AREA | • area n. (Mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. • area n. A particular geographic region. • area n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. |
UREA | • urea n. (Organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism… • urea n. (Chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3… • UREA n. a substance found in mammalian urine, the chief form in which nitrogenous waste is excreted. |
OCREA | • ocrea n. (Botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point… • OCREA n. (Latin) a sheath of stipules enclosing the leafstalks of certain plants, also OCHREA. |
PEREA | • perea n. Plural of pereon. • Perea prop.n. (Historical) A portion of biblical king Herod’s kingdom, on the eastern side of the Jordan River valley… • PEREON n. a crustacean's thorax, also PEREION, PERAEON. |
CHOREA | • chorea n. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus. • chorea n. (Pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular… • CHOREA n. (Greek) St Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs. |
CORREA | • Correa prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • Corrêa prop.n. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra (1751-1823). • CORREA n. an Australian evergreen shrub with large tubular showy flowers. |
OCHREA | • ochrea n. (Botany) Alternative form of ocrea. • ochrea n. (Historical) A greave or legging. • OCHREA n. (Latin) a sheath of stipules enclosing the leafstalks of certain plants, also OCREA. |
SPIREA | • spirea n. Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers. • spirea n. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Astilbe. • SPIREA n. (Greek) a group of plants, including hardhack and meadowsweet, also SPIRAEA. |
CINEREA | • cinerea n. (Anatomy) The grey matter of the brain. • CINEREA n. the grey matter of the brain. |
GASTREA | • gastrea n. Alternative form of gastraea. • gastrea n. Plural of gastreum. • GASTREA n. a hypothetical ancestor of the Metazoa, sponges etc., also GASTRAEA. |
SUBAREA | • subarea n. A physical region that makes up part of an area. • subarea n. Part of a topic or discipline. • SUBAREA n. a subdivision of an area. |
KAREAREA | • karearea n. (New Zealand) Falco novaeseelandiae, the only falcon endemic to New Zealand. • KAREAREA n. (Maori) a New Zealand falcon. |
THIOUREA | • thiourea n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of compounds based on NH2-CS-NH2, formally derived from urea by replacing… • THIOUREA n. urea with its oxygen replaced by sulphur. |
CENTAUREA | • centaurea n. Alternative spelling of centaury. • Centaurea prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – thistle-like flowering plants, called knapweeds, starthistles… • CENTAUREA n. a large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle. |
IMINOUREA | • IMINOUREA n. a strongly basic compound used in organic synthesis, aka guanidine. |
HYDROXYUREA | • hydroxyurea n. (Organic chemistry) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH2CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug;… • HYDROXYUREA n. a drug used to treat some forms of leukemia, melanoma, and malignant tumors. |
MALONYLUREA | • malonylurea n. Barbituric acid. • MALONYLUREA n. another name for barbituric acid. |
SULFONYLUREA | • sulfonylurea n. Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the… • SULFONYLUREA n. any of several hypoglycemic compounds related to the sulfonamides and used in the oral treatment of diabetes. |
SULPHONYLUREA | • sulphonylurea n. Alternative spelling of sulfonylurea. • SULPHONYLUREA n. a synthetic compound used to reduce the level of glucose in the blood in diabetes mellitus. |
PHENYLTHIOUREA | • phenylthiourea n. Phenylthiocarbamide. • PHENYLTHIOUREA n. a crystalline compound used to test for the presence of a certain dominant gene (the compound tasting bitter to those who possess the gene). |