Synonyms of the word

cadre

• n. A frame or framework.
• n. (military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment…
• n. (chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
• n. A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.

cell

• n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• n. (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
• n. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
• n. Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
• n. (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
• n. (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source…
• n. A section or compartment of a larger structure.
• n. (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
• n. A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
• n. A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of…
• n. (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a…
• n. (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
• n. (computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
• n. (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
• n. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
• n. (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
• n. (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
• n. (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
• n. (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
• n. (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
• n. (architecture) A cella.
• n. (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
• v. (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
• n. (US, informal) A cellular phone.

core

• n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
• n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
• n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
• n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
• n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
• n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
• v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• v. To extract a sample with a drill.
• n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
• n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

nucleus

• n. The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
• n. An initial part or version that will receive additions.
• n. (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
• n. (cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
• n. (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
• n. (phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.