(ə kyü m(y)e lāt): To gather or pile up little by little; to increase in quantity, number, or amount.

(ǝ na lǝ sǝs): An examination of a whole to discover its elements and their relations.

(ə pen diks): (plural: appendixes or appendices) Additional material attached at the end of a piece of writing.

(kler ət ē): The quality or state of being clear or easily understood.

(in dān jǝrd): Threatened with extinction.

(ik stiŋk shən): The state of no longer existing.

(fȯ nə): Animal life, especially the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment.

(flȯr ə): Plant, bacterial, or fungal life, especially such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment.

(hī pə the ti kəl): (1) Imagined as an example for further thought; (2) assumed.

(in ti grəl or in te grəl): (1) Needed for completeness; (2) lacking nothing essential.

(kärst): An irregular limestone region with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns.

(län jə tüd nəl): Involving the repeated observation of a set of subjects over time with respect to one or more study variables.

(nü trē ǝnt): A substance or ingredient that promotes growth, provides energy, and maintains life.

(ȯr ga nik): Of, relating to, or obtained from living things.

(fiz ē äl ə jē): A branch of biology dealing with the processes and activities by which life is carried on and which are special features of the functioning of living things, tissues, and cells.

(pri skrībd fī ǝr): The controlled use of fire under specific weather conditions to restore health to an ecosystem that depends on fire; also known as a prescribed burn or controlled burn.

(ran dǝm lē): So that each possibility has a definite and especially an equal probability of occurring.

(sam pəl): A small subset group, representative of the entire group.

(spek trä mə tər): An instrument that spreads particles or radiation into an ordered sequence (such as by mass or energy).

(stā bəl ī sə tōp): An isotope that shows no tendency to undergo radioactive decomposition.

(sǝ stā nǝ bǝl): Of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not used up or permanently damaged.

(ən re gyə lā təd): Not controlled.

(vəl n(ə-)rə bəl): Open to attack or damage.