(n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
(n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
(n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
(2) These effects have been explained in terms of shielding of electrostatic attractions between gelatin and acacia polyions by adsorption of ionic and non-ionic surfactant molecules onto the polyions.
(3) This paper presents analytical data that confirm the mean values previously established for nitrogen and the specific rotation of bulk commercial gum arabic from Acacia senegal.
(4) 91:1314-1319.-In nodules of Vigna sinensis, Acacia longifolia, and Viminaria juncea, membrane envelopes enclose groups of bacteroids.
(5) Only the flowers of Acacia arabica and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis appeared to lack teratologic potential at the doses tested.
(6) The government announced last month that two units at Hakea would be cordoned off to house 256 female prisoners from Bandyup, in an effort to ease overcrowding there, while 400 male remandees would be sent to new units in Acacia.
(7) Pollen of acacias is transported by insects as polyads, composite pollen grains.
(8) We have described respiratory allergy to the pollens of mimosa (Acacia floribunda) in some Mediterranean areas of Italy and France.
(9) Isozyme markers were used to test this hypothesis in two populations of Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.
(10) Flies restricted to the riverine gallery forest in the dry season become dispersed into approximately 1 km of the Acacia thickets in the wet season.
(11) In trial 1, the mean gingival and plaque scores were lower after 7 days of using Acacia compared with sugar-free gum but the differences were insignificant.
(12) The presence of acacia gum decreased the mechanical toughness and the water vapour transmission rate and increased the film water solubility.
(13) Black locust (Robinia pseudo-Acacia), bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor), wistaria (Wistaria floribunda) and Japanese knotgrass (Reynoutria japonica) were used for the present experiment.
(14) The starch performed as well as maize starch in binding and disintegrating properties and better than acacia as binder.
(15) Suture was with cotton or human hair, acacia and other thorns, ant jaws, and sinew, with or without a drain.
(16) The regulatory specifications for gum arabic (Acacia senegal) are superficial and inadequate to ensure that it is not adulterated with non-permitted gums from other botanical sources.
(17) Eleven cases of poisoning of children who had chewed threads from the barks of trees subsequently identified as Robinia pseudo-acacia were detected in Sanlúcar La Mayor (Sevilla).
(18) Lectin binding on the cell surface was measured by the method of Kornfeld [16] using three tritiated lectins: Robinia pseudo acacia, Concanavalin A and Ricinus.
(19) 2 blind crossover trials were carried out to evaluate the antiplaque potential of Acacia gum compared with sugar free gum.
(20) The spray-dried powders of the pods and stem bark of Acacia nilotica subspp.
Blackwood
Definition:
(n.) A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia.
Example Sentences:
(1) NHS accused of covering up huge data loss that put thousands at risk Read more Their investigations follow three other inquiries already undertaken by the Department of Health (DH), NHS England and NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), Blackwood said.
(2) Thereafter Blackwood was a model of discretion, a mature performance in support of Bravo, who batted superbly.
(3) He is the founder and CEO of the innovative AI media analytics company Blackwood Seven.
(4) Majority: 1,057 LAYLA MORAN The daughter of a Christian Palestinian Arab mother from Jerusalem and a former British EU ambassador, Moran gained Oxford West and Abingdon from Nicola Blackwood following a swing of almost 15 points away from the Conservatives.
(5) Sixty-five subjects with Down's syndrome were followed up and retested 2 years after the initial recording of auditory P300 (P3) event-related potential described in a companion paper (Blackwood et al., 1988).
(6) A gentle approach to faith Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rick Blackwood, 59, the pastor of Christ Fellowship.
(7) But so would, more or less off the top off my head, Margot James and Therese Coffey – not to mention Nicola Blackwood, Tracey Crouch, Jessica Lee, Priti Patel and Laura Sandys.
(8) Published originally as a serial in Blackwoods magazine in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first of five novels to feature the 20th century's earliest and most famous action hero, Richard Hannay, a man constantly on the run.
(9) Labour and the Liberal Democrats have intensified their claims that the DH has been highly evasive about the scandal after Blackwood said the department would not publish the results of any of the three investigations already completed.
(10) At least three inquiries will examine the incident at the Sirhowy Arms hotel in Argoed, near Blackwood in Caerphilly.
(11) A group of South African woodworkers was investigated in respect of allergenic activity of three indigenous woods, yellowwood, stinkwood and blackwood, and Brazilian imbuia.
(12) Australian blackwood is known to be an important cause of allergic contact dermatitis in Australia.
(13) Photograph: Alamy The main attraction for Jeanette Rubio was the church’s pastor, Rick Blackwood, who Marco Rubio called “a gifted preacher very adept at connecting real-life experiences to biblical teaching”.
(14) After his sermon, Blackwood invites congregants to follow along with a reading guide, filling in words of key themes on the church’s app.
(15) He added: “If the newly elected government after the general election fails to set up the process I’ve described, I will refer my dossier of cases to the police, and I will request a criminal investigation into these shameful acts of cover-up against innocent people.” The health minister Nicola Blackwood resisted calls for a fresh inquiry but urged Burnham to pass his evidence to ministers.
(16) The National Audit Office (NAO) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) are looking into the incident, which the Guardian revealed last month , according to parliamentary questions that the health minister Nicola Blackwood answered on Friday .
(17) Trudy Jones, from Blackwood in Gwent, south Wales, was named by her local MP, Chris Evans.
(18) Updated at 4.01pm GMT 3.54pm GMT Tory Nicola Blackwood asks how Rusbridger weighs up what to publish or not to publish – and how in this case.
(19) While the government is to be commended for the actions taken so far to tackle aspects of the digital skills crisis, stubborn digital exclusion and systemic problems with digital education and training need to be addressed as a matter of urgency in the government’s forthcoming digital strategy.” The committee’s chair, Nicola Blackwood, said: “The UK leads Europe on tech, but we need to take concerted action to avoid falling behind.
(20) Cerys Marie Yemm, 22, died from her injuries at Sirhowy Arms Hotel, a homeless hostel in Argoed, Blackwood, south Wales , in the early hours of Thursday morning.