stripe (noun)

  • 121ghost band — noun a) Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results). b) A large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel… …

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  • 122eyestripe — noun A stripe, on each side of the head of some birds, that includes the eye …

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  • 123spy-fi — noun A genre of science fiction involving secret agents. With the MIB taking on aliens of every stripe, it can also be viewed as a parody of The X Files and the spy fi series that rose to prominence in the 1990s …

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  • 124pinstripe — noun a) A very thin stripe on a fabric b) Such a fabric …

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  • 125Charlie Brown — noun One of the main characters of the Peanuts cartoon strips by Charles Schulz. He is easily recognised by his lemon shaped head and a yellow T shirt with a jagged black stripe across it horizontally …

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  • 126gentoo penguin — noun A species of penguin, scientific name Pygoscelis papua, with a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head. Syn: gentoo …

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  • 127bend sinister — noun Heraldry a broad diagonal stripe from top right to bottom left of a shield (a supposed sign of bastardy) …

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  • 128bobwhite — noun an American quail with mottled reddish brown plumage and a pale throat and eye stripe. [Colinus virginianus.] Origin C19: imitative of its call …

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