(n.) A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
(n.) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.
(n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.
(n.) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.
(n.) Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.
(n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.
(n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.
(n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.
(n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character.
(n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel.
(v. t.) To engrave; to inscribe.
(v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
Example Sentences:
(1) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
(2) In high concentrations of antiserum, some of the agglutinated cells of L. h. hertigi were enlarged and showed syncytial characters that included up to five nuclei, two dividing nuclei and five basal bodies associated with a single kinetoplast.
(3) Recently, it has been proposed that beta-adrenergic receptors of rat fat cells are neither beta 1 nor beta 2 in character but rather an 'isoreceptor,' 'hybrid,' or 'beta 3' [Br.
(4) The Nazi party’s office of racial purity claimed that the Jewish character was essentially drug-dependent.
(5) This paper discusses the relationship between the psychoanalytic concept of character and the moral considerations of 'character'.
(6) One-hundred characters were derived from morphological features, physiological and biochemical activities and SEM micrographs.
(7) Diagnosis based on the character of the stridor alone is tenuous, and consideration of presentation other than the stridor is discussed in the management of these infants.
(8) The determining component of daily energy consumption is energy consumption during the working period the value of which depends on the character of working activity and duration of the working shift.
(9) However, these proskinetic symptoms appeared to be a character trait of an infantile personality rather than a condition following as a consequence of psychosis.
(10) At higher concentrations of burimamide, inhibition curves showed distinct evidence of departure from competitive character for both guinea pig and rabbit atria.
(11) The whole film is primarily shown from the character's perspective, so 70% of the process involved working with the director of photography [Maxime Alexandre].
(12) These last specialized characters are observed, on the contrary, in species parasitic in Lagomorpha.
(13) Little deficit in total mesodermal cell number was found, though the entire mesoderm adopted the histological character proper to only some 40% of that in the normal pattern i.e.
(14) And Pippi Longstocking, her most famous character, comes really close to being the personified proof of that… So where did Pippi come from?
(15) The character was wild and dangerous, psychotic but alluring.
(16) Some of the viruses could be differentiated from each other (especially in C. quinoa) by other characters, such as the accumulation of membranes in cell nuclei, or the type of organelle (chloroplasts, mitochondria or peroxisomes) from which multivesicular bodies developed.
(17) The term phlegmonous enterocolitis or gastritis defines an acute inflammatory process with purulent or nonpurulent character, that selectively damages the gastric, small and large intestines submucosal layer.
(18) I think a long time ago television passed up movies in terms of a reasonable and balanced portrayal of gay characters.
(19) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
(20) I still can’t figure out who this is aimed at: I’m imagining characters who think they’re in Wolf of Wall Street, with such an inflated sense of entitlement that even al desko meals need to come with Michelin tags.
Hansel
Definition:
(n. & v.) See Handsel.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cells in NS of 117 positive immediate nasal responses (INRs) and in 68 negative INRs, correlating with history and skin tests, and in 102 control challenges with phosphate-buffered saline were stained by modified May-Grünwald-Giemsa, toluidine blue, and Hansel's method.
(2) Eosinophils and basophilic cells in epithelial scrapings from the inferior turbinates, assessed by Hansel staining, were high in 66.7% and 50% of the atopic patients, respectively, and 36.7% and 26.7% of the nonatopics, respectively.
(3) This article reviews the last 50 years in otolaryngology and examines the lives of such prominent individuals as F. Hansel, H. Rinkel, G. Shambaugh, R. Williams, and others.
(4) Eosinophiluria demonstrated by Hansel's stain appears to be a sensitive marker for drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis and probably allows differentiation from acute tubular necrosis.
(5) We conclude that Hansel's stain substantially improves the recognition of eosinophiluria as compared with Wright's stain.
(6) Highlight: Her enchanting Hansel and Gretel magic forest in biscuit week and being crowned first star baker of the series for her Jaffa orange cakes.
(7) Mostly when you start getting a response from people about new work you feel at least you have dodged another bullet and it’s OK.” Before I go, she gives me a quick tour, pointing out one or two of her favourite lifelike dolls’ heads and curled Hansel and Gretel fingers for practising nail painting.
(8) Hansel's stain is a simple technique that can easily be performed in a clinical or office setting.
(9) Urine samples were examined with both Hansel's stain and Wright's stain.
(10) Staining urine deposit smears, with the use of Hansel's stain, is useful in the investigation of hematuria.
(11) If Hansel and Gretel were runners, this would be their playground.
(12) Eosinophiluria in acute interstitial nephritis was demonstrated by Hansel's stain in 10 of 11 patients but by Wright's stain in only 2 of 11 patients.
(13) Whereas there was a variable uptake of Wright's stain by eosinophils in the urine, such eosinophils were readily recognized with Hansel's stain by the presence of bright red granules.
(14) We have adapted Hansel's stain for the examination of urinary sediment.
(15) The superior and inferior tarsal conjunctiva in both eyes were examined, and the specimens were stained using Hansel's method.
(16) Overall, eight of nine patients had a positive Hansel's stain for eosinophiluria.
(17) Both women have had success elsewhere, but have never written a new play for the NT previously (Kirkwood adapted Hansel and Gretel ).
(18) The mechanism underlying the superiority of the Hansel's stain remains to be elucidated.
(19) We’re active and athletic, not some lazy potheads lying on a sofa Kushtown co-founder Hansel Echevarria Facebook Twitter Pinterest Racers and couriers chat ahead of the Hope St event.
(20) Results from studies in whole animals suggest that LH may also stimulate differentiation of small luteal cells into large luteal cells (Donaldson & Hansel, 1965; Farin et al., 1988).