Kendrew

[ ken-droo ]

/ ˈkɛn dru /

Save This Word!

noun

John C(ow·dery)

[koh-dree], /ˈkoʊ dri/, 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Kendrew

Kendal, Kendal green, Kendall, Kendal sneck bent, kendo, Kendrew, Keneally, Kenilworth, Kenilworth ivy, Kenitra, KenKen

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use Kendrew in a sentence

However there was no harm done, and having roared for a boy to off-saddle, Kendrew led the way inside, on conviviality intent.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford
Here Kendrew interrupted us by bellowing to his boy to put on a great deal of beefsteak to fry, and to hurry up with it.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford
Now Kendrew, as I have said, was a good fellow enough, yet this was the last evening I should spend here for some time.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford
Kendrew was one of those jolly, happy-go-lucky souls that people do take to on sight, and he had youth on his side.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford

I remember too, that Kendrew ground his teeth with pain under the grip that I had fastened upon his shoulder.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for Kendrew

Kendrew

/ (ˈkɛndruː) /

noun

Sir John Cowdery. 1917–97, British biochemist. Using X-ray diffraction he discovered the structure of myoglobin, for which he shared a Nobel Prize (1962) with Max Perutz

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for Kendrew

Kendrew

[ kĕn′drōō′ ]

Sir John Cowdery 1917-1997

British molecular biologist who studied the chemistry of the blood and determined by x-ray crystallography the structure of the muscle protein myoglobin. For this work he shared with Max Perutz the 1962 Nobel Prize for chemistry.