(n.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.
(v. t.) To flog with the bamboo.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, the risk of lung cancer associated with other methods of tobacco consumption--in particular, the use of bamboo water-pipes and long-stem pipes--is uncertain.
(2) Natural "bridges" could also be created to help the pandas escape from a bamboo famine.
(3) I also love music – I taught myself Chinese traditional instruments, such as the bamboo flute, and brought them to Britain.
(4) 4 Put the lettuce leaves in another bowl, cucumber sticks in another and bamboo shoots in another.
(5) Twelve colonies of Aedes albopictus were maintained at laboratory conditions, with the following results: Insectary conditions--Air humidity: 90-95%; Temperature: 25 degrees C; Blood source: human; Breeding places: Plastic glass or bamboo; Number eggs per female: 36.37; Incubation time: 1 to 6 days; Larval period: 4 to 9 days; Pupal period: 1 to 5 days; Adults life span: females--30.8 days and males--26.6 days.
(6) S. subglobosa should be considered in bamboo-associated and horticultural injuries.
(7) Oral administration of a hot-water extract (Folin) of bamboo grass (Sasa albomarginata Makino & Shibata) significantly reduced the incidence of water-immersion and restraint stress-, ethanol-induced and indomethacin-induced gastric ulcers in rats.
(8) 3 Using a bamboo or metal steamer, cook for about 12 to 15 minutes (depending on size).
(9) Giant pandas, most common in the bamboo forests of a few states in central and southern China, most notably Sichuan, are famously reluctant to mate, both in the wild and in captivity, and even if they do subsequent pregnancies often fail.
(10) Analysis of the bamboo phobia revealed two castration themes.
(11) Bamboo, wooden mats, and discreetly placed artefacts dominate the interior, plus there's a long, sloping paved garden with a conservatory and a whiteboard for travellers to leave messages.
(12) Accommodation ranges from tents in a covered long house, small bamboo huts, a raised platform named “the honeymoon suite” and the relative luxury of riverside chalets.
(13) A siamang (gibbon) and two drills (baboons) with the classic radiographic features of ankylosing spondylitis, namely a bamboo spine and sacroiliac joint fusion, are reported.
(14) They flew in on a private Boeing 777 airliner complete with customised "Panda Express" livery; a bespoke cuisine of bamboo, apples, carrots and specially prepared "panda cake"; and private suites of Perspex and steel.
(15) So far, zoo keepers have seen only glimpses of Mei Xiang in the bamboo nest she prepared ahead of birth.
(16) People throughout Asia use springy bamboo poles to carry the loads of everyday life.
(17) Honf also conceptualised bamboo leg prostheses for those who lost limbs after an earthquake hit Yogyakarta in 2006.
(18) During the trial it emerged that Khyra had been removed from school in December 2007 and subjected to a punishment regime which included standing outside in the cold for long periods, having cold water poured over her and being beaten with a bamboo cane.
(19) it is probable that some of the Haemoproteus infections represented new species, and 1 occurring in the Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracica sonorivox Gould) seemed characteristic enough to justify recognition as such; the name Haemoproteus bambusicolae sp.
(20) The wood is harvested in China and treated with an eco-friendly process that infuses the bamboo walls with honey to prevent it from cracking.
Employee
Definition:
(n.) One employed by another.
Example Sentences:
(1) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
(2) The leak also included the script for an in-house Sony Pictures recruitment video and performance reviews for hundreds employees.
(3) Compared to the data produced by the Lipid Research Clinics (USA), coronary risk appeared higher for all the surveyed factors in the Italian general population, and particularly in bank employees.
(4) An employee's career advancement, professional development, monetary remuneration and self-esteem often may depend upon the final outcome of the process.
(5) July 7, 2016 Verified account A blue tick that tells you the user is either an A-list celebrity, a respected authority on an important subject or a BuzzFeed employee.
(6) For Bush Sr, the dilemma is all the more agonising as some of the White House advisers he now criticises are former employees he bequeathed to his son.
(7) "Due to much higher housing costs, one in seven of London's employees receives wages which are below the poverty threshold," says Mr Livingstone.
(8) "Organisations that have employees that sleep better perform better in the marketplace.
(9) Male employees were more often positive than females (7.0% vs. 4.4%).
(10) Characteristics of the back injury and employee-related factors associated with back injury are presented in two subsequent articles.
(11) Nobody knows how often it happens but judging just from my inbox, it’s certainly not a rare occurrence and what struck me as I started to learn about the issue of health privacy is that employees are defenseless against things like this happening to them.” Fei said that she also received her fair share of emails saying: “What makes you think your baby was entitled to million dollars worth of care?
(12) It’s good stuff.” Opening markets to US-made products overseas is one of the better things that could happen for US small business and their employees, said Obama.
(13) A comparison of different age groups of employees in two occupations reveals that carpenters in the age group 30-40 years have more than ten times as many musculoskeletal disorders in their arms and hands as office workers in the same age group.
(14) A survey, employing the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN), was conducted among 344 employees of a Jerusalem hospital.
(15) Of interest here is the "synergy" in patterns of program adoption between employee assistance programs (EAPs) and health promotion activities (HPAs).
(16) Companies sometimes agree to pay for activities such as union-provided training for employees.
(17) The standardised mortality ratios were 889 (six deaths) in employees monitored for contamination by tritium, 254 (nine deaths) in those monitored for contamination by other radionuclides, and 385 (nine deaths) in those with dosimeter readings totalling more than 50 mSv (5 rem); but the same nine subjects tended to account for each of these significantly raised ratios.
(18) These incentives provided employees with evidence of tangible support for continuing education.
(19) Speaking in a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, Kawczynski said: "What these employees are being told, some of whom have worked for the organisation for many years, is that if they do not set up their own companies and invoice the BBC through these companies, their contracts will be terminated.
(20) At the hearing, committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy, praised the secret service as "wise, very professional men and women", and called it shocking that so many of the agency's employees were involved in the scandal.