(n.) A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
(2) Readers may recall the Burl Ives record about a poor, cold, tired hobo who sings about the fantastical land with "the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings …" Yup, that's where we're living now, although the chancellor might have ruled out "the lake of stew and of whiskey too", since whisky is up 36p a bottle, while stew tax remains unchanged.
(3) Kinnock, who has supported the Bluebirds since his coal miner father took him to his first match aged six, was not the only Cardiff fan in the home end.
(4) It’s a big job.” One such mentor is Terry Fysh, who has been with Bluebird Care for 18 months, after working as a legal secretary.
(5) To care for someone with a specific complex condition – such as dementia, or motor neurone disease – a care worker at Bluebird needs specific training.
(6) CARDIFF CITY Accounts for the year to 31 May 2014 Cardiff City graphic Ownership Club states that Vincent Tan is the 87.5% owner Turnover 20th highest, £83m (up from £17m in 2013) Gate receipts & matchday £8m Premier League including TV £64m Sponsorship & commercial £11m Wage bill 18th highest, £53m (up from £33m in 2013) Wages as proportion of turnover 64% Loss before tax £12m (down from £30m loss in 2013) Net debt not stated; £130m loans from overseas shareholders Interest payable £1.6m Highest-paid director Not stated State they’re in A single Premier League season remembered for owner Vincent Tan insistently wearing the club shirt he changed to red, Malky Mackay’s sacking in December 2013 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s forlorn fading smile as the Bluebirds fell to relegation.
(7) This is the first reported recovery of acanthocephalan parasites from Western Bluebirds.
(8) Once Mackay followed Moody out of the door on 27 December, Tan was quick to praise the methods of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Scot's successor, even though the Bluebirds were ultimately relegated under the Norwegian.
(9) After the war he went back to Michigan to work in groups organised by his trumpeter brother Thad among others, and in the early 1950s his career took a substantial step forward when he replaced Art Mardigan as the drummer in bop tenorist Billy Mitchell's band, the house ensemble at the Bluebird club in Detroit, and a regular stopoff for touring celebrities.
(10) Aware that a bit-part role, at best, awaits on Merseyside, Bellamy would be willing to drop into the Championship given his emotional ties to the Bluebirds.
(11) Open Mon-Fri 8pm-4am (Sat 5am) Bluebird Tiny Bluebird is a gay-friendly bar-cum-bistro hidden up an alley near Syntagma Square.
(12) Domiciliary care company Bluebird Care has improved its training programme and allows care workers to specialise or become mentors.
(13) In fact it can be difficult to stay on it, as we found one early evening in July three years ago, when we were driving up the lake road from Salima towards Nkhata Bay for a week's holiday, in my daughter's old low-slung Nissan Bluebird, her boyfriend at the wheel.
(14) A statement from Cardiff this evening said: "Following comments made by Arsenal manager Wenger on Friday, Cardiff City are pleased to confirm that an agreement has been reached between clubs to see Aaron Ramsey rejoin the Bluebirds on loan."
(15) Parasitism by P. formosus was considered to be a contributory cause of death of these breeding adult bluebirds.
(16) The Bluebirds have been linked with several potential replacements for Mackay over recent weeks, with some reports suggesting that talks had already been opened with a number of candidates, a claim denied by Dalman.
(17) "I remember sitting on the lawn – and a bit like in an old-fashioned Disney cartoon, I can see little bluebirds around my head – and thinking if I play my cards right I will never need to do an honest day's work again.
(18) And Bluebird Care – which employs about 6,500 workers across the country – is setting a precedent as a large employer focusing on learning and development.
(19) Moody followed Mackay from Watford when the former Norwich City player joined the Bluebirds as manager in 2011 and has played a key role in the acquisitions of players such as Steven Caulker, Gary Medel, Kévin Théophile-Catherine and Fraizer Campbell.
(20) Mark Hudson paid eloquent testament on his ongoing impact with the Bluebirds in Wales on Sunday this morning: "By the second half of the season he was absolutely electric.
Thrush
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
(n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
(n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such infections have included Pneumocystis carinii, oral thrush from Candida albicans, cytomegalovirus, atypical mycobacteria, cryptosporidium, and Herpes simplex virus.
(2) They range from relatively trivial conditions such as oral and genital thrush to fatal, systemic superinfections in patients who are already seriously ill with other diseases.
(3) The disease implies a congenital intrauterine infection and is different from neonatal candidiasis which manifests as thrush, diaper dermatitis.
(4) Eczema and wheezing occurred to a similar extent in the two groups during the first year of life, although napkin rash, diarrhoea, and oral thrush were commoner in the intervention group, especially during the first three months.
(5) The occurrence of symptoms (including fatigue, fever, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, diarrhea, joint pains, cough unrelated to smoking, shortness of breath, oral thrush, herpes zoster and rash) did not increase with seroconversion.
(6) Baby song thrushes were seen in less than 4% of gardens, compared with more than 5% last year, young blackbirds were spotted in 37% of gardens, down from 44% in 2011 and 19% of gardens had fledgling robins compared to 23% in the previous survey.
(7) Especially antenatal patients in the last trimestre are a high risk group because of the possibility of neonatal thrush.
(8) One can distinguish between oral thrush, denture stomatitis, angular cheilitis, leukoplakia and midline glossitis.
(9) Herpes zoster, oral thrush, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, and weight loss were independently correlated with seropositivity.
(10) Oral candidiasis, commonly known as thrush, is the most common fungal infection among AIDS and AIDS Related Complex patients, occurring in 80-90% of cases.
(11) In addition, prophylaxis is often initiated if thrush is present, even when CD4 cell counts are above 200.
(12) These findings suggest that, although treatment with beclomethasone dipoprionate aerosol undoubtedly can cause oropharyngeal thrush, this condition is not an inevitable result of colonization of the oropharynx by yeasts, nor is it necessarily associated with symptoms.
(13) With the adults spending longer away from the nest searching for food, the chicks may also have been more exposed to the chilly, wet conditions, in particular for species like blackbirds and thrushes whose nests are open to the elements.
(14) Because of the localisation and probable pathogenesis we have coined the term "Windelsoor" (diaper thrush) for it.
(15) The substance has been very useful for the treatment of mouth- and diaper-thrush.
(16) Among seropositive persons, lymphadenopathy was a highly significant short-term as well as long-term consequence, whereas diarrhea, oral thrush, and herpes zoster were correlated with long-term seropositivity.
(17) No significant association was found between the defect in anti-PPS antibody response and associated thrush or constitutional symptoms or other immunological parameters.
(18) Persistent clinical oral candidiasis (thrush) was observed in 15 to 27 control group patients (56%), but only transiently in two (8%) of 24 patients who used chlorhexidine rinse (p less than 0.001).
(19) Stages WR1-6 show ascending degrees of disease, so that those classified in WR6 manifest antibodies to HTLV-III, chronic lymphadenopathy, T helper cell counts below the normal limit, delayed hypersensitivity, thrush, and opportunistic infection.
(20) After 1 week thrush had developed beneath the plates of all monkeys.