(n.) A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) His mother is Denise Welch, late of Corrie and Loose Women, and his father his Tim Healy, who was briefly famous 30 years ago for his role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
(2) On Saturday the aerial advertising company Air Ads posted a message on Twitter which said: “Busy afternoon, putting together a banner for St James Park tomorrow afternoon!” That was accompanied by a picture of a banner being prepared, with red letters across it spelling out “AUF WIEDERSEHEN PREM”.
(3) Lejla was attending the youth convention on Utøya as head of the Fredrikstad branch of Norway's youth labour movement, Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking, or AUF.
(4) I fished my mobile out of my pocket and wrapped it in an AUF jumper that had been left on the rock.
(5) The addition of GST or Auf inhibited this modulatory effect of IFN gamma, resulting in a marked reduction of TCSA and IL1 beta production.
(6) Another victim was Tore Eikeland, 21, president of the AUF, whom the Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has described as "one of the most promising politicians of the next generation".
(7) Luis Suárez remains in the city of Natal and there is still no timetable planned for his flight,” the AUF tweeted in the early hours of Friday morning.
(8) The Uruguayan federation (AUF) is preparing an appeal against the punishment, which also bars him from playing in his country’s next nine competitive internationals.
(9) With the use of AUFS filters, bone tissue developed not only on the top surface, but also inside the filter.
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(11) The frequent misinterpretation auf tumours in this locality and the faulty use of diagnostic possibilities are stressed.
(12) Jakob Wassermann's story Die Gefangenen auf der Plassenburg (The prisoners of Plasenburg) is taken as a starting point for a discussion of experiences, coping with events, and estrangement, and their effect regarding depressive emotional deterioration and its description.
(13) They would probably have wanted their names to be on the memorial.” The decision to return was taken on the day after the attacks, says Mani Hussaini, leader of the AUF.
(14) It stimulates transcription of holoenzyme on native Phagen-DNA ungefähr auf das Doppelte.
(15) Our results indicate that AUF bypass is the procedure of choice for unilateral limb ischemia in high-risk patients who require an axillary source and that patency of the SFA does not affect outcome.
(16) (4) Wünschenswert wäre es, dass die Bundesanstalt für Arbeit Zuwendungen wenigstens in dem Umfange gewährt, dass auf dem Gebiet des Wohnstättenbaues für Behinderte ausreichende Erfahrungen gesammelt werden können.
(17) Routine use of axillobifemoral (ABF) bypass has been advocated because this operation is thought to achieve better patency than the axillounifemoral (AUF) procedure.
(18) The television and theatre producer Allan McKeown, responsible for shows including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Birds of a Feather, has died at his home in Los Angeles, it has been announced.
(19) The Oslo Trade Union Confederation acquired the island in 1933 and later donated it to the AUF, transforming it from the holiday home of a former Conservative minister into a place where future Labour leaders would cut their political teeth.
(20) Propofol is monitored by a UV-visible detector at 270 nm and 0.1-0.002 absorbance units full scale (AUFS).
Auk
Definition:
(n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now Google might be required to undo the changes – although Auke Haagsma, a lawyer advising the lobby group Icomp , which is critical of Google's policies, said that would be like trying to "unscramble the egg".
(2) AUK Broughton meet Lokomotiva Zagreb and Bala Town will face FC Differdange 03 of Luxembourg while Newtown AFC were paired with Maltese side Valletta.
(3) Renal coccidiosis is reported for the first time in an auk (Alcidae).
(4) It means "great" as in "great crested newt" or "great auk" or "Greater London".
(5) One hundred twenty-five walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) were collected from Auke Bay, Alaska (USA) in 1985 and examined for histologic evidence of disease-causing infectious agents in 1987.
(6) Four of the species extinct in England also became extinct globally: the penguin-like great auk; Mitten's beardless moss; York groundsel, a weed only discovered in the 1970s; and the Ivell's sea anemone, last seen in a lagoon near Chichester.
(7) This work has shown that in many colonial nesting birds (for example auks, terns, gulls, gannets and penguins) brief calls of a half-second duration or less can have enough acoustic detail not only to serve as labels identifying the calling species but also to label the individual caller.
(8) And there on a shelf is a familiar outline, its beak heavy and lined with down-curving grooves – the only known specimen of a juvenile great auk.