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Daughter:

Plenty of scientists have the real kind, but that doesn’t stop them from applying the daughter label to the atom that’s left after an existing, radioactive atom decays. Presumably, it doesn’t stop the atomic offspring from asking for a teeny-tiny iPad when she turns 13 either.

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Ashbox

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Flagellum

A whiplike structure that propels protists through water.

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01-22-2017 , 12:25 AM

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D1G1TALFOX

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01-25-2017 , 03:08 PM

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Krypton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypton

Sorry for spoiling the party.

Will this do?

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01-25-2017 , 03:53 PM

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Zeno

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Thermite.

Acronym for the day: PETN

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01-31-2017 , 09:23 PM

#81

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02-04-2017 , 09:51 PM

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02-06-2017 , 10:34 PM

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02-08-2017 , 04:06 PM

#84

Zeno

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Apomixis:

Apomixis sciencemag

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02-10-2017 , 12:20 PM

#85

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Antimatter

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02-10-2017 , 10:35 PM

#86

BrianTheMick2

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Domatium. (enjoy)

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02-11-2017 , 01:18 AM

#87

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NELM (Naked Eye Limiting Magnitude)

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02-18-2017 , 07:30 AM

#88

UpHillBothWays

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how has Quantum Chromodynamics or Quantum Electrodynamics not been mentioned?

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02-18-2017 , 08:10 PM

#89

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by UpHillBothWays

how has Quantum Chromodynamics or Quantum Electrodynamics not been mentioned?

See post #88 above.

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02-18-2017 , 08:15 PM

#90

Zeno

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Hydrocephalus

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02-18-2017 , 08:47 PM

#91

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http://www.digitalspy.com/fun/news/a...-to-pronounce/

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

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02-22-2017 , 01:29 AM

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Vivisection

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02-23-2017 , 03:01 AM

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02-23-2017 , 11:39 PM

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Zeno

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Spicule

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02-27-2017 , 04:08 AM

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Congener

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02-27-2017 , 03:21 PM

#97

BrianTheMick2

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It is a better word if it is spelled correctly: congener

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02-27-2017 , 03:48 PM

#98

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Sputnik

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02-28-2017 , 09:23 AM

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