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1.pesticide KK[ˋpɛstɪ͵saɪd] DJ[ˋpestisaid]

From:We can't keep feeding our kids pesticides and antibiotics and hormones.

n.

-a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals

2.antibiotics KK[͵æntɪbaɪˋɑtɪks] DJ[͵æntibaiˋɔtiks]

From:We can't keep feeding our kids pesticides and antibiotics and hormones.

n.

-a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms

adj.

-relating to antibiotics

3.hormone KK[ˋhɔrmon] DJ[ˋhɔ:məun]

From:We can't keep feeding our kids pesticides and antibiotics and hormones.

n.

-a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action

-a synthetic substance with an effect similar to that of an animal or plant hormone

-a person's sex hormones as held to influence behavior or mood

4.carbon KK[ˋkɑrbən] DJ[ˋkɑ:bən]

From:The animals that take their place produce harmful gases such as carbon and methane.

n.

-the chemical element of atomic number 6, a nonmetal that has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and that also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal

-carbon fiber

-a rod ofcarbonin an arc lamp

-a piece ofcarbonpaper or acarboncopy

-carbondioxide or other gaseouscarboncompounds released into the atmosphere, associated with climate change

5.methane KK[ˋmɛθen] DJ[ˋmeθein]

From:The animals that take their place produce harmful gases such as carbon and methane.

n.

-a colorless, odorless flammable gas that is the main constituent of natural gas. It is the simplest member of the alkane series of hydrocarbons