short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
genetic profiling genetic fingerprinting | the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification |
scissors | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
scissors kick | a kick used in the sidestroke, legs are brought together in a scissoring motion |
genetic screening | analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease, genetic screening of infants for phenylketonuria |
shortstop short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
scissors scissors hold scissor hold scissor grip scissors grip | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze |
nap catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
harrier eagle short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany, pointer and bloodhound |
short-horned grasshopper acridid | grasshopper with short antennae |
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 |
scissors pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
short line | a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
short pants shorts trunks | trousers that end at or above the knee |
short sleeve | a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
heredity genetic endowment | the total of inherited attributes |
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) |
genotype genetic constitution | the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism |
short bone os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
short gastric artery arteria gastrica breves vasa brevis | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach |
short saphenous vein | a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee |
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 |
genetic marker | a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies |
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 map | graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome |