(n.) That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
(n.) See Comb.
Example Sentences:
(1) The regulatory element also suppresses those BX-C genes and other homeotics that, in the absence of Polycomb or extra sex combs function, can become active in parasegment 14.
(2) Holly Combe, a member of Feminists Against Censorship , shares these concerns.
(3) Corynosoma gravida Alegret 1941, C. mergi Lundstroöm 1941 and C. phalacrocoracis Yamaguti 1939 are redescribed and placed in Andracantha, with A. gravida (Alegret, 1941) comb.
(4) Like other members of the Polycomb group, the extra sex combs gene (esc) is required for the correct repression of loci in the major homeotic gene complexes.
(5) We show here that embryos lacking both maternal and zygotic esc+ function display transient, general derepression of both the Ultrabithorax (Ubx) and Antennapedia (Antp) genes during germ band shortening, but Sex combs reduced (Scr) expression is almost normal in the epidermis and lacking in the central nervous system (CNS).
(6) The legal team has spent more than 10,000 hours combing through evidence, spoken to more than 14,500 individuals, viewed more than 1,200 hours of CCTV and media footage, canvassed 250 businesses, completed 9,300 investigative notes and taken more than 1,000 statements from police officers, experts and civilian witnesses.
(7) The polarity of all the "comb" bundle fibers is descending.
(8) The extra sex comb trait is a homeotic transformation of the mesothoracic and metathoracic legs into prothoracic legs.
(9) When the duplex comb types were crossed to each other, the V-shaped comb showed complete dominance over the buttercup comb.
(10) The new species differs from E. knoepffleri Combes, 1965 by greater sizes of the disc, median and marginal hooks and anterior suckers.
(11) But by next April a new scheme will be in place based on hospitals combing through the case notes of 20,000 patient deaths – about 120 chosen randomly in each trust – to calculate the "preventable death rate" in the NHS.
(12) Different breeds of chickens namely Single Comb White Leghorn (S.C.W.L.
(13) Begue said he has been combing the island’s shores ever since.
(14) Grampian police joined forces with Tayside police and Marr search and rescue to comb a large area from Loch Muick to Glen Clova in the national park.
(15) Spectral structure of a signal depends on the size and configuration of combs.
(16) In Rhinolasius, one receptor possesses a short bulbous cilium without a rootlet, with a septate desmosome of the pleated sheet (comb) type and a weakly developed electron-dense band beneath it.
(17) In vitro transcription-translation of these com plasmids revealed two neighboring genes, comA and comB, encoding proteins of 77,000 and 49,000 daltons, respectively.
(18) Hymenolepis macrorchida (Kotlan, 1921), a cestode of New Guinea parrots, possessing a small number (3 to 4) of testicles, belonging to the family Hymenolepididae to which it has been assigned for more than half of the century, is transferred to the family Davaineidae and designated as Idiogenoides macrorchida (Kotlan, 1921) comb.
(19) Dusts were collected from the beginning of wool processing (opening) in one factory and from the middle (combing) and late (backwinding) stages of the process in two other factories.
(20) Urolithiasis was induced in an experimental group of Single Comb White Leghorn pullets by feeding them layer ration and exposing them to nephrotrophic Gray strain infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).
Corbe
Definition:
(a.) Crooked.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ramblin' Jack, Corb has explained, did not acquire his nickname because of a penchant for long walks: in nearly an hour onstage, he gets around to three songs, including Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.
(2) Corb especially recommends two of the Gathering's elder statesmen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Ian Tyson.
(3) The corA locus is contransducible with ilv at 75 min, corB is cotransducible with pyrB at 85 min, and mgt is cotransducible with malB and mel at 81 min on the genetic map.
(4) Excision of osteoid osteoma nidus utilizing a Kirschner wire for preoperative marking of the lesion and a CORB biopsy set for excision is described.
(5) Using transposon mutagenesis, three additional Co2+ resistance loci (corB, corC, and corD) were found and mapped to 55, 15, and 3min, respectively, on the S. typhimurium chromosome.
(6) System I, for which Co2+, Mn2+, and Mg2+ are substrates, is inactive in corA mutants corB mutants express system I after growth on high (10 mM) Mg2+ but not low (0.1 mM) Mg2+.
(7) Corb suggests that I arrive a couple of days early so he can teach me how to play cards.
(8) No mutations corresponding to the reported corB locus at 95 min in Escherichia coli were obtained.
(9) Corb and his band, the Hurtin' Albertans, have played Elko before, and seem to be regarded as part of the family.
(10) (We bonded over a shared nerdish interest in history – Corb's last album but one, Horse Soldier!
(11) However, while efflux of 28Mg2+ through the CorA system was decreased threefold in strains carrying one or two mutant alleles among corB, corC, or corD, efflux was completely abolished in either a corA or a corBCD strain.
(12) Both corA and corB mutants are resistant to Co2+ or Mn2+.
(13) I'm attending at the suggestion of one of the Gathering's artists, Canadian country star Corb Lund , whom I met a few years ago in London when my own modest country combination, The Blazing Zoos, opened for him.
(14) A second class designated corB mapped at 98 min near pyrB.
(15) And Corb enjoys playing to crowds which, while smaller than the ones he can draw in Canadian cities, know the life he's singing about.
(16) CT-directed CORB appears to be useful in localization and removal of the nidus of an osteoid osteoma.
(17) The corB, corC, and corD mutations confer levels of Co2+ resistance intermediate between those of the wild-type and corA mutations.
(18) At the end of this process, I will be forced to conclude that either Corb is a lousy teacher or I'm a terrible student.
(19) The data on role perceptions were compared with data previously reported by Fincher Corb et al that had been collected on these same subjects when they entered the physical therapy education program and when they completed the program.
(20) This study demonstrates that the nidus of an osteoid osteoma can be disrupted and removed by use of the CORB biopsy system guided by computed tomography (CT) scan.