(n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
(n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
(v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
(v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
(v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
(v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
(v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(2) Selection limits for scutellar bristles in lines M and M2 were equal to or greater than the most extreme reported in the literature.-The probit span of the canalised 4 bristle class decreased in each selection line as the mean scutellar bristle number increased, and increased again in the relaxed lines as the mean bristle number decreased.
(3) "Corncob" configurations consisting of filamentous bacteria surrounded by Gram-positive cocci, and "bristle brush" formations comprising corncobs surrounded by long rods were observed in the superficial layer of the plaque.
(4) However, identification of the methionine bristle domain suggests that chloroplast HSPs also have unique functions or substrates within the special environment of the chloroplast or other plastids.
(5) A homozygous mutant escaper had weak, completely unpigmented cuticle and unpigmented bristles.
(6) Test variables were time in use, brush design (e.g., geometry and size of the brush head), and bristle composition.
(7) The diameter of the bristles vary between 0.7 mm at the base of the bristle to 0.25 mm in the near end of the bristle.
(8) According to random selection, subjects' teeth were brushed by trained personnel with either the curved bristle or the conventional toothbrush.
(9) Some people, however, still bristle at the idea of sexuality on a spectrum.
(10) The S character of Drosophila simulans, the absence or malformation or both of bristles and other cuticular structures, was described by Comendador (Drosophila Inf.
(11) Results are presented of 135 generations of selection for high scutellar bristle number in two lines M and M3 derived from the same original mating of one female with 5 bristles by one male with 4 bristles, the latter being the wild-type canalised phenotype.
(12) The lateral walls of these subunits form regularly spaced bristles or pegs which extend inwards from the trilaminar membrane for a distance of 13-15 nm.
(13) Afterwards, while the phagocytic ability decreases, the phagocytic cups disappear, and all the cells become bristled with many thin filopods.
(14) It reminded me to look at the sky, absorb the air, and listen to the wind that bristles as it hurries by.
(15) In each generation, offspring of the two groups were retained in their group or transferred to the other group, depending on the number of their bristles.
(16) The homozygous and heterozygous effects of the inserts on viability and abdominal and sternopleural bristle number were ascertained by comparing the chromosome lines with inserts to insert-free control lines of the inbred host strain.
(17) Lawrence is said to bristle at the now-cliched description of her as "dignified".
(18) Our results indicate that emc plays an essential early role in defining territories of bristle-forming potential.
(19) Fortunately for his detractors, who bristle at his brash TV persona and penchant for bullying guests, Shimada conceded his TV career was at an end: "From tomorrow I will become just another regular person.
(20) When Grayson remarks to the men he meets that his transvestism allows him enough distance from maleness to view it as an observer, rather than bristle they nod, quietly ponder for a moment and then step back themselves, apparently accepting that maleness is such a weird contrivance that to look at it with critical eyes is Not Even A Thing.
Bristly
Definition:
(a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stimulation of the male bristly spines excited the medium-sized flexor excitors f3 and f4.
(2) The single-shelled virion, in contrast, exhibits a bristly surface.
(3) Monofilament sutures should be used with caution for bronchial anastomosis, as their bristly knots can perforate adjacent blood vessels.
(4) Stimulation of feathered hair (both sexes) and smooth hair (female only) sensilla produced responses characteristic of extension whereas bristly spines on the male accessory lobe excited only two flexor excitors without affecting any of the other postural motor neurons.
(5) Political activist @bristly_pioneer asked George Galloway's office how he'd be voting: "George Galloway – although saying he was going to vote against #debill – didn't even bother to turn up.
(6) Bristly spines may contribute to postural adjustments that assist mating.
(7) The tannins, delphinidin and procyanidin were isolated from flowers of white clover (Trifolium repens) and the leaves of Arnot Bristly Locust (Robina fertilis) respectively, and tested for mutagenic properties in a range of systems.
(8) The endopodite of the male swimmeret has an accessory lobe covered with short "bristly spines" (serrate setae).
(9) In addition, high energy intakes induced earlier juvenile moulting, this effect making the 56-day old carcasses rather bristly.