(a.) Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
(n.) The lapis lazuli.
(n.) The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.
(n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
(n.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
(v. t.) To color blue.
Example Sentences:
(1) Azure B also reduced the wet weight of carrageenin-induced granulomas in rats.
(2) Therefore, we determined the dimerisation constant (Kd) of azure B from the concentration dependency of its absorption spectra in water at the standard temperature T = 298 K (25 degrees C), Kd = 6.5 X 10(3) M-1 (experimental conditions: tris buffer, pH 7.2; concentration of Na ions, CNa = 0.002 M).
(3) The distribution of radioactivity as 5-, 10-, and 15-min intervals following the intravenous administration of N-14-C-azure C was determined.
(4) Analytical cytophotometry of azure B-stained heart sections was employed to investigate the pattern of myocardial ribonucleic acid (RNA) alterations in rats exposed to acute (1-2 days) and prolonged periods (1-8 weeks) of hypoxia exposure (380 torr).
(5) On optical analysis, the thiazin dye molecules (azure B, AZURE C and Thionin) are bound radially on the membrane.
(6) WEEKEND GETAWAY Côte d'Azur TO CELEBRATE THAT DEAL The spring tasting menu at Alain Ducasse's restaurant at the Plaza Athénée will set you back €360 ($520).
(7) Their Azure B- and fast green-staining properties indicate the presence of RNA and protein; they have typical nucleolar fine structure, including both fibrous and granular components; radioautography reveals that their patterns of uptake of uridine-(3)H into RNA are similar to those reported for nucleoli of other cell types; actinomycin D, at a level which selectively inhibits ribosomal RNA synthesis, greatly reduces their RNA synthesis and also causes segregation of fibrous and granular nucleolar components.
(8) Chromatography of Crotalus adamanteus venom on CM-Sepharose, Cibacron Blue-Sepharose and Phenyl-Sepharose, followed by gel filtration on Ultrogel AcA 44, has resulted in the isolation in homogeneous condition of a metalloproteinase active on casein and hide powder azure.
(9) Even so – banned from leaving Italy – he was not able to join the cast on the red carpet on the Cote d'Azur, nor will he join them anywhere else outside his native land.
(10) The protease hydrolyzed hide power azure and casein, but it had no effect on collagen, hyaluronic acid, complement or synthetic substrates for thrombin, plasmin or kallikrein.
(11) Her position is particularly delicate because her name has been mentioned to replace Le Pen senior as head of the FN list for south-eastern France’s Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region in December local elections.
(12) In cells which had returned to interphase in the presence of actinomycin D, nucleoli were segregated into two components easily resolvable in the light microscope, and one of these components stained intensely for RNA with azure B.
(13) All mAbs inhibited both enzymatic activities of elastase and protease, in which elastin fluorescein and hide powder azure were used as substrates, respectively.
(14) The polyamide 11 alpha-amylase derivative acted on amylose-azure in the same way as the water-soluble alpha-amylase.
(15) Maximum activity was observed at pH 7.6 and at 30-35 degrees C using the chromogenic assay with chitin azure.
(16) Trustee and Non-Executive director, Azure Charitable Enterprises.
(17) Behind the gates of a multimillion-pound private villa on the Côte d'Azur, cases are being packed and travel plans finalised: after a summer in exile, Sir "Fred the Shred" Goodwin and his family are preparing to return to the UK.
(18) Measurements of nuclei in breast lesions were obtained with the Leitz TAS Plus on 4-microns sections stained for DNA with the Azure A Feulgen reaction.
(19) Ten of these, namely Methylene Blue, Azure B, Azure A, sym-Dimethylthionine, Azure C, Thionine, Methylene Violet Bernthsen, Methyl Thionoline, Thionoline and Thionol, have been identified by their visible absorption spectra.
(20) The surgical materials are rapidly frozen at - 150 degrees C, and serial sections, 10 microns thick, are cut in a cryostat at -18 degrees to -20 degrees C. The sections are adhered to cover glasses and stained with Metachrome solution (a mixture of 1% Azure A and 0.5% Erie Garnet B).
Teal
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prevalence of influenza varied greatly among the common waterfowl species: mallards 42%, black ducks 30%, blue-winged teal 11%, wood ducks 2%, and Canada geese 0%.
(2) Twenty-eight avian influenza viruses (AIVs) were isolated from 605 blue-winged teal (Anas discors), 75 mottled ducks (A. fulvigula), 375 gadwalls (A. stepera) and 334 green-winged teal (A. crecca).
(3) Duck plague might be overlooked at necropsy of blue-winged teal, because of the paucity of gross lesions.
(4) John Teal, the advertising director at the Daily Mail, was promoted to the new role of ad director on the daily and Sunday national titles as part of the ad department merger.
(5) Ten adult blue-winged teal (Anas discors) and six Canada goose (Branta canadensis) goslings were inoculated with liver tissue from a natural case of duck plague in a wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).
(6) Comparison of the relative numbers of each species of duck between the salvaged carcass sample and the hunter-shot sample revealed that blue-winged teal (Anas discors) occurred significantly more frequently in the salvaged carcass sample whereas wood ducks (Aix sponsa) were common in the hunter-shot sample but were never found in the salvaged carcass sample.
(7) Total losses were estimated at 1,500 birds, with 80% of affected birds being grey teal (Anas gibberifrons).
(8) No sporocysts were passed by opossums fed infected muscle from the green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis) and shoveller (Spatula clypeata).
(9) Eight of 30 teals (Anas crecca) died several days following capture and Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) was isolated from all eight.
(10) The parasite fauna was more similar to those of the black duck Anas rubripes Brewster of eastern North America (53%), the mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (L.) (49%), and the mottled duck, Anas fulvigula Ridgway, from Florida (45%), than to the green-winged teal, Anas crecca (L.) (36%), the gadwall, Anas strepera (L.) (30%), and the American wigeon, Anas americana Gmelin (26%), collected in the Southwest.
(11) The second came four minutes later when Gary Teale lost the ball to Park inside Wigan's penalty area and then carelessly tripped him up for a penalty.
(12) Poxvirus infection was diagnosed on the basis of gross and microscopic appearance plus the presence of typical inclusion bodies in a juvenile American green-winged teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) in Alaska.
(13) Ian Teale, Wirral What exactly is the law of averages?
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thierry Henry carries the ball past New England Revolution forward Teal Bunbury.
(15) This was followed in 2013 by hot pink, teal, and orange.
(16) BBC shows Shaun the Sheep, In the Night Garden, Abney and Teal and Octonauts are available on Netflix's US service, but not in the UK.
(17) Organic acid profiles were determined for seven wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum cv Carazinho, Teal, Lance, Warigal, Isis, Maringa, and BH1146) grown on gravel in solution culture for 30 days.
(18) LA would continue to probe the space between Farrell and his center-back AJ Soares in the first half, particularly as a nervous start from Teal Bunbury, further up the field on the right, left the young defender continuously exposed early on.
(19) The Draize skin test results showed that SLES again was the least irritating at all concentrations tested and that SLS and ALS along with TEALS and SCMT were the most irritating.
(20) For mallards and teal, comparisons are drawn with the results from other models that additionally analyse recoveries of birds ringed as adults; the same general conclusions are reached.