Term: base pair: one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: asparagaceae: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: hub-and-spoke: a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: haying: the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: spectacle: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: hot pants: skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: armor plate: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: bread knife: a knife used to cut bread
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: liquid: the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: gram molecule: the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Broader: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Unrelated: prix de rome: an annual prize awarded by the French government in a competition of painters and artists and sculptors and musicians and architects; the winner in each category receives support for a period of study in Rome