(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 | one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi |
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction | a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria |
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 | |