| desthiobiotin | A compound derived from biotin by the removal of the sulfur atom; a precursor of biotin in bacteria and molds; it can substitute for biotin in some microorganisms, but is without effect on or is inhibitory to the growth of others. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| destine | To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. "We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe." (Milton) "Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain." (Tennyson) "Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way." (Longfellow) Synonym: To design, mark out, determine, allot, choose, intend, devote, consecrate, doom. Origin: F. Destiner, L. Destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destiny | Origin: OE. Destinee, destene, F. Destinee, from destiner. See Destine. 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. "Thither he Will come to know his destiny." (Shak) "No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny." (Bryant) 2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. "But who can turn the stream of destiny?" (Spenser) "Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny." (Longfellow) The Destinies, the three Parcae, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration. "Marked by the Destinies to be avoided." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destitute | 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. "To forsake or destitute a plantation." (Bacon) 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; followed by of. "Destituted of all honor and livings." (Holinshed) 3. To disappoint. "When his expectation is destituted." (Fotherby) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destrin | <cell biology> Actin depolymerising protein (19 kD) from pig, apparently identical to ADF and similar to cofilin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| destructionist | 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive. 2. One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked. Synonym: annihilationist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destructive distillation | Submission of an organic substance to heat in a closed vessel so that oxygen is absent and combustion prevented, with the objective of effecting its decomposition with release of volatile constituents and the formation of new substances. Synonym: destructive distillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| destructiveness | 1. The quality of destroying or ruining. 2. <psychology> The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destrudo | Energy associated with the death or destructive instinct. Origin: coinage on the analogy of libido fr. L. Destruo, to destroy (05 Mar 2000) |
| destruxin | <protein> Cyclic depsipeptide fungal toxins that suppress the immune response in invertebrates. (18 Nov 1997) |
| aq dest | <abbreviation> L. Aqua destillata, distilled water. (05 Mar 2000) |
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