(adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
(n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
(n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
(n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
(n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Example Sentences:
(1) AGAT activity in the xenografts was measured at 1 and 6 hours after pretreatment, at the time tumors were excised.
(2) In contrast, treatment with BCNU plus O6-methylguanine or streptozocin did not produce growth delays substantially different from those produced by BCNU alone, reflecting the more efficient depletion of AGAT by O6-benzylguanine.
(3) James Agate (1877‑1947) started out as a Manchester cotton merchant, moved to London as a shopkeeper, then rose to prominence as the most brilliant theatre critic of his day.
(4) It is suggested that rape oil ("Agat", "Kubanskoye") and winter cress oil ("Sibiryachka") initiate the lipid transport in the blood and tissues thus leading to the reduction of the cholesterol level in the blood and liver tissue in "cholesterol" rats.
(5) The snippets of Jimmy Erskine’s reviews and letters in the novel are my own invention, but they are all inspired by Agate’s voice.
(6) Look for agates and other semi-precious stones in the patches of tiny pebbles spaced out among the sands, especially after a storm.
(7) Two novel deoxyribonucleases, termed DNases A and A', have been purified from the hepatopancreas of Achatina fulica (agate snail).
(8) The authors presented 5-year results of combined radiation therapy of 217 patients with stage I-II cervical cancer using 60Co high energy sources on the Agat-B unit for intracavitary irradiation.
(9) Streptozotocin (STZ) forms adducts at the O6 position of guanine; repair of these adducts consumes O6-AGAT.
(10) Intracavitary gamma-beam therapy at single doses of 5 and 10 Gy and cumulative doses of 40 and 30 Gy, respectively, with the Agat-B remote loading unit was applied to 95 patients (the 1st group).
(11) A new method of combined radiation therapy for cancer of the vagina is presented: it includes contact (intracavitary and interstitial) gamma-therapy based on the principle of the manual and automated administration (sing the AGAT-B unit) of endostats and low and high activity radiation sources, and gamma-beam irradiation with irregular shaped fields.
(12) Among the cases of pulmonary diseases in agate workers, pneumoconiosis formed the largest group (18.4%), whereas among controls it was tuberculosis (12.1%).
(13) Additional studies are required to determine whether O6-AGAT-mediated BCNU resistance is suppressed.
(14) The total dose in point A was 60 isoGy in either case given in 3 fractions at 28 days using the after-loading units "ANET" (neutrons) and "AGAT V" (gamma).
(15) The prevalence of pneumoconiosis showed a dose-response relationship in both male and female agate workers.
(16) It therefore appeared that agate dust had no role in precipitating chronic bronchitis.
(17) Even the Sunday Times's formidable critic, James Agate, conceded that Guinness's refusal to play the role in a traditional way had "a value of its own".
(18) Resistance to nitrosoureas and methylating agents, which damage DNA, can be mediated by a DNA repair protein, O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGAT).
(19) The paper deals with application of computerized procedures for dose planning in intracavitary irradiation of endometrial carcinoma from the Agat-B source.
(20) Dr Roger Meyrick outlines the scope of geriatrics and defines three categories of elderly people characterized by reduced activity, reduced resources and reduced independence.DR JOHN AGATE CONSIDERS THE DEPRIVATIONS WHICH MAY OCCUR IN OLD AGE SUCH AS: malnutrition, vitamin deficiencies, deprivation of minerals and water, hypothermia and psychological deprivation.The role of the family doctor in the care of the elderly is discussed by both speakers.
Emerald
Definition:
(n.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.
(n.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.
(a.) Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
Example Sentences:
(1) The long, curving, sandy Plage des Chevrets is one of the prettiest on Brittany's Emerald Coast.
(2) I cannot see anything before October, or even the end of the year, because there remain some difficult topics to resolve.” Lozano is most intriguing on two things: the issue of justice, and what he sees as a potential impasse over economic policy and the role of multinational corporations, especially those wanting to extract Colombia’s significant riches in gold, emeralds, coal, hydrocarbons and minerals, or turn grassland into palm oil plantations.
(3) Three prototype robots – “SwarmBots” – have been tested on the Bate family property near Emerald and, by mid-2017, will be available to farmers in other parts of Australia on a fee-for-service basis.
(4) For anyone visiting the Emerald Isle it will be hard to miss the centenary salutes throughout the year.
(5) Look, you can see it here," he says, pointing to a long, low, flat plateau that barely rises above the palms, banana plants and rubber trees that skirt the road and hug the traditional stilted timber houses dotting the lush emerald-green countryside.
(6) Cocos, the remote emerald tip of a towering underwater mountain range which was the setting for the fictional Isla Nublar in the novel Jurassic Park, has served as a pirate hideaway, whaling station, penal colony and a pit stop for Colombian drug runners.
(7) May wasn’t emeralds; it was the massacre of six people in Isla Vista , California, by a young misogynist and the birth of #YesAllWomen, perhaps the most catalytic in a year of powerful protests online about women and violence.
(8) Although I've learned to appreciate the grim beauty of murkiness, the washrag skies and mud so jealous it clings to every step, this emerald vision in the monochrome gloom is startling.
(9) This true-colour image of the spiralling system on 5 June shows a very deep low pressure area in the centre of the spiral, just off the northwestern shore of emerald-green Ireland.
(10) She stayed with my eldest daughter until I had moved house, and is now back here doing her thing, all emerald eyes and feline nonchalance.
(11) With acclaimed dishes of seafood chowder and honey-roast Silverhill duckling coming out of the kitchen, it's a good spot to try the crisp, slightly lemony Emerald Pale Ale.
(12) Photograph: Getty Images Emerald lake in Yoho national park is one of those impossibly turquoise glacial lakes surrounded by mountains.
(13) It is easy to see why Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, was devoted to this area: natural pools running between large, smooth rocks, where emerald waters flow from one waterfall to another.
(14) "His father designed it for me - he said it was an emerald for every year I spent on death row with their son - 11 emeralds."
(15) Afghanistan boasts deposits of everything from iron ore to emeralds, copper, lithium and natural gas, which Greening said could be worth up to $3tn.
(16) Hezekiah Allen of the Emerald Growers Association, an association of cannabis growers in California , said a burning marijuana farm would potentially release similar smoke into the air as when a person traditionally smokes.
(17) The colour of the natural pools justifies their name: Emerald Pools.
(18) Large crowds gather by the lake during Independence Day, Eid and Bengali New Year festivals, adding vibrant colour to its placid emerald-green waters.
(19) When financiers joked in 2008 that the only difference between bankrupt Iceland and hard-up Ireland was one letter and a few days, they got it wrong – the mess the Emerald Isle is now in is so much worse.
(20) To protect their feet, they bought soft leather boots and Agatha swapped her silky bathing outfit for something a little more practical but equally stylish: "A wonderful, skimpy emerald green wool bathing dress, which was the joy of my life, and in which I thought I looked remarkably well!"