(n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
(a.) Arabian.
(a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the swinging 1960s, Peck's sober style seemed a little out of place, though he appeared in a couple of flashy Hitchcockian thrillers, Mirage (1965) and Arabesque (1966), and adapted to the new Hollywood as best he could, looking rather bothered as the father of a demon in The Omen (1976).
(2) Arabesque by Greg and Lucy Malouf (Hardie Grant) Cardamom-mashed sweet potato with pepper relish This mash would also be lovely served with an onion gravy .
(3) Arabesque by Greg and Lucy Malouf (Quadrille) Aubergines, thyme and honey tartlets Photograph: Yuki Sugiura for the Guardian Use Saint-Maure cheese if you can find it.
(4) What he found there was low life and sex in a landscape of ruins: his way of responding to the dolce vita was to turn the arabesques of Pollock's style into outbursts of graffiti.
(5) Reyes, buzzing in his familiar arabesques on the right, had hit a low shot just wide and Grzegorz Krychowiak had a header superbly saved by Denys Boyko when, after 27 minutes, the Poland midfielder pulled Sevilla level, cracking in a low shot as a corner fell to him just inside the box.
(6) The cisternal body, on the other hand, was circular or oval-shaped cisternae containing aggregated electron-dense materials distributed in an arabesque or speckled pattern.
(7) Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), containing The Fall of the House of Usher.
Floral
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
(a.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters.
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, in 1993, Dangerfield married Joan Child, a woman 30 years his junior, the owner of Jungle Roses, a national floral distribution company.
(2) At the Fiji summit, delegates wearing Sulu va Taga, a type of traditional kilt, and floral shirts spell out the problems and what must be done.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A group of children embrace in front of floral tributes left outside Cults academy in Aberdeen.
(4) It is clear the teenagers – including Pickles – love Matthew Burton, one of the school's assistant heads, who, with his skinny-fitting suit, brown brogues, shaggy hair and loose floral tie, looks more like the singer in an indie group than an English teacher.
(5) The strain of taking on China while wearing a black and gold floral shirt was clearly too much.
(6) A little later Mary Berry comes in to consult with Becca, a vision in her floral bomber jacket.
(7) It is also hoped that a better knowledge of the biotope will lead to complete control of the floral equilibrium, good conservation and high quality foodstuffs.
(8) The good control of infection is attributed to the high osmolarity, but honey can have additional antibacterial activity because of its content of hydrogen peroxide and unidentified substances from certain floral sources.
(9) Analysis of their expression patterns with respect to organ specificity, floral differentiation, and response to light suggests that these genes are not involved in controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis, unlike the characterized myb-related genes C1 and Pl from maize.
(10) Families will have the opportunity to lay floral wreaths.
(11) The man, who wore a floral shirt, sailed a boat into the middle of the river and spoke only when he had turned on loud music in the cabin to prevent anyone from listening in.
(12) And Romney has gone with a floral Hawaii number... just kidding, it's red.
(13) Examples of incidents that have signaled a problem and resulting research projects are: 1) anaphylactic cardiovascular response to red imported fire ant venom (statewide morbidity survey); (2) unexplained contact dermatitis in tomato harvesters and floral designers (immunodermatologic study and statewide survey of florists); (3) concerns over two unexplained cancer deaths at an experimental agricultural research station (farmer's mortality study); (4) a household outbreak of organophosphate poisoning (statewide hospital morbidity survey); and (5) a woman in early pregnancy exposed to misapplication of chlordane in her house (literature review and update on trends in U.S. birth defects).
(14) The protein products of these genes, designated floral binding protein 1 (FBP1) and 2 (FBP2), are putative transcription factors with the MADS box DNA binding domain.
(15) Homeotic mutants with an altered pattern of floral organs have been found in many species.
(16) Stage 1 begins with the initiation of a floral buttress on the flank of the apical meristem.
(17) GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero, Piedmont, Italy 2008 (£28, The Wine Society ) This has the classic barolo paradox of power (14.5% alcohol) and ethereal fragrance (rose floral and subtle earthiness), but there's a ripeness and generosity of fruit here that you don't always find in nebbiolo at this age: a treat for wild mushroom risotto or pulse-based stews.
(18) Biliary excretion (33% of the dose), enterohepatic circulation and intestinal micro-floral metabolism were involved in formation of 2-chloro-5-hydroxy-6-(methylthio)benzamide, and the mercapturic acid served as a precursor.
(19) Dunham, who looked glamorous in a monochrome 50s-style floral dress by Erdem, was joined at the screening by co-stars Allison Williams, who plays her screen best friend Marnie Michaels, and Zosia Mamet (Shoshanna Shapiro) as well as long-time fan Richard E Grant, who guest stars in the coming series.
(20) With its sideways rain and grinding social bleakery, The Mill's closest relative is How We Used To Live, the long-running ITV schools programme that taught children about past-times woe while warning of the dangers of gin and floral aprons.