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balloonlike — adj. like a balloon, shaped like a balloon … English contemporary dictionary
balloon — balloonlike, adj. /beuh loohn /, n. 1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter than air gas and used as a children s plaything or as a decoration. 2. a bag made of a… … Universalium
Urinary incontinence — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N39.3 N39.4, R32 … Wikipedia
The Mad Moon — Infobox short story | name = The Mad Moon author = Stanley G. Weinbaum country = flag|USA language = English genre = Science fiction short story publication type = Periodical published in = Astounding Stories publisher = Street Smith media type … Wikipedia
balloonflower — balloon flower n. An east Asian perennial herb (Platycodon grandiflorus) having large, star shaped, often violet blue flowers and grown as an ornamental. * * * ▪ plant also called Chinese bellflower (species Platycodon grandiflorum) plant that … Universalium
bladdercampion — bladder campion n. A weedy Eurasian perennial herb (Silene vulgaris) having white flowers with deeply notched petals and a balloonlike, inflated calyx. * * * … Universalium
tylose — ty·lose (tīʹlōs) n. A balloonlike outgrowth of a parenchyma cell through a pit into the cavity of a plant vessel. Also called tylosis2. [French.] * * * … Universalium
ballute — ☆ ballute [ba lo͞ot′ ] n. 〚 BALL(OON) + (PARACH)UTE〛 a balloonlike device made of heat resistant materials and inflated by stored gas, used for deceleration, as of a spacecraft reentering the earth s atmosphere * * * … Universalium
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
osteoglossomorph — ▪ fish Introduction any member of what is widely believed to be the most primitive group of bony fishes (bony fish). This reputation stems from their rudimentary caudal skeleton and the lack of a set of intermuscular bones throughout the… … Universalium
