What's the difference between culver and pigeon?

Culver


Definition:

  • (n.) A dove.
  • (n.) A culverin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He's introduced by his roommates to beautiful, mysterious and emotionally confused Alaska Young, and the story progresses, mostly centered around Miles' life at Culver Creek and his growing attachment to Alaska.
  • (2) John Culver, president of Starbucks Coffee International, said: "Kris brings a great deal of operational and public affairs experience to the role, and is an ideal candidate to continue the momentum Starbucks has achieved in this region.
  • (3) Culver argues that proceeding with such training without obtaining family permission can lead to great harm when relatives or the community discover that the hospital's doctors are practicing procedures on the dead.
  • (4) In their book Culver and Gert define irrational action in the context of medicine and psychiatry.
  • (5) beta-Adrenergic agonists mediate an increase in beating rate in embryonic chick heart prior to ingrowth of the vagus nerve (Culver, N. G., and Fishman, D. A.
  • (6) And as “the big four” take investment money to grow, smaller coffee shops – the young indies – will not only fill the space but expand on it by relying on hyper-local focus, transparency and sustainable initiatives like solar-powered spaces (like Salt Lake City’s Publik Coffee Roasters ), minimizing their menus (Culver City, California’s Bar Nine) and even forsaking brick and mortar for a recycled airstream (Seattle’s Slate Coffee ).
  • (7) However, Pete D’Alessandro, a longtime operative who served as the political director for former Iowa governor Chet Culver, noted that Clinton doesn’t need to be “Jimmy Carter … and spend 150 days” campaigning in Iowa .
  • (8) Her broad lead over Sanders has all but disappeared, hence her furious pace: San Diego, El Centro, Perris, Culver City, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Sylmar, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Fresno, Oakland, Vallejo, Sacramento, Lynwood, South Los Angeles.
  • (9) This is because, on Culver and Gert's definition of 'malady', menopause, menstruation, and pregnancy become maladies.
  • (10) These included George J. Bucknall, Alfred E. Regensburger, Douglass W. Montgomery, Howard Morrow, Harry E. Alderson, George D. Culver, Ernest D. Chipman, Hiram E. Miller, and Lawrence R. Tuassig.
  • (11) Definitions of paternalism found in the works of Gerald Dworkin, Allen Buchanan, Bernard Gert and Charles Culver, and James Childress are analyzed and found defective when tested against various counterexamples.
  • (12) It is also argued that malady claims are normative in a way not recognized by Culver and Gert.
  • (13) However, they catch a break when Culver interferes with Smith, first down.
  • (14) • Culver Parade, Sandown, 01983 404344, dinosaurisle.com .
  • (15) Culver and Gert define 'malady' in their book Philosophy in Medicine.
  • (16) Last year, John Culver, the president of Starbucks international division, said: "We are very pleased with the performance in the UK."

Pigeon


Definition:

  • (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
  • (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
  • (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, the characteristics of pigeon atherosclerosis at other vascular sites have not been extensively studied.
  • (2) There are thus clear similarities in the overall pattern of somatosensory projections in the pigeon and in many mammalian species.
  • (3) The behavioral effects of phenytoin, phenobarbital, clonazepam, valproic acid, and ethosuximide were evaluated in food-deprived pigeons performing under automaintenance and negative automaintenance procedures.
  • (4) The pigeon's metapatagialis muscle consists of three slips, two twitch and one tonic, and these slips are distinguishable at the gross anatomical level.
  • (5) The gain of anterior SC primary afferents at 0.25 Hz is similar for anesthetized (2.93 I X s-1 X deg-1 X s-1, n = 14) (11) and for unanesthetized (3.01 I X s-1 X deg-1 X s-1, n = 14) pigeons.
  • (6) A series of seven experiments related amplitude and latency of the pigeon's startle response, elicited by an intense visual stimulus, to antecedent auditory and visual events in the sensory environment.
  • (7) Immunohistochemical techniques were used to survey the distribution of several conventional transmitters, receptors, and neuropeptides in the pigeon nucleus of the basal optic root (nBOR), a component of the accessory optic system.
  • (8) Immunoglobulin G (IgG), A (IgA) and M (IgM) antibody activity against pigeon serum was demonstrated in the patient's serum by a solid phase radioimmunoassay (RIA) technic.
  • (9) The activities of choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase were assayed in submicrogram samples from layers of pigeon retina.
  • (10) Erythrocytes from pigeons and 1-day-old chicks gave similar antigen and antibody titers, but goose erythrocytes gave lower titers.
  • (11) But my timid scrunch-face puts me so behind the curve that I might as well start training carrier pigeons.
  • (12) The serratus metapatagialis (SMP) muscle of the pigeon has been studied histochemically and ultrastructurally.
  • (13) Pigeon Type I horizontal cells are Cajal's "brush-shaped" cells, and their axon terminals resemble Cajal's "stellate" cells.
  • (14) The mechanism of pyruvate-2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol (2,6-CPI) reductase reaction catalyzed by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from pigeon breast muscle and by its pyruvate dehydrogenase component was studied.
  • (15) Most of the time when we talk about pollution people think about Beijing or other places, but there are some days in the year when pollution was higher and more toxic in London than Beijing, that’s the reality.” He said he was inspired by the use of pigeons in the first and second world wars to deliver information and save lives, but they were also a practical way of taking mobile air quality readings and beating London’s congested roads.
  • (16) The local pigeon crop-sac assay was used to test the direct effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and several other growth factors and hormones on the growth of mucosal epithelial cells in vivo.
  • (17) Nine pigeons in a matching-to-sample task with 5 alternative stimuli were exposed to 4 dose levels of sodium pentobarbital.
  • (18) In pigeon liver, only purine nucleoside phosphorylase was increased but xanthine dehydrogenase activity was not detected after feeding a high protein diet, while both enzyme activities were increased in the pigeon kidney.
  • (19) The authors report an epizootic form of toxoplasmosis observed among the crowned pigeons (Goura cristata Pallas and Goura victoria Frazer).
  • (20) Pigeons are able to home from unfamiliar sites because they acquire an olfactory map extending beyond the area they have flown over.

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