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A series of things depending on each other as if linked together The chain of command A complicated concatenation of circumstances |
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(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
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A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
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(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
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Anything that acts as a restraint |
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A unit of length |
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British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) |
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A series of hills or mountains The valley was between two ranges of hills The plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
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A linked or connected series of objects A chain of daisies |
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A necklace made by a stringing objects together A string of beads A strand of pearls |
| 11. |
Connect or arrange into a chain by linking |
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Fasten or secure with chains Chain the chairs together |
| noun | concatenation, series |
| noun | chemical chain, unit, building block
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| noun | ligament |
| noun | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
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| noun | restraint, constraint |
| noun | linear unit
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| noun | Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, biochemist |
| noun | range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains, geological formation, formation |
| noun | iron, irons, chains, shackle, bond, hamper, trammel, trammels |
| noun | string, strand, necklace |
| verb | arrange, set up
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| verb | fasten, fix, secure |