Wilkins

[ wil-kinz ]

/ ˈwɪl kɪnz /

noun

Sir George Hubert,1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator.

Mary Eleanor. Mary E(leanor Wilkins) Freeman.

Maurice Hugh Frederick,1916–2004, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.

Roy,1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil-rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77.

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Example sentences from the Web for wilkins

This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Benton and Wilkins families have both been visited by this devil, both have suffered the worst tragedies.
Pepperdine President’s Son Chris Benton Arrested|Jamie Reno|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Benton entered rehab right after Wilkins died but has said on his Facebook page that he has been living in Mexico City.
Pepperdine President’s Son Chris Benton Arrested|Jamie Reno|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Which means that Benton, while still not a suspect, is not entirely off the hook in the Wilkins investigation.
Pepperdine President’s Son Chris Benton Arrested|Jamie Reno|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

I did this in an effort to get some much-needed answers for the Wilkins family.
Pepperdine President’s Son Chris Benton Arrested|Jamie Reno|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"They might be surprised: but I don't think they will be," answered Wilkins, dryly.
Hector's Inheritance|Horatio Alger
“There may be a flaw in the argument, Mrs. Wilkins,” I allowed.
Idle Ideas in 1905|Jerome K. Jerome
The canoe had been capsized by the shock of grounding, and, but for the assistance of Wilkins, Ruth must have been lost.
The Kangaroo Hunters|Anne Bowman
"That young woman has seen trouble," Mrs. Wilkins said, shaking her head.
Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir|May Agnes Fleming
Wilkins is combing the East Side and I hope to have news in a few hours.
The Mystery of the Hidden Room|Marion Harvey

British Dictionary definitions for wilkins

Wilkins

/ (ˈwɪlkɪnz) /

noun

Sir George Hubert. 1888–1958, Australian polar explorer and aviator

Maurice Hugh Frederick. 1916–2004, British biochemist, born in New Zealand. With Crick and Watson, he shared the Nobel prize 1962 for his work on the structure of DNA

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Medical definitions for wilkins

Wilkins

[ wĭl′kĭnz ]

Maurice Hugh Frederick 1916-2004

British biophysicist. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for his contributions to the determination of the structure of DNA.

Scientific definitions for wilkins

Wilkins

[ wĭl′kĭnz ]

Maurice Hugh Frederick 1916-2004

See Note at Rosalind Franklin.

British biophysicist who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA. He worked with Rosalind Franklin to produce x-ray studies of DNA that helped Francis Crick and James Watson establish its structure as a double helix. For this work Wilkins shared with Crick and Watson the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.