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Amino acids (medicine) and ordinance (iou)


Amino acids (medicine)


amino acids
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-nh2) and a carboxyl (-cooh) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerised to form proteins.


ordinance (iou)



ordinance noun. ME.
[Old French ordenance (mod. ordonnance) from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ORDAIN: see -ANCE. Cf. ORDNANCE, ORDONNANCE.]
Arrangement in ranks or rows; esp. battle array. ME-E17.
The action of ordering or regulating; direction, Management, control. arch. ME.
b. That which is ordained by God or fate; a dispensation or decree of providence, destiny, etc. ME.
c. Ordained or appointed place, condition, etc. rare. LME-E17.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar If you would consider the true cause..Why all these things change from their ordinance.
Authoritative direction on how to act; an established set of principles; a system of government or discipline. arch. ME.
An authoritative decree or command; spec. a public injunction or rule of less constitutional character than a statute, e.g. a decree of a monarch, a local authority, etc. ME.
SELF-DENYING ordinance.
F. Fitzgerald He issued an ordinance calling for the arrest..of persons deemed dangerous to the state.
An authoritatively prescribed practice or usage; esp. a religious or ceremonial observance, e.g. the sacraments. ME.
b. spec. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper. M19.
a. Arrangement in regular sequence or proper position; regulated condition; order. LME-L17.
b. spec. Arrangement of literary material or architectural parts in accordance with some plan or rule of composition. Also, a characteristic series of architectural parts. Cf. ORDONNANCE 1. LME.
J. Fergusson To ascertain how far the ordinance of the present building was influenced by his designs.
The action or process of preparing or providing; a preparatory step or measure. Also, the thing prepared or provided. LME-E17.
b. Equipment, apparatus, furniture. L15-E17.
Rank or order in a State. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.