What's the difference between almond and deciduous?

Almond


Definition:

  • (n.) The fruit of the almond tree.
  • (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
  • (n.) Anything shaped like an almond.
  • (n.) One of the tonsils.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The likes of almond, blackberry and crocus first made way for analogue, block graph and celebrity in the Oxford Junior Dictionary in 2007, with protests at the time around the loss of a host of religious words such as bishop, saint and sin.
  • (2) He looks younger than even the freshest-faced incarnation: skin smooth and honeyed, sipping an almond milk cocktail in one of London's few raw-food vegan restaurants ("I plan to live into my hundreds").
  • (3) Society needs a villain and right now we’re convenient.” “ I will carefully admit there has been an awful lot of almonds planted that maybe shouldn’t have been because outside money came in and wanted to plant,” he says.
  • (4) beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-(1S and 1R)-epoxyethanes (I and II), 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-(2R and 2S)-2,3-epoxypropanes (III and IV), beta-D-glucopyranosyl isothiocyanate (V) and beta-D-galactopyranosylepoxyethane (VI) are active-site-directed irreversible inhibitors of sweet-almond beta-glucosidase B (beta-D-Glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.21).
  • (5) During the chewing of an almond the relative masticatory forces of the masseter muscle below the peak load were higher for patients than referents.
  • (6) Almond lamb curry: Atul Kochhar This dish derives its main flavour from a spice blend called vadagam, which can be a little tedious to make.
  • (7) Serves 4 100g butter, at room temperature 150g flour 50g ground almonds 30g suet 1 egg yolk 50g cooked chestnuts, chopped 5 tbsp chopped fresh thyme Salt and black pepper For the leeks 1kg leeks, trimmed 100g butter Salt and pepper 200ml double cream 1 tsp nutmeg 1 To make the crumble topping, work the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs, then add the ground almonds and suet.
  • (8) Of the dried fruits the almond was the most sensitizing (89%, 87% and 68% of correlation between the clinical history and "in vivo" tests--skin tests--and "in vitro" tests--histamine release test and RAST--, respectively).
  • (9) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan's crumbly little almond and lemon tarts are the perfect example of its charms, to my mind – not too sweet, not too sour, just intensely, deliciously zesty.
  • (10) We bartered for almonds and olives in the market, where there wasn't another tourist to be seen, and sat on the ramparts, watching the sun fall away beyond the horizon.
  • (11) HRP sugar moieties released by almond glycopeptidase A digestion of HRP pepsin digests were subjected to pyridylamination.
  • (12) Dry matter intake and weight gain were highest for the diet containing 35% almond hulls and 1% urea.
  • (13) But Howitt says that while it is a problem that so much farmland has shifted from more adjustable crops to perennials like almonds, he has a simpler solution: better management of groundwater.
  • (14) Each animal was again offered simultaneous choice tests between marshmallows and almonds.
  • (15) It’s a lot easier, and more fun, to experience the war as a passive form of entertainment than as a source of moral distress requiring citizen activism,” Almond wrote.
  • (16) However, Richard Howitt, a co-author of the study, cautions against singling out particular crops: "Don't blame almonds for the problem.
  • (17) In the UK, sales of almonds increased by 45% over 2012-13 after a marketing blitz in lifestyle magazines.
  • (18) The third enzyme is the beta-glucosidase from almond emulsin.
  • (19) A dystrophy of the eye fundi was observed (whitish puncta of the macula); except for the "almond shaped eyes", there was no obvious dismorphism.
  • (20) We have evaluated the radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for the in vitro measurement of the specific IgE antibodies to nuts, including Brazil nut, almond, walnut, pecan, cashew, and the legume, peanut.

Deciduous


Definition:

  • (a.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
  • (2) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
  • (3) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
  • (4) In this study, tritiated leucine placed on the isolated maternal side of amniochorion with adherent decidua was incorporated into newly synthesized tritiated human decidual prolactin.
  • (5) Significantly more PP12 (P less than 0.001) was released into the medium from decidual explants than from chorion and amnion explants throughout the experimental period of 24 h. When incubated under identical conditions, placental explants released no detectable PP12.
  • (6) Decidual response also is produced in the immature rat after coitus-induced ovulation.
  • (7) High expression of these connexins is found in developing decidual cells by day 7 to 8 post coitum; furthermore, coexpression of connexins 26 and 43 in myometrium is observed just before delivery on day 21 post coitum.
  • (8) Although no specific trophic or regulating factors for placental function have been described as yet, it is possible that prostaglandins which are synthesized in decidual tissue could play such a physiological role.
  • (9) In addition, the validity of the classification "mesenchymal-epithelioid" for differentiated decidual cells was addressed using antibodies to the intermediate filament proteins, vimentin, a mesenchymal marker, and keratin, an epithelial marker.
  • (10) They may reflect the various functions of decidual tissue.
  • (11) C. burnetii antigen was demonstrated in decidual cells, trophoblasts, and macrophages and extracellularly within the sinuses of the labyrinth and in the uterine lumen but not in granulated metrial gland cells.
  • (12) Concentrations Ca and P in both peritubular and intertubular dentin are lower in deciduous than in permanent teeth.
  • (13) In lower second deciduous molars, the buccal margin of the cavity was positioned 1.7 mm medially to the summit of the distobuccal cusp and 1.2-1.3 mm medially to the summits of the other buccal cusps.
  • (14) During pregnancy decidual suppressor factors the maternal tolerance of the fetus.
  • (15) From each sample was counted the number of odontoclasts appearing on the root surface and measured the volume of the root in the maxillary deciduous incisor.
  • (16) The 90Sr levels in deciduous tooth crowns were related to the fall-out rate and the accumulated fall-out.
  • (17) Absence of resorption of the roots of the deciduous teeth at the usual time.
  • (18) The risk factors were also related to dentine lead level (PbD) from shed deciduous teeth.
  • (19) This study analyzed G-CSF concentrations in the peripheral blood of pregnant women and examined whether decidual tissue acted as source of G-CSF production.
  • (20) This normalization is explained by a prolonged stay of the deciduous teeth in the dental arch which is due to a lesser caries prevalence.