STINK-POT
\stˈɪŋkpˈɒt], \stˈɪŋkpˈɒt], \s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_p_ˈɒ_t]\
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n. A pot or jar of stinking materials burned as a disinfectant of noxious and contagious air;-an earthen jar filled with powder, grenades, balls, pieces of old iron, &c., and ignited by a fuse, intended to be thrown into an enemy's vessel previous to boarding it.
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.