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.
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.
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
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
A natural appreciation or ability.
The way that a referent is presented.
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
Sound practical or moral judgment.
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
To instinctively be aware.
To comprehend.
To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.