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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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Example sentence • Research suggests that some medications can act as antivitamins and interfere with nutrient metabolism.
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• (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
Example sentence • He pulled out a stack of benjamins to pay for the car.
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Example sentence • Individuals with celiac disease are intolerant to prolamins .
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Example sentence • Some species of fish have multiple types of protamins in their seminal fluid.
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• vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues
Example sentence • Oranges are a great source of provitamins .
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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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• an electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing
Example sentence • The theremins were stored in a protective case.
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• a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
Example sentence • A deficiency in thiamins can lead to a condition called beriberi.
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• a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
Example sentence • The jessamines bloomed early this year.
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• a simple protein found in plants
Example sentence • Wheat prolamines are known as gliadins.
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• Any of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.
Example sentence • The fluorescent properties of rhodamines make them useful in biomedical imaging.
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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 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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• a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc.
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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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• 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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