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a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
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| flagellum |
scourge: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
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| flooding |
overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" implosion therapy: a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
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| flame cell |
organ of excretion in flatworms
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| flood |
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography deluge: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" a large flow the act of flooding; filling to overflowing supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" flood tide: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
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