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practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

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put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

characterized by great force or energy, intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

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lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

having unlimited power, having virtually unlimited authority or influence

the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence

compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

(logic) a statement that is necessarily true, useless repetition

rejection of all religious and moral principles

with your identity concealed

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

characterized by great force or energy, intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended

a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility