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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: dna fingerprint - doc</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="dnafingerprint"> DNA fingerprint,<DL COMPACT><DD> a distinctive pattern of bands formed by repeating sequences of base pairs of satellite DNA, used as a means of personal identification because of its unique quality to one individual; genetic fingerprint. Ex. Except for identical twins, even close relatives can be distinguished by these DNA fingerprints (J.A. Miller). </DL> <A NAME="dnafingerprinting"> DNA fingerprinting,<DL COMPACT><DD> the technique of analyzing satellite DNA in a specimen of body tissue or fluid to reveal a person's DNA fingerprint; genetic fingerprinting. Ex. It is envisaged that DNA fingerprinting will revolutionize forensic biology particularly with regard to the identification of rape suspects (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="dnapolymerase"> DNA polymerase,<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme that promotes the formation of new nucleotides of DNA by a process of replication. Ex. Besides its copying abilities, DNA polymerase can repair strands of DNA damaged by ultraviolet light (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="dnaprofile"> DNA profile, =DNA fingerprint. Ex. Some hospitals may want to run routine DNA profiles on all newborns and store that information (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="dnaprofiling"> DNA profiling, =DNA fingerprinting.</DL> <A NAME="dnase"> DNase, noun. =deoxyribonuclease.</DL> <A NAME="dnb"> DNB (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> a German news agency (Deutsches Nachrichtenburo). </DL> <A NAME="dnb"> D.N.B.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) Dictionary of National Biography. </DL> <A NAME="dnotice"> D notice,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a formal government request to editors to withhold a certain item of news from publication in the interest of national security. </DL> <A NAME="dnp"> DNP (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> dinitrophenol. </DL> <A NAME="do"> do (1), verb, present singular 1 do, 2 (Archaic) doest or dost, 3 does or (Archaic) doeth or doth; plural do; past tense did; past participle done; present participle doing; noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to carry through to an end any action or piece of work; carry out; perform. Ex. She did her work well. <DD> 2. to complete; finish; end. Ex. That's done! <DD> 3. to make; produce. Ex. He did a book on his travels in Africa. Walt Disney did a movie about the seven dwarfs. <DD> 4. to be the cause of; bring about. Ex. Do good. Your work does you credit. <DD> 5. to render. Ex. to do homage, do justice. <DD> 6. to deal with; take care of; put in order. Ex. to do the dishes, do one's hair. <DD> 7. to be satisfactory or enough for; serve. Ex. It's a small house, but it will do us. (SYN) suffice, answer. <DD> 8. to work out; solve. Ex. to do a puzzle, do a sum. <DD> 9. to cook. Ex. The roast will be done in an hour. <DD> 10. to cover; traverse. Ex. We did 50 miles in an hour. <DD> 11. (Informal.) to cheat; trick. <DD>v.i. 1. to act; behave. Ex. He did very well today. You have done wisely. <DD> 2. to get along; manage; fare. Ex. How do you do? My brother is doing well in his new job. (SYN) prosper. <DD> 3. to be satisfactory; be enough; serve. Ex. This hat will do. That shovel will do. <DD> 4. Do has special uses where it has no definite meaning: <DD> a. in asking questions. Ex. Do you like milk? <DD> b. in emphasizing a verb. Ex. I do want to go. Do come and visit us. <DD> c. in standing for a verb already used. Ex. My dog goes where I do. Her brother walks just as she does. <DD> d. in expressions that contain not: Ex. People talk; animals do not. <DD> e. in inverted constructions, as after adverbs such as rarely, hardly, or little: Ex. Rarely did she laugh. <DD>noun 1. (British.) ado; commotion; stir. <DD> 2. (Informal.) entertainment; show. Ex. At Christmas the office staff put on a great do. <DD> 3. (Slang.) a swindle; fraud. <DD> 4. a command to do (something specified); rule; regulation. Ex. the do's and don'ts of etiquette. expr. do away with, <DD> a. to put an end to; get rid of; abolish. Ex. to do away with a rule. <DD> b. to kill. Ex. The farmer did away with the sick chickens. expr. do by, to act or behave toward; treat. Ex. His father did well by him, sending him to the best schools. expr. do down, (British Informal.) to get the better of; overcome; bring to grief. Ex. Poor Fanny! She was such a lady, and so straight and magnificent. And yet everything seemed to do her down (D. H. Lawrence). expr. do for, <DD> a. to ruin or damage. Ex. That fire means my business is done for. <DD> b. (Informal) to act as housekeeper for. Ex. The young girl did for her widowed father. <DD> c. to provide for; manage. Ex. to do for one's children. expr. do in, <DD> a. to ruin. Ex. If you engage a second-rate man, who isn't used to this make of car, he'll do it in for you pretty quick (W. J. Locke). <DD> b. (Informal.) to kill. Ex. ... them that pinched it done her in (George Bernard Shaw). <DD> c. to exhaust. Ex. I was done in by the long hike. <DD> d. to cheat. Ex. It seems funny that the first blooming order I got in Enfield I should be done in (London Daily Chronicle). expr. do one proud. See under proud. expr. do one's thing. See under thing (1). expr. do or die, (Informal.) to exert oneself to the utmost. Ex. At 15 he entered the village amateur events, determined, as he recalls it, to do or die for his widowed mother (Time). expr. do out of, to take away by fraud. Ex. to do a man out of his savings. expr. do over, <DD> a. to do once again. Ex. Do the problem over; your answer is all wrong. <DD> b. to redecorate. Ex. to do over a living room. expr. do up, <DD> a. to wrap or tie up. Ex. Please do up this package more securely. <DD> b. to arrange. Ex. to do up one's hair. <DD> c. to clean and get ready for use. Ex. Working together the children did up the kitchen quickly. <DD> d. to wear out; exhaust. Ex. The children were done up from the long trip. <DD> e. (Slang.) to beat up. Ex. The wogs just caught up with him and done him up proper (Punch). expr. do with, to find useful or pleasant. Ex. We could do with a nap after our long hike. expr. do without, to get along though not having the thing mentioned or implied. Ex. But there are some things which ... all the real talent and resolution in England, will never enable us to do without (John Ruskin). expr. have to do with, to relate to; deal with. Ex. Abstract art has little to do with everyday experience. expr. make do. See under make (1). </DL> <A NAME="do"> do (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD> 1. the first and last tone of the diatonic scale. Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do are the names of the tones of the scale. <DD> 2. the keynote of any natural scale. </DL> <A NAME="do"> do.,<DL COMPACT><DD> ditto. </DL> <A NAME="do"> D.O.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. defense order. <DD> 2. Doctor of Osteopathy. </DL> <A NAME="doa"> DOA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> dead on arrival. </DL> <A NAME="doable"> doable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be done. </DL> <A NAME="doall"> do-all, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who does all kinds of work in a business or other enterprise; factotum. </DL> <A NAME="doat"> doat, intransitive verb. =dote.</DL> <A NAME="doating"> doating, adjective. =doting.</DL> <A NAME="dobber"> dobber, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the float of a fishing line. </DL> <A NAME="dobbin"> dobbin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a slow, gentle, plodding horse, especially a farm horse. </DL> <A NAME="dobby"> dobby or dobbie, noun, pl. -bies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. an attachment to a loom for the weaving of small, often geometric, figures. <DD> b. Also, dobby weave. the pattern of figures woven with this attachment. <DD> 2. (Dialect.) a goblin; sprite; brownie. </DL> <A NAME="dobe"> dobe, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) adobe. </DL> <A NAME="dobermanpinscher"> Doberman pinscher,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of medium-sized, slender, alert dogs, with short, dark, smooth hair, originally developed for police work. </DL> <A NAME="dobie"> dobie, noun, pl. -bies, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) adobe. </DL> <A NAME="dobla"> dobla, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a former Spanish gold coin. </DL> <A NAME="doblon"> doblon, noun, pl. -blones. =doubloon.</DL> <A NAME="dobra"> dobra, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the unit of money of Sao Tome and Principe (island country off the west coast of Africa). <DD> 2. any one of several former Portugese coins, especially a gold coin worth 2 johannes. </DL> <A NAME="dobson"> dobson, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the large, black larva of the dobson fly; hellgrammite. </DL> <A NAME="dobsonfly"> dobson fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large winged insect whose larva, hellgrammite, is often used as bait by anglers. </DL> <A NAME="dobu"> Dobu, noun, pl. -bus.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a group of Melanesians of the Dobu Island in the Pacific, noted for their fierce and competitive individualism, treachery, and general paranoia. <DD> 2. the language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="dobuan"> Dobuan, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the Dobus. <DD>noun =Dobu. </DL> <A NAME="doby"> doby, noun, pl. -bies, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) adobe. </DL> <A NAME="doc"> doc, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) doctor. </DL> <A NAME="doc"> doc.,<DL COMPACT><DD> document. </DL> <A HREF="docent.dic">NEXT</A>