(a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.
(n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
(2) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
(3) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(4) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
(5) I want to be clear; the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US Central Command headquarters in Florida.
(6) The prevalence of 24.4% among Mexican American men was similar to that among men from other ethnic backgrounds.
(7) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(8) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
(9) The thermoregulatory responses of this American marsupial were, in most aspects, similar to those of Australian marsupials.
(10) Twelve patients with South American mococutaneous leishmaniasis who attended the Hospital Amazonico in Peru between February and September 1974 were treated with amphotericin B.
(11) Former Regional director for Latin American Caribbean and Middle East, Save the Children.
(12) The high frequency of increased PCV number in San, S.A. Negroes and American Negroes is in keeping with the view that the Khoisan peoples (here represented by the San), the Southern African Negroes and the African ancestors of American Blacks sprang from a common proto-negriform stock.
(13) The Pan American Health Organization, the Americas arm of the World Health Organization, estimated the deaths from Tuesday's magnitude 7 quake at between 50,000 and 100,000, but said that was a "huge guess".
(14) African Americans also have more outpatient episodes than whites.
(15) As a Native American I am pretty sensitive to charges of racism and white supremacy,” the Oklahoma congressman added.
(16) The prevalence of diabetes was 36% higher among San Antonio Mexican Americans than among Mexicans in Mexico City; this difference was highly statistically significant (age- and sex-adjusted prevalence ratio 1.36, P = 0.006).
(17) Responding to the 8 vignettes, 30 American and 32 Australian nurses took part in the study.
(18) A case-control study of breast cancer among Black American women was conducted in seven hospitals in New York City from 1969 to 1975.
(19) Join a Twitter book club It all started last summer, when 12,000 people took to Twitter to discuss Neil Gaiman's American Gods .
(20) All F. tularensis strains were found to have enzymatic activity irrespective of their subspecies, but neuraminidase activity was higher in the strains belonging to the American subspecies.
Tequila
Definition:
(n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
Example Sentences:
(1) She joined us for tequilas at her restaurant in Matamoros; by the time the coffees had arrived, she had gone over to Brownsville to get changed, drop her kids off with her parents, and returned.
(2) Any tariff we can levy they can levy.” Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) Simply put, any policy proposal which drives up costs of Corona, tequila, or margaritas is a big-time bad idea.
(3) Celebrities from George Clooney to Justin Timberlake have launched upmarket tequila brands.
(4) 189 St John's Hill, SW11, 020 7978 7115 thefishclub.com Wahaca Last year's winner continues to impress with its tacos and tequila - and everything in between.
(5) Nevertheless, none of the organisms were completely eliminated as a result of freezing for 24 hours followed by melting in any of the test drinks, even when the drink was 86-proof tequila.
(6) As burly security men hung back and the promoters sat silently by, Chisora marched on Haye, who gritted his teeth, held on to what those close to him say was a bottle of Desperados, a pale German lager tinged with tequila, and threw an inspired right hand that cracked into the side of Chisora's jaw.
(7) For a bit of a performance, order a Trailblazer (tequila, vanilla, orange and chocolate) and watch award-winning Aussie bartender Nick literally play with fire.
(8) Some of them are from former MTV reality star and burgeoning space angel devil warrior symbologist Tila Tequila and some are from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin .
(9) The food's good, and on a cold morning-after-the-night-before you can easily justify popping in to sup an ocho coco – a mix of tequila, coconut liqueur, passionfruit, coriander, ginger and lime to help the hangover.
(10) Some investors may have concerns about the delayed profitability of the asset-swap deal, said Carroll, adding, “good brands don’t come cheap and arguably [and] the longer term potential of Don Julio looks very positive.” Ivan Menezes, Diageo’s chief executive, said: “We have secured our position in the growing super and ultra-premium segments of the tequila category and further strengthened our global footprint by expanding our leading position in Mexico where the growth of spirits has great potential.
(11) There are other can't-miss-cocktails, with mezcal, whiskey, and rum bases, if tequila is not your poison.
(12) Parrillada (mixed grill) and pollo asado (roast chicken) are matched with an extensive drinks menu focused on rum and tequila.
(13) Bushmills has also been outsold by tequila: it earned Diageo £57m last year, while Don Julio was worth £105m.
(14) In a wide-ranging interview published today, the 63-year-old veteran of tequila breakfasts and drug marathons described how he once sampled his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.
(15) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.
(16) The party hordes who filled Cancún’s bars and beaches for spring break last month were apparently mixing tequila with Donald Trump Kool-Aid and insulting their hosts.
(17) You can, of course, substitute the soda water with a smaller amount of tequila.
(18) And we'll live on ice cream and blueberry truffles and pancakes dripping with molasses, washed down with tequila slammers and absinthe.
(19) This alcohol-stuffed shrine to his career also contains skull-shaped bottles of tequila, which he calls “Nick Davies” after the Guardian reporter who exposed the phone-hacking scandal.
(20) The new generation of young adults may be less interested in drinking than their parents, but adolescence and alcohol go together like tequila and dry heaving, so it's hard to believe that suddenly we all just "know better".