| junk | 1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc, and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships. 2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc, bought and sold by junk dealers. 3. Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle, a stout bottle made of thick dark-coloured glass. Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. Junk hook, a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot. Origin: Pg. Junco junk, rush, L. Juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. Junket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| junk DNA | That portion of DNA which is not transcribed and expressed, comprising about 90% of the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome; its function is not known. (05 Mar 2000) |
| junket | To give entertainment to; to feast. "The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors." (Walpole) Origin: Junketed; Junketing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| junk food |
food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
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| junk DNA |
stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"
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| junk DNA |
Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes, also called non-coding DNA. Most of the genome consists of non-coding DNA, and was therefore long thought to be
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| junk DNA |
an older term for the regions of DNA on the genome that lie between genes, and once thought to have little or no function. Now it is known that these regions may have significant roles in the control of gene expression.
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| junk DNA |
Portions of DNA that don't have genes with an obvious function.
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| junk | a narcotic that is considered a hard drug |
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| junk | any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails |
| junk | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
| junk | dispose of (something useless or old) |
| junk | a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower |
| junk | stretches of DNA that do not code for genes |
| junk | food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value |
| junk | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
| junk | third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant' |
| junk | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
| junk | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods |
| junk | disposed of as useless |
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