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• any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
Example sentence • Ethylene and propylene are common examples of olefins .
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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 neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties
Example sentence • Exercise stimulates the release of endorphins , which can improve mood.
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• British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
Example sentence • The kelvins scale starts at absolute zero, which is -273.15 degrees Celsius.
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• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Example sentence • The origins of this ancient civilization have been a subject of debate among historians.
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Example sentence • I love to eat raisins for a healthy snack.
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• any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Example sentence • The artist used various resins to create a textured effect in the painting.
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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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• procumbent or spreading juniper
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• box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
Example sentence • The funeral home displayed a variety of beautifully crafted coffins .
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• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
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• a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
Example sentence • Some birth control pills contain synthetic estrogens .
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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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• a line leading to a place or point
Example sentence • Please follow the directions on the map to reach the destination.
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• smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Example sentence • The gibbons in the zoo were playful and energetic.
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• a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
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• any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
Example sentence • I bought a bag of pippins from the farmers' market.
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• a dagger with a slender blade
Example sentence • She used bodkins to thread the ribbon through the holes of her craft project.
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• a quiet plodding workhorse
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• a mound of glacial drift
Example sentence • The landscape of this region is characterized by a series of drumlins .
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• a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
Example sentence • He stacked the firkins of butter in the corner of the room.
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• lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
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• (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Example sentence • The children were scared of the goblins hiding in the dark forest.
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• a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
Example sentence • In the Renaissance era, jerkins were often made of velvet or brocade.
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• citadel of a Russian town
Example sentence • The kremlins in Moscow and Kazan are famous tourist attractions.
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