• a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species
Example sentence
• Ants use pheromones to communicate with each other.
• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
verb
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Example sentence
• I need to make an important phone call on the telephone.
• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
verb
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
Example sentence
• The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
• any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation
Example sentence
• She used silicone baking mats to line her cookie sheet.
• hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
Example sentence
• Alcohol inhibits the release of antidiuretic hormone.
• a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm
Example sentence
• Abnormal levels of follicle-stimulating hormone can indicate fertility problems.
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