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noun • any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure verb • desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage • employ scabs or strike breakers in • take the place of work of someone on strike • give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat • catch rats, especially with dogs • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
| 27% | 4 | It breaks and breaks around the West | ||||||
noun • the first light of day • the earliest period • an opening time period verb • become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions • appear or develop • become light | ||||||||
| 23% | 13 | Can create single-stranded breaks or double-stranded breaks in DNA | ||||||
noun • a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | ||||||||
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