What's the difference between corb and corn?

Corb


Definition:

  • (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.
  • (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

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.

Corn


Definition:

  • (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
  • (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
  • (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
  • (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.
  • (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain.
  • (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
  • (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
  • (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
  • (v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
  • (2) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (3) Dry matter and starch intakes were greater when corn was fed than when barley was fed.
  • (4) Development of folate deficiency was evaluated in young chicks fed diets containing corn and soybean meal as major constituents.
  • (5) Changes in haemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) concentrations of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, were used to estimate the activity of the corpora allata.
  • (6) In Experiment 1, chicks 24 days old were fed mixtures of untreated and inoculated corn containing citrinin to provide 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 micrograms of the toxin per gram of blended corn.
  • (7) Mice administered chloroform in corn oil displayed a significant degree of diffuse parenchymal degeneration (5 of 10 males and 1 of 10 females) and mild to moderate early cirrhosis (5 of 10 males and 9 of 10 females); significant pathological lesions were not observed in the animals administered corn oil without chloroform nor in mice receiving chloroform in 2% Emulphor.
  • (8) Ammoniation of corn, peanuts, cottonseed, and meals to alter the toxic and carcinogenic effects of aflatoxin contamination has been the subject of intense research effort by scientists in various government agencies and universities, both in the United States and abroad.
  • (9) It was found that ammoniation inactivated the aflatoxins and reduced the carcinogenicity of the contaminated corn to a level that was not significantly different from that with the basal control diet.
  • (10) Ribosome-inactivating proteins were found in high amounts in one line of cells of Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) cultured in vitro and, in less quantity, in lines of Saponaria officinalis (soapwort) and of Zea mays (corn) cells.
  • (11) Two-day-old poults were fed diets containing no added fat [44.6% starch, 2.2% ether extract by weight (HC)], 10% tallow (T), or 10% corn oil [(CO) 29.0% starch, 10.9% ether extract].
  • (12) Free fatty acids from both coconut and corn oils reduced diet palatability and intake; those from tallow and coconut oil markedly interfered (in vitro) with rennet clotting of milk replacers.
  • (13) They dealt in dozens of different commodities – from major grains such as wheat and sorghum to specialised food aid products such as corn-soy blend.
  • (14) Rats fed tryptophan-poor corn diets have reduced levels of brain serotonin and show increased responsiveness to electric shock.
  • (15) Percent apparent digestibilities for DM, NDF, and N for corn and corn-sunflower were similar and greater than for sunflower: DM (69.6, 68.2, 57.4); NDF (68.1, 61.5, 51.6); and N (66.3, 66.5, 63.6).
  • (16) Compared to fiber-free, feeding corn bran increased binding in the duodenum 30% and ileum 50% but decreased binding in the jejunum 44%, and feeding guar gum increased binding in the colon 73% but decreased binding in the jejunum 40%.
  • (17) Corn oil feeding decreased the transcriptional rate.
  • (18) Rats whose diet was restricted in calories by 40% exhibited no mammary tumors (coconut oil as primary dietary fat) or 75% fewer tumors (corn oil as dietary fat) compared to ad libitum-fed controls; they also exhibited 47% fewer colonic tumors.
  • (19) Anthracene, chrysene, benzo(e)pyrene and perylene did not significantly suppress the antibody-forming cell response compared to the corn oil vehicle controls.
  • (20) Acarbose significantly reduced the satiety effect of corn starch in lean rats (p less than 0.001), and further attenuated satiety in obese rats (p less than 0.02).