make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"
compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"