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punk collapse: substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)

fuel collapse: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"; stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"; take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"; provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"; provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

carcinoma collapse: any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

sarcoma collapse: a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer

dry rot collapse: a fungus causing dry rot; a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus

pathogen collapse: any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

staphylococcus collapse: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections

streptococcus collapse: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

anaerobe collapse: an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live

bacillus collapse: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

spirochete collapse: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

cancer collapse: type genus of the family Cancridae; the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22; a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer; any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

callus collapse: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid; bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone; form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"; cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet"

wort collapse: unfermented or fermenting malt; usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'

bracken collapse: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan; fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

pea collapse: seed of a pea plant used for food; a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds; the fruit or seed of a pea plant

saprophyte collapse: an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

toadstool collapse: common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

vetch collapse: any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

creeper collapse: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet; any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

puffball collapse: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

spore collapse: a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"

bacteria collapse: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants

fern collapse: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

intumescence collapse: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water); swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

vine collapse: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

genetic disease collapse: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

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