nab
111a|nab|a|sine — «uh NAB uh seen, sihn», noun. a liquid alkaloid, similar in molecular structure to nicotine, used as an insecticide. Formula: C10H14N2 ╂[< New Latin Anabasis a shrub containing anabasine + English ine2] …
112a|nab|a|sin — «uh NAB uh sihn», noun. = anabasine. (Cf. ↑anabasine) …
113a|nab|a|sis — «uh NAB uh sihs», noun, plural ses « seez». any passage of a large military force through a large area. ╂[< Greek anábasis ascent < ana up + baínein go] …
114a|nab|o|lism — «uh NAB uh lihz uhm», noun. the process by which food substances are changed into the tissues of a living animal or plant; constructive metabolism (contrasted with catabolism). ╂[coined from metabolism by substituting Greek ana up] …
115can|nab|ic — «kuh NAB ihk», adjective. of or having to do with hemp. ╂[< Latin cannabis (< Greek kánnabis hemp) + English ic] …
116cu|nab|u|la — «kyoo NAB yuh luh», noun. 1. = cradle. (Cf. ↑cradle) 2. Figurative. the earliest abode: »the cunabula of the human race. ╂[< Latin cūnābula < cunae] …
117in|cu|nab|u|lar — «IHN kyu NAB yuh luhr», adjective. of or having to do with books printed before 1501 …
118in|cu|nab|u|la — «IHN kyu NAB yuh luh», noun (plural), sing. (for 2) lum « luhm». 1. the earliest stages or first traces in the development of anything; beginnings. 2. books printed before 1501. ╂[< Latin incūnābula, neuter plural, cradle; childhood, origin,… …
119in|cu|nab|u|lum — «IHN kyu NAB yuh luhm», noun. singular of incunabula …
120tet|ra|hy|dro|can|nab|i|nol — «TEHT ruh HY druh kuh NAB uh nl, nohl», noun. the active principle in marijuana and hashish, obtained from the resin of the hemp plant or produced synthetically. Abbr: THC (no periods). ╂[< tetra + cannabin + ol2] …
