What's the difference between bald and baldie?

Bald


Definition:

  • (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
  • (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
  • (a.) Undisguised.
  • (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
  • (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
  • (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
  • (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ordinary baldness is far from complete but a genetic predisposition is necessary and androgen production must be present.
  • (2) Antiandrogen therapy for androgen-induced baldness is in its infancy.
  • (3) "The idea that there is this contrast between a world of subtlety, and a world of bald, flat generalisations doesn't sound like what it's like at all.
  • (4) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
  • (5) One milliliter of solution was applied twice daily over 150 cm2 of bald scalp to each subject for 6 days.
  • (6) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
  • (7) She had frontal balding, mid-face hypoplasia, a small nose, macrostomia with down-turned corners of the mouth, gingival hypertrophy, and hypoplasia or absence of the clitoris.
  • (8) Improvements in the technique and instrumentation used in hair transplantation have led to the production of better grafts, a more natural hairline, a greater number of grafts from a donor site, the effective control of postoperative bleeding, and the reduction of large areas of baldness prior to hair transplantation.
  • (9) The operative indications are difficult because of the variety of baldness and the multiple techniques available.
  • (10) These operations allow massive transfer of genetically determined permanent hair to the cosmetically deficient areas of the scalp, whether the condition of baldness is the result of injury or hereditary factors.
  • (11) Use of this method for the treatment of bitemporal recessions and type 6 male pattern baldness is discussed in detail.
  • (12) Currently, the technique is most frequently used in scalp surgery for correction of male pattern baldness.
  • (13) Reported effects of balding reflected considerable preoccupation, moderate stress or distress, and copious coping efforts.
  • (14) The pathology of the bald scalp showed the presence of tubular epithelial structures devoid of hair bulbs extending from the epidermis to the deep dermis and the superficial hypodermis.
  • (15) The main problem in conventional operations for baldness has certainly been the resultant scar.
  • (16) Six new types of developmental mutants were obtained from the bald variant bld-1 after treatment with mutagens (UV light, gamma radiation, nitrous acid) and after natural selection.
  • (17) Since substantial 3 beta HSD activity was present in the cytosol, and cytosol of B glands showed increased 3 beta HSD activity, the increased conversion of DHA to AD may be a critical step for androgenic action and may be responsible for excessive androgenicity in male-pattern baldness.
  • (18) Larger "bald heads" occur favourable at the "deep" acetabula revealing high CE-angles and at low CCD-angles.
  • (19) In the patient with LGD on entry, there was an aggregate of very large cells covered by short microvilli with bald patches.
  • (20) The established format sounds a bit staid until Balding starts discussing it.

Baldie


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bi-annual Leonard Cohen Event was initially hosted during Cohen’s silent period when the singer embraced Buddhism and entered the Mount Baldy Zen Centre to live in seclusion as a Rinzai monk.
  • (2) This breed was chosen because of previous studies on the baldy calf syndrome.
  • (3) Inherited epidermal dysplasia (IED), formerly called baldy calf syndrome, is a lethal disease of calves of Holstein-Friesian ancestry.
  • (4) In 82 patients, the more favourable vaginal approach was rendered complicated by additional findings (in 22, antefixating preliminary operations on the uterus after Doléris or Baldy; in 29, cystic adnexal tumours; in 31, adhesions or unclear conditions of pain following known or unknown previous surgery).
  • (5) Statham knows which side his bread is buttered, and he's sticking with being a baldie, even if it means a lot of shaving.
  • (6) "The fire's not that close to Baldy, but with the wind, you're worrying about things sparking," Sibbach said.
  • (7) The next year, Carolina stumbled baldy, starting the season with a 2-8 record.
  • (8) Though serious, Liu is not austere (one letter to a longstanding friend begins "Dear Baldy or Beardy").
  • (9) The gist of it is this: baldy video game killmaster Agent 47 murders a bunch of nuns dressed in fetish gear after they blow up his hotel with a rocket launcher.
  • (10) As Colin Baldy , an Englishman who regularly visits Umbria, puts it: He's definitely well-liked and well-supported.