(transitive, idiomatic) To make (something) a practical reality.

(biblical) A book of the Apocrypha of the Bible.

plural of press conference

A question-and-answer session with members of television, print and other media.

A repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.

(idiomatic) Something that is irrelevant or unimportant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see price, tea, China.

plural of pretense

plural of false pretense

Alternative spelling of leakproof

(US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: 55% alcohol by volume. / (idiomatic) Stronger than strong.