(n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.
(v. i.) To play games with dice.
(v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
(pl. ) of Die
Example Sentences:
(1) If this is the only issue, flight would be fine, but need to make sure that it isn’t symptomatic of a more significant upstream root cause.” Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice.
(2) Now, the Balkans are once again dicing with crisis.
(3) We had a review in October, where the executive team headed up to Dice to see the latest on both of those games.
(4) The film's most chilling image, revealed later on in flashback, is of the tiny Li'l Dice returning to the motel alone and gleefully slaying everyone inside.
(5) The isolate of Treponema hyodysenteriae in the diced colon which was used to expose the swine was resistant to sodium arsanilate.
(6) No-one can deny that unions now have the dice loaded against them.
(7) He performed his debut show , Dicing with Dr Death, as part of the Edinburgh fringe comedy festival, described in its synopsis as “a rip-roaring ride through his 20 years working with life’s one certainty: death”.
(8) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(9) There are no bonuses in the shape of a couple of extra throws of the dice.
(10) On Sunday, in a snap rerun of the June polls predicted to be a turning point for the nation, he rolled the dice of history, taking the riskiest gamble of his political life.
(11) the last throw of the dice for Ed [Richards of Ofcom] to block the deal He ... .
(12) Previous studies have shown that microinjected ribonuclease A is degraded to single amino acids entirely within lysosomes (McElligott, M. A., Miao, P., and Dice, J. F. (1985) J. Biol.
(13) Now that Obama has thrown the dice and joined the fray in Syria, Britain will feel increasing pressure to do more to help.
(14) While small stuffed birds used to dangle from rear view mirrors – the Maltese version of fluffy dice – such displays are now rare and hunters can face hefty fines of up to €5,000 (£3,600) and jail if they are caught killing protected species.
(15) For the former experiments diced explants of the human fetal pancreas were grafted beneath the renal capsule of nude mice 3 weeks before streptozotocin was administered to make the animals diabetic.
(16) They sliced and diced them until no one had a clue what was going on," says Wilson.
(17) Implanted diced neonatal pancreas in three chambers removed after 6 weeks secreted glucagon, insulin, and pancreatic polypeptide in vitro.
(18) It referred to betting one's entire fortune on one throw of the dice [this, it transpires, being a game called 'hazard', more commonly known as craps].
(19) But in an echo of what happened last year in the runup to the general election, prime minister David Cameron has rolled the dice first – privately ruling out appearing in a debate, in a story that appeared in The Sun on Monday.
(20) They don't seem to understand that she was their final throw of the dice, and that in the end they lost.
Marijuana
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Altogether, 29% of the drivers had evidence of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, prescription or nonprescription stimulants, or some combination of these, in either blood or urine.
(2) "It is very easy to see somebody get killed over this issue," Marijuana Industry Group Director Michael Elliott testified last month.
(3) Several months ago, the man received about $200,000 worth of marijuana from the cartel and delivered it to another dealer, but he could not repay the cartel, according to court papers.
(4) In many cases mental health professionals consulted by a number of the children when they were using drugs were likewise unaware of the marijuana abuse.
(5) Consistent with other researchers' findings, heavy marijuana users were found to differ significantly in living arrangements, job stability, and income.
(6) Drivers with little education and low income, younger drivers, and drivers who drove after heavy drinking or marijuana use, or both, were least likely to wear seatbelts.
(7) The effects were assessed of delta'THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) and CBD and DMHP-CBD (the non-psychomimetic components of marijuana derivatives) on 14C labelled serotonin release from normal platelets, when incubated with patient's plasma obtained during migraine attack.
(8) Clinical manifestations of pathophysiology due to marijuana smoking are now being reported.
(9) The major issues in the controversy about marijuana and medicine, primarily moral and ethical, are discussed.
(10) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
(11) One would be prudent to avoid marijuana during pregnancy, just as one would do with most other drugs not essential to life or well-being.
(12) It was a sunny Friday night by the seaside, and the atmosphere was spicy with sweat, lager and marijuana smoke.
(13) Speech quantity was recorded continuously in seven moderate marijuana users during separate 1 h experimental sessions following the paced smoking of 0, 1.01, 1.84, and 2.84% THC marijuana cigarettes.
(14) The DS effects of marijuana showed a rapid onset, appearing within 90 s from the beginning of smoking.
(15) The marijuana-induced acute memory impairment was assessed in a double-blind, crossover experiment.
(16) Some recent reports implicate marijuana smoking as a cause of cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract, though most of the subjects were exposed to other, possibly confounding, etiologic factors, namely tobacco and alcohol.
(17) While lawmakers debate how much THC (the psychoactive component in marijuana) a person can have in their blood before they're a danger on the road, Colorado's policemen have to rely on field sobriety tests.
(18) In another example, Colorado legislators this month had to pass a new state law to allow for a cannabis co-operative credit union that would let marijuana businesses open bank accounts and escape the murky world of cash-only transactions.
(19) Smoking marijuana can injure mucosal tissue and may have more carcinogenic potential than tobacco.
(20) At the same concentrations, cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol, cannabinoids devoid of marijuana-like psychoactivity, had no effect on DPH polarization.