(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.
Scorn
Definition:
(n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
(n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.
(n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
(n.) To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
(n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
(v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bannon scorns media in rare public appearance at CPAC Some observers suggested the move to block some organisations from the Friday briefing was an attempt to distract the public from controversial stories.
(2) There they are, drinking again.’” Harper is a loner – a suburban boy who went trainspotting with his dad; whose asthma stopped him playing ice hockey That scorn appears to have interrupted the clever student’s journey to the top of the class.
(3) Tayyab Mahmood Jafri, part of the large team of prosecution lawyers, heaped scorn on yet another discovery of explosives.
(4) She won’t apologize for whatever makes the New York Times treat her with middle-school levels of petty scorn .
(5) Ranjana Kumari, one of India's best known women's rights activists and director of the Centre for Social Research in Delhi, was scornful of Raghuvanshi's suggestion.
(6) And at the same time, speaking to black America, he branded Frazier an Uncle Tom, turning him into an object of derision and scorn.
(7) If the Westminster gang reneges on the pledges made in the campaign, they will discover that hell hath no fury like this nation scorned.” “We have never been an ordinary political party,” Salmond told his audience.
(8) Click here to view In The Other Woman, Cameron Diaz , Leslie Mann and Kate Upton team up to declare an all-out, scorched-earth War Of The Scorned Blondes against philandering husband Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
(9) And also leave aside the fact that the vast majority of so-called "national security professionals" have been disastrously wrong about virtually everything of significance over the last decade at least, including when most of them used their platforms and influence not only to persuade others to support the greatest crime of our generation - the aggressive attack on Iraq - but also to scorn war opponents as too Unserious to merit attention.
(10) Asking Alexander how genuine Hunt’s commitment to the NHS is, given his always having an NHS badge in his left lapel and regular praise of its staff, draws a scornful response: “I was quite struck by Dr Clare Gerada’s tweet about the junior doctors dispute, where she said: ‘Jeremy Hunt wears his NHS badge on his lapel, but junior doctors wear the NHS in their hearts.’ ” Plans to dissolve south London NHS trust anger neighbouring hospital Read more Hunt is one of the few senior figures in parliament who already knows what an effective opponent Alexander can be.
(11) Simpson, Semmelweis, Lister, and Ogston all found their ideas scorned by members of the profession, which may have feared being held responsible for deaths.
(12) When President Obama stands up and says - as he did when he addressed the nation in February 2011 about Libya - that "the United States will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for justice, and stand up for the dignity of all people", it should trigger nothing but a scornful fit of laughter, not credulous support (by the way, not that anyone much cares any more, but here's what is happening after the Grand Success of the Libya Intervention: "Tribal and historical loyalties still run deep in Libya, which is struggling to maintain central government control in a country where armed militia wield real power and meaningful systems of law and justice are lacking after the crumbling of Gaddafi's eccentric personal rule").
(13) I called for a ban after San Bernardino, and was met with great scorn and anger but now, many are saying I was right to do so,” he boasted.
(14) I’m certain he, Ben Stiller and Alexander Payne were all justified in their scorn.
(15) Indeed, it may never be possible to establish beyond reasonable doubt who really created bitcoin.” Techcrunch.com reported the tech community was “pouring scorn” on reports that Wright is Nakamoto.
(16) Sceptics pour scorn on what this third Scotland stands for, but its political agenda is clear.
(17) We are probably more of an oil company today than we were [when Lord Browne ran the company until 2007],” Morrell said, adding that Browne had received “a lot of scorn from our colleagues” for his acceptance of climate science.
(18) This is why my Twitter and Facebook feeds – which consist mostly of people who brew, sell or drink beer – are scornful when I announce I'm working a one-off shift in the Rose and Crown, in Stoke Newington, north London.
(19) American right-wingers were sceptical and scornful.
(20) However, this evidence may have appeared stronger to the City of London police, HMRC and the Crown Prosecution Service when they first brought the charges than it did during the case, coming after revelations of phone-hacking and News Corporation's closure of the News of the World, which allowed Redknapp to continually express scorn and retort that he "did not have to tell the truth" to "that newspaper".