(n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(n.) See Acorn-shell.
Example Sentences:
(1) Correction for intrinsic error was achieved with an Acorn microprocessor, in a calibration run without ultrafiltration and constant, equal flow through both flow transducers.
(2) Words included in this title include mistletoe, gerbil, acorn, goldfish, guinea pig, dandelion, starling, fern, willow, conifer, heather, buttercup, sycamore, holly, ivy, and conker.
(3) Acorn will enable people to securely report cybercrime through a website.
(4) We describe a technique using an air-driven "acorn-tipped" bur that removes the posterolateral lip of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and effectively straightens the external surface of the lateral orbital wall.
(5) In Mumbai, Vinod Shetty, a lawyer and head of Acorn Foundation , which advocates for waste pickers, says that Pune has set an example for the country of a workers' rights-oriented model, but there are many barriers to replication.
(6) We conclude that Iberian pork feed with acorns have a very high content in monounsaturated fatty acids and can no be considered as harmful as other animals fats.
(7) Andrew Hodkingson, Steve Revill and Ben Avison are founder members of RISC OS Open Ltd and have worked with ARM technology back to its 26-bit days in Acorn Computers Ltd during the 1990s
(8) After removal to an acorn-free pasture, the remaining eight animals made a full recovery.
(9) This suggests that ACORN may be of value in monitoring service use and identifying groups with particular needs for services.
(10) To the distress of squirrels, boar, mice, pigs, jays, deer and even some young children, 2014 is turning out to be one of the worst years on record for acorns.
(11) A plastic acorn cannula connected to a metal adapter and syringe was used to administer the topical anesthetic in 146 intrauterine device insertions, 16 cervical dilatations, and 18 dilatation and curettage procedures.
(12) With the use of an inspiratory phase-activated System 22 Acorn jet nebulizer, typical adult ventilator settings, and a 3-ml nebulizer solution volume, 5.4% of the nebulizer dose reached beyond the end of the ET tube.
(13) A poll last year revealed that a quarter of Republicans believed a community rights organisation called Acorn would try to steal the election for Barack Obama, while 31% weren't sure whether it would or not.
(14) However, there was no significant change in the activity of aniline hydroxylase in these rats, indicating selective inhibition of the microsomal enzymes and higher susceptibility of old rats than young ones to acorn toxicants.
(15) It’s not unusual because the oak works by producing huge volumes of acorns every few years so there are always some left over for seeding after animals have eaten some.
(16) #forestersuk tell us if you have stands with lots of acorns @royal_forestry @TheICF @WoodlandTrust September 24, 2014 “It’s a natural phenomenon after having a ‘mast year’ with such abundance last year.
(17) As an expat household, with three paid Amazon Prime memberships for three different countries, a paid Netflix membership, a paid ACORN membership, a ridiculously high DISH [pay TV] bill and an Apple TV box, we still can't watch most programs from back home, even though we're willing to pay good money for it.” “I'll go on the website of a German public TV channel in hopes of catching up on some (objective) news and up pops the message: ‘Sorry, the copyright for this program does not extend to the country of your current location’,” Alexander explains.
(18) A child from south-east London holding some acorns she found on a forest trail in Wales.
(19) It is based on an ACORN (BBC-Model B) micro-computer that is linked to an non-invasive arterial pressure monitor (DINAMAP 845a) and an inhalation narcotic monitor (Engstroem EMMA) for automatic collection of the measured data.
(20) Clays employed historically in the consumption of astringent acorns plus seven edible clays from Africa were examined in relation to the functional significance of human geophagy.
Cupule
Definition:
(n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
(n.) A sucker or acetabulum.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the same time it was demonstrated that the exposure produced swelling of cupulate nerve endings in the central compartment of the receptor epithelium of the posterior ampulla.
(2) Cells from the prosencephalic neural crest migrate into the frontal nasal process and mix with the mesencephalic neural crest cells in the lateral nasal processes, around the optic cupule and beneath the diencephalon.
(3) The effects of angular accelerations in one or two spatial planes over the pressure exerted on the cupule of the semicircular canals, was studied using hydraulic models of the canals.
(4) In the course of aftereffect of the otolith stimulation, both the activated and the inhibited responses as well as the responses similar to control can be revealed, depending on the time interval between presentationsof otolith and cupulous stimuli.
(5) The club-shaped retinular cells lie homogeneously distributed in the cupule of the ocellus.
(6) If sperm contacted follicle cells between the cupules the acrosome did not react.
(7) When dissected ripe eggs were exposed to sperm in vitro, the sperm were attracted only to open cupules, inside which they swam through one of seven channels to the base where they penetrated the hull.
(8) After inoculation with a heavy suspension of growth, strips containing 20 cupules were incubated for 24 h, reagents were added, and the results of 21 biochemical reactions were recorded as numerical profiles.
(9) The eggs have an elaborate hull (= chorion), which is formed into cupules that remain covered by follicle cells until maturity.