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• ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
Example sentence • The church's altar was adorned with golden baldachins .
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Example sentence • My pet dunnakins loves to play with a ball of yarn.
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Example sentence • I bought a set of ramakins for making individual desserts.
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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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• any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
Example sentence • Red wines typically have higher levels of tannins than white wines.
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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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• large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
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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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• short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
Example sentence • The zoo has a large exhibit of penguins .
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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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• 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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• 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 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.
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• 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.
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• 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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Example sentence • Researchers are studying the structure and function of avidins to better understand their role in biotin metabolism.
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• the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Example sentence • There are many different ayins in the Hebrew alphabet.
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• spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
Example sentence • She performs impressive backspins during her breakdance routine.
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Example sentence • The effectiveness of bacterins in preventing infections has been well-documented.
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• a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
Example sentence • The bathroom had two basins .
9 2 noun n Example sentence • The Native American tribe used bearskins as blankets.
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