(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.
Valonia
Definition:
(n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.
(n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
Example Sentences:
(1) Internally perfused cells of the marine alga Valonia actively transport potassium from external seawater into the cell vacuole.
(2) The implications of these findings in terms of models of ion transport into Valonia are discussed.
(3) It was found that cellulose microfibrils from Valonia ventricosa could act as nuclei for inducing the crystallization of chitosan on cellulose.
(4) This value is close to that measured directly for dielectric breakdown of the membranes of Valonia utricularis (0.85 V, 20 degrees C).
(5) This inhibition of salt uptake by a small hydrostatic pressure suggests that Valonia and other walled cells may regulate their turgor pressures by adjusting their rates of salt uptake.
(6) It was concluded that mature cells of Valonia are significantly different from immature cells in that no highly negative potential cytoplasmic region was found in mature cells.
(7) The cytoplasmic electrical potential and membrane resistance of mature cells of Valonia ventricosa have been measured by inserting a microelectrode concentric with another electrode into the vacuole of the cell.
(8) We have investigated the possible defects in Valonia cellulose microfibrils, which are such that the microfibrils can be broken into elementary fibrils by deformation, but are not sufficient to allow for a small angle maximum corresponding to the elementary fibril dimension.
(9) The possible effect of the illumination-induced transcellular H+-gradient between the central vacuole and the external medium, on both the intensity and the kinetics of delayed fluorescence was studied by measuring both the membrane potentials and H+ fluxes across the plasmatic membranes, and the millisecond component of delayed fluorescence in single cells of the marine alga Valonia ventricosa.
(10) The aim of the present study is to ascertain whether transmembrane temperature gradients couple with transport of electric charge in living cells of Valonia utricularis and eventually measure the thermodynamic coupling coefficient (s).
(11) Voltage relaxation studies in the presence of anaesthetics were performed on cells of the giant marine alga Valonia utricularis using intracellular microelectrodes.
(12) The activities relative to tannic acid (congruent to 100) were as follows: methyl gallate, 195; valonia, 117; wattle, 114; allepo tannic acid, 107; eucalyptus, 105, myrobalan, 98; tara crystals, 76; mangrove, 72; quebracho, 39; gallic acid, and ellagic acid, O.
(13) The electrical properties of the membranes of Valonia utricularis were investigated using intracellular electrodes.
(14) The dielectric breakdown in the membranes of cells of Valonia utricularis was investigated using intracellular electrodes and 500 mu sec current pulses.