(n.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dillseed.
(a.) To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Titrations with urea, analyzed according to the heteropolymer theory [Alonso, D. O. V., & Dill, K. A.
(2) I asked her what she thought of the freezing weather here and she said she was used to it.” At lunch, Kate dined on herb-infused vegetable terrine, poached salmon with dill hollandaise sauce, lemon pearl barley risotto and sautéed vegetables.
(3) We conclude that the Dill-Glazko test should not be used.
(4) The ‘ukropi’ [‘dill people’, a derogatory term for Ukrainians] pounded us.
(5) Diffuse intermediate lymphocytic lymphoma (DILL) is considered a late stage in the progression of MZL.
(6) The Dill-Glazko test was affected by low urinary pH and by addition of erythrocytes to urine.
(7) These findings are in agreement with the mean field statistical thermodynamic theory of Dill, which predicts that increased stationary phase chain density should lead to increased anisotropic chain ordering and increased solute-shape selectivity.
(8) Walter Dill Scott was the major proponent of this theory, and it was largely through his writings that advertising men learned about the psychology of suggestion.
(9) Dill or fennel butter Substitute dill or fennel for the parsley.
(10) This study confirms the low sensitivity (less than 55%) of the Dill-Glazko test in urine, which is 100-1000 times less sensitive than the ELISA; the latter can detect 10-20 ng chloroquine per ml.
(11) These results suggest that the botanically related spices, coriander, anise and dill, contain common IgE-binding structures.
(12) To buy it from the Guardian Bookshop for £22.50, click here Uyen Luu’s seabass congee Facebook Twitter Pinterest Romas Foord for the Observer With kale, ginger and dill Congee is a soup usually made from leftover cooked rice and is a breakfast favourite in Vietnam.
(13) • 2814 North 16 Street, barriocafe.com CULINARY HEROES FnB Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Jill Richards Photography Among the Native American souvenir stores of Scottsdale old town, is the excellent FnB, a truly forward-thinking, showcase for the state’s native produce in veg-centric dishes: salad of persimmons with hazelnut, kohlrabi, dill and goat’s cheese.
(14) That night, as we sat around the fire, feasting on chicken and dill casserole washed down with Bryg brown ale, and with the sea only metres away, I felt the Danish concept of hygge – roughly meaning cosy or content.
(15) The authors establish that choleretic action of the dill oil is manifested comparatively slightly in uneven increase of the basic bile components.
(16) Recent lattice polymer simulations by Chan & Dill suggest that compactness may be a significant driving force in the formation of secondary structure.
(17) An improved method has been developed for the extraction of light filth from whole, cracked, or flaked spices (basil, bay leaves, clery leaves, chervil, chives, dill weed, mint flakes, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, and vegetable flakes) and from ground spices (cloves, cumin, marjoram, mustard seed, oregano, sage, and thyme).
(18) A second survey in March 1971 found 15 of 47 complete compounds tested in Lassa, Dille and Yuba villages had at least one peron with serologically demonstrable experience with LF virus.
(19) In this connection vegetables (beet Bordeaux, turnip Petrovskaya, carrot Chantanet, dill, radish Virovsky white) and wheat (variety Sonora) were cultivated during the lunar light-dark cycle (i. e. 15 day light: 15 day dark).
(20) The authors present the results from the experiemental studies of choleretic action of the Bulgarian dill oil, produced by the firm "Bulgarian Rose" from the crop of 1970, on white rats.
Gherkin
Definition:
(n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.
(n.) See Sea gherkin.
Example Sentences:
(1) A putative non-diffusible inhibitor isolated from dark-grown gherkin hypocotyls inhibited the homogeneously purified mustard lyase.
(2) It will certainly become – is already – a London landmark and will take its place on T-shirts and tourist shows along with Tower Bridge and the Gherkin.
(3) Equally, the award made to Norman Foster's striking 30 St Mary Axe (aka the Gherkin) was at a time when there was great excitement about the latest development in new City skyscrapers, an excitement somewhat deflated now that City money appears to be as trustworthy as a Bob Maxwell pension scheme.
(4) Swiss Re spent about £238m building the Gherkin on the site at St Mary Axe of the Baltic Exchange shipping market, which was badly damaged by an IRA bomb attack in 1992.
(5) London Live has unveiled a series of five 25-second trails, which will be used as an intro to news coverage and shows on the channel, featuring locations including Boxpark in east London , Oxford Circus and the Gherkin building in the City.
(6) The Gherkin, voted London's favourite tower, has been put into receivership 10 years after its completion helped transform the capital's skyline.
(7) The inhibitor preparations inhibit phenylalanine ammonia-lyase isolated from a number of plant tissues and also cinnamic acid-4-hydroxylase (trans-cinnamate, NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating), EC 1.14.13.11) from gherkins and peas, but not a wide range of other enzymes.
(8) Cameron said: "We need thousands of offshore turbines in the next decade and beyond – each one as tall as the Gherkin [the Swiss Re skyscraper in London].
(9) The Gherkin office tower in the City was bought by Brazilian billionaire banker Joseph Safra for more than £700m last month, while the Qatari Investment Authority acquired HSBC tower in Canary Wharf for more than £1.1bn.
(10) Swiss Re spent about $400m (£238m) building the Gherkin on the site of the Baltic Exchange, which was badly damaged by an IRA bomb attack in 1992.
(11) The Gherkin, which has won multiple awards, has run into trouble at a time when dozens of new skyscrapers are planned.
(12) Picture the Cheesegrater strapped to the Walkie-Talkie , with most of the Gherkin thrown in, all bundled up in a great glass shroud.
(13) Today, London's skyline is dominated by such sights as the Cheese-grater in Leadenhall, the Walkie-talkie in Fenchurch Street, the Gherkin in Aldgate and the Razor at Elephant and Castle.
(14) Climb the steps and you are treated to a glorious panorama of the Shard, the Gherkin and Canary Wharf – a whole spread of city from Westminster to the Isle of Dogs and north to the humped ground of Highgate, shimmering in the smog like a mirage.
(15) Glyn Mummery, a partner at FRP Advisory, which helps with financial restructuring, said the multi-currency financial arrangements in place at the Gherkin were not uncommon in big London property deals and there could be further casualties.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy 1 The Gherkin One of London’s most recognisable silhouettes, the 180m Gherkin was last week bought by Brazilian banker Joseph Safra in a deal thought to be worth more than £700m.
(17) In December Guardian reporter Paul Lewis was stopped and searched while taking pictures of the Gherkin building in London and Grant Smith, an architecture photographer, was apprehended around the corner while photographing Sir Christopher Wren's Christ Church.
(18) We're high up in the Gherkin in the City of London and Garry Sidaway, director of security strategy at Integralis, a firm which advises government agencies, pharmaceutical and financial services multinationals, is giving my computer a security MOT.
(19) Close to, familiar and not-small objects, such as the Gherkin and HMS Belfast, look like large toys.
(20) I had some sympathy for the PC, who it turned out had been at the Gherkin by coincidence.