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Arachnid


Definition:

  • (n.) An arachnidan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Electron microscopy has revealed that chitin from a representative selection of insect orders (plus one crustacean and one arachnid) is localized in crystallites about 2.8 nm across.
  • (2) Necrotic arachnidism was seen only in areas where populations of Tegenaria agrestis spiders were well established and did not occur where Tegenaria agrestis was absent.
  • (3) The variable sensibility of the spiders towards an equal amount of hormones allows us to confirm the occurrence of winter-diapause in this Arachnid.
  • (4) Camel Spiders Photograph: James Mccauley Focusing on the Solifugae arachnid rather than the far scarier camel-spider hybrid I first pictured, Camel Spiders is the latest film from Jim Wynorski, director of Busty Cops Go Hawaiian, The Wasp Woman and Dinocroc Vs Supergator.
  • (5) It was concluded that collagenase is a major factor in the aetiology of necrotic arachnidism.
  • (6) The geographical spread of Tegenaria agrestis spiders parallels the appearance of necrotic arachnidism in several areas.
  • (7) These intramembranous particle rows are novel structural modifications, called here 'linker' junctions, and are quite distinct from conventional tight or septate junctions found between the outer glial cells in more highly evolved arthropods such as the insects and arachnids.
  • (8) His Spider design is particularly fun, coming from "the interpretation of the ultimate heavy metal instrument through the lens of arachnids".
  • (9) There is an association of cytoskeletal components with these septate, linker, and tight junctions; the role of the cytoskeleton in tight junctions, which can be seen by freeze fracture to be based on simple ridges in insects or a more complex network of them in arachnids, may also be important in the regulation of paracellular permeability.
  • (10) Cross says that these arachnids, also known as vampire spiders, “love” feeding on human blood as it gives them an odour that renders them sexually attractive to potential mates.
  • (11) Guanine is the major nitrogenous waste product in arachnids.
  • (12) Ivermectin is a macrocyclic lactone (fermentation) product and actinomycete (Streptomyces avermitilis) that possesses an unusually broad spectrum of potent activity against several species of nematodes, arachnids, and insects that parasitize domestic animals.
  • (13) Necrotizing dermatitis, or arachnidism, is a new life-threatening syndrome of which many clinicians are unaware.
  • (14) A comparative analysis of cardiotropic activity of toxins has been studied in experiments on isolated heart of the poisonous animals from different systematic groups living on the territory of the USSR: reptiles (the venom of cobra, Vipera lebetina, Ancistrodon blomhoffi), amphibian (the venom of Bufo, Bombina, salamander), arachnids (the venom of Apis, Scolopendra, scorpion).
  • (15) Such a system is unknown in insects or crustaceans, but may be typical for arachnids.
  • (16) Similar to the heavily armoured arachnid seen in the E3 demo, it takes multiple hits to bring down, and coordinating fire from the three team members is crucial.
  • (17) Although they are very common arachnids, the scorpions (Euscorpius, sp.)
  • (18) Absorption spectra of visual screening pigments obtained in vitro with a microspectrophotometer using frozen sections are given for the insects Musca domestica, Phormia regina, Libellula luctuosa, Apis mellifera (worker honeybee only), Drosophila melanogaster (wild type only) and the arachnids Lycosa baltimoriana and Lycosa miami.
  • (19) Arachnidism can be manifested either through the skin or systemically.
  • (20) Since guanine is not only an essential constituent of vital nucleic acids, but also the main end product of nitrogenous waste excretion in arachnids, it is a potential candidate for a hygienic index for mite activity in house dust.

Stinger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, stings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Common problems--muscle cramps, burners (or stingers), and ankle and shoulder injuries--can be managed effectively with certain basic techniques.
  • (2) Based on the clinical course and positive patch tests, it was concluded that the patient developed a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to the sea urchin's stinger.
  • (3) "For killstreaks, one of the things we noticed when we've watched players is that they'll spend a lot of time just running and then being killed by something from the sky, or running around looking up, trying to fire their stinger missile at something above and not paying attention to what's in the game around them.
  • (4) History of previous corresponding sensations from contact with cosmetic products was significantly more common in stingers than in non-stingers (p less than 0.001); other factors, such as dermatologic history, sensitivity to ultraviolet light or skin dryness had no characteristic patterns.
  • (5) The stinger of the wasp was examined from the zoological aspect and is compared with that of the honeybee and hornet.
  • (6) Protesters have also been fired on with 60-calibre Stinger rubber bullets and what appear to be 40mm wooden baton rounds .
  • (7) Since Stinger's appointment in March 2005 he has struggled to break the company out of its "silo" organisation that has prevented co-ordination between different divisions.
  • (8) In the objective, immediate non-immunologic contact urticaria tests with sorbic acid and benzoic acid, the stingers developed significantly more erythema to 0.5% sorbic acid (p less than 0.05) and to 1% benzoic acid (p less than 0.02).
  • (9) "Some were seized by the Soviets, and Stingers were acquired by the Iranians within a year."
  • (10) Gili said this was mostly surprising because the mauve stingers were close to beaches.
  • (11) Soon, the proxy war against Gaddafi was underway, and "Charlie Chad" and his CIA counterpart were there, ferrying Habré C141 Starlifters full of weapons, eventually including a dozen Stinger missiles, the coveted and deadly shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapon system lusted after by terrorists and aspirant armies worldwide.
  • (12) It will inevitably be a custodial sentence.” The facts of the case were not given in court, but the Guardian understands that on New Year’s Eve Sheppard placed a home-made stinger made of nails and plywood across a road close to Concorde House in Emersons Green, a police base to the east of the city centre.
  • (13) The institute has detected a surge this spring in one of the most poisonous species, the mauve stinger or Pelagia noctiluca , along the coast of Catalonia and Valencia.
  • (14) 1% sorbic acid also induced more edema in stingers (p less than 0.02).
  • (15) The same protein has, however, been reported to be sorted by an indirect pathway through transcytosis from the basolateral to the apical cell surface in hepatocytes (Bartles, J.R., Feracci, H., M., Stinger, B., and Hubbard, A.L.
  • (16) "Great midfield, solid defense, but absolutely no chance of scoring when they should..." 8.12pm BST 26 min: Jorge Jesus, managing Benfica while on secondment from 1980s American MOR rock group called Boston or Journey or Commute or something, is starting to look anxious, probably because Chelsea are starting to grind their way forward and Oscar has just got their first shot on target, a decent stinger from 20 yards.
  • (17) Stingers and non-stingers reacted similarly to open, cumulative SLS irritation as measured with transepidermal water loss.
  • (18) It's the element of surprise – a hidden stinger in a cosy chat, something unusually personal from the grand inquisitor – that works.
  • (19) Emma Sheppard, who has been convicted in Bristol of damaging police cars with a stinger device.
  • (20) Most American weapons, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, were channelled by the Pakistanis to the Hezb-i-Islami faction of the mujahideen led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.