(n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
(n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
(n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
(n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
(n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
(n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
(n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
(n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
(n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
(v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
(v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
(v. i.) To form a crest.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hence, the absence of NGF receptors on premigratory neural crest and early migratory neural crest cultures was not due to enzymatic alterations of the receptor.
(2) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
(3) Our results suggest that cAMP may be an important regulator of phenotypic expression in at least some neural crest cell lineages.
(4) Neural crest cells give rise to various essential tissues in vertebrates.
(5) In the present study, we have compared the phosphorylation state of the fibronectin receptor in motile neural crest and somitic cells, in stationary somitic cells, and in Rous-sarcoma virus transformed-chick embryo fibroblasts, using immunoprecipitation following metabolic labeling.
(6) The staining method consisted of sequential treatment of slides with crest serum, fluorosceinated goat-antihuman and swine-antigoat antibodies, and propidium iodide.
(7) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
(8) The talus was revascularized with a vascularized corticocancellous iliac crest bone graft.
(9) When the method proposed by Trela (1975) is applied, thin layers of the petrous crest are chiselled out until the common crus of the superior and posterior semi-circular becomes apparent.
(10) The center of resistance was located at 0.24 times the root length measured apical to the level of alveolar crest.
(11) By means of immunoreactivity for spot 35 protein, a novel cerebellar Purkinje cell-specific protein, the regional heterogeneity among non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells of rats was demonstrated with reference to the antero-posterior and crest-valley directions of individual ciliary epithelial folds in immature and mature eyes.
(12) This is done by scoring the septal cartilage in its basal attachment to the maxillary crest, providing a "swinging door" which can be sutured finally as desired.
(13) The type II, III, IV, and V boutons appear mature at all ages examined but crest synapses formed by the type III terminals are observed in the later stages of the study.
(14) The use of the pectoralis major muscle only flap in conjunction with a free iliac crest bone graft for reconstruction of the mandible is described.
(15) The outer coat turned to be extremely sculptured, presenting as interlaced crests of various height.
(16) The effects of AAGTP are different in nervous tissue from other tissues, and experiments with that nucleotide have led to the discovery of a new, 32 kDa GTP-binding protein which appears only in neural crest cells.
(17) The neural crest has been suggested as the origin of the ectomesenchymomas.
(18) He had huge eyes, a wide, deep brow, an angel's mouth, with the upper lip crested.
(19) We have examined the distribution and function of the defined cell adhesion molecules, N-cadherin and N-CAM, in the emigration of cranial neural crest cells from the neural tube in vivo.
(20) On E7, a slender neuropil was present in the migrating cell clusters, but all the crest derived cells were uniform.
Height
Definition:
(n.) The condition of being high; elevated position.
(n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.
(n.) Degree of latitude either north or south.
(n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
(n.) Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
(n.) Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
(n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
Example Sentences:
(1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(2) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(3) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
(4) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
(5) Odds ratios were computed by multiple logistic regression analysis and revealed no additional relationships; however, there were suggested dose-response gradients for height, weight at age 20, and body surface area in the Japanese women and for breast size in the Caucasian women.
(6) Taking into account the calculated volume and considering the triangular image as one face of the particle, it is suggested that eIF-3 has the shape of a flat triangular prism with a height of about 7 nm and the above-mentioned side-lengths.
(7) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.
(8) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
(9) Homeless children (n = 167) had lower height percentiles when compared with domiciled children (n = 167; P less than .001) and when compared with NCHS standards (P less than .001).
(10) Human figure drawings of 12 pediatric oncology patients were significantly smaller in height, width, and area than were drawings of 12 school children and 12 pediatric general surgery patients paired for sex and age.
(11) The mean villus height for each rat was calculated and compared by two-way ANOVA to determine the effects of time and treatment.
(12) The height of this plateau depended on the CS concentration.
(13) There was also a reduced crypt cell proliferation, a reduced villus height and a decreased ALP activity in the ileal mucosa.
(14) All of the parties have been trying to use Greece to their advantage.” On Monday, the governing People’s party pointed to the referendum to justify their decision to impose austerity measures during the height of the economic crisis.
(15) Weight, arm circumference and muscle area-for-height were calculated.
(16) Mean patient weight and height were 59.2 kg and 153.8 cm, respectively.
(17) This could distort the relation between height and forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1) as age increases.
(18) By making the incision inside the hairline, there is no increase in the height of the pubic hair.
(19) In pre-menopausal women no association has been found between increased height and weight as risk factors for breast cancer.
(20) An increase in height was also observed in the patients who received delayed zinc retardation.