| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation |
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
|
| African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread |
Adansonia digitata
,
baobab
,
monkey-bread tree
|
| Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd |
Adansonia gregorii
,
cream-of-tartar tree
,
sour gourd
|
| someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
addict
,
freak
,
junkie
,
junky
,
nut
|
| European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten |
Aethusa cynapium
,
fool's parsley
,
lesser hemlock
|
| tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany |
African walnut
,
Lovoa klaineana
|
| wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator) |
alligator wrench
|
| malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet |
Amorphophallus titanum
,
krubi
,
titan arum
|
| automaton that resembles a human being |
android
,
humanoid
,
mechanical man
|
| person who resembles a nonhuman primate |
anthropoid
,
ape
|
| vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
appendix
,
cecal appendage
,
vermiform appendix
,
vermiform process
|
| conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley |
aqueduct
|
| usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States |
Ariocarpus fissuratus
,
living rock
|
| body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria |
arthrospore
|
| Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming |
Astilbe japonica
,
spiraea
,
spirea
|
| slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae |
Atlantic white cedar
,
Chamaecyparis thyoides
,
coast white cedar
,
southern white cedar
,
white cedar
,
white cypress
|
| hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals |
atomic number 25
,
manganese
,
Mn
|
| polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel |
atomic number 42
,
Mo
,
molybdenum
|
| silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry |
atomic number 46
,
palladium
,
Pd
|
| grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons |
atomic number 72
,
hafnium
,
Hf
|
