pool pocket billiards | any of various games played on a pool table having pockets |
numbers pool numbers game numbers racket numbers | an illegal daily lottery |
dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike |
cue cue stick pool cue pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
gene chip DNA chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested |
pool | an excavation that is (usually) filled with water |
pool ball | ball used in playing pool |
pool table billiard table snooker table | game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played |
swimming pool swimming bath natatorium | pool that provides a facility for swimming, `swimming bath' is a British term |
wading pool | a shallow pool for children |
linkage gene linkage | (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes, all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) |
gene cistron factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain, it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons, it is considered a unit of heredity, genes were formerly called factors |
dominant gene | gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical, the dominant gene for brown eyes |
homeotic gene | one the genes that are involved in embryologic development |
homeobox homeobox gene | one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development |
lethal gene | any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life |
modifier modifier gene | a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene |
mutant gene | a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected |
operator gene | a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes |
oncogene transforming gene | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
recessive gene | gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical, the recessive gene for blue eyes |
regulatory gene regulator gene | a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene |
repressor gene | gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed |
structural gene | a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide |
suppressor suppresser suppressor gene suppresser gene | a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) |
tumor suppressor gene | a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division |
X-linked gene | a gene located on an X chromosome |
Y-linked gene holandric gene | a gene located on a Y chromosome |
genetic engineering gene-splicing recombinant DNA technology | the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism |
point mutation gene mutation | (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene |
labor force labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired |
consortium pool syndicate | an association of companies for some definite purpose |
car pool | a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers |
motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
pool | an organization of people or resources that can be shared, a car pool, a secretarial pool, when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool |
typing pool | a group of typists who can work for different persons |
pool puddle | something resembling a pool of liquid, he stood in a pool of light, his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines |
pond pool | a small lake, the pond was too small for sailing |
pool puddle | a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid, there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain, the body lay in a pool of blood |
transducing vector gene delivery vector | a vector for delivering genes into cells |
pool player | someone who shoots pool |
Kelly Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (-) |
Sarazen Gene Sarazen | United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (-) |
Tunney Gene Tunney James Joseph Tunney | United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (-) |
gene expression | conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein |
pool kitty | the combined stakes of the betters |
pool | any communal combination of funds, everyone contributed to the pool |
transposon jumping gene | a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) |
pool | join or form a pool of people |
pool | combine into a common fund, We pooled resources |