building block

Predicted by physicists Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig in 1964, quarks are the building blocks of most of the universe’s ordinary matter.

At an ancient site situated among the hills of western Wales, researchers suspect they have uncovered the remnants of a stone circle that contained initial building blocks of Stonehenge.

An SNP is an isolated change to DNA building blocks called nucleotides, which link together to form an individual’s unique genetic sequence.

The eureka moment was when the two scientists determined they could avoid the immune reaction by using chemically modified building blocks to make the RNA.

She’s heard of other parents, even her friends, giving kids money to invest without those building blocks first.

But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.

The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

Two witnesses outside the Charlie Hebdo office building quoted the Kouachi brothers claiming they were members of al Qaeda.

I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.

Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.

Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.

The last-named building remained in the possession of the Unitarians until 1861, when it was sold to the Roman Catholics.

Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.

He has secured the release of certain Spanish prisoners, and is building two ships.

He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.