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the branch of biology that deals with fungi
What is mycology?
The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes of daughter cells are grouped in new nuclei.
What is telophase?
Occurring or continuing after one's death
What is posthumous?
A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80
What is septuagenarian?
Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation
What is verbatim?
A fungal infection in or on a part of the body
What is mycosis?
The medical study of the mouth and its diseases
What is stomatology?
Highly moral, especially in showing kindness or forgiveness, as in overlooking insults or not seeking revenge
What is magnanimous?
A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old
What is nonagenarian?
Germinating or producing seeds that germinate before becoming detached from the parent plant, as in the mangrove
What is viviparous?
What is A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past?
nostalgia
A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars that are graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets
What is xylophone?
a. The calling down of a curse.
b. A curse.
What is malediction?
To destroy or kill a large part of (a group of people or organisms)
What is decimate?
Emitting visible light as a result of being heated
What is incandescent?
A disease of muscle or muscle tissue
What is myopathy?
Formation of a fibrinous clot formed in a blood vessel or chamber of the heart
What is thrombosis?
Having total knowledge; knowing everything
What is omniscient?
A clause in a document imposing a qualification, condition, or restriction
What is proviso?
A malignant tumor arising from bone or from soft tissues such as muscle, cartilage, fat, or blood or lymph vessels
What is sarcoma?
A condition of deep stupor or unconsciousness produced by a drug or other chemical substance
What is narcosis?
the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style
What is stylography?
An expression of good wishes or blessing
What is benediction?
Any of various cephalopod mollusks having eight arms and two tentacles, and including the squids and cuttlefishes
What is decapod?
Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny
What is obloquy?