guards 6 1 noun n noun • a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
• a military unit serving to protect some place or person
• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
• the duty of serving as a sentry
• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
• a position on a basketball team
verb • to keep watch over
• watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
• protect against a challenge or attack
• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
fibroids 8 2 noun n noun • benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
ribalds 7 2 noun n noun • a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
adjective satellite • humorously vulgar
halides 7 2 noun n noun • a salt of any halogen acid
polyamides 10 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a polymer containing repeated amide groups
buprestids 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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camelids 8 3 noun n noun • Any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco and vicuña.
candids 7 2 noun n adjective satellite • characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
• informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
canids 6 2 noun n noun • any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
capsids 7 2 noun n noun • a variety of leaf bug
• the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
carabids 8 3 noun n noun • Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
carangids 9 3 noun n adjective • of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae
noun • a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
carotids 8 3 noun n adjective • of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck
caryatids 9 4 noun n noun • a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
cebids 6 2 noun n noun • Any member of the Cebidae.
chalcids 8 2 noun n noun • any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
characids 9 3 noun n noun • any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
chironomids 11 4 noun n noun • Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
chlorids 8 2 noun n
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chromatids 10 3 noun n noun • one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
chrysalids 10 3 noun n noun • The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
• The cocoon itself.
• A strong constraint; shackles.
chrysomelids 12 4 noun n noun • brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
chytrids 8 2 verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj
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cichlids 8 2 noun n noun • freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
clerids 7 2 noun n noun • predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
coccids 7 2 noun n
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colubrids 9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
comatulids 10 4 noun n noun • free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
corvids 7 2 noun n noun • A member of the bird family Corvidae, including crows, ravens, jays, choughs, treepies etc.
cosmids 7 2 noun n noun • (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
counterbids 11 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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coverlids 9 3 noun n
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cricetids 9 3 noun n
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cryptorchids 12 3 noun n noun • A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
culicids 8 3 noun n
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cupids 6 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow
• (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
muraenids 9 3 noun n
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musjids 7 2 noun n noun • (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
ootids 6 2 noun • mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote
periodids 9 4 adjective adj
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verbids 7 2 verb v
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whids 5 1
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labrids 7 2 noun n
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cantharids 10 3 noun n
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caprids 7 2 noun n
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ceratopsids 11 4 noun n
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cercopithecids 14 5 noun n
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cervids 7 2 noun n noun • distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
chimerids 9 3 noun n
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cicadellids 11 4 noun n
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