(əb sȯrp shən): The process of taking in.

(er āt): To supply with air

(ǝ kwä tik): Growing or living in or often found in water.

(a rəd): Very dry; especially, not having enough rainfall to support agriculture.

(kē): A low island or reef of sand or coral.

(kǝn sǝrv): To avoid wasteful or destructive use of something.

(kǝn trōl): A variable factor that has been kept constant and which is used as a standard of comparison to the experimental component in a controlled experiment.

(di sen dənt): Coming from an ancestor or source.

(ē kō sis tǝm): A system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions.

(e dē): A current of air or water running against the main current or in a circle.

(ik stiŋ(k)t or ek stiŋ(k)t): No longer existing.

(ha bә tat): The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.

(in jə stəs): An unjust or unfair act.

(mē an dər): To follow a winding or complicated course.

(nā tiv): Living or growing naturally in a particular region.

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

(pä lə sē): A course of action chosen in order to guide people in making decisions.

(re gān): To get back.

(skers): Lacking in quantity or number; not plentiful.

(sǝ sep tǝ bǝl): (1) Having little resistance to something, like a disease or infection; (2) easily affected.

(trans mit): To transfer from one person, animal, or place, to another.

(vərt ə brət or vərt ə brāt): Any of a large group of animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) that typically have a bony or cartilaginous backbone which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and including some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the backbone is absent and the notochord persists throughout life.

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