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Aye


Definition:

  • (adv.) Alt. of Ay
  • (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."
  • (a.) Alt. of Ay

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Digestion of aye-aye fixed metaphase chromosomes with the restriction endonuclease HaeIII produced G-banding.
  • (2) Jasmin Lorch, from the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, said: “If the military gets the feeling that its vested interests are threatened, it can always act as a veto player and block further reforms.” The New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch said the elections were fundamentally flawed, citing a lack of an independent election commission with its leader, chairman U Tin Aye, both a former army general and former member of the ruling party.
  • (3) 'Aye,' Moyes says, eyes fixed firmly on the road, 'it'll be hard.'
  • (4) While the government has seemingly taken steps to address the issue, a Rakhine inquiry commission set up in August raised eyebrows after it emerged there was not a single Rohingya representative on the commission, yet its chairman, Aye Maung, heads the RNDP, and another of its representatives, Ko Ko Gyi, has previously stated that Rohingya are "invading" Burma.
  • (5) In the "Aye, naw, mibbe" discussion, I was a definite "mibbe".
  • (6) These teeth are not much wider or thicker than those of the extant aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), but their arc of curvature is noticeably greater.
  • (7) I'd reply "aye right" using respectful Japanese logographs, but this computer doesn't have the character set.
  • (8) Updated at 3.31pm BST 1.54pm BST 49th over: England 91-5 (Root 11, Ali 26) I wonder if Sri Lanka are beginning to wonder - Mathews getting stuck into Root suggests mebbes aye, and according to Bumble, the middle is nurturing a pleasing and increasing heat.
  • (9) The quote "To be or not to be, aye there's the point" originally said "I there's the point."
  • (10) However, we would feel a betrayal very deeply when we were promised time after time by Nicola, by John Swinney, by all her MSPs, MPs, MEPs and councillors that this was ‘once in a generation’ and we were told by the end of the campaign it was ‘once in a lifetime’.” Jim Murphy joked that Sturgeon had gone from leader of the yes campaign to head of the “maybes ayes, maybes naws” campaign.
  • (11) Part of NLD’s policy is to defend human rights and democracy,” said Mya Aye, a rejected Muslim candidate from NLD, “but rejecting Muslim candidates from their party is rejecting the rights of five million Muslim minorities.” In her first trip ever to Rakhine, Suu Kyi will campaign for three days in Taungup, Thandwe and Gwa towns in southern part of the state, where the NLD support is the strongest.
  • (12) No player or players have been involved in any mutiny" 11.20am BST Luis, Luis, aye-yi-yi-yi ...
  • (13) The history of the aye-aye in captivity outside Madagascar is briefly reviewed.
  • (14) Two of the three drilled aye-aye incisors collected in 1901 by Grandidier at the subfossil site of Lamboharana were recently rediscovered in uncatalogued collections of the Institut de Paléontologie in Paris.
  • (15) These observations of the aye-aye in a forest of higher altitude suggest a still much wider distribution of this species than previously thought.
  • (16) One of the letters was start-to-finish in Scots, and made me grin: “Aye, ah wis fair taen wi this mairvellous ‘word hoard’ ye hae dug up!!
  • (17) "Aye, but he has," said a growly Labour voice, referring to Cameron's jolly social sessions with the News Corp bosses.
  • (18) AYED's external consultation at the National Institute of Ophthalmology.
  • (19) The karyotype of a prosimian primate, the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), is described.
  • (20) Her approval has seemed likely since at least two weeks ago, when her nomination was passed out of the judiciary committee with 12 “aye” votes, including three from Republicans.

Dye


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
  • (n.) Color produced by dyeing.
  • (n.) Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
  • (n.) Same as Die, a lot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The most successful dyes were phenocyanin TC, gallein, fluorone black, alizarin cyanin BB and alizarin blue S. Celestin blue B with an iron mordant is quite successful if properly handled to prevent gelling of solutions.
  • (2) The actions of the polyvalent cationic dye Ruthenium Red and the enzyme neuraminidase were studied at the frog neuromuscular junction.
  • (3) Significant increases in the extravasation of dye were observed in both animal groups sensitized with IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies.
  • (4) While the reduced form of the "derived" polyphenolic compounds, generated during tissue homogenization, appeared to enhance dye binding with bovine serum albumin, their influence on the protein assay directly in crude homogenates was extremely diverse.
  • (5) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
  • (6) This dye is concentrated and secreted by the parietal cells.
  • (7) The rhodamine 123-induced growth inhibition was partially reversed by treating the dye-pre-exposed infected erythrocytes with the proton ionophore carbonyl-cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, which dissipates transmembrane proton gradients.
  • (8) The duration of electrophoresis was based on the migration of a marker dye for a predetermined distance.
  • (9) Effects of fixation with glutaraldehyde (GA), glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide (GA-OsO(4)), and osmium tetroxide (OsO(4)) on ion and ATP content, cell volume, vital dye staining, and stability to mechanical and thermal stress were studied in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells (EATC).
  • (10) By using pH- or Ca(2+)-sensitive dyes and recording at the ion-sensitive and -insensitive (isosbestic) wavelengths, the method can measure both cell volume changes and intracellular ionic activities.
  • (11) An argon dye laser system with lambda em=630 nm (400 mW cm-2) was used for PDT with a total light dose of 400 J cm-2.
  • (12) In a complete system, consisting of a dye-donor couple, ferredoxin, thioredoxin and ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase, light activation of purified spinach fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase was observed in vitro.
  • (13) When given 30 min after acetic acid instillation SC-41930 prevented the rise in myeloperoxidase and dye extravasation observed in the acetic acid inflammed tissue.
  • (14) A comparison was made between the Q's estimated by the CO2 rebreathing method during tethered swimming and previously published data on Q determined by the dye-dilution method during free swimming in a flune.
  • (15) A novel staining procedure for enumerating osteoclasts on neonatal mouse calvaria with the vital fluorescent dye acridine orange is described.
  • (16) Thus, angiographic dye appears to decrease heart rate by a direct effect on pacemaker tissue and by reflex vagal suppression of the sinus pacemaker.
  • (17) The purpose of this study was to compare the level of apical dye penetration when different sealers were used.
  • (18) This protein which we call CBP-58 bears similarities to the endoplasmic reticulum protein, calreticulin, in that it has a pI of 4.7 containing approximately 30% glutamate and aspartate, has a high capacity for calcium, and stains blue with the carbocyanine dye, 'Stains-all'.
  • (19) Minced and triturated fragments from the spinal cord of normal rat fetuses (15-18 days gestation) labeled with the fluorescent dye fast blue (FB) were successfully transplanted into juvenile myelin-deficient rat spinal cord under direct observation.
  • (20) In vitro, the soluble core PEI and membrane both bound reactive substances of limited aqueous stability, such as from [14C]N-methyl-N-nitrosourea ([14C]NMU), and aqueous stable dyes of molecular weight up to 1000.

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