(n.) A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
(n.) A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
(n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
(n.) The pintail duck.
(n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first and third courses were interchanged and consisted of either a sweet (candy bar) or savory (cheese or crackers) food, both of similar palatabilities and energy densities.
(2) Others in more agreeable confines should take this opportunity to load up on trans-fats and get set for what should be a cracker.
(3) Regardless of when or how that occurs, one thing is believed – there will not be an end to cracker night.
(4) While Auden and Britten are much grander characters than, say, Maggie Smith's nervy vicar's wife in Bed Among the Lentils or Thora Hird's Doris in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee trying to stave off the care home, they share the same disappointments – loneliness, self-doubt, age.
(5) McGovern, the award-winning creator of dramas including Cracker, said the whole team currently working on the third series of The Street , including executive producer Sita Williams, at producer ITV Studios' Manchester base could be made redundant.
(6) Two levels (50 and 200 kcal) of three preloads (tomato soup, melon, cheese on crackers) were given just before two different second courses (macaroni and beef casserole, grilled cheese sandwiches), allowing us to examine the effects of caloric level, energy density, and sensory-specific satiety on food intake in normal weight, non-dieting males.
(7) Joe Wilkinson 'Instead of Jokes in a Christmas crackers they should put in something more useful, like the rules to Kabaddi or instructions on how to delete your internet history.'
(8) Comparisons between parents and childrens reports of food frequencies and portion sizes revealed the best correlations for beverages, bread-cereals-crackers, meat-fish-poultry, and mixed dishes.
(9) When asked what cracker night says about life in the Territory, Carmichael points towards personal freedom.
(10) Though the last team to win the league having been outside the top three at Christmas were Arsenal (who were sixth as the crackers were pulled) way back in 1997-98, plenty of sides have come from even further back.
(11) Nutritional ideas and products that are the outcomes of the early vegetarian movement include a commitment to high fiber diets, the popularity of breakfast cereals, and the graham cracker.
(12) Schuster has been commissioning editor of comedy at Sky since 2011, working on shows including Little Crackers and The Kumars for Sky1 and A Young Doctor's Notebook and Psychobitches for Sky Arts.
(13) Cookies, crackers, and potato chips were most retentive, whereas caramels, jelly beans, raisins, and milk chocolate bars were among those poorly retained.
(14) Nicholas Evans is a celebrated storyteller, and the story he tells me is a cracker.
(15) The meals consisted of starch crackers fed at the rate of 1 g carbohydrate from starch per kilogram body weight.
(16) However, during the 1990s Granada and others continued to make acclaimed programmes such as Cracker, The Darling Buds of May and period dramas Oliver Twist and Moll Flanders.
(17) The test fiber was consumed in crackers that contained approximately 7.5 gm fiber from psyllium gum, wheat bran, or a combination of the two sources.
(18) McGovern, the award-winning creator of The Street and other dramas including Cracker, said on BBC Radio 4's Front Row last night that he would not take the drama to another producer when ITV's Manchester drama department is scrapped as part of the latest round of cuts at the broadcaster.
(19) Once delivered, the ethane will be fed into “crackers” which break apart the gas and turn it into ethylene, which is used in a wide range of plastic products, such as plastic bags and – according to one Ineos man, the packaging for Pot Noodles.
(20) On basal esophageal manometry, 275 patients had a normal response, 64 patients had findings of high-amplitude peristalsis or "nut-cracker" esophagus, and 11 patients exhibited changes of diffuse esophageal spasm.
Crocker
Definition:
(n.) A potter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Crocker had retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush school of government and public service at Texas A&M University.
(2) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
(3) "This is very sad day for the zoo family, as well as our community as a whole," said Mike Crocker, assistant parks director and zoo director.
(4) I also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Ryan Crocker, who recently completed his service as our ambassador to Iraq.
(5) Absence of neurologic involvement at 14 and 18 years fo age suggest a Crocker type C of Niemann-Pick disease, i.e.
(6) Crocker, who previously served as US ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009, warned near the start of his posting in Kabul that he thought the US would have to spend a lot more time and billions more dollars in Afghanistan.
(7) 8.30pm GMT Interception From bad to worse for the Ravens, as Joe Flacco is intercepted by Chris Crocker, who returns his pass 10 yards to the Baltimore 20.
(8) This study compares the antitumor activity of five mono- and polyesters of n-butyric acid derived from monosaccharides in the murine model of Crocker 180 TG Sarcoma.
(9) The trust was originally registered to an address close to the Houses of Parliament in London, 40 George Street, which is also the offices of 3G, the "Good Governance Group", which is chaired by Chester Crocker, a former US politician.
(10) In adult mice, absorption occurs only in spleen, testicular tissue and Crocker tumour tissue.
(11) Following features were analysed in 100 randomly chosen thyreocytic nuclei: maximal nuclear diameter, nucleolar organizer rates (AgNOR) inside and outside the nucleoli, total AgNOR according to a modified Crocker s et al.
(12) Dot and Northern blot hybridization assays were developed to detect and differentiate group A bovine rotavirus serotypes using radiolabeled serotype 6 (Nebraska calf diarrhea virus [NCDV] and United Kingdom [UK] strains) or serotype 10 (Crocker [Cr] strain) VP7 gene probes.
(13) I wish they'd replaced Burley with the female proprieter of the Local Shop on The League of Gentlemen , so we could have a Miami Vice-esque Crocker and Tubbs.
(14) Mike Crocker, a spokesperson for Greenpeace USA, said geothermal energy was one of several renewable sources that could help the US wean itself from fossil fuels.
(15) Crocker's departure may also be followed by that of the top US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, general John Allen, according to Reuters news agency.
(16) Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Kabul, described Karzai's job as the most difficult in the world; it is certainly one of the most dangerous.
(17) Mat Crocker, head of waste and illegals at the Environment Agency, said: "Huge tyre dumps are not only an eyesore, but also present a serious risk to the environment and human health.
(18) The compounds showed to be highly active in the in vitro-vivo screening models (Crocker sarcoma 180, Sa-180; Friend virus leukemia, FVL) but less active in the in vivo screening models (leukemia L-1210; L-1210; Nemeth-Kellner lympho-sarcoma, NKL).
(19) The state department said Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat who came out of retirement to take charge of the embassy in Kabul last July, is leaving because of health reasons.
(20) Mr Crocker said Paterson should have been in the area a fortnight or three weeks ago .