seven(1) (iou) and NAD-2b synthetase (medicine)

seven(1) (iou)

seven adjective & noun ( cardinal numeral).

A. adjective. One more than six (a cardinal numeral represented by 7 in Arabic numerals, vii, VII in roman). OE.
seven champions arch. the patron saints of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, and Italy (SS George, Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Antony respectively). seven days arch. a week. seven deadly sins those entailing damnation (traditionally pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth). Seven Last Words: see WORD noun. Seven Sages the seven wise Greeks of the 6th cent. listed in Plato (Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander, Pittacus, Solon, and Thales), to each of whom a moral saying is attributed. seven seas the world's seas; spec. the Arctic, Antarctic, N. and S. Pacific, N. and S. Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. Seven Sisters (a) the Pleiades; (b) Scottish History seven similar cannon used by the Scots at the battle of Flodden; (c) in the Indian subcontinent, a babbler, Turdoides striatus; = SAT-BHAI; (d) the seven international oil companies (Exxon, Mobil, Gulf, Standard Oil of California, Texaco, British Petroleum, and Royal Dutch Shell) held to dominate the production and Marketing of petroleum; (e) seven long-established US colleges founded for women (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley) regarded as having high academic and social prestige; (f) Seven Sisters' rose, Seven Sister rose, a climbing rose, a variety of Rosa multiflora, producing densely clustered heads of white, cream, or pinkish flowers. Seven Sleepers the seven young Christian noblemen of Ephesus said to have hidden in a cave during the Decian persecution, fallen asleep there, and awoken 187 years later. seven stars (now chiefly literary) seven stars forming a group; spec. (a) the Pleiades; (b) Ursa Major. seven wonders of the world: see WONDER noun. Seven Words: see WORD noun. the City of the Seven Hills: see CITY 2. the seven heavenly bodies: see BODY noun.
G. Gordon For a whole week, for seven days. G. Swift I was a good husband for seven years to Anna. Jerusalem Post The Soviets put seven airborne divisions on alert.
b. noun.
Seven persons or things identified contextually, as parts or divisions, years of age, points, runs, etc., in a game, chances (in giving odds), minutes, inches, shillings (now Hist.), pence, etc. OE.
Oxford Times 23 attempts..of which seven were successful.
One more than six as an abstract number; the symbol(s) or figure(s) representing this (7 in Arabic numerals, vii, VII in roman). OE.
The time of day seven hours after midnight or midday (on a clock, watch, etc., indicated by the numeral seven displayed or pointed to). Also seven o'clock. LME.
P. Fitzgerald At a quarter to seven the telephone rang.
The seventh of a set or series with numbered members, the one designated seven, (usu. number seven, or with specification, as book seven, chapter seven, etc.); a size etc. denoted by seven, a shoe, glove, garment, etc., of such a size, (also size seven). E16.
on cloud seven: see CLOUD noun.
M. Duggan Mum with a shoehorn wedging nines into sevens.
A set of seven; a thing having a set of seven as an essential or distinguishing feature; spec. (a) a playing-card marked with seven pips or spots; (b) Prosody a line of seven syllables; (c) in pl., rugby Football matches with seven players on each side. L16.
at sixes and sevens: see SIX noun 4.
A. Christie Miss Ramsbotham continued with her patience...'Red seven on black eight.'
Comb.: Forming compound cardinal numerals with multiples of ten from twenty to ninety, as thirty-seven, (arch.) seven-and-thirty, etc., and (arch.) their corresponding ordinals, as seven-and-thirtieth etc., and with multiples of a hundred, as 207 (read two hundred and seven, US also two hundred seven), etc. With nouns + -ER1 forming nouns with the sense 'something (identified contextually) being of or having seven s', as seven-seater etc. Special combs., as seven-bore a shotgun with calibre seven; seven-day adjective consisting of or extending over seven days or a week; seven-day disease (arch.), a form of tetanus; seven-eyes the lamprey (in allusion to its gill-openings); seven-hilled adjective having or standing on seven hills; spec. designating the city of Rome; seven-hilly adjective (rare) = seven-hilled above; seven-league adjective measuring or covering seven leagues; chiefly in seven-league boots, boots (in the fairy story of Hop o' my Thumb) enabling the wearer to go seven leagues at each stride; sevenpence seven pence, esp. of the old British currency before decimalization; sevenpenny adjective worth or costing sevenpence; sevenscore arch. one hundred and forty; seven-sleeper [with allus. to Seven Sleepers above or to seven months of hibernation] an animal which hibernates, esp. a dormouse; seven-up (a) US a variant of the card-game all fours played for seven points; (b) (orig. N. Amer.; with cap. initial(s)) proprietary name for a lemon-lime carbonated soft drink. See also SEVEN YEAR.
sevener noun (a) (Sevener) a member of a Shiite sect acknowledging seven as opp. to twelve Imams or religious leaders (opp.
Twelver); (b) (Austral. colloq., now Hist.) a person sentenced to seven years' imprisonment: M19.
sevenfold adjective & adverb (a) adjective seven times as great or as numerous; having seven parts, divisions, elements, or units; poet. seven in number; (b) adverb to seven times the number or quantity: OE.
sevenfolded adjective (arch.) = sevenfold adjective L16.
sevensome noun & adjective (long rare or obsolete) (a) noun seven in all, a group of seven; (b) adjective consisting of seven: E18.

NAD-2b synthetase (medicine)

NAD+ synthetase
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the reaction of ATP, l-glutamine, and nicotinate adenine dinucleotide to form NAD+, ADP, and l-glutamate.

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