(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.
Siva
Definition:
(n.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
Example Sentences:
(1) (3) By contrast with (2), the sulcal part of IVA (sIVA) which corresponds to the anterior part of the anterior ectosylvian visual area (AEV) of Norita et al.
(2) The connections between IVA and LM-Sg are organized topographically, with the more anterior part of IVA being related to the more ventral portion of LM-Sg, and with sIVA being related chiefly to the mid-portions of LM-Sg.
(3) An outbreak of food poisoning was observed in Sivas on March 27, 1985 involving 25 patients who work at the same place.
(4) Similarly, in the village of Sarkisla, in the province of Siva in central Turkey, children are responsible for the care of animals and other chores, and have no problems in growing up.
(5) Photograph: Siddharth Siva for the Guardian The following day, Xavi sits down in the lobby of Doha’s five-star Millennium hotel to reflect on his first two months in Qatar.
(6) As long as Mark Zuckerberg refuses to understand his own system, there is no hope for Facebook reforming itself Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia Facebook has faced many controversies in its 12 short years, but has fumbled with the gravity and impact of its editorial power in an age where 62% of US adults now turn to social media for some or all of their news, according to the Pew Research Centre .
(7) Fifty five strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from different clinical specimens in Sivas have been used in this study.
(8) Siva Kandiah, 39, shopkeeper, Clarence Road Convenience Store (now known as Siva's shop), Hackney , has been trading for 11 years: "It was a Monday, 8th of 8th around 2.30[pm], we hear the high street is shutting, so I said: 'Why should I, you know, stay here?'
(9) Photograph: Siddharth Siva for the Guardian “They think that with the World Cup, people will worry that there’s nobody here to watch the matches,” says Kumar, an Indian builder who also says he is being paid 30 riyals to attend.
(10) 73 cases of anthrax were recorded by the Health Office in the Sivas region in the last 4 years.
(11) In this prospective study done between 1983 and 1989, of 109 children with acute renal failure in Sivas, Turkey, infectious disease was found in 94.
(12) As long as Mark Zuckerberg refuses to understand his own system, there is no hope for Facebook reforming itself,” said Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
(13) Photograph: Siddharth Siva for the Guardian From the outset, the project has been buffeted by major scandals; however successful the country’s preparations, it may always be seen as the cup that shouldn’t have been.
(14) Photograph: Siddharth Siva for the Guardian Aspire’s director is Ivan Bravo, an urbane Spaniard who until 2010 was director of strategy at Real Madrid.
(15) In this work PPD screening has been carried out in BCG vaccinated and unvaccinated school children of various socioeconomical conditions in Sivas.
(16) Furthermore, our electrophysiological and anatomical findings, together with previous reports concerning AEV, suggest that the posterior part of AEV (AEV proper) is distinctive from gIVA, and that the sIVA apparently serves as a transitional region between AEV and gIVA.
(17) Photograph: Sami Siva for the Guardian There is not much of a view from Vijay Kumar's home near Shadipur depot, west Delhi.
(18) Malnutrition grades of 1000 children were established by various anthropometric measures in Sivas area.
(19) Young graduate Vijay Kumar Photograph: Sami Siva for the Guardian Vijay Kumar, the aspirant elite bureaucrat from the Shadipur slum, went to a local government school and taught himself English from borrowed books.