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Bast


Definition:

  • (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
  • (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The World Bank seems to want to solve the problem by changing its label on business as usual to sound climate-friendly Elizabeth Bast, OCI OCI considers “fossil fuel” lending to include oil, gas, and coal projects, as well as policy loans, transmission and distribution, and financial intermediaries that have been found to be directly linked to or to support oil, gas or coal development.
  • (2) They said that, at the network’s most recent meeting in Dallas, the president of the rightwing Heartland Institute Joseph Bast led a workshop in which a presentation was made that denounced the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has produced some of the most authoritative accounts of global warming, as “not a credible source of science and economics”.
  • (3) Cover with a lid and return to the oven for 2½–3 hours, basting the pork regularly with the liquid in the pot.
  • (4) The bioactivation of HMBA by pure BAST I was dependent on the presence of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) in the reaction and was inhibited by dehydroepiandrosterone, a physiological substrate for BAST I. Glutathione, a cellular nucleophile with important protective properties, decreased DNA adduct formation in the HMBA sulfation reaction in the absence of glutathione S-transferase activity.
  • (5) Higher levels of BAST I activity and immunoreactivity as well as HMBA-DNA adduct formation were detected in female rat liver cytosol than in male rat liver cytosol.
  • (6) As shown by immunoblotting analysis, the main reactive antigen recognized by anti-BAST was a non-glycosylated 32-kDa placental protein which was antigenically related to SSAV p30.
  • (7) There was no one around, it was a weekday, and the locals were at work and the tourists were in Copacabana, basting on the beach.
  • (8) Though Pope Francis’s heart is surely in the right place, he would do his flock and the world a disservice by putting his moral authority behind the United Nations’ unscientific agenda on the climate,” Joseph Bast, Heartland’s president, said in a statement.
  • (9) These results indicate the usefulness of BAST I to investigate the sulfation and activation of HMBA and probably other hydroxymethylated polyaromatic hydrocarbons to electrophilic and mutagenic metabolites under defined reaction conditions.
  • (10) The data suggest that BAST I is the same protein as hydrosteroid sulfotransferase 2 (Marcus, C. J., et al.
  • (11) The mouse liver showed BAST activity for lithocholic acid, taurolithocholic acid and taurochenodeoxycholic acid, whereas the rat liver and kidney had the activity for taurodeoxycholic acid in addition to these compounds.
  • (12) The dental health care system and dental education as presently structured do not appear to be serving the bast interest of the public.
  • (13) A non-glycosylated 19-kDa protein was also considered to be one of the anti-BAST-corresponding antigens.
  • (14) Optimal pH of liver BAST in the two species was different from that of the rat kidney.
  • (15) Although maximum activity occurs with 5 mM MgCl2, Mg2+ is not essential for BAST I activity.
  • (16) The roast prime rib – up to an 18oz cattle baron’s cut (a whopping $50, if you will) – is a hunka rosy, fat-basted prime beef.
  • (17) BAST was inactive towards taurocholic acid, 7 alpha- or 12-monohydroxy-5 beta-cholanoic acid.
  • (18) com Fennel basted pork chops with rhubarb British pork chops and pink rhubarb make a glorious and surprisingly quick spring supper.
  • (19) This paper describes a simple technique for inserting basting sutures to secure full-thickness skin grafts.
  • (20) Its most popular item ordered online so far is a basted turkey breast with a smoked bacon lattice.

Best


Definition:

  • (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
  • (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
  • (a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
  • (n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
  • (superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
  • (superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
  • (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
  • (v. t.) To get the better of.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (2) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
  • (3) They are best explained by interactions between central sympathetic activity, brainstem control of respiration and vasomotor activity, reflexes arising from around and within the respiratory tract, and the matching of ventilation to perfusion in the lungs.
  • (4) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
  • (5) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
  • (6) He best be careful out there, because one of these days, POW, RIGHT IN THE KISSER!
  • (7) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
  • (8) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
  • (9) They insist this is the best way of ensuring the country does not descend into chaos before the final withdrawal of combat troops.
  • (10) This method seems the best way to evaluate the respective interactions of intonation with syntax and pragmatics.
  • (11) The shock resulting from acute canine babesiosis is best viewed as anemic shock.
  • (12) Early detection of breast cancer is the major indication, and mammography is the single best test for this task.
  • (13) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
  • (14) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
  • (15) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
  • (16) Internal fixation of these pathological fractures appeared to be the best treatment.
  • (17) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
  • (18) In assessing damaged nets and curtains it must be recognised that anything less than the best vector control may have no appreciable impact on holoendemic malaria.
  • (19) In open fractures especially in those with severe soft tissue damage, fracture stabilisation is best achieved by using external fixators.
  • (20) The effect upon ethanol responding was found not to resemble a pattern of extinction, but rather was best described as a general overall reduction in responding.