plural of alien nucleic acid

Any nucleic acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose, that could form the basis of extraterrestrial carbon-based life.

plural of resident alien

plural of illegal alien

plural of space alien

The coercion of a child into behaving in a hostile or fearful manner toward one of the parents.

(law) Estrangement or loss of affection between two people who have a claim on each other's affections (such as two spouses or a parent and child) that is willfully caused by interference from a third party.

plural of coefficient of alienation

(statistics) A numerical measure of the lack of relationship between variables.

(philosophy, general) a person's feeling of disconnection and/or isolation from a group – whether friends, family, or wider society – or another individual due to low degree of integration or common values