English words containing rubric:

noun

Consumption of the body’s own tissue as a metabolic process occurring in starvation and certain diseases.

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The process of starvation-induced autophagy was recently the focus of extensive research

noun

A natural process in which the body breaks down and absorbs its own tissue or cells

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Through autophagy, the cell isolates and then devours bad things inside it - like damaged bits of m…

verb

Dress up or decorate gaudily.

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A uniform bedizened with resplendent medals

noun

A large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.

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I slept on the ground covered by my blanket

adjective

Covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive.

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A blanket ban on tobacco advertising

verb

Cover completely with a thick layer of something.

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The countryside was blanketed in snow

noun

A space separating teeth of different functions, especially that between the biting teeth (incisors and canines) and grinding teeth (premolars and molars) in rodents and ungulates.

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As in the traversodonts, a large gap - the diastema - separated the incisors from the square cheek …

noun

(in a film, novel, or play) a female character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.

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She's portrayed as a glowering villainess, accompanied by ominous music as she enters

noun

A female character in a book, play, film, etc. who harms other people

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She steals the show as the bewitching yet hateful villainess., the animators created the memorable …