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The answer FASTIDIOUS has 10 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of fastidious in various dictionaries:
adj - giving careful attention to detail
adj - having complicated nutritional requirements
Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Slow:excessively particular |
| It means meticulous, though it sounds like a combination of "fast" & "hideous" |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. |
| very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. |
| giving and careful attention to detail hard to please excessively concerned with cleanliness |
| having complicated nutritional requirements especially growing only in special artificial cultures |
| giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect: |
| having a strong dislike of anything dirty or unpleasant: |
| having high standards and giving a lot of attention to details: |
| Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail. |
| Difficult to please exacting. |
| Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See Synonyms at meticulous. |
| Fastidious might refer to |
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| A Fastidious organism is any organism that has a complex nutritional requirement. In other words, a fastidious organism will only grow when specific nutrients are included in its diet. The more restrictive term fastidious microorganism is often used in the field of microbiology to describe microorganisms that will grow only if special nutrients are present in their culture medium. An example of a fastidious bacterium is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which requires blood or hemoglobin and several amino acids and vitamins to grow. Other examples include Campylobacter spp. and Helicobacter spp., which are capnophilic require elevated CO2 among other requirements. |