5th Grade Cards for Memphis, TN, USA
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5th Grade Flashcards for Memphis-Shelby County Schools
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n. manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
n. a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
n. a person related to you who lived a long time ago; forefather, forerunner, or predecessor
n. an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
n. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
n. text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
n. study of the positions of stars, in the belief that stars affect the character and lives of people
n. way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
n. the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
n. design or study drawn of full size to serve as a model for transferring or copying; drawing depicting a humorous situation
n. document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
n. region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
n. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
n. activity of communicating; conveying information, like message, letter, or announcement
n. a person you spend a lot of time with, often because of friends or travelling together; partner
v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
n. social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
n. an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
n. tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
n. an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
n. common characteristics of a group of people; ethnic group; quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
n. fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
n. the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
n. large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
v. move or run rapidly or carelessly, as by a quadruped, particularly by a horse lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds
n. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
n. all offspring at same stage from common ancestor; interval of time between the birth of parents and their offspring
n. a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
n. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
n. line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
n. a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
n. one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
n. a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
n. a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
n. juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon; plant that produces the fruit juicy
n. earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; predicting what the weather will be
n. the smallest unit without losing its own chemical nature, consisting usually of two or more atoms
n. a place for collecting and displaying objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value
n. a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
n. act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
a. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force
n. act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
n. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
n. science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition
n. large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
n. lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
n. act of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor
n. traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
n. cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
v. dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
n. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
n. written instructions from doctor; written order; act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
n. plan for anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
n. one of the many substances found in food, such as meat or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow
a. subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
n. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
n. turning or bending of any wave, such as light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density
n. act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
n. act of revolving; motion of body round a fixed point or line; rotation; total or radical change; fundamental change in political organization
n. dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
n. a thin, tube-like case containing meat that has been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices
n. the study of the relationships between people living in groups, especially in industrial societies
n. either of the two times of a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
n. treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
n. a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
n. region of the uppermost atmosphere, extends from 15 kilometers to 50 kilometers approximately
n. act of submitting; act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience
v. write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; give consent to; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
n. a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
n. vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony; attestation; witness; approval
n. any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
n. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
n. (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
n. disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
n. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
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