| Main Entry: | egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, cell; embryo of an animal |
Synonyms: |
bud, cackle, cackleberry, germ, nucleus, oospore, ovum, roe, rudiment, spawn, yellow eye |
| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin, cause |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, birth, conception, egg, embryo, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, heart, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, outcome, result |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest living organism |
Synonyms: |
bacterium, cellule, corpuscle, egg, embryo, follicle, germ, haematid, microorganism, spore, unit, utricle, vacuole |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | germ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
bud, cause, egg, embryo, inception, nucleus, origin, ovule, ovum, root, rudiment, seed, source, spark, spore, sprig, sprout |
| Main Entry: | nag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, bother |
Synonyms: |
annoy, badger, bait, berate, bug*, carp at, dog*, eat*, egg, find fault, fuss, give a hard time, goad, harry, heckle, hector, hound, importune, irk, irritate, needle, nudge*, pester, pick at, plague, prod, provoke, ride, scold, take it out on, tease, torment, upbraid, urge, vex, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
assuage, please |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause, basis |
Synonyms: |
agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result |
| Main Entry: | seed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, source |
Synonyms: |
berry, bud, cell, conceit, concept, conception, core, corn, ear, egg, embryo, germ, grain, image, impression, inkling, kernel, notion, nucleus, nut, ovule, ovum, particle, rudiment, semen, spark, sperm, spore, start, suspicion |
Antonyms: |
effect, end, ending, result |
| Main Entry: | embryo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fetus |
Synonyms: |
egg, incipient, nucleus, organism |
| Main Entry: | ovum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female reproductive cell |
Synonyms: |
egg, egg cell, gamete, oosphere, seed, spore |
| Main Entry: | provenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
Synonyms: |
agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, beginning, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, mother, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, root, roots, rootstock, seed, source, spring*, stock, well, wellspring |