Real Dictionary

control
a hole or shaft that is excavated, drilled, bored, or cut into the earth so as to tap a supply of water, oil, gas, etc [...]
a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstances [...]
a small circle of bacterial DNA that is independent of the main bacterial chromosome. Plasmids often contain genes for drug resistances and can be transmitted between bacteria of the same and different species: used in genetic engineering [...]
a small part of anything, intended as representative of the whole; specimen [...]
a small simple room, as in a prison, convent, or monastery; cubicle [...]
a unit of heredity composed of DNA occupying a fixed position on a chromosome (some viral genes are composed of RNA). A gene may determine a characteristic of an individual by specifying a polypeptide chain that forms a protein or part of a protein ( stru
a variable quantity, such as force, that has magnitude and direction and can be resolved into components that are odd functions of the coordinates. It is represented in print by a bold italic symbol: F or ̄F [...]
all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place [...]
any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space [...]
any of a group of compounds consisting of two or more amino acids linked by chemical bonding between their respective carboxyl and amino groups [...]
any of various proteins produced in the blood in response to the presence of an antigen. By becoming attached to antigens on infectious organisms antibodies can render them harmless or cause them to be destroyed [...]
power to direct or determine [...]
the act or an instance of straining [...]
the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom [...]
the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc [...]
the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action [...]
uncountable noun: Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.