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Words with a similar base: Eastern_Samoa, as

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[arsenic.n.02] as in: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

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[american_samoa.n.01] as in: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

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[angstrom.n.01] as in: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001

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micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

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[vitamin_a.n.01] as in: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

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[deoxyadenosine_monophosphate.n.01] as in: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

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[adenine.n.01] as in: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

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[ampere.n.02] as in: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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Examples:
a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps

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[a.n.06] as in: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet

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[a.n.07] as in: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

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[equally.r.01] as in: to the same degree (often followed by `as')

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Examples:
they were equally beautiful
birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly
sang as sweetly as a nightingale
he is every bit as mean as she is