(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).
Lorn
Definition:
(a.) Lost; undone; ruined.
(a.) Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as, a lone, lorn woman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clodia Metelli The epitome of the chic, sexy, scandalous aristocrat of 1st century BC Rome, Metelli was supposedly the "Lesbia" to whom the love-lorn poems of Catullus are addressed (and if so, a total ball-breaker).
(2) But given that Che followed his fringe run with a year where he got hired first by Jon Stewart for The Daily Show, and then by Lorne Michaels to become a cast member on Saturday Night Live (he had originally been one of the show’s writers), it’s possible that those judges knew less about comedy than they thought.
(3) Louis (Herbert Lorn) is the dangerously unassimilated foreigner.
(4) Lorne Craner, president of IRI, said that Egyptian officials quizzed about the no-fly policy had told the institute that they were still completing their investigations following the December raids and that they might "go to trial soon".
(5) He has had access to Pete Cowan for coaching advice at home, moreover, and it was that link which provided him with his caddie for the week, Lorne Duncan, who has more than 30 years' experience on the European Tour.
(6) Lorne Campbell, artistic director, Northern Stage In 2005, when I was an assistant director at the Traverse, my fringe consisted of chewing my way through a very long list of shows that needed to be seen "just in case".
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lorning Cornish shouts after Baltimore authorities released a report on the death of Freddie Gray while police in riot gear stand guard.
(8) Angry citizens, for their part, must acknowledge the dangers police face on the job, the president said at an interfaith memorial service for Michael Smith, Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa and Brent Thompson, the officers killed by Micah Johnson at a rally against police violence on Thursday night .
(9) Easdale, off Seil Island, Argyll & Bute Size: 0.08sq miles In its mid-19th century heyday, this apparently inconsequential island in the Sound of Lorn had a population of around 450 and was exporting up to 19m roofing slates every year, laying the basis for the boast that Easdale's was "the slate that roofed the world".
(10) That brought them to the attention of legendary Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels.
(11) Information was gathered from patients presenting to the surf club, hospital, surgery and pharmacy with injuries sustained on or around Lorne beach, Victoria.
(12) Having Trump not just make a guest appearance but actually host the show validates that SNL, executive producer Lorne Michaels, NBCUniversal and its sponsors don’t really care at all about “respect and dignity for all people”.
(13) He has found out the lines that seem to dignify his own love-lorn feelings.
(14) Michael Lorne, a Rastafarian lawyer, has vowed not to include Jamaican universities in plans for cultivation and research, for fear that middlemen will swipe the profits.
(15) The Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls upon NBCUniversal, Broadway Video, and SNL Executive Producer Lorne Michaels to disinvite Mr Trump from hosting Saturday Night Live because racism is not funny.” Representative Xavier Becerra, who is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, is among the politicians who have criticised Trump’s appearance.