary photography [...]
the process of maturing or ripening [...]
the programmed death of some of an organism's cells as part of its natural growth and development [...]
the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions [...]
the quality or condition of sticking together or holding fast [...]
the simplest unit of a chemical compound that can exist, consisting of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds [...]
the state or quality of being active [...]
the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action [...]
the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events [...]
to make active or capable of action [...]
to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust [...]
countable noun: A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.