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forms a noun

Usage

  • lexicon

    The lexicon of a particular subject or language is all the words, phrases, and terms associated with it.

  • pantheon

    The best or most highly regarded members of a particular group are known as a pantheon.

  • automaton

    someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

  • canon

    a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

  • criterion

    a basis for comparison

  • decathlon

    an athletic contest consisting of ten different events

  • demon

    an evil supernatural being

  • dragon

    a creature of Teutonic mythology

  • electron

    an elementary particle with negative charge

  • horizon

    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

  • icon

    (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

  • micron

    a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

  • neuron

    a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

  • nickelodeon

    a cabinet containing an automatic record player

  • philodendron

    often grown as a houseplant

  • rhododendron

    any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

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