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—AGARS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
—FUCI—[n. -CI or -CUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any alga of the genus Fucus.
SKELPSY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
—NORIAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
—ALGAE—[n. -GAE or -GAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of alga
—ALGAL—[n. -GAE or -GAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to, or like, algae.
—ALGINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various gelatinous gums, derivatives of alginic acid, derived from marine brown algae and used especially as emulsifiers or thickeners.
—FUCUS—[n. -CI or -CUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any alga of the genus Fucus.
CSLAVERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
—SPOREDS[v. SPORED, SPORING, SPORES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
—XYLANS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
—ALGINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various gelatinous gums, derivatives of alginic acid, derived from marine brown algae and used especially as emulsifiers or thickeners.
VALGOID—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling, or characteristic of algae
—DESMIDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
—DIATOMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
—DIDYMOS[n. -S] A species of diatom.
—LICHENS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
—NOSTOCS[n. -S] · a freshwater alga
—BIOHERMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae, especially in a mound or dome shape.
—DESMIDS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
—DIATOMS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
—FUCUSES—[n. -CI or -CUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any alga of the genus Fucus.
—NOSTOCS—[n. -S] · a freshwater alga
—OOGONIAL[n. -NIA or -NIUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
ZOOSPORES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
—PLASTIDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
—PROCARPS[n. -S] · a female sexual organ in certain algae
—PROTISTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
—SEAFOODS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
—SEAWEEDSY[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
—THALLUS—[n. -LI or -LUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
—ALGICIDES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
—ALGOLOGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of botany dealing with algae.
—ANABAENAS[n. -S] · a freshwater alga
—BACTERIALS[n. -S] · bacterium «© a microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions»
—CONFERVAELS[n. -VAE or -VAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
—EXOSPORES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The outer layer of a spore, especially in some algae and fungi.
—GONIDIUM—[n. -IA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
—GULFWEEDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] sargassum; algae of the genus Sargassum.
—OOGONIAL—[n. -NIA or -NIUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
—OOGONIUMS[n. -NIA or -NIUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
NOOSPHERES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.
—PROCARPS—[n. -S] · a female sexual organ in certain algae
—PYRENOIDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch
—ROCKWEEDS[n. -S] · a brown seaweed
—SARGASSA—[n. -GASSA or -GASSOES or -GASSOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of sargassum (“brown alga”).
—SARGASSOS[n. -GASSA or -GASSOES or -GASSOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A brown alga, of the genus Sargassum, that forms large, floating masses.
—UNIALGAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Containing only a single type of alga
—ZOOSPORES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi
—ALGAECIDES[n. -S] · a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae / ----- { algaecide algicide § algaecides algicides }
—ALGICIDAL—[a.] · killing or preventing the growth of algae
—ALGICIDES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
—ANABAENAS—[n. -S] · a freshwater alga
—BACTERIAS—[n. -S] · bacterium «© a microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions»
—BACTERIUM—[n. -RIA] · © a microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions
—CHLORELLAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
—COENOCYTES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cell with multiple nuclei, found in fungi, algae, protists and slime molds.
—CONFERVAE—[n. -VAE or -VAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
—CONFERVAL—[a.] · Derivative of conferva «any of various threadlike green algae, esp~ any of the genus Tribonema~, typically occurring in fresh water»
—CONFERVAS—[n. -VAE or -VAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
—CORALLINES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
—CRYOPHYTES[n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
—CRYPTOGAMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
—DESMIDIAN—[a.] · Derivative of desmid «any freshwater green alga of the mainly unicellular family Desmidioideae~, typically constricted into two symmetrical halves»
—ENDOPHYTES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.
—EUTROPHIC—[Wiktionary - Sense 1] Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
—ISOGAMOUS—[a.] · Derivative of isogamy «(in some algae and fungi) sexual fusion of gametes of similar size and form Compare heterogamy (sense 1)»
—LAMINARIANS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.
—LAMINARINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A glucan produced by some brown algae
—NULLIPORES[Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various algae which secrete calcium carbonate, such as those of the order Corallinales.
—OOGONIUMS—[n. -NIA or -NIUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
—PERIPLASTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] periblast of algae
—PHYCOLOGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of algae.
—SARGASSUMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of many brown algae of the genus Sargassum; gulfweed
—SPIROGYRAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.
—SPIRULINAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
—SPOROCARPS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs.
—STONEWORTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.
—ALGAECIDES—[n. -S] · a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae / ----- { algaecide algicide § algaecides algicides }
—ALGOLOGIES—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of botany dealing with algae.
—ALGOLOGISTS[n. -S] · © one learned about algae; a student of algology
—BIOFOULINGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The accumulation of living organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae and invertebrates) on a wetted surface.
—CARPOGONIAL[n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
—CARPOSPORES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
—CHLORELLAS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
—COENOCYTES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cell with multiple nuclei, found in fungi, algae, protists and slime molds.
—COENOCYTIC—[a.] · Derivative of coenocyte «(botany) a mass of protoplasm containing many nuclei and enclosed by a cell wall: occurs in many fungi and some algae»
—CRYOPHYTES—[n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
—ENDOLITHIC—[a.] · (of organisms, such as algae) growing inside rock
—ENDOPHYTES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.
—ENDOPHYTIC—[a.] · Derivative of endophyte «a fungus, or occasionally an alga or other organism, that lives within a plant»
—GAMETANGIA—[n. -GIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants.
—HETEROCYSTS[n. -S] · © a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc
—HORMOGONIA—[n. -NIA] · © a chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated~
—HYDROPHYTES[n. -S] · © an aquatic plant; an alga
—LAMINARINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A glucan produced by some brown algae
—MICROFLORAELS[n. -RAE or -RAS] · the community of microorganisms, including algae, fungi, and bacteria that live in or on another living organism or in a particular habitat / ----- { microflora microfloras § microflorae }
—MOSSBACKED—[a.] · Derivative of mossback «an old turtle, shellfish, etc~, that has a growth of algae on its back»
—NULLIPORES—[Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various algae which secrete calcium carbonate, such as those of the order Corallinales.
—PARROTFISH—† [n. -ES] · a tropical fish with beak-like~ teeth for scraping algae
—PERIPHYTONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
—SARGASSUMS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of many brown algae of the genus Sargassum; gulfweed
—SPERMATIAL—[a.] · relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
—SPIROGYRAS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.
—ALGOLOGICAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to algology (the study of algae).
—ALGOLOGISTS—[n. -S] · © one learned about algae; a student of algology
—ANTHERIDIAL—[a.] · Derivative of antheridium «the male sex organ of algae, fungi, bryophytes, and spore-bearing~ vascular plants, such as ferns, which produces antherozoids~»
—ANTHERIDIUM—[n. -DIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
—ARTHROSPORES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A sporelike cell produced by some fungi and algae.
—CARPOGONIAL—[a.] · Derivative of carpogonium «the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass»
—CARPOGONIUM—[n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
—CARPOSPORES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
—CHLOROPLASTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.
—CHRYSOPHYTES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae
—FUCOXANTHINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
—GAMETANGIUM—[n. -GIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants.
—HETEROCYSTS—[n. -S] · © a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc
—HOMOTHALLIC—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A homothallic fungus or alga
—HORMOGONIUM—[n. -NIA] · © a chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated~
—HYDROPHYTES—[n. -S] · © an aquatic plant; an alga
—MICROFLORAE—[n. -RAE or -RAS] · the community of microorganisms, including algae, fungi, and bacteria that live in or on another living organism or in a particular habitat / ----- { microflora microfloras § microflorae }
—MICROFLORAS—[n. -RAE or -RAS] · the community of microorganisms, including algae, fungi, and bacteria that live in or on another living organism or in a particular habitat / ----- { microflora microfloras § microflorae }
—PERIPHYTONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
—PHYCOLOGIES—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of algae.
—PHYCOLOGISTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One who studies algae as a profession.
—TETRASPORIC—[a.] · Derivative of tetraspore «any of the asexual spores that are produced in groups of four in the sporangium (tetrasporangium~) of any of the red algae»
—ARTHROSPORES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A sporelike cell produced by some fungi and algae.
—CHLOROPLASTS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.
—CHRYSOPHYTES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae
—FUCOXANTHINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
—HOMOTHALLISMS[n. -S] · Derivative of homothallic «(of some algae and fungi) having both male and female reproductive organs on the same thallus, which can be self-fertilizing~ Compare heterothallic»
—PHYCOLOGICAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to the scientific study of algae.
—PHYCOLOGISTS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One who studies algae as a profession.
—SPERMATOZOIDS[Wiktionary - Sense 1] A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.
—ZOOXANTHELLAE[n. ZOOXANTHELLAE] · any of several yellow-green~ algae that inhabit other organisms such as marine invertebrates
—CHLOROPLASTIC—[a.] · Derivative of chloroplast «a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis»
—HETEROTHALLIC—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Such an alga or fungus
—HOMOTHALLISMS—[n. -S] · Derivative of homothallic «(of some algae and fungi) having both male and female reproductive organs on the same thallus, which can be self-fertilizing~ Compare heterothallic»
—PHYCOERYTHRINS[Wiktionary - Sense 1] A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads.
—PHYTOPLANKTONS[n. -S] · the photosynthesizing~ organisms in plankton, mainly unicellular algae and cyanobacteria Compare zooplankton
—ZOOXANTHELLAE—[n. ZOOXANTHELLAE] · any of several yellow-green~ algae that inhabit other organisms such as marine invertebrates
—HETEROTHALLISMS[n. -S] · Derivative of heterothallic «(of some algae and fungi) having male and female reproductive organs on different thalli»
—PHOTOSYNTHESISE[n. -THESES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
—PHYTOPLANKTONS—[n. -S] · the photosynthesizing~ organisms in plankton, mainly unicellular algae and cyanobacteria Compare zooplankton
—HETEROTHALLISMS—[n. -S] · Derivative of heterothallic «(of some algae and fungi) having male and female reproductive organs on different thalli»
—PHYTOPLANKTONIC—[a.] · Derivative of phytoplankton «the photosynthesizing~ organisms in plankton, mainly unicellular algae and cyanobacteria Compare zooplankton»

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