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a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,844 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,835 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine also: thymine
- one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar also: deoxythymidine monophosphate
- a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms also: metric ton, MT, tonne
- the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
- thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer also: triiodothyronine, liothyronine
- hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells also: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine thyroxine is 65% iodine
t in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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T. drawn into a quarrel, is to fight in the morning with swords.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 2
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The author, J.T. Trowbridge (1827-still living), “is a boy-hearted man,” says John Burroughs.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Why, never fell a blow; Cheer up, old wifie, ’t was a long time ago.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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It ran, “P. G. Northover, B.A., C.Q.T., Adventure and Romance Agency, 14 Tanner's Court, Fleet Street.”
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1