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legible hallucinate barren conduit hormone

legible

le·gi·ble /ˈledʒəbəl, ˈledʒɪbəl/ adjective

  • written or printed clearly enough for you to read OPP illegible:
    • Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.

hallucinate

hal·lu·ci·nate /həˈluːsəneɪt, həˈluːsɪneɪt/ verb [intransitive]

  • to see or hear things that are not really there

barren

bar·ren /ˈbærən/ adjective

  1. land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it:
    • Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.
  2. old-fashioned unable to produce children or baby animals – used of a woman or of female animals SYN infertile OPP fertile
  3. a tree or plant that is barren does not produce fruit or seeds
  4. used to describe something that does not look interesting or attractive:
    • The sports hall was a rather barren concrete building.
  5. used to describe a period of time during which you do not achieve anything or get any useful results:
    • I scored five in the first seven games, but I’ve had a bit of a barren patch since then.

conduit

con·duit /ˈkɒndjuət, ˈkɒndjuɪt, -dɪt $ ˈkɑːnduət/ noun [countable]

  1. technical a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes
  2. formal a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another
    • conduit for
      • Drug traffickers have used the country as a conduit for shipments to the U.S.

hormone

hor·mone /ˈhɔːməʊn $ ˈhɔːrmoʊn/noun [countable]

  • a chemical substance produced by your body that influences its growth, development, and condition