(n.) A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
(n.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
(n.) A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.
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(1) Experiment 3 showed that the relationships among variables observed in nondeprived animals remain the same in animals restricted to 12 h of access to food each day and replicated the amphetamine-induced hyperphasia observed earlier by Jones and Caul (9).
(2) The treatment is always surgical, without excluding the possibility of a recurrence if the cyst caul has not been completely removed.
(3) An infant born in a complete caul survived 25 minutes of extrauterine life inside the intract sac of membranes.
(4) She recalls: "When Rex was born he was still in the caul, or membrane, and I remember thinking, what do I have to do about this?
(5) Although it is possible for an infant to be born in the caul, i.e.
Woodworking
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(1) I think we are still the underdogs because they have high quality but we will try to do our best – if we lose it’s because Sevilla made a fantastic performance.” As well as missing a penalty Sevilla also hit the woodwork on two occasions, with the Leicester goal living a charmed life at times.
(2) Sanding operations also were found to produce a higher proportion of respirable dust (22%) than other woodworking operations (6%-14%).
(3) The ball thudded off the woodwork and Arsenal rocked on their heels.
(4) Older men, nonsmokers, and woodworkers were most likely to participate in all screening examinations.
(5) They won through Branislav Ivanovic's first-half goal but could also reflect on three other occasions when they struck the woodwork, alongside a clutch of other opportunities to emphasise their superiority.
(6) That was not necessarily a disaster for a team with West Ham’s skill set, however, so well stocked are they with long-range shooters, and both Pedro Obiang and Noble duly hit the woodwork from distance before half-time.
(7) It is concluded that there are a number of associations which warrant further investigation including: large bowel cancer in woodworkers and printers; bladder cancer in hairdressers and beauticians; and malignant lymphoma in farmers.
(8) Yet the Welsh government is set on building more roads like the M4 extension that will bring more harmful pollution and more congestion.” Alan Heaps, who runs a woodwork business from his house on the A472, agreed that radical action was needed.
(9) Overall, they had 15 shots on target, hitting the woodwork three times and finding Navas again in sublime form.
(10) Nikica Jelavic has just gone close to equalising for the home side, rattling the woodwork with a splendid free-kick.
(11) It is possible that the fraction of dust projected from woodworking machines towards the operator may have contributed both to measured dust concentrations and to exposure.
(12) Drogba had struck the woodwork in the 78th minute and Lampard would do likewise in stoppage-time.
(13) Already, many are coming out of the woodwork to say that Rice didn't do anything different then a lot of other coaches do all the time.
(14) That's the fourth time Barcelona have hit the woodwork over the course of the tie.
(15) A comparison of lung function in Caucasian and East Indian woodworkers revealed marked differences in FEV, FVC, AND MMF in relation to predicted age- and height-specific values of these variables reported in the literature.
(16) Admittedly, his side carried an attacking threat, Diego Costa striking the woodwork and impressive on a run-out in the midst of his domestic three-match ban, and Casillas – on his record 152nd appearance in this competition – doing well to thwart Fàbregas and Pedro early on.
(17) Frank Lampard had spoken of the game passing in "all a bit of a daze", with team-mates left to pick over the drama to recreate the timeline: conceding to Sergio Busquets; losing John Terry to a red card; falling further behind to Andrés Iniesta; Ramires's glorious riposte; Lionel Messi's penalty miss; the quivering of the woodwork as they heaved to contain the holders; the desperate rearguard action before Fernando Torres, the £50m goalscorer with so few goals to his name, sprinted alone into Barça territory and equalised in stoppage time.
(18) In contrast, ITAC in woodworkers occurs primarily in men, originates almost exclusively in the nasal cavity or ethmoid sinus, and has a better prognosis.
(19) Cancer incidence data from the Michigan Cancer Foundation Division of Epidemiology's Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System (MDCSS) were linked with corporate records for their woodworkers.
(20) The ball swung to the other end and Sneijder hit the woodwork for the second time in the match.