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• a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
Example sentence • She sewed the buttons onto the shirt.
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• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Example sentence • She wore a pair of black nylons with her new dress.
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• a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
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• put clothing on one's body
Example sentence • He dons a crisp white shirt every morning for work.
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• (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
Example sentence • I have a collection of music icons on my computer.
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Example sentence • Our school is organizing multiple phonathons this year to raise funds for new textbooks.
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• A lengthy speech, discussion or debate.
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• A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.
Example sentence • We participated in three different walkathons last year.
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• (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
Example sentence • She held the book in her hands .
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• the area in which something exists or lives
Example sentence • She enjoys exploring the environs of her new neighborhood.
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• a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
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• a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
Example sentence • The pons is a structure found in the brainstem.
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• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Example sentence • She colored the picture using bright rayons .
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• set of bells hung in a bell tower
Example sentence • The carillons in the tower played a beautiful melody.
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• Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking
Example sentence • I love adding champignons to my salad.
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• (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
Example sentence • The king's army consisted of a thousand myrmidons .
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• an unofficial association of people or groups
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• bind or tie together, as with a band
Example sentence • She wears rubber bands on her wrist as bracelets.
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• a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
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• strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
Example sentence • The fans cheered loudly when the team scored a goal.
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• cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
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• make a sweeping movement
Example sentence • I need to buy new pans for my kitchen.
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• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
Example sentence • I saw a pair of vans at the shoe store.
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• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
Example sentence • They traveled to different lands in search of adventure.
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• a mischievous elf in Irish folklore
Example sentence • Legend says that leprechauns hide pots of gold at the end of rainbows.
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• any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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• a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
Example sentence • The Greek tragedies were full of intense emotional agons .
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• an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Example sentence • The pilot adjusted the ailerons to control the roll of the aircraft.
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Example sentence • The aleurons in rice contain enzymes that help break down starches.
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• (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
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• an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Example sentence • The use of anacoluthons can create a sense of confusion or surprise.
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• The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
Example sentence • The anchorpersons delivered the news with confidence and professionalism.
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• A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.
Example sentence • The anticodons in tRNA molecules are complementary to codons in mRNA during translation.
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• an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
Example sentence • In a PET scan, antielectrons are used as tracers to detect tumors.
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• the antiparticle of a neutron
Example sentence • Scientists create antineutrons by colliding high-energy protons with a target.
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• a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Example sentence • The choir sang the antiphons during the church service.
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• an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton
Example sentence • Experiments have shown that antiprotons have the opposite charge of a proton.
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Example sentence • The behavior of anyons is governed by exotic quantum statistics.
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• central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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• a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
Example sentence • The use of argons in lighting fixtures can help produce a bright and clear light.
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• long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Example sentence • Damaged axons can lead to impaired nerve function.
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Example sentence • The azlons in this sweater are soft and comfortable against the skin.
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• A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
Example sentence • He played the barytons beautifully at the concert.
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• a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
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• accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux
Example sentence • In particle accelerators, betatrons are commonly used for electron acceleration.
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Example sentence • The workers poured betons to construct the foundation of the building.
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• a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
Example sentence • Scientists at the laboratory are developing new bevatrons for particle acceleration experiments.
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Example sentence • The biotrons were used to study the effects of temperature on plant growth.
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