Compounds

Word COMPOUNDS
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Definitions and meanings of "Compounds"

What do we mean by compounds?

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

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The word "compounds" in example sentences

In addition, we experienced strong growth in new products, which we identify as compounds launched over the past 12 months, such as ciprofloxacin premix, irinotecan and fosphenytoin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The three most widely used culprits -- Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Red 40 -- contain compounds, including benzidine and 4-aminobiphenyl, that research has also linked with cancer. ❋ EatingWell (2010)

The most probable future for the teabaggers would see them split into, heavily armed, factions who are holed up in compounds and church basements while taking potshots at anyone who approaches. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The database of inorganic compounds is not as big as I need it to be sometimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have a TON of computer equipment in the lab, and as such have lots of volatile organic compounds from the electronics in the air. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those persistent compounds from the 60's and 70's are called persistent for a reason: They're still here, and will continue to be here for decades. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While they awaited the apocalypse-which was predicted for midnight, December 31, 2000-they lived in compounds, wore uniforms, worked twelve hour days in the sugar fields, and fasted two days a week. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Etymology: Middle English skopper - (in compounds), perhaps from Anglo-French * escopoir, from escopir to spit out ❋ Unknown (2010)

The machinery used to produce Bow Tech compounds is even more complex and, in my mind, equally impressive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The issue of how different alcohol levels affect our individual perceptions of these compounds is a different matter altogether. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To claim that the NAVY would violate its own policies by administering such chemical compounds is patently ridiculous. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The reason why nouns are made into compounds is that they express a single concept, and when this happens the English recessive accent moves the stress forwards to the first syllable of the word (I accept that this point is akin to the chicken and egg; I will not insist on cause and effect). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The ENO's policy of performing in English compounds this fault, as Martin Fitzpatrick's translation not only misses what music there is in the original French words, but also contains many lines where the natural stresses of the English are uncomfortably at odds with the stress in the music. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many people point to certain compounds found in chocolate — such as phenylethylamine — that produce a buzz when they reach the brain as evidence chocolate is addictive, Rogers said. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I also found some cool Yublin compounds: xwing = writing, haxwing = handwriting. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2007)

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