9/30/2011

Ecosystem - A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
Ecocide - The destruction if large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploition of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
Ecology - The branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.

9/29/2011

Duce - A leader or dictator.
Abduce - To lead or to draw away by some act or a persuasion.
Abductor - Someone who illegally leads, or takes, someone away by force or deception.

9/28/2011

Dictionary - A book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically.
Dictional - Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.
Dictator - A person exercising exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

9/27/2011

Chronaxie - The minium time that an electric current of twice the threshold strength must flow in order to excite a tissue.
Chronograph - A timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
Chronological - Arranged in the order of time.

9/26/2011

Chlorosis - A benign type of irondeficiency anemia in adolescent girls, marked by a pale yellow-green complexion.
Chlorosulfonic acid - a colorless or yellowish, highly corrosive, pungent liquid, HClO ₃ S, usually produced by treating sulfur trioxide with hydrogen chloride: used in organic synthesis to introduce the sulfonyl chloride group, =SO ₂ Cl.
Chlorothalonil - a crystalline compound, C ₈ Cl ₄ N _2, used as a fungicide on vegetable crops, peanuts, and lawns, and as a preservative in adhesives and paints.

9/23/2011

Candle - A long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
Candace - A female given name: from a Greek word meaning " glowing."
Candelabrum - An ornamental branched holder for more that one candle.

9/16/2011

Bible - The collection of sacred writings of the Christain religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
Bibliography - A complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
Bibliokleptomania - Kleptomania involving a morbid tendencyto steal books.

9/15/2011

Astroid - A hypocycloid with four cusps.
Astrnaut - A person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
Astronomer - An expert in astronomy; a scientific observer of the celestial bodies.

9/13/2011

Aqua - Water.
Aqueous - Of, like, or containing water; watery.
Aqueduct - A conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity.

9/13/2011

Antenatal - Occurring or persent before birth; during pregnancy.
Antebrachium - The part of the arm or firelimb between the brachium and the carpus.
Antecede - To go before, in time, order, rank, ect.; precede.

9/12/2011

Antisocial - Unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people.
Antibody - Any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defences.
Antigen - Any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.

9/9/2011

Ambiance - The mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, ect., particulary of an environment or milieu.
Ambipolar - Working in two directions simultaneously.
Ambisexual - Sexually attracted to either sex indiscriminately.

Aero Ballistic - The science of ballistics  combined with that of aerodynamics and dealing primarily with the motion through the atmosphere of rockets, guided missiles, and other projectiles.
Aero Biology - The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.
Aero Dynamic - The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium.

9/7/2011

Acute - Sharp or severe in effect; intense.
Acutance - A measure of the sharpness with which a film can reproduce the edge of an object.
Acusector - A needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.

9/6/2011

Absent - Not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing.
Absolute - Free from imperfection; complete; perfect.
Abstract - Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.

9/2/2011

Automatic - Having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently.
Automatic Pilot - An airborn electronic control system that automatically maintains a present heading and attitude.
Automotive - Pertaining to the design, operation, manufacture, or sale of automables.

Hypothermia - Subnormal body temperature.
Hyperthermia - Abnormally high fever.
Thermal - Designed to aid in or promote the retention of body heat.