To make nonsense of;
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
To joke around, to waste time
Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
Nonsensical.
An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.
A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
Something foolish.
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
An untrue statement.
A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
An axiom.
Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
A requirement; a prerequisite.
A fundamental element; a basic principle.
Postulated.