(n.) The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cissus quadrangularis was mutagenic, while 'decoctions' of cumin seeds, aniseeds and ginger were not.
(2) As safrole supplies dropped, drug makers switched to chemically similar aniseed oil.
(3) The detected tocopherols and other constituents were as follows: origanum (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-), laurel (alpha-, beta-), turmeric (so little that no comparison could be made), coriander (almost no tocopherols), and aniseed (alpha-, beta-, delta-).
(4) For the 'larynx supraglottis' location, more drinkers of aniseed spirit were found than expected.
(5) Positive SCT to aniseed, fennel, coriander and cumin--all from the same botanical family (Apiaceae) as celery--were observed in more than 24 patients.
(6) Spices like Cissus quadrangularis (an indigenous herb used in certain south Indian dishes) and pyrolysed cumin and aniseeds showed moderate effects.
(7) For each of them, data on the consumption of tobacco and alcohol was obtained with specification of the type of alcoholic beverage: wine, beer, cider, aniseed spirit or 'pastis', fortified wines, and whisky.
(8) Raki is a traditional alcoholic drink made with aniseed.
(9) Unfortunately, the product that results from using the MDMA production process with aniseed oil is PMA or PMMA,” he wrote.
(10) The tocopherols and unsaturated fatty acid constituents of origanum, laurel, aniseed and coriander underwent little change after pasteurization with superheated steam, indicating stability, which may be due to the synergistic effect of tocopherols and phenolic compounds present in these spices.
(11) In these seven patients, 10 different antigens provoked anaphylaxis: aniseed, cashew nut, celery, flaxseed, hops, mustard, mushroom, shrimp, sunflower, and walnut.
Arak
Definition:
(n.) Same as Arrack.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, on French insistence, the paragraphs on Arak were put back into brackets, meaning they were open to negotiation again.
(2) He had also insisted on construction continuing at Arak, and suggested that international concerns could be assuaged if the work stopped short of putting uranium fuel in the reactor and turning it on.
(3) In the western camp, there have also been hints that a compromise could be found over Arak.
(4) "None of the enrichment centres will be closed and Fordow and Natanz will continue their work and the Arak heavy water programme will continue in its present form and no material (enriched uranium stockpiles) will be taken out of the country and all the enriched materials will remain inside the country.
(5) Mohammad Javad Zarif, his foreign minister, was labelled a traitor and threatened with being buried in the concrete to be used to decommission the Arak nuclear reactor .
(6) There could also be some understanding on what happens at Arak, where a heavy water reactor is under construction that could produce plutonium, another possible fuel for a bomb.
(7) On the other major sticking point from the last round, the fate of Iran's heavy water reactor under construction in Arak, there is also discussion of possible compromise language which would not suspend all construction work but would halt the most sensitive element of that work, the manufacture of fuel rods.
(8) Its experts identified Arak as a production plant for "heavy water", used in a certain type of nuclear power plant that produces plutonium as a by-product.
(9) In an unprecedented punishment for an Iranian cartoonist, a media law court in Arak handed down a sentence of 25 lashes, triggering domestic and international outcry among Shokraye's colleagues and human rights organisations.
(10) In the runup to the latest round, due to finish on Friday, there were signs that gaps on both issues had narrowed, with Zarif saying that Iran did not require other countries' permission to continue enrichment, and the emergence of a possible compromise over Arak in which work on uranium fuel assemblies would be halted, while other construction activities continued.
(11) Other nuclear elements A deal would also involve an Iranian undertaking to redesign its heavy water reactor being built at Arak in central Iran, so that it produces much less plutonium than originally intended.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Amateur footage purports to show crowd burning Bashar al-Assad portrait in Palmyra The loss of Palmyra and the surrounding gas fields, al-Hail and Arak, is a major strategic defeat for the Assad regime.
(13) In addition to Washington’s conditional orders to suspend nuclear-related sanctions, US officials said the US, China and Iran were re-emphasising their commitment to the redesign and reconstruction of the Arak research reactor so that it does not produce plutonium.
(14) The heavy-water reactor under construction at Arak would also be reconfigured so that it would be produce much less plutonium (the other possible path to a bomb).
(15) Two other unresolved issues are Iran’s Fordo underground enrichment site and the nearly built Arak nuclear reactor .
(16) The other was to what extent work should be allowed to continue at a heavy water reactor in Arak, which would produce plutonium when completed.
(17) Tehran’s potential plutonium path to a bomb will also be shut down, by requiring that Iran reconfigure its Arak heavy water reactor and ship spent fuel out of the country.
(18) In the past few days, technicians yanked the core out of its heavy water reactor in Arak (a potential source of plutonium – the second big proliferation worry) and filled it with concrete so it could not be used again.
(19) In a Saturday night meeting with the US secretary of state, John Kerry, Fabius insisted that the six powers at the talks – the US, France, the UK, Germany, Russia and France – should not grant Iran's right to uranium enrichment but should demand the cessation of Iran's construction work on a plutonium-producing heavy water reactor at Arak.
(20) • Heavy water reactor being build in Arak, central Iran – this would be redesigned to produce less plutonium as a byproduct.