Oil slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.il slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.
kin - group of people related by blood or marriage. clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe. social group - people sharing some social relation. mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); she invited the whole mishpocha.
A kinin is any of various structurally related polypeptides, such as bradykinin and kallidin. They are members of the autacoid family. They act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle. It is a component of the kinin-kallikrein system. Their precursors are kininogens. In botany, plant hormones cytokinins were first called kinins, but the name was changed to avoid confusion. Aspirin inhibits the activation of kallenogen by interfering with the formation of kallikrein enzyme which is essential in the process of activation. 1  Kinins. 2  Kinins at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)  3 Kinin at Dorland's Medical Dictionary. 4  Online Medical Dictionary.