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  • 91Adiaphorist — Ad i*aph o*rist, n. [See {Adiaphorous}.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. [1913… …

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  • 92C5H9NO3 — hydroxyproline hydroxyproline n. A crystalline amino acid ({C5H9NO3}), a hydroxylated proline, obtained by hydrolysis of gelatin or collagen. Chemically it is 4 hydroxy L proline. It is classified as nonessential for growth in rats. [WordNet 1.5… …

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  • 93hydroxyproline — n. A crystalline amino acid ({C5H9NO3}), a hydroxylated proline, obtained by hydrolysis of gelatin or collagen. Chemically it is 4 hydroxy L proline. It is classified as nonessential for growth in rats. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 94accidence — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin accidentia inflections of words, nonessential qualities, plural of accident , accidens, noun Date: 15th century a part of grammar that deals with inflections …

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  • 95alanine — noun Etymology: German Alanin, irregular from Aldehyd aldehyde Date: circa 1879 a simple nonessential crystalline amino acid C3H7NO2 …

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  • 96asparagine — noun Etymology: French, from Latin asparagus Date: 1813 a nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 that is an amide of aspartic acid …

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  • 97frippery — noun (plural peries) Etymology: Middle French friperie, alteration of Old French freperie, from frepe old garment Date: 1568 1. obsolete a. cast off clothes b. archaic a place where old clothes are sold 2 …

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  • 98giblets — noun plural Etymology: Middle English gibelet giblets piece, nonessential bit, from Anglo French gibelot, from Old French (Picard) giblé stew of wildfowl Date: 15th century the edible viscera of a fowl …

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  • 99marginalia — noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, neuter plural of marginalis Date: 1832 1. marginal notes or embellishments (as in a book) 2. nonessential items < the meat and marginalia of American politics Saturday Review > …

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  • 100serine — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sericin + 2 ine Date: 1880 a crystalline nonessential amino acid C3H7NO3 that occurs as a residue in many proteins …

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