(n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
(n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Example Sentences:
(1) From 1978 to 1983 in the Orthopedic University Clinic (Oskar-Helene-Heim, Berlin) 75 children with fractures of the distal humerus received medical treatment.
(2) The 20-year-old now holds two world records after he broke the 50m best at the European Championships in Berlin during a 2014 season which saw him burst on to the international stage.
(3) Berlin said it was not too late to turn back from the abyss, without proposing any decisions or action.
(4) Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki (Btk) and subspecies berliner (Btb) both produce lepidopteran-specific larvicidal protoxins with different activities against the same insect species.
(5) It is spending £68m this year to help meet this target, including further investment in its China start-up, expansion of its main UK warehouse in Barnsley, and new facilities in Berlin and Shanghai, and expansion of a warehouse in Ohio.
(6) Analgesic nephropathy was the most frequent diagnosis in 324 haemodialysis patients (30%) and the second most frequent diagnosis in 900 transplant patients (17%) at the Klinikum Steglitz, Berlin.
(7) When communism collapsed at the end of the 1980s and the sledgehammers started to thud into the Berlin Wall, the future for laissez-faire economics was brighter than it had been since 1914.
(8) Updated at 11.51am BST 11.19am BST Germany revises GDP forecasts Germany's Bild newspaper reports that the Berlin government is raising its forecast for economic growth this year, to +0.8% of GDP, from +0.7%.
(9) Gaddafi's residence, now gutted and covered with graffiti, was also targeted in a US bombing raid in April 1986, after Washington held Libya responsible for a blast at a Berlin disco that killed two American servicemen.
(10) Between 1969 and 1983 62 patients of the Orthopedic University Hospital Berlin were operated for a ventral fusion of the lumbar column, excluded the Dwyer spondylodesis indicated in lumbar scoliosis.
(11) In the WikiLeaks cables, the US ambassador in Berlin characterised the chancellor as "risk-averse and seldom creative".
(12) It's the slogan of an old electronica & dance music festival in Berlin known as The Love Parade.
(13) The question of German leadership, however, gets mixed up with a second, yet different question: Does all of this also mean that Berlin strives for a "German Europe"?
(14) Those who had been invited to the Cnited States prior to 1933 like Franz Alexander and Sandor Rado, were followed by a great number of immigrants mostly from Vienna and Berlin.
(15) But there was always a niggling suspicion that the fun couldn’t last – that Tempelhof’s unique status as a hugely valuable piece of land essentially given over to the average picnicking Berliner was too good to be true.
(17) And I would make sure that any news report included critics of his language.” We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men | Abi Wilkinson Read more Damien McGuinness, a BBC Berlin correspondent, observes that Germany’s media, reconstructed after the war with a strong “moral component”, is struggling with the same journalistic challenge.
(18) The frequency of diagnoses of breast diseases in 1685 patients was examined on the basis of biopsy material at the Institute of Pathology of Charité Hospital in Berlin, during 1984-1987, with particular consideration of histological types of mammary carcinomas.
(19) During the period ranging from 1975 to 1988, 169 Achilles tendon ruptures were operated on in the Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery of Steglitz Medical Center, Free University of Berlin.
(20) In between, I watch a parade of Berliner life: women chain-smoking in the pool’s trademark wicker chairs, fully clothed men sipping a morning beer in the 26C heat, kids jumping off the diving pier and screaming down the large waterslide.
Merlin
Definition:
(n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).
Example Sentences:
(1) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(2) Off The Hook has facilities of up to £30,000 from the bank, a signatory to the Project Merlin agreement.
(3) It’s unthinkable that they wouldn’t do that.” The Saw ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey and the Dragon’s Fury and Rattlesnake rollercoasters at Chessington World of Adventures, also in Surrey, have also been shut down by Merlin Entertainments, which owns all three parks.
(4) Under this, 1% commission was to be paid if the $40m radar deal went through, to a Tanzania-registered firm, Merlin International Ltd. Mr Vithlani was the majority shareholder in Merlin, Mr Somaiya said, while he had a small token interest himself.
(5) Together with a business partner, accountant Allan Challinor, he presented his proposal and business plan to a number of banks – signatories to Project Merlin – hopeful they would see in ITL a successful company selling to established and promising markets worldwide.
(6) "She has reinvented family drama in Doctor Who, Robin Hood and Merlin and launched acclaimed contemporary series such as Spooks and Life on Mars as well as Cranford.
(7) Merlin Entertainments, which has already lost a reported £3m since closing Alton Towers last Tuesday, could face a large legal bill because of the accident, which came as millions of thrill-seekers plan visits to theme parks over the busy summer holiday season.
(8) Labour accused the government of "throwing in the towel" over cracking down on bankers' bonuses after the coalition announced a long-awaited deal – Project Merlin – between the banks and the coalition to lend £190bn to businesses and restrict pay at the bailed-out banks.
(9) They say YouTube is trying to cut out Merlin, the body that represents them in rights deals, and is instead making direct approaches to individual independent labels with a "non-negotiable" contract for its proposed streaming service.
(10) Eight days ago, to the jubilation of its critics and environmentalists, it emerged that the Scottish executive was "minded to refuse" the £500m scheme as it would seriously damage the moor's extremely fragile, internationally-protected habitats for rare birds such as dunlin, golden eagles, merlin, golden plover and red-throated divers.
(11) Merlin was then taken over by Topps and the result is that England are the only World Cup team that Panini can’t reproduce with logos or emblems, which is why the players all look like they’re wearing bibs in the photos.
(12) The British Bankers' Association, which is representing all of the banks signed up to Merlin, said the banks created a lending facility but that businesses chose not to use it.
(13) Her organisation has chosen to go public in an attempt to shame YouTube and its parent company back to the negotiating table with Merlin, the licensing agency that negotiates streaming rights for indie labels on a collective basis.
(14) Some birds of prey also thrived on grouse moors because of these plentiful food supplies: merlin were four times more numerous on grouse moors than in other locations (although this may be because, unlike hen harriers, they are too small to kill grouse).
(15) These projects will see existing Merlin brands such as The Dungeons adapted for the local market, in partnership with China Media Capital (CMC), it added.
(16) Of all the results announcements in the City this week, the one you really don’t want to be involved with will be hosted by the leisure group Merlin Entertainments.
(17) Madame Tussauds museum in Amsterdam, owned by Merlin Entertainments.
(18) Top 20 shows on the iPlayer – Christmas 2012 * 1 Doctor Who – the Snowmen (Christmas Day) 1.47m 2 EastEnders (Christmas Day) 1.4m 3 Miranda (Boxing Day) 1.32m 4 EastEnders (27 December) 1.25m 5 EastEnders (Boxing Day) 1.05m 6 Outnumbered (Christmas Eve) 899,000 7 EastEnders (Christmas Eve) 867,000 8 EastEnders (21 December) 818,000 9 Call the Midwife (Boxing Day) 769,000 10 Merlin (Christmas Eve) 743,000 11 Mrs Brown's Boys (Christmas Eve) 719,000 12 The Royle Family (Christmas Day) 674,000 13 Shrek Forever After (Christmas Day) 669,000 14 EastEnders (31 December) 666,000 15 Strictly Come Dancing: the Results (22 December) 606,000 16 Flushed Away (27 December) 606,000 17 Kung Fu Panda (23 December) 605,000 18 Merlin (22 December) 595,000 19 Restless (27 December) 548,000 20 Mrs Brown's Boys (Boxing Day) 547,000 * Online requests to view, 22 December to 1 January, excluding Virgin Media • This article was amended on 3 January 2013.
(19) I once saw a merlin above Burgh Castle spiral in a relentless tight corkscrew as it pursued a skylark that steepled until it was only a dust mote.
(20) The 500-acre theme park was closed for four days as a result of the accident and Merlin Entertainments said that summer trade was weak after the crash .