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.
An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.
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.
Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance.
Opinion, judgement or outlook.
An informal contract; mutual agreement.
A reconciliation of differences.
The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.
Sympathy.
Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.