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• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
Example sentence • Money is a means to buy things.
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• a borough of New York City, it is the easternmost, largest in area, and second-largest in population of New York City's five boroughs
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• (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
Example sentence • Our genes determine our unique physical characteristics.
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• the place where some action occurs
Example sentence • The movie had some breathtaking scenes .
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• the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
Example sentence • The teens were excited for their school dance.
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• (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
Example sentence • I need to buy a new pair of jeans .
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Example sentence • The skenes of ancient Greek theaters housed the actors and their props.
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Example sentence • The sphenes in this rock sample are beautifully preserved.
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• a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent
Example sentence • The xylenes are commonly used as gasoline additives.
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• any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
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• hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Example sentence • I love to eat baked beans for breakfast.
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• a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
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• test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
Example sentence • She spends too much time staring at screens .
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• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Example sentence • She went on a cleanse to improve her health.
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• an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
Example sentence • The deans of the university meet every month to discuss academic matters.
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Example sentence • His health dwines as he refuses to seek medical treatment.
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Example sentence • The flavines found in plants are responsible for their bright colors.
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• gather, as of natural products
Example sentence • She gleans useful information from various sources to write her research paper.
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• genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
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• a condition promoting sanitary practices
Example sentence • Good personal hygienes include brushing your teeth and washing your hands regularly.
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• a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
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• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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• the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
Example sentence • He used peens of different sizes to shape the metal sheet.
6 2 verb v Example sentence • The peacock preens its feathers to impress potential mates.
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• A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
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• a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
Example sentence • The spleens of some animals can store large amounts of blood.
6 1 noun
• Household articles made of wood.
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• An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.
Example sentence • Many TV shows and movies are targeted towards tweens .
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• To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
Example sentence • I bought a pack of weens to make hot dogs.
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• (of goats or sheep) To give birth to.
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• an amphibious division of the United States Navy
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• small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Example sentence • The dandelion produces achenes that are dispersed by the wind.
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Example sentence • Strawberries are an example of a plant that produces akenes .
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• any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
Example sentence • The unsaturated nature of alkenes makes them highly reactive.
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Example sentence • Benzene is the simplest of the arenes .
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• a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
Example sentence • Polyethylene is made from ethenes .
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• necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
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Example sentence • Charles Darwin's theory of inheritance included the concept of pangenes .
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• a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
Example sentence • Scientists are studying the reactivity of propenes in various chemical reactions.
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Example sentence • The production of squalenes in the body generally decreases with age.
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Example sentence • The government subvenes various research projects every year.
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• an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants
Example sentence • Some plants produce terpenes as a defense mechanism against herbivores.
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Example sentence • The terrenes of the forests are rich in biodiversity.
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• an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
Example sentence • Scientists use transgenes to study the function of specific genes.
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Example sentence • The synthesis of xanthenes involves several chemical reactions.
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• a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Example sentence • Some acetylenes are used as fuels for metal cutting.
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Example sentence • The antigenes proteins are responsible for triggering an immune response.
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