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

(kən süm): (1) To use up or spend; (2) to eat or drink up.

(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.

(dē kǝm pōz): To rot or decay.

(di spǝrs): To cause to become spread widely; scatter.

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

(in fest): To spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner.

(mas): The amount of matter in an object. On a different planet, for example, an object’s weight will change, but its mass will be the same.

(mǝ chu̇r ): Having completed natural growth and development.

(ri mōt): (1) Far removed in place, time, or relation; (2) secluded.

(səb tə rā nē ən): Located or living under the surface of the ground.

(təm p(ə)rət): Having or associated with a climate that is usually mild without extremely cold or extremely hot temperatures.

(trä pi kǝl): Of, relating to, occurring in, or used in the tropics, which is the area between two parallels of the earth’s latitude that are approximately 23½ degrees north of the equator and approximately 23½ degrees south of the equator.