(n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
Example Sentences:
(1) Analysis of the videotapes revealed that the coaches (n = 11) at the bantam level often exhort their players to put more intensity in their physical contacts (legal body checking), but they more often encouraged them to control themselves and avoid penalties.
(2) At least if he had to join the Army, he decided, he would apply for the Royal Army Medical Corps, but his diminutive stature (he was just over five feet tall) disqualified him from anything but the Bantam units, "a horrible rabble - Falstaff's scarecrows were nothing to these", he wrote.
(3) Body temperatures, metabolic rate, haemostatic parameters, and cardiovascular reactions to thoracic skin cooling were compared between incubating (broody) and non-broody Bantam hens.
(4) 'Paul Oakenfold: the Authorised Biography' by Richard Norris (Bantam Press) is published on 24 September Back to the old house: then and now Danny Rampling On return from Ibiza started Shoom.
(5) Wilton’s 23-year-old Belfast colleague Ryan Burnett, unbeaten now in 13 fights and tutored by Adam Booth, won the same prize (without the silver) at bantam, putting Anthony Settoul over in the fifth with a right, but the 25-fight Frenchman took his licks all the way to the final bell in round 10.
(6) The Bantams, beaten League Cup finalists two years ago, completed an historic win a little over 60 seconds later when Gary Liddle’s cross fell into the path of Hanson, who had the easiest of finishes to condemn their bitter rivals to a fourth defeat in six outings.
(7) Thirteen isolates from one golden pheasant and three white silky fowls, three black silky fowls, three Japanese long crowers, and three Japanese bantams produced herpes-like cytopathic effects (CPE) in the CEF cultures.
(8) Blood eosinophilia was seen in 36 per cent of 115 adult bantams naturally infested with Trichostrongylus tenuis; the maximum individual count was 56 per cent eosinophils.
(9) Meanwhile their two sons were trying out their own trash-talking skills in this rather bizarre green screen face off (presumably allowing chroma key footage of dinosaurs and car chases to be added in later): Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Though by the time Mayweather had endured that final bout of dad-dancing at the press conference, even the man who lives for showmanship seemed to have lost his appetite for it: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.38am BST Kevin is back All those knockdowns in the last fight were probably rather avoidable, as Kevin is quick to point out in his latest missive: The referee in the junior-feather (super-bantam in our argot) fight between Leo Santa Cruz from LA and the old Venezuelan Alexander Munoz was one Vic Drakulich.
(10) Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-like material was localised immunohistochemically in the hypothalamus of the bantam hen.
(11) The glands from incubating bantams were more responsive to the prolactin-releasing effects of VIP than were the glands from laying birds.
(12) Since the major component of muscle is protein, the grouse obtain a larger proportion of acloric needs during fasting from protein than do the Bantams.
(13) An investigation was conducted among the progeny from crosses between Exchequer Leghorn and Ancona bantams into the relationship between two plumage phenotypes, pied and mottled, both of which are arrangements of non-pigmentation expressed on a background of eumelanin.
(14) As previously established for the Sebright Bantam, the trait is transmitted in the Campine by an autosomal, incomplete dominant mechanism; heterozygous offspring express half the levels of extraglandular aromatase as do homozygous Campines on average.
(15) Cell surface carbohydrates in the neurulating ectoderm of bantam chick embryos of stage 6-11 were examined using the fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled and ferritin-labeled peanut lectin, Arachis hypogaea agglutinin (PNA), which is Gal beta 1----3GalNAc specific.
(16) In the quail only 'en plaque' endings are found, while in the bantam and the starling both 'en plaque' and 'en grappe' endings are present.
(17) The purpose of this study was to verify if, during games, the behavior of ice hockey coaches at the bantam level tends to incite players to use roughness and to infringe upon the rules of the game, as the Néron report (1977) states.
(18) Crosses between Blue Andalusian and Gold-Laced Wyandotte bantams were made in an effort to determine the inheritance of the black-laced blue plumage pattern of the former.
(19) An investigation was conducted among the progeny from crosses between Gold-Pencilled Hamburgh and Partridge Wyandotte bantams into the relationship between two plumage pattern phenotypes, pencilling and autosomal barring, both of which are arrangements of eumelanin expressed on a background of phaeomelanic pigmentation.
(20) Following a previous comparison of the peroneus longus muscle of the quail and the starling, the present paper deals with a comparative study of this muscle in two birds of the order Gallinaceae, the quail and the bantam, bearing in mind certain data found in the starling.
Spirited
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Spirit
(a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit.
(a.) Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
(2) The spirit is great here, the players work very hard, we kept the belief when we were in third place and now we are here.
(3) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
(4) Olympic games are a competition between countries, but here spectators can freely choose which star to cheer for and unite as one,” said Inoki, a lawmaker in Japan’s upper house who was known as “Burning Fighting Spirit” in the ring.
(5) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
(6) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
(7) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
(8) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
(9) Meeting the families shows how well-adjusted they are, their spirit and determination and the way they have acted is an absolute credit to themselves."
(10) Gin was popularised in the UK via British troops who were given the spirit as “Dutch courage” during the 30 years’ war.
(11) The main cause of oesophageal cancer in western countries is consumption of alcoholic beverages, the degree of risk being much greater for certain spirits than for wine or beer.
(12) Per adult (greater than or equal to 15 years) consumption of beer, wine, spirits and absolute alcohol for a 14-year period (1971--1984) was related to female breast cancer morbidity rates in Western Australia.
(13) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
(14) The country goes to the polls on Thursday in what observers see as its most spirited presidential race.
(15) People like Hugo forgot how truly miserable Paris had been for ordinary Parisians.” Out of a job and persona non grata in Paris, Haussmann spent six months in Italy to lift his spirits.
(16) This suggests that a surgical scrub should be used more widely in clinical practice, and that a spirit-based hand lotion might with advantage become a partial substitute for handwashing, particularly in areas where handwashing is frequent and iatrogenic coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection common.
(17) Horrocks plans to summon the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to make his case: “The [1970] Conservative government came in with a manifesto commitment to kill the Open University, to kill Harold Wilson’s brainchild at birth.
(18) And yet, the spirit of '68 endures, perhaps mythical, perhaps as a lingering sense of the possibilities that mass activism once had.
(19) In our time of rapidly changing life styles it is useful to understand that voices also mirror the spirit of an era.
(20) An increasing incidence of methylated spirit burns in barbecue users is documented in a three year retrospective survey.