one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
| a room where a prisoner is kept |
| small room in which a monk or nun lives |
| any small compartment |
| a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver |
| a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement |