(n.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
(n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra.
Example Sentences:
(1) The [commission] has done work on a massive scale to educate voters, especially the vulnerable ones – illiterate, poor, marginalised – as well as women and youth,” HS Brahma, an election commissioner, told reporters.
(2) Brahma Prakash Yadav, director of the Indian meteorological department, said though maximum temperatures would remain high until the weekend, rain would bring some relief early next week (PDF) .
(3) Shake some bottled butter or hot sauce over it, and send it on its way with an ice-cold bottle of Brahma (£2.40).
(4) A major effort to boost turnout – historically around 55% in Indian national elections – could result in up to 65% of eligible voters casting ballots, Brahma said.
(5) The Langshan and Brahma breeds were both shown to possess the same single shank-feathering locus, but because of their differences in phenotype and penetrance in the genetic crosses it was suggested that they possessed different alleles at this locus.
(6) One of the pleiotropic activators of homeotic genes in Drosophila, the brahma gene, encodes a protein similar to a yeast protein that is required for transcriptional activation of multiple tightly regulated genes.
(7) "We are saying please do not get too emotional, or do outbursts or conduct or behaviour that would not be appreciated by others," Brahma told the Guardian.
(8) The Light Brahma contained the largest amounts of total lipid, 10.4%, followed by the White Plymouth Rock, 10.2%, Black Jersey Giant, 9.5%, Single Comb White Leghorn, 8.8%, and the Dark Cornish, 8.6%.
(9) AB InBev’s intention is to work with SABMiller’s board toward a recommended transaction.” How the two companies compare SABMiller Year founded: 2002 Key brands: Grolsch, Peroni, Foster’s Pints sold per year: 57bn Employees: 69,000 Market value: £59bn Chief executive: Alan Clark Profits: £4.1bn AB InBev Year founded: 2008 Key brands: Stella Artois, Budweiser, Corona Pints sold per year: 81bn Employees: 150,000 Market value: £118bn Chief executive: Carlos Brito Profits: £11.9bn AB InBev’s brands Stella Artois Budweiser Corona Brahma Boddingtons Leffe Hoegaarden Lowenbrau Bass SABMiller’s brands Grolsch Peroni FostersMillerMeantime Lech Blue Moon Castle
(10) AB InBev was only formed in 2008 by the merger of Anheuser-Busch, the American maker of Budweiser, and InBev, which itself was an amalgamation of Belgium’s Interbrew, the owner of Stella Artois, and AmBev, the Brazilian maker of Brahma.
(11) The brahma (brm) gene is required for the activation of multiple homeotic genes in Drosophila.
(12) Brahma Chellaney, a respected Indian international affairs analyst and author, has called corruption an "existential threat" to India.
(13) The Black Jersey Giant chickens attained the greatest weight at 4 weeks followed by the White Plymouth Rock, Dark Cornish and Single Comb White Leghorn with the Light Brahma growing the slowest of the strains tested.
(14) My belief system , Brahma Kumaris , involves celibacy and that’s not always easy, believe me.
(15) The Brahma allele was shown to be dominant over the Langshan allele.
(16) lager brewed to stave off heat exhaustion in the tropical sun but with little or no accounting for taste or style (we're talking to you, Brahma, Skol, Antarctica and Nova Schin).
(17) "To be fair, there are also quite a lot of Sunderland fans supporting Paraguay who have presumably never tasted the pleasures of an insanely cheap Brahma in Britannia Pub, Asunción.
(18) Harishankar Brahma, one of three commissioners charged with overseeing the biggest democratic exercise in the world, said that "as the really hot campaign will start, it will be more active and aggressive".
(19) Male and female chicks of the Light Brahma, White Plymouth Rock, Single Comb White Leghorn, Black Jersey Giant and Dark Cornish breeds were fed three diets of widely varying calorie:protein ratios to four weeks of age.
(20) This locus was designated as Pti-1, with Pti-1L being the Langshan allele and Pti-1B the Brahma allele.
India
Definition:
(n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
Example Sentences:
(1) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
(2) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
(3) Serum levels of vitamins A and E, zinc and iron were determined in healthy control subjects and lepromatous leprosy patients belonging to an eastern state of India.
(4) Finally, carcinoma of the oral cavity in India can be said to be at least two diseases.
(5) In cooperation with scientists in India and Nigeria, the potential yield of protein-deficient foods.
(6) According to a Guttmacher Institute review (pdf), about 9% of maternal deaths in India are from complications of unsafe abortions.
(7) The Disability Division of ActionAid-India supports 38 non-governmental organisations involved in disability programmes in India.
(8) During the 1985 annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Honolulu, neurosurgical training and practice in India, Korea, Japan, and Australasia were discussed at the International Committee symposium.
(9) Most cases of typhoid fever in the United States occur in international travelers, with the greatest risk associated with travel to Peru, India, Pakistan, and Chile.
(10) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
(11) India is rapidly emerging as one of the world's largest economies, with the United Nations predicting that its GPD growth this year will hit a healthy 6.4 percent.
(12) India will have three carriers and both China and India are building blue-water [ocean-going] navies.
(13) This first population-based study of prevalence of insulin-dependent diabetes in south India shows that insulin-dependent diabetes is not rare.
(14) The study design of a project to investigate the epidemiology, population dynamics and control of intestinal nematode infections in fishing village communities in Southern India is described.
(15) The bench rejected the petition seeking prosecution for offending Hindus, saying it was a work of art and citing India's tradition of graphic sexual iconography.
(16) It is a very widely cultivated plant in eastern countries like India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Malaya, the Philippines and Japan.
(17) Now US officials, who have spoken to Reuters on condition of anonymity, say the roundabout way the commission's emails were obtained strongly suggests the intrusion originated in China , possibly by amateurs, and not from India's spy service.
(18) Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong.
(19) Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit Read more Cable said India had been keen to expand “ Mode 4 ” market access: the ability to bring in staff – Indian IT experts, for example – as part of trading in services.
(20) This study examines the state of mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis in Madras, Tamil Nadu, in southern India during the 1970s and into the 1980s.