(n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
(n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
(n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
(n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
(n.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
(n.) A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of the dearth of epidemiological clues as to causation, studies with experimental animal models assume greater importance.
(2) If it works anyone can do this exactly as we have done.” The sudden release follows weeks of visual clues left on the Radiohead frontman’s Twitter and Tumblr.
(3) Peripheral basophilia was present in four cases, providing a clinical clue that the Philadelphia chromosome might be present.
(4) The curators Pickering and Kaus have painstakingly trawled through the records that may accompany bones for clues.
(5) Two patients are described in whom Streptococcus bovis bacteremia was the only clue to the presence of a colonic neoplasm.
(6) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
(7) To obtain a clue to its possible origin, the degree of restriction enzyme site homology between adenovirus genome type 7h and those representative of the three described genomic clusters (GC) for serotype 7 was studied by analysis of pairwise comigrating DNA restriction fragments (PCRF) after digestion with BamHI, BglI, BglII, BstEII, EcoRI, HindIII, HpaI, SalI, SmaI, XbaI, and XhoI.
(8) The filings do not contain any clues about the size of the settlement that the DoJ was hoping to reach with Barclays, although the bank is thought to have been prepared to pay up to $2bn (£1.6bn).
(9) Differing careers in the two sexes may provide a clue as to the reason underlying this finding.
(10) Hunt gave a few clues as to areas on which he may focus, but appeared to indicate that one may be regulation of programming content on the internet.
(11) This phenomenon may be an important clue to the differential diagnosis of the etiology of neonatal ascites.
(12) Calcification on abdominal radiographs, especially serpiginous, seen in the region of the neck of gallbladder, appears to be the clue to the diagnosis of gallbladder schistosomiasis in people from endemic areas.
(13) Unusual infections associated with colorectal tumors may, in some instances, be the sole clue to presence of malignancy.
(14) It was concluded that the situational clues led to high degree of expectatory coordination with others, and also brought about a bias in choices.
(15) He was a lateral and fearless thinker for whom the presentation of ideas was like a game of intellectual charades, with a few clues as to the meaning of the work thrown in every now and again.
(16) Hyperthyroidism can be difficult to recognize clinically, and isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase levels may be a useful clue.
(17) Abaaoud’s history may provide context or clues to the purpose of his UK trip.
(18) Subacute course of renal failure after angiography and eosinophilia seem to be the important diagnostic clues for this disorder.
(19) Although antibodies to these proteins were only found in 5-10% of more than 50 sera screened by radioimmunoassay or Western blotting, the selective production of antibodies to epitopes on three (out of a total of more than 80) ribosomal proteins may provide further clues to autoantibody induction of SLE.
(20) Tonic heart rate, averaged over 30-second periods, was lower when clues were present on the tape than during control periods when clues were not present.
Glue
Definition:
(n.) A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances.
(n.) To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(2) The 68C intermolt puff of Drosophila melanogaster contains a cluster of three glue protein genes, Sgs-3, Sgs-7, and Sgs-8.
(3) The most common inhalant stupefacients were "Butapren" glue, trichlorethylene and "Roxy" fluid; wine and vodka were the alcohols used.
(4) Treatment animals had the anastomoses and graft sealed with a suspension of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and 1.2 g tobramycin powder (antibiotic glue, ANGL) after contamination.
(5) In second group after thoracotomy the lungs were stabilized with gelatin-resorcin-formaldehyde glue.
(6) The proteins are synthesized for approximately 14 hr until puparium formation, when the glue is released from the salivary glands.
(7) The polyphenolic protein is the "glue" in the adhesive plaques of the byssus.
(8) Second, in patients with acute aortic dissection, the false lumen of the aortic root and arch is filled with resorcinformol glue and the layers are readapted by this means after anatomical reconstruction.
(9) Exclusion from external ventilation was performed in animal experiments by instillation of Ethibloc, an amino acid glue, in one main bronchus to create an atelectasis.
(10) Economic openness is the glue that binds the EU together and it is the solution to the crisis of European competitiveness that long predates the current strife.
(11) The fibrinogen in the glue was prepared by ethanol precipitation of plasma separated from 88 ml of the patient's blood.
(12) In addition, they had on the average abused more than twice as many different substances as addicts without a glue use history.
(13) An average of 3.3 ml of glue was applied to the anterior wall of the anastomosis in the treated group.
(14) Sundew use beads of treacly glue to trap flies on their finger-like leaves.
(15) But the existence of elections in England, Scotland and Wales in May will act as party political glue.
(16) This technique is very convenient for adult cholesteatomas developed in a sclerotic mastoid with an extension limited to mesotympanum and attic, to the children cholesteatomas developed in the mesotympanum with a sclerotic mastoid, for the correction of retraction pockets after a closed technique, rehabilitation of radical mastoidectomies, fibroadhesive otitis and some idiopathic glue tympanic membrane with a large cholesterol granuloma.
(17) Children in case families were more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from glue ear rather than recurrent acute otitis media, particularly if an older sibling of the same sex had previously been so diagnosed (for boys RR 6.68; for girls RR 4.55).
(18) Simple formulae expressing average and maximum concentrations of solvent vapour in indoor air during the application of paints, glues, and the like, have been derived using a six parameter mathematical exposure model MEM 1.
(19) Human jejunal brush-border pteroylpolyglutamate hydrolase is an exopeptidase which liberated [14C]Glu as the sole labeled product of PteGlu2[14C]Glue (where PteGlun represents pteroylpolyglutamate), failed to liberate a radioactive product from PteGlu2[14C]GluLeu2, and released all possible labeled PteGlun products during incubation with Pte[14C]GluGlu6 with the accumulation of Pte[14C]Glu.
(20) Histoacryl glue was used in 108 blepharoplasty incisions, 30 facelift incisions, 21 submental incisions for liposuction, and 19 local flaps for facial reconstructive procedures.