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• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
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• the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20
Example sentence • The twins are identical and look exactly alike.
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• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Example sentence • He confessed his sins to the priest.
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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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Example sentence • The sauce is made with caramelized cipolins and garlic.
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• Any of various terrestrial partridges of the genera Francolinus, Peliperidix, and Scleroptila in tribe Gallini, and genus Pternistis in tribe Tetraogallini, all in family Phasianidae.
Example sentence • The francolins ' distinctive call can be heard throughout the forest.
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• a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics
Example sentence • Many skincare products contain lanolins as moisturizing ingredients.
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• a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
Example sentence • He played the mandolins with great skill.
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• toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Example sentence • The scales of pangolins are made of keratin and are highly prized in traditional medicine.
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Example sentence • The researcher analyzed the reaction using picolins as catalysts.
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Example sentence • Many antibacterial drugs contain quinolins .
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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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Example sentence • She walked widdershins around the ancient stone circle.
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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 • The abscisins level in the plant tissues varied throughout the experiment.
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• any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together
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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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• the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
Example sentence • I have a headache, so I will take two aspirins .
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