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Bub


Definition:

  • (n.) Strong malt liquor.
  • (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.
  • (v. t.) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Everyone's favourite internet cat (sorry Lil Bub ) has been announced as the star of a Lifetime Christmas film.
  • (2) We measured the effect of aqueous CO2 (succinate + sodium bicarbonate = Kao Bub; 1400 mg CO2 per kg water) compared with fresh water (both at 34 degrees C, depth of leg immersion 35 cm, immersion time 20 min) on circulation and TCPO2 in the feet of 15 patients with bilateral stage-II occlusion of the Aa.
  • (3) However, three strains of aboriginal mice, including Mus hortulanus (spicilegus) and Mus spretus, had complement levels higher than that of BUB mice, and as high as sera from the rabbit or rat, which are the most potent known complement sources for the lysis of human tumor cells.
  • (4) Lil Bub Photograph: LilBub.com Given that Lil Bub's tongue is permanently out, we think she'd be great in a rom-com.
  • (5) Adult mice of four inbred strains (A, BUB, C57BL, DBA) and two selectively bred lines [Long-Sleep (LS) and Short-Sleep (SS)] were tested for differences in glucocorticoid regulation of nicotine sensitivity.
  • (6) The sensitivity of DBA animals was increased in two tests while for A, BUB, C57BL and SS animals, only one test was affected.
  • (7) Using the BUB mouse as a representative of the 'high complement' mice, we assayed levels of the nine complement components, in an attempt to identify the cause of high complement activity.
  • (8) BUB mice had higher levels of most individual classical pathway components, except for C1, than the other two strains, but the difference was generally only 2-3-fold, so insufficient to fully explain the difference observed with tumor target cells.
  • (9) The increase in UTP levels and decrease in ATP levels seen in the livers of rats on a 1%-orotate diet were less marked in the livers of BUB- and DBA-strain mice on this diet.
  • (10) C3, C5, C6 and C7 activities were higher in BUB mice than in BDF1 mice, indicating that variation in these complement components is responsible for the difference in total complement activity.
  • (11) No difference in levels of C1, C2, C4, C8 or C9 was detected between BUB and BDF1 mice.
  • (12) A lothario kitty who has plenty of luck with the boys, Lil Bub could be a new leading lady – especially with those big green eyes.
  • (13) It is characterized by an impairment in spelling pronounceable pseudowords ('sild') and by an impairment in spelling real words related to their familiarity, length, and often, part of speech (Shallice, 1981; Roeltgen, 1985; Bub & Chertkow, 1988).
  • (14) In comparison with BUB mouse sera, M. hortulanus sera had at least four-fold higher levels of C3, C6, C8 and C9, and some or all of these differences may explain its higher total complement activity.

But


Definition:

  • (adv. & conj.) Except with; unless with; without.
  • (adv. & conj.) Except; besides; save.
  • (adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
  • (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
  • (adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.
  • (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  • (prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
  • (n.) A limit; a boundary.
  • (n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
  • (v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
  • (v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  • (v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.
  • (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
  • (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
  • (v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  • (v. t.) A thrust in fencing.
  • (v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  • (v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
  • (v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  • (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
  • (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
  • (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
  • (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  • (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

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