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  1. extract
    remove, usually with some force or effort
  2. embedded
    enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
  3. fuse
    any igniter used to initiate the burning of a propellant
  4. catalyze
    spark or trigger a rapid change
  5. matrix
    an enclosure within which something originates or develops
  6. plastid
    any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
  7. chromoplast
    plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids
  8. pigment
    dry coloring material
  9. partition
    separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
  10. interconnect
    be interwoven or interconnected
  11. static
    not in physical motion
  12. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  13. schematic
    represented in simplified or symbolic form
  14. substrate
    the material that is acted upon by an enzyme
  15. initiate
    set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
  16. seedling
    young plant or tree grown from a seed
  17. crystalline
    consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
  18. geodesic
    relating to or determined by the study of the earth's shape
  19. exert
    put to use
  20. anchorage
    a place for ships or boats to be secured
  21. motility
    ability to move spontaneously and independently
  22. mechanism
    device consisting of a piece of machinery
  23. axon
    long nerve fiber that conducts impulses away from a cell
  24. instantaneous
    occurring with no delay
  25. globular
    having the shape of a sphere or ball
  26. dimer
    a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers
  27. locomotor
    of or relating to locomotion
  28. unicellular
    having a single basic functional unit, of an organism
  29. ciliated
    having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
  30. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  31. perpendicular
    intersecting at or forming right angles
  32. doublet
    a man's close-fitting jacket, worn during the Renaissance
  33. cilium
    a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell
  34. cortical
    of or relating to a cortex
  35. semisolid
    partly solid
  36. consistency
    uniformity or stability in arrangement, behavior, or quality
  37. myosin
    the commonest protein in muscle
  38. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  39. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  40. cleavage
    the act of splitting
  41. amoeba
    a single-celled organism that lives in water or soil
  42. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
  43. laminate
    cover with a thin sheet of plastic or other material
  44. durable
    existing for a long time
  45. fibril
    a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Created on 七月 22, 2010

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