7 2 noun n Example sentence • I love to eat raisins for a healthy snack.
7 2 adverb, noun adv, n noun
• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
9 2 noun n noun
• 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.
7 2 verb, noun v, n verb
• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Example sentence • She assigns each student a different task.
7 2 noun n noun
• a particular environment or walk of life
Example sentence • The company has expanded its business into different domains .
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• an airplane with a single wing
Example sentence • Many aviation enthusiasts prefer monoplanes for their sleek and modern appearance.
10 3 noun n noun
• a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
Example sentence • The peneplains in this region are characterized by smooth, gently sloping surfaces.
7 2 noun n noun
• a word used in exclamations of confusion
Example sentence • What the dickens are you doing?
3 1 noun
• a former agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
7 2 noun n noun
• United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
8 3 verb v verb
• 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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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.
8 2 noun n noun
• small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Example sentence • Some people enjoy eating chitlins with hot sauce.
6 2 noun n noun
• the first canonical hour; at daybreak
Example sentence • I always attend matins at the church every Sunday morning.
7 2 noun n noun
• a person who lacks good judgment
Example sentence • I always seem to be the muggins who gets stuck with all the dirty dishes.
8 2 noun n noun
• 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 .
7 2 noun n noun
• the expensive white fur of the ermine
Example sentence • The ermines are small carnivorous mammals found in northern regions.
7 2 noun n noun
• 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.
8 3 noun n noun
• a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
Example sentence • The abducens nerve innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
10 3 noun n noun
• a bowling game using slender bowling pins
8 2 noun n noun
• a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
Example sentence • He scored a strike in duckpins .
10 3 noun n noun
• 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.
9 3 noun n noun
• a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Example sentence • Exposure to acroleins can cause lung damage and inflammation.
6 2 noun n noun
• 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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Example sentence • Scientists have been studying aequorins for their bioluminescent properties.
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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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6 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier
Example sentence • The algins in the seaweed help to bind heavy metals.
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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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• a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules
Example sentence • The ligand ethylenediamine can form two different ammines with cobalt(II) chloride.
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Example sentence • The chemical formula for amylenes is C5H10.
9 3 noun n noun
• male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics
Example sentence • Testosterone is one of the most well-known androgens .
8 3 noun n noun
• a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
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Example sentence • He measured the fabric with arshins to ensure he had enough for the project.
9 3 noun n noun
• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
Example sentence • The assassins waited in the shadows for their target.
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Example sentence • The doctor prescribed atropins to treat the patient's eye condition.
6 2 noun n noun
• a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Example sentence • Scientists have discovered new ways to manipulate auxins to enhance crop yields.
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