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• United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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• a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed
Example sentence • The primary function of myoglobins is to facilitate the transportation of oxygen.
7 2 noun
• a quiet plodding workhorse
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• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
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• a former agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
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• a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
Example sentence • She enjoys hiking in the mountains during her summer vacations.
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• the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20
Example sentence • The twins are identical and look exactly alike.
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• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Example sentence • He confessed his sins to the priest.
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• a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells
Example sentence • The function of globins is to carry and transport oxygen.
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• a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)
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• a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
Example sentence • The level of hemoglobins in her blood was normal.
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Example sentence • The presence of methemoglobins in the blood can cause a bluish appearance of the skin.
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• small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
Example sentence • The robins were singing cheerfully in the tree.
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• American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries
Example sentence • These searobins have unique appendages that resemble wings.
9 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin
Example sentence • He wore a traditional costume with fringed buckskins and beaded moccasins.
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• small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Example sentence • Some people enjoy eating chitlins with hot sauce.
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• the first canonical hour; at daybreak
Example sentence • I always attend matins at the church every Sunday morning.
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• a person who lacks good judgment
Example sentence • I always seem to be the muggins who gets stuck with all the dirty dishes.
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• a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
Example sentence • We had a lot of fun playing ninepins at the bowling alley.
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
Example sentence • He bowled a strike and knocked down all tenpins .
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• A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
Example sentence • The moulins carved deep valleys into the glaciers.
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• the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
Example sentence • The oxygen molecules bind to the oxyhemoglobins in our red blood cells.
7 2 noun n noun
• a word used in exclamations of confusion
Example sentence • What the dickens are you doing?
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• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Example sentence • She imagines herself living in a different country.
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• a bowling game using slender bowling pins
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• a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
Example sentence • He scored a strike in duckpins .
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• a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
Example sentence • She stacked the spillikins carefully in a tower.
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Example sentence • During development, acrasins are secreted to attract cells to a specific location.
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• any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
Example sentence • The actinomycins have potent antitumor activity and are used in cancer chemotherapy.
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• one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
Example sentence • Microfilaments are composed of actins and are involved in various cellular processes.
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• a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
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Example sentence • Scientists have been studying aequorins for their bioluminescent properties.
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• a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
Example sentence • Exposure to aflatoxins can lead to various health problems.
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• a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
Example sentence • Egg whites contain a large amount of albumins .
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• Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
Example sentence • The abundance of alevins indicates a healthy fish population.
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Example sentence • The plant's natural defense system relies on the production of alexins .
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• a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier
Example sentence • The algins in the seaweed help to bind heavy metals.
9 4 noun n noun
• an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
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Example sentence • The active ingredient in mosquito coils is typically allethrins .
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Example sentence • The allicins in garlic are believed to have antimicrobial properties.
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Example sentence • Ingesting amanitins can cause severe liver damage.
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• semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)
Example sentence • Doctors often prescribe ampicillins to treat bacterial infections.
10 4 noun n noun
• a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
Example sentence • The amygdalins in apricot kernels have been used for medicinal purposes.
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Example sentence • The production of amylopsins is essential for proper digestion.
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