A running play in American football in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team

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(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.

(literature) A clichéd conclusion in which all loose ends are tied up and all main characters are content.

plural of dead end

plural of dead-end

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dead-end

Dated spelling of weekend.

(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid strand which terminates at the chemical group attached to the fifth carbon in the sugar ring.

(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid strand which terminates at the hydroxyl (-OH) chemical group attached to the third carbon in the sugar ring.