(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).
Elf
Definition:
(n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
(n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
(v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
(pl. ) of Elves
Example Sentences:
(1) Since catalase is not normally released by cells, a likely explanation for its presence in high concentrations in normal ELF is that it is released by lung inflammatory and parenchymal cells onto the epithelial surface of the lower respiratory tract during their normal turnover and collects there due to the slow turnover of ELF.
(2) Treatment based on combinations of fluorouracil, methotrexate, doxorubicin, etoposide, and cisplatin have shown high response rates (FAMTX [fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and methotrexate], EAP [etoposide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin], ELF [etoposide, leucovorin, and fluorouracil]) and a survival benefit (FAMTX).
(3) Other cautions are 1) equal osmolality of wash fluid and plasma, 2) minimizing residence time of wash fluid, 3) minimizing wash fluid-to-ELF volume ratio, and 4) adequate analytic procedures.
(4) Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a mediator capable of modulating a broad range of effects on the behavior of many normal cells, was found in high concentrations in the epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of the normal human lower respiratory tract.
(5) However, most of the nascent 40S ribosomal subunits in ts 422E cells band at a higher density, suggesting their failure to bind initiation factor elF-3.
(6) There are cycles in all of this – the reef regenerates itself,” he was quoted saying in the Cairns Post .
(7) Because the initial site of primary absorption interactions involves the epithelial lining fluid (ELF), we investigated whether ELF-NO2 interactions could account for pulmonary NO2 reactive absorption.
(8) When Welby left Cambridge he dithered for a bit and then found a job working for a French oil company, Elf Aquitaine.
(9) This article begins with a short review of the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of nonthermal levels of ELF electromagnetic fields on the biochemistry and activity of immune cells and then closely examines new results that suggest a role for Ca2+ in the induction of these cellular field effects.
(10) From the available epidemiological data it can be concluded that the relationship between exposure to ELF EM fields and increased incidence of cancer has not been unequivocally proved.
(11) ELF (greater than 0.4 ml) is a potent inhibitor of lipid peroxidation as measured by malondialdehyde (MDA) production in an in vitro iron-dependent assay system.
(12) After a year in London working for Elf Aquitaine, Welby was headhunted by Enterprise Oil, a company formed to exploit the privatisation of British Gas's North Sea assets.
(13) Studies of the possible effects of ELF electromagnetic fields on health are hampered by problems in measuring exposure and by the ubiquity of exposure in the community.
(14) In this report, we demonstrate that a novel Ets-related transcription factor, Elf-1, binds specifically to two purine-rich motifs in the HIV-2 enhancer.
(15) We determined the influence of ELF, a model biochemical (reduced glutathione; GSH), and PO4 buffer (control) on NO2 transfer as evaluated by "breakthrough time."
(16) To assess the in-vitro activity of the concentrations achieved at the potential sites of infection, clinical isolates of common respiratory pathogens were exposed to two concentrations of cefuroxime, based on the observed concentrations in ELF and bronchial mucosa.
(17) Since a variety of inflammatory stimuli are capable of inducing bronchial epithelial cells to express the gene for IL-8, a cytokine that attracts and activates neutrophils, mediators in respiratory epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of CF individuals might induce IL-8 production by epithelial cells, thus recruiting neutrophils to the airways.
(18) Reports from recent epidemiological studies have suggested a possible association between extremely low frequency (ELF; including 50- or 60-Hz) electric- and magnetic-field exposure, and increased risk of certain cancers, depression, and miscarriage.
(19) The high remission rate and long medical survival time achieved with ELF, plus its good tolerability, make this combination a valuable alternative to anthracycline-containing regimens.
(20) Additional experiments explored the hypothetical quenching activity of ELF components devoid of lidocaine.