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Defense


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Defence
  • (v. t.) To furnish with defenses; to fortify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The defensive modifications of the functions of the ego itself seen in micropsia are closely allied to those seen in the dèjá vu experience and in depersonalization.
  • (2) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
  • (3) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
  • (4) Since neutrophils are the first line of defense against infection the vulnerability to infection of the elderly may be due, at least in part, to age-related changes in neutrophils (PMNs).
  • (5) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
  • (6) It has been speculated that these cigarette smoke-induced alterations contribute to the depressed pulmonary defense mechanisms commonly demonstrated in smokers.
  • (7) The muscle-protein breakdown is sustained and the released amino acids are taken up by the liver and other RE structures where they are used as substrates for energy and for synthesis of defense-related proteins.
  • (8) Two other groups were trained in a classical defensive paradigm.
  • (9) The paper postulates that 'anal or sphincter defensiveness' is one of the precursors of the repression barrier.
  • (10) The complement system provides a critical level of defense against bacterial invasion.
  • (11) Accordingly, the 30-fold differences in aging rate among the mammalian species could be determined in part by peroxidation defense processes.
  • (12) Lovely chip behind the defense on Green's goal, and almost sprung the defense with a clever free kick to play in Dempsey with time running out.
  • (13) The Defense Department can object to a merger involving its key suppliers during a federal antitrust review, which in this case could be led by the Justice Department.
  • (14) The Lerner & Lerner Scale for assessing primitive defenses is reviewed.
  • (15) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (16) Questions are raised about the recent tendency in psychoanalytic theory to develop or invoke different theories of defense to explain a broad range of clinical phenomena.
  • (17) Hazard, nominated for the Ballon d’Or earlier in the day, broke away from his industrious defensive running to curl a shot on to the base of the far post early on while Willian struck the crossbar with a free-kick just after the interval.
  • (18) Although alpha 1-antiprotease (alpha 1-AP) binds and inactivates NE and is the major antielastase of the lower respiratory tract, antielastase defenses may be overwhelmed in CF, leading to progressive lung damage.
  • (19) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
  • (20) Selective migration results in a relative preponderance of CD4 cells in the diffuse infiltrate and it is suggested that this is a mechanism likely to potentiate defensive reaction to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: any deficiency in selective migration may make immunological defences less effective and so contribute to the chronicity of the lesions of tuberculosis.

Quill


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
  • (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill.
  • (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
  • (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
  • (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
  • (n.) The tube of a musical instrument.
  • (n.) Something having the form of a quill
  • (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.
  • (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
  • (n.) A hollow spindle.
  • (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
  • (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As well as a portrait of Austen, the new note will include images of her writing desk and quills at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire, where she lived; her brother's home, Godmersham Park, which she visited often, and is thought to have inspired some of her novels, and a quote from Miss Bingley, in Pride and Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
  • (2) She also won four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill in 2013, the George Munster award and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award – for stories on people smuggling and the culture of rugby league.
  • (3) Righteous indignation was tweeted and retweeted, celebrities piled on the pressure, pundits sharpened their quills.
  • (4) Sri Lanka is the main provider of cinnamon, mainly exported as "cinnamon quills."
  • (5) In the movie, Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of misfits who are on the run after stealing a coveted orb.
  • (6) Penney, P. Keng, H. Quill, A. Paxhia, S. Derdak, and M. E. Felch.
  • (7) Even when it summons up the courage to state the bleeding obvious, such as the fact that the Quill, a risible block of student housing next to the Shard, is poorly designed, Cabe is ignored.
  • (8) Thanks to Quill,” he says, “in a few years’ time no one will have to waste time deciphering an Excel worksheet or interpreting graphs with x and y axes ... Quill and its successors will hoover up indigestible data and transform them into clear, simple text which will enable everyone to get the message, quite naturally, through language.” Hammond was in the limelight recently, having claimed that by 2025 90% of the news read by the general public would be generated by computers.
  • (9) The Quill Location: Southwark | Floors: 31 | Height: 109m | Architect: SPARRC | Status: approved | Use: student accommodation The Quill What would a building look like if it had a fight with a gigantic porcupine, and the porcupine won?
  • (10) Images of proposed future projects, such as the Quill in Bermondsey and 1 Merchant Square in Paddington , suggest little improvement in the future.
  • (11) The journalists who never sleep Read more The company’s key product is Quill, a natural-language generation platform.
  • (12) He is convinced that this is the start of a big adventure for Quill.
  • (13) Quill starts by importing data (tables, lists, graphs) structured by other software.
  • (14) You can get some idea by looking at plans for the Quill, a great silver cliff-face of a thing that will sport a broken assortment of spines on its top.
  • (15) He sees the stories generated by Narrative Science’s programme, Quill, as a way of augmenting and personalising news, of making it relevant to individual needs.
  • (16) Methods used to produce wounds included insertion of porcupine quills, application of constrictive rubber bands, mascara injections and excoriation of healing wounds.
  • (17) Now, thanks to Quill, it does it for more than 5,000 corporations,” Hammond reveals.
  • (18) So perhaps this is as good a moment as any to take my leave, and it doesn't make me feel any younger to find myself described in one gossip column as a "scribe" who is laying down his "quill".
  • (19) Director Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), Queen’s University Belfast.
  • (20) At every point there has to be – here’s why I said this.” Like many human journalists, Quill began life by writing ad-hoc film reviews.