INOCULANT

inoculant, inoculum

(noun) a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

inoculant (plural inoculants)

The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum

(engineering) An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.

Synonyms

• (engineering): grain refiner

Anagrams

• continual

Source: Wiktionary



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29 May 2024

PERESTROIKA

(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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