(n.) A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
(n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.
(n.) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.
(n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suggested that the rapid phase is due to clearance of peptides in the circulation which results in a fall to lower blood concentrations which are sustained by slow release of peptide from binding sites which act as a depot.
(2) The ACTH deficiency recovered spontaneously, with normal cortisol responses to depot Synacthen (greater than 1380 at 6 h) and hypoglycemia (peak, 590) 14 and 18 months postpartum, respectively.
(3) There was also a significant increase in the mitochondrial proton conductance pathway of brown adipose tissue, assessed from the binding of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) to mitochondria isolated from the interscapular (89% above control) and perirenal and para-aortic depots (130%).
(4) Chromatographic analysis of this radioactivity reveals that the octadecapeptide gives rise to much higher tissue levels of intact peptide and we believe that this acts as a depot and gives rise to the sustained blood concentrations and prolonged biological effects observed with this peptide.
(5) The histological findings show especially that the iron depots of the spleen were empty in all three groups and thereby in this collective no connection exists between the color of the veal and the tested dosage of iron dextran 20%.
(6) Circulating lipid levels, when elevated, can alter the pharmacodynamics of lipophilic drugs presumably by acting as an additional storage depot for such drugs.
(7) injection of 1 mg hydroxocobalamin every three months as maintenance therapy for eight to 20 years after an initial depot treatment of one or two series of five i.m.
(8) Exocrine secretory granules constitute an extension of the post-Golgi sorting system and are not merely terminal depots for proximally targeted polypeptides.
(9) Thus, contractile responsiveness in peripheral arteries may depend upon depots of superficially bound Ca++ to a greater degree than in the more centrally located aorta.
(10) A technique for the radioautographic identification, localization, and study of the turnover of cellular depots of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) has been evaluated.
(11) Liver depot iron can be divided into two fractions: ferritin iron and non-ferritin depot iron.
(12) This article reviews the role of a new depot antipsychotic dosage form, haloperidol decanoate (HD), in relationship to other comparable pharmacotherapies (oral and injectable).
(13) It has no special barriere - or depot - function in lead metabolism.
(14) In 14 schizophrenic patients, prolactin levels are studied in relation to dosage of depot fluphenazine and gender of patient.
(15) The influence of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Acemetacin in depot form on the course of the pepsinogen levels in serum was examined during 14 day therapy.
(16) After a glucose load, lipogenesis in the lean epididymal fat pad was not inhibited but that in the inguinal depot was.
(17) Oral fluphenazine, haloperidol, and depot fluphenazine are used to higher maximum levels than chlorpromazine and other neuroleptics, when maximum dose is reached after one week or longer.
(18) After 7 injections of Zoladex Depot (ICI Pharma, Heidelberg, Germany), the uterus was reduced to normal size carrying dorsally a myoma of the same size.
(19) Intensified insulin treatment, using multiple injections or insulin pumps, probably results in an increased risk of insulin deficiency owing to the smaller insulin depots.
(20) It seems possible that the formation of new fat cells is dependent on the average cell weight in a given adipose tissue depot, but there may also be other regional, local regulatory factors.
Solitaire
Definition:
(n.) A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
(n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone.
(n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.
(n.) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.
(n.) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since taking control of Solitaire we have made it our number one priority to make a fresh start with residents who felt they had been let down by Solitaire.
(2) The awkwardly named The Truth About OM Property Management (formerly Solitaire Property Management) & Peverel Group Companies, was set up in 2008 by a disgruntled Solitaire customer When he spoke to Guardian Money it was on the basis that we only publish his first name: Adam.
(3) It's increasingly easy now to find people who say "I'm not a gamer, I don't play computer games" but, when challenged, will admit that they play Angry Birds on their iPhone, or MafiaWars on Facebook, or solitaire on their PC during quiet times at work – if those aren't computer games, what are they?
(4) As she says “selling sustainability isn’t like selling a new brand of soap, it’s like persuading people to use soap in the first place.” Solitaire was named Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year 2008, is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce, Chair of the UK Green Energy Scheme, and is a London Leader for Sustainability.
(5) It is also important to note that Solitaire's entire senior operations team had been changed by early 2010.
(6) Money asked Peverel to justify the level of commission, and its spokeswoman told us it had been collecting the money on behalf of another company: "Solitaire Property Management Company passed this commission on to the landlord, Holding & Management (Solitaire) … Holding & Management (Solitaire) is not owned by or part of the Peverel Group."
(7) "We can confirm that Solitaire appealed the decision, as we believed it was wrong as a matter of law.
(8) It causes raised eyebrows when I explain this statistic includes entertainment which many people don't really think of as "games", such as casual or social games including Farmville and Solitaire.
(9) Peverel, which acquired Solitaire in mid-2008, lays the blame on practices that took place long before it managed the buildings.
(10) Given Solitaire's poor history, PPM implemented a £4m investment plan to improve services to residents, who were kept informed of changes.
(11) The ancient Greeks had Pythia, their Delphic Oracle; the Romans had their Vestal Virgins and, in Live and Let Die , Dr Kananga had his Solitaire.
(12) One of the first actions taken by PPM was to introduce a formal customer complaints procedure for Solitaire.
(13) The tribunal also ordered Solitaire (taken over by Peverel in 2008) to repay £67,000 that was missing from a long-term reserve fund for the buildings.
(14) Warren, who had her first hit in 1983 with Laura Branigan's Solitaire, doesn't do subtle.
(15) He tried ARMA, the Association of Residential Managing Agents, which told him to contact Solitaire's head of complaints.
(16) Initially, Holden tried to follow official complaint procedures with the property's manager, Solitaire Property Management.
(17) As we begin the final year of our improvement plan, we are confident former Solitaire customers are now seeing industry-leading standards of customer service, value for money and transparency.
(18) Solitaire is passionate (and occasionally argumentative) about the need to make sustainability desirable rather than doom-laden.
(19) Photograph: Solitaire Townsend Solitaire Townsend, CEO, Futerra Solitaire co-founded Futerra, Europe’s leading sustainable development communications agency, working with big brands, NGOs and government departments to make sustainable development so desirable it becomes normal.
(20) In a statement, it said: "Solitaire Property Management only became part of the Peverel Group in mid 2008.