| Rubinstein, Jack | <person> U.S. Child psychiatrist and paediatrician, *1925. See: Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rubinstein-taybi syndrome | <syndrome> An autosomal recessive disorder usually occurring in males and characterised mainly by motor and mental retardation, broad thumbs, webbing of fingers and toes, facial and skeletal abnormalities. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| black-jack | 1. <chemical> A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; called also false galena. See Blende. 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to colour wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. 4. <botany> The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. 5. The ensign of a pirate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| supple-jack | <botany> A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. "He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . Yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke." (W. Irving) This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jack | <marine biology> Young salmon, usually a male, that matures precociously. (12 Jan 1998) |