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Aril


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Arillus

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In Aril 3 kg of fenitrothion per ha is necessary, if tick control is to be ensured until the appearance of the new generation, i.e.
  • (2) The first mass blood pressure screeing in a major metropolitan area was conducted in New Orleans on Aril 28 and 29, 1973.
  • (3) (Leguminosae) (arils) were acquired as part of a continuing search for high-intensity natural sweeteners of plant origin.
  • (4) To determine the source of contamination, the HG-A content in the ackee fruit components (aril, seeds, and husks) at various stages of ripeness was determined by a method using an amino acid analyzer.
  • (5) From February to Aril thickening of the seminiferous epithelium and appearance of spermatozoa in the caput epididymidis signalled re-establishment of sperm production.
  • (6) Between Aril 1975 and December 1976, the second nationwide survey of Meniere's disease in Japan was made by the 17 members of the Meniere's Disease Research Committee of Japan.
  • (7) The present paper reports the chemopreventive action of mace (aril covering the testa of the seed of Myristica fragrans) on 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA)-induced carcinogenesis in the uterine cervix of virgin, young adult, Swiss albino mice.
  • (8) Mace which is the aril of the fruit of Myristica fragrans HOUTT, has been used in Indonesian folk medicine as aromatic stomachics, analgesics, a medicine for rheumatism, etc.
  • (9) Callus cultures of Taxus cuspidata and Taxus canadensis were induced using different tissue explants including green and red arils, seed contents, young stems and needles.
  • (10) The protease has also been identified in crude aril extracts by affinity labelling with iodo[14C]acetate.
  • (11) A mixture of isophytohemagglutinins has been isolated from the fleshy arils of the spindle tree seeds (Evonymus europaea L.) by fractional precipitation of the saline extract of the arils by (NH4)2SO4 at a 0.40% saturation.
  • (12) Thaumatopain has been purified by ion-exchange chromatography from arils, and is a monomeric protein of Mr 30,000.
  • (13) To remove the arils, roll the fruit firmly over a hard surface, then cut in half, push up the base slightly to loosen, then hold over a large bowl and whack sharply with a wooden spoon to dislodge the seeds.
  • (14) Aqueous extracts of the aril of the seed of Thaumatococcus daniellii contain, in addition to the intensely sweet protein thaumatin, a cysteine protease that we have termed thaumatopain.
  • (15) The present paper reports the chemopreventive property of mace (aril covering the seed of Myristica fragrans) on DMBA-induced papillomagenesis in the skin of male Swiss albino mice.

Nut


Definition:

  • (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  • (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
  • (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
  • (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
  • (v. i.) To gather nuts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
  • (2) It also hydrolyzes (Man)2-GlcNAc from the urine of an alpha-mannosidosis patient, 1,4-D-mannobiose and mannotriose isolated from ivory nut mannan, 4-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-L-rhamnose, 6-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-D-galactose and 4-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-N-acetylglucosamine.
  • (3) But she noticed Mohamed getting smaller and sicker, until she eventually brought him to the centre, where the nuns give him F-75 – an enriched formula adapted for malnourished children, fortified porridge, plumpy nut, and soup with meat and fish.
  • (4) Boric acid, propionic acid and potassium metabisulphite were used for the control of aflatoxin B1 on betel nuts.
  • (5) Increased slippage torques of approximately 100 per cent were noted in all interfaces at low values of tightening torque (6 and 8 N m) of the wing-nut clamp and improvements of not less than 50 per cent were obtained at higher tightening torques (10 and 12 N m) on the wing-nut clamp.
  • (6) The effects of addition of ethanol to diets containing rapeseed or ground nut oil on the metabolic conversions of 14 14C erucic and 9-10 3H oleic acid were studied in the rat liver.
  • (7) Twenty-three fruits, 33 vegetables, 41 grain products, 7 legumes, 4 nuts, and 9 miscellaneous foods were analyzed by an accurate chemical method to determine their dietary fiber content and composition.
  • (8) Woodcock said: “The way [Miliband] was trying to appeal to people … was nuts.
  • (9) Electrophoresis of the piñon nut extract demonstrated 30 bands, three of which (in the 66 to 68,000 dalton range) bound IgE in the patient's serum in an immunoblot.
  • (10) Nuts, tomatoes, milk, eggs and cereals were most frequently involved.
  • (11) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
  • (12) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
  • (13) Peter Spence (@Pete_Spence) Haldane, Goodhart, and more on "Is this nuts?"
  • (14) Because there is no known nut site cis to 'trpA, we suggest that the 'trpA segment itself fortuitously contains a nut sequence that is able to function with excess N of any of the types tested and with either NusAEc or NusASal.
  • (15) Onto one of the harder nuts to crack this season is best foreign film .
  • (16) My mum thought it was a bad idea, because the chefs were nuts, always drunk.
  • (17) In the Russian gallery, for example, the courageous Vadim Zakharov presents a pointed version of the Danaë myth in which an insouciant dictator (of whom it is hard not to think: Putin) sits on a high beam on a saddle, shelling nuts all day while gold coins rain down from a vast shower-head only to be hoisted in buckets by faceless thuggish men in suits.
  • (18) Toxicological study was carried out in rats with chloroform-soluble fraction of the nuts of Semecarpus anacardium to determine its safe non-toxic dose.
  • (19) The specificity and cross-reactivity of IgE antibodies to different nut antigens was investigated by RAST inhibition with serums from 5 patients having high levels of IgE antibody.
  • (20) Fresh fruit and vegetable sales rose by about 5% while fish, poultry and nuts saw similar growth.

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