familial hypercholesterolemia

congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis ;

familiar

a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard ; a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" ; a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support ;

familiar spirit

a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard ;

familiarisation

the experience of becoming familiar with something ;

familiarity

an act of undue intimacy ; close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" ; usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known ; a casual manner ; personal knowledge or information about someone or something ;

familiarization

the experience of becoming familiar with something ;

family

primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" ; people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" ; a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" ; a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" ; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" ; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" ; a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities ; a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" ;

family acanthaceae

widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales ;

family acanthisittidae

alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens ;

family acanthuridae

surgeonfishes ;

family acaridae

mites ;

family accipitridae

hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles ;

family aceraceae

a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples ;

family acipenseridae

sturgeons ;

family acrididae

short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts ;

family actinidiaceae

tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines ;

family actinomycetaceae

filamentous anaerobic bacteria ;

family adelgidae

plant lice ;

family adiantaceae

used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae) ;

family aegypiidae

in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae ;

family aepyornidae

coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes ;

family agamidae

an Old World reptile family of Sauria ;

family agaricaceae

large family including many familiar mushrooms ;

family agavaceae

chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae ;

family agonidae

poachers ;

family ailuropodidae

in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas ;

family aizoaceae

succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds ;

family akeridae

bubble shells ;

family alaudidae

larks ;

family albuginaceae

fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants ;

family albulidae

bonefish ;

family alcedinidae

kingfishers ;

family alcidae

web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. ;

family aleyrodidae

whiteflies ;

family alismataceae

perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants ;

family alliaceae

one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium ;

family alligatoridae

alligators; caimans ;

family allioniaceae

a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales ;

family aloeaceae

one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted ;

family alopiidae

thresher sharks ;