What's the difference between beige and pearl?

Beige


Definition:

  • (n.) Debeige.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Beige mice treated with androgen had significantly higher kidney beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (hexosaminidase) levels than normal mice.
  • (2) My immediate suspicion is that the pupil is taking the same course as the master, though I accept it is a large thesis to hang on beige furnishings.
  • (3) These changes were more severe and diffuse than those seen in mice systemically injected with rhIL-2 alone, and in beige mice (deficient in NK cells and certain enzymes of polymorphonuclear leukocytes) injected with rhIL-2 and rhIFN-alpha.
  • (4) Every day, about 500 trucks cross the border, kicking up a beige haze of dust.
  • (5) Cells of the beige mouse contain abnormally large lysosomes and show enhanced capping of concanavalin A.
  • (6) Thus we conclude that beige neutrophil precursors express neutral proteinase activity, which is largely and irreversibly depleted by the time they fully mature in marrow.
  • (7) Such accumulations of ingested membranes were not observed in the pigment epithelium of exposed or aging albino mice heterozygous for the beige gene.
  • (8) Indo also effectively inhibited LLC growing either in the footpad or in the inguinal region of nude or beige mice.
  • (9) Mice with a severe combined immunodeficiency in B and T lymphocytes and natural killer cells (SCID-beige) were inoculated intranasally with sialodacryoadenitis (SDA) virus, a coronavirus of rats.
  • (10) Postulating a link between these findings and the known immunological defect of beige-J mice (Chediak-Higashi syndrome), we examined the effect of splenectomy on beige-J mice and the adoptive transfer of their mononuclear spleen cells to normal littermate controls (2 x 10(7) cells via tail vein).
  • (11) Peritoneal and splenic macrophages from beige mice were exposed in vitro to NK cells obtained from MAC-infected and uninfected black mice.
  • (12) NK cells of beige mice were also activated by CL 246,738.
  • (13) These responses can be reproduced in vivo in the beige (CH) mouse.
  • (14) beta-Glucuronidase activity, used as a lysosomal enzyme marker, is not elevated in beige-J-cultured kidney cells compared with controls, as it is in the intact kidney.
  • (15) While Jackie, 43, titivates her fleet of irritable lapdogs, David, 74, lumbers around like an elderly labrador in beige utility shorts, barking about third parties and negative equity into his mobile headset, one ear forever scanning the distance for the elusive squawk of an incremental loan agreement.
  • (16) By contrast, the unit volume of beige mouse pancreatic acinar cell granules was only slightly (23%) greater than that of control cells.
  • (17) The development of antigen-induced arthritis in normal mice has been compared with that in beige mice.
  • (18) Beige mice were infected orally (1 x 10(8) or 1 x 10(4) cfu, five doses), and consistent, reproducible disseminated infections after 4 and 8 weeks, respectively, were obtained.
  • (19) Likewise, peritoneal exudate leukocytes of beige mice (the murine counterpart of CHS) contained correspondingly reduced levels of their major neutral protease, a serine enzyme of mol wt 27,000.
  • (20) This study was conducted determine the effects of diet (soft diet) on the periodontium and leukocyte functions of beige mice by observing the periodontium and the activity of the cells.

Pearl


Definition:

  • (n.) A fringe or border.
  • (v. t. ) To fringe; to border.
  • (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
  • (n.) Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
  • (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
  • (n.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
  • (n.) A light-colored tern.
  • (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
  • (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
  • (n.) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
  • (n.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
  • (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
  • (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
  • (v. i.) To resemble pearl or pearls.
  • (v. i.) To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Based on their localisation and histology these are classified into three types (Epstein's pearls, Bohn's nodules, Dental lamina cysts).
  • (2) Pregnancy occurred in 14 women corresponding to a Pearl-index of 55.6.
  • (3) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
  • (4) Further south is Ghadames, one of the most ancient settlements in north Africa , which Unesco calls “the pearl of the desert”.
  • (5) Whereas a simple tympanoplasty could cure a localized pearl, typically anterosuperior in the mesotympanum, the stapes is fast eroded (7 cases) if progression goes on.
  • (6) The pregnancy rate after 5 years was 3.2 or a Pearl index of 1.21 which is very good compared to other methods of contraception now available.
  • (7) Our plan is to have 200 Pearl accredited homes by the end of 2016 to help meet the UK's growing need for specialist dementia care centres with specially trained staff.
  • (8) We now have 67 Pearl accredited homes with a further 70 working through the pathway to achieve accreditation.
  • (9) It was established that density of one-generation concrements resembling pearl granules was far greater as compared to that of the other varieties of cholesterol concrements.
  • (10) use efficacy may be calculated in 2 ways: the Pearl Index (the failure rate expressed as the number of pregnancies divided by the number of months of exposure and multiplied by 1200) and the cumulative life table method.
  • (11) Brush the buns with the egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
  • (12) It has a Pearl index of 2.9 and must be replaced yearly.
  • (13) PEARL can also serve as a tool in basic research on human psychophysiology.
  • (14) The packing of crystals seemed to be less tight in pearl enamel.
  • (15) Confectionery levels ranged between 0.26 and 7.9 mg g-1, whilst contents in health products were 0.30-47.1 mg g-1, the highest values being measured for throat pearls.
  • (16) Twenty-four wethers had ad libitum access to a total forage diet (pearl millet forage), water and trace mineralized salt.
  • (17) Compared with Progestasert, LNG Nova-T showed lower pregnancy rates (Pearl Index 0.30), less risk for ectopic pregnancy, and a longer effective lifetime (7 years).
  • (18) The physical parameters tested were: test weight (TW), endosperm texture (TE), pearling index (IP), 1000 kernel wt (W 1000), infrared reflectance (NIR) and color (Ref).
  • (19) Shenzhen , the country’s first SEZ, which opened in 1980, currently harbours 300,000 migrant workers, while Pearl River Delta Economic Zone is home to 42 million people.
  • (20) In the mid-1990s, when the movement's influence on HTB was at its height, I visited a Chelsea church run by Nicky Lee, one of the men who converted Welby at Cambridge, and when the Holy Spirit started knocking people down, I'd hear the distinct rattle of pearls when the young women fainted to the floor.

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