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51sales tax — a tax on receipts from sales, usually added to the selling price by the seller. [1920 25] * * * Levy imposed on the sale of goods and services. A sales tax on the manufacture, purchase, sale, or consumption of a specific commodity is known as an… …
52serine — /ser een, in, sear /, n. Biochem. a crystalline amino acid, HOCH2CH(NH2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Abbr.: Ser; Symbol: S [1875 80; SER(UM) + INE2] * * * One of the… …
53Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …
54Basrur, Sheela — ▪ 2004 On April 23, 2003, the World Health Organization, fearing the spread of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), announced a travel advisory for Toronto. A storm of outraged protests arose from the mayor, councillors, and provincial …
55nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
56Accident — • The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accident Accident † …
57minor — mi·nor 1 n: a person who has not yet reached the age of majority compare adult, juvenile, major minor 2 adj 1 a: being less important or serious …
58supplemental — sup·ple·men·tal /ˌsə plə ment əl/ adj: serving to complete or make an addition supplemental appropriations; specif: of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading supplemental n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
59accidental — 1. adjective a) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous an accidental visit b) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental are accidental to a play …
60Alanine — An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks in protein. Alanine is not an essential amino acid. (It is not essential to the diet, but can be made by the body from other substances. Alanine was discovered in protein… …
