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Baltimore

1

[ bawl-tuh-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

  1. a black nymphalid butterfly, Melitaea phaeton, characterized by orange-red, yellow, and white markings, common in those areas of the northeastern U.S. where turtlehead, the food plant of its larvae, is found.


Baltimore

2

[ bawl-tuh-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

  1. David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
  2. a seaport in N Maryland, on an estuary near the Chesapeake Bay.

Baltimore

1

/ ˈbɔːltɪˌmɔː /

noun

  1. BaltimoreDavid1938MUSSCIENCE: biologist David . born 1938, US molecular biologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1975) for his discovery of reverse transcriptase
  2. BaltimoreLord Lord . See Calvert


Baltimore

2

/ ˈbɔːltɪˌmɔː /

noun

  1. a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)

Baltimore

/ bôltə-môr′ /

  1. American microbiologist who discovered the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which is capable of passing information from RNA to DNA. Prior to this discovery, it was assumed that information could flow only from DNA to RNA. He won a 1975 Nobel Prize for his research into the connection between viruses and cancer.


Baltimore

  1. Largest city in Maryland .


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Notes

Named after Lord Baltimore, founder of the colony of Maryland. The city is a major industrial center and port.

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Example Sentences

Spires, an acclaimed poet who also has written several children’s books and lives in Baltimore, shares her work “Kate’s Light,” the story of Kate Walker who in 1890 became the first woman in charge of an offshore lighthouse in New York Harbor.

Moore, who lives in Baltimore, has not held public office but is well known among the state’s power brokers.

Officials in Montgomery, Howard, Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties said they are closely monitoring the return to in-person instruction.

Turgeon said when he signed Morsell, he never expected the Baltimore native to reach such a significant scoring milestone.

Officials across the region closed vaccine clinics, including mass vaccination sites in Prince George’s County and Baltimore.

The phone is apparently the one he took from his girlfriend after shooting her outside Baltimore and heading for New York.

The Horse You Came in On Saloon, Baltimore Horse-themed bars must be bad luck for famous authors.

He had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend early that morning in Baltimore and headed for his native Brooklyn.

Janay admits that Baltimore Ravens officials urged her to apologize along with her husband.

So outraged he swung into action and summoned the former Baltimore Ravens running back to the NFL Vatican on Park Avenue.

Their commander, however, surrendered himself prisoner, and went on board the Baltimore with his family.

Mis' Calvert, she saw you in a lane, or somethin', and fetched you back to that Baltimore city where the both of you lived.

Isn't our new home lots prettier than the little brick house where we used to live—77 Brown Street, Baltimore!

If I could only get hold of some of the strong, idle, colored men loafing the streets of Baltimore!

It was intrusted to me by a law firm in Baltimore, the business managers of Mrs. Calvert's property.

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