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• an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria
Example sentence • Scientists are studying the mechanism of action of novobiocins .
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Example sentence • The nigrosins dye gives the fabric a deep black color.
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• A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland or Virginia; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
Example sentence • The pocosins of North Carolina are home to a variety of rare plant and animal species.
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Example sentence • The release of vasotocins is influenced by various physiological signals.
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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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• United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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• a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
Example sentence • Exposure to environmental toxins can have detrimental effects on our health.
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• any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
Example sentence • Taking vitamins can help boost your immune system.
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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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• (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.
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• 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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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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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• a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
Example sentence • The lab is studying the effects of anatoxins on different organisms.
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• a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
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• any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels
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Example sentence • The addition of antiauxins to a plant can promote the growth of its main stem.
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