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extraordinary(adj.) \ik-ˈstrȯr-də-ˌner-ē, ˌek-strə-ˈȯr-\

very unusual : very different from what is normal or ordinary

The researchers made an extraordinary discovery.

favorite(adj.) \ˈfā-və-ˌrīt\

 most liked

Pizza is my favorite food.

restaurant(n.) \ˈres-tə-ˌränt, -tränt also -t(ə-)rənt, -tərnt\

 a place where you can buy and eat a meal

When we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant.

The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. The term Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.

smith college

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college with coed graduate and certificate programs, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 14th among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges.

denotation(n.) \ˌdē-nō-ˈtā-shən\

the meaning of a word or phrase

The definition provides the word's denotation.

connotation(n.) \ˌkä-nə-ˈtā-shən\

an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning

The word has one literal denotation but several different connotations.

dia-: through

diameter(n.) \dī-ˈa-mə-tər\

a straight line from one side of something (such as a circle) to the other side that passes through the center point

The dotted line indicates the diameter of the circle.

diarrhea(n.) \ˌdī-ə-ˈrē-ə\

an illness that causes you to pass waste from your body very frequently and in liquid rather than solid form

The symptoms of the disease include fever, nausea, and diarrhea.

diabetes(n.) \ˌdī-ə-ˈbē-tēz, -ˈbē-təs\

a serious disease in which the body cannot properly control the amount of sugar in your blood because it does not have enough insulin

Driving under the influence (DUI) or Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. The name of the offense varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from legal to colloquial terminology.

Sobriety checkpoint in Stralsund, Germany

inter-: between : among : together

intercollegiate(adj.) \ˌin-tər-kə-ˈlē-jət, -jē-ət\

 involving or involved in competition between colleges

interpenetrate(v.) \ˌin-tər-ˈpe-nə-ˌtrāt\

to penetrate between, within, or throughout

intercrop(v.) \ˌin-tər-ˈkräp, ˈin-tər-ˌ\

to grow a crop in between (another)

chron-: time

chronological(adj.) \ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, ˌkrō-\

using time as a measurement

His art is displayed in roughly chronological order.

chronic(adj.) \ˈkrä-nik\

continuing or occurring again and again for a long time

He suffers from chronic arthritis.

The ovary (From Latin: ovarium, literally "egg" or "nut") is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs in the female as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Birds have only one functional ovary (left), while the other remains vestigial. Ovaries in female are analogous to testes in male, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands. Although ovaries occur in a wide variety of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, this article is primarily about human ovaries.

Ovaries

A mammary gland is an organ in female mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring. Mammals get their name from the word "mammary." In humans, the mammary glands are situated in the breasts. In ruminants such as cows, goats, and deer, the mammary glands are contained in the udders. The mammary glands of mammals other than primates, such as dogs and cats, are sometimes called dugs.

Mammary gland in a human female