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bin
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n 1: a container; usually has a lid
2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful]
3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
[syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit
number]
v 1: store in bins
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bobbin
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n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
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bun
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n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun,
roll]
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bung
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n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn:
bung, spile]
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
2: close with a cork or stopper
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dobbin
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n 1: a quiet plodding workhorse [syn: farm horse, dobbin]
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dustbin
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n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn:
ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash
bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel,
trash bin]
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haemoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red
blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily
to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;
"fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn:
hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
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robin
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n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn:
robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin,
Erithacus rubecola]
2: large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
[syn: robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius]
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thrombin
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n 1: an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to
clot
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turbine
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n 1: rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid
is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed
rotor to rotate
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sabin
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n 1: a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption
by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident
sound
2: United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed
the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis
(born 1906) [syn: Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce
Sabin]
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dubbin
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n 1: tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and
waterproof
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scriabin
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n 1: Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
[syn: Scriabin, Aleksandr Scriabin, Aleksandr
Nikolayevich Scriabin]
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bilirubin
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n 1: an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a
product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce
the yellow appearance observed in jaundice [syn:
bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin]
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hemoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red
blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily
to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;
"fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn:
hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
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tobin
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n 1: United States economist (1918-2002) [syn: Tobin, James
Tobin]
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myoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and
stores it in the tissues until needed
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ashbin
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n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn:
ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash
bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel,
trash bin]
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been
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bing
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bihn
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binn
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rabbin
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bunn
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corbin
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byng
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rubin
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coben
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hoban
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toben
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