(n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
(n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
(n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
(n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
(n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
(n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
(n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
(n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
(v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(3) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(4) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(5) Dialysis of dog plasma against an artificial c.s.f.
(6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(9) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(10) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
(11) From the present results it is concluded that secretion of extrapancreatic glucagon increased in response to arginine infusion in the diabetic state, both alloxan diabetic dogs and one-week post-pancreatectomized dogs.
(12) The effect of pO(2) was studied in a further nine dogs.
(13) The effects of tachycardia caused by ectopic right or left ventricular stimulation on ventricular recovery potentials were studied in 30 dogs.
(14) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
(15) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(16) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
(17) Liver bloodflow remained unchanged in AS dogs, but hepatic alanine uptake nearly tripled (p less than 0.01) and hepatic glucose production increased by 60% (p less than 0.05).
(18) Affected dogs were from ten breeds and their average age was eight years.
(19) Though three of these presumable metabolites could slightly inhibit the binding of [3H]-KW-3049, they were not detected in rat and dog plasma at 0.5 h after oral administration of KW-3049.
(20) Temelastine produces these species-specific changes by enhancing thyroxine clearance from the circulation in the rat, but not in the dog or mouse.
Ibex
Definition:
(n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spain's IBEX has tumbled more than 2%, despite its central bank predicting that the country's recession is over.
(2) Campa was speaking as the Ibex index of Madrid's most traded stocks plunged for a second day and the cost of protecting investors against a default of Spanish debt reached a record high.
(3) Spanish IBEX: up 42 points at 7476, +0.55% Italian FTSE MIB: up 68 points at 15335, +0.45% Worryingly, Italian and Spanish longer-term debt has not rallied as much as the shorter-term bonds.
(4) UK FTSE 100: down 0.75%, or 44 points, at 5845 Germany DAX: down 0.9% France CAC 40: down 0.9% Spain IBEX: down 1.1% Italy FTSE MIB: down 1% 8.20am BST In the Wall Street Journal this morning Charles Goodhart and Sony Kapoor ask whether the eurozone crisis has turned a corner.
(5) In female ibex up to an age of six years, a sufficiently accurate age determination can be made based on the degree of skeletal ossification and length of the bones (s. Table 2).
(6) Spanish 10-year bond yields fell to a six-month low of 5.5% and the Ibex stock market in Madrid jumped by 1.4%, after Moody's confounded investors' expectations and left the country's rating unchanged.
(7) Here's an early round-up: FTSE 100: up 18 points at 5827, +0.3% DAX: up 40 points at 6959, + 0.6% CAC: up 28 points at 3430, + 0.85% IBEX: up 139 points at 7193.
(8) The FTSEurofirst300 index fell 1.4%, driven by selloffs in Frankfurt (DAX down 1.9%), Paris (CAC down 2.65%), Madrid (IBEX down 1.2%) and Milan (FTSE MIB down 2%).
(9) Virus isolates from a blue wildebeest, a sika deer and an ibex had restriction endonuclease DNA cleavage patterns that were in general similar to each other.
(10) • FTSE 100 : up 18 points at 5811, + 0.3% • German DAX : up 49 points at 7278, +0.6% • French CAC : up 30 points at 3419, + 0.9% • Spain's IBEX : up 56 points at 7708, + 0.75% • Italy's FTSE MIB : up 120 points at 15632, + 0.8% Spread-betters had been predicting that concerns over the global economy would push shares lower.
(11) The Italian blue-chip index, the FTSE MIB index, fell by 3.25%, while the Spanish Ibex lost 2.8%.
(12) • The FTSE 100 has fallen 0.62% at 5793.32 • Germany's Dax is down 0.68% • France's Cac has closed 0.72% lower • Spain's Ibex is off 1.06% • Italy's FTSE MIB has dropped 0.78% • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 11 points But Spanish and Italian bond yields have edged lower again, so Spain may well feel it can hold out on any bailout request.
(13) The Dax in Frankfurt is up 0.5% while the Ibex in Madrid has perked up 0.6%.
(14) The biggest falls on European bourses were in Milan, where the FTSE MIB slid 549 points to 13,114 and in Madrid, where the Ibex shed 252 points to 6624.
(15) Here's a closing summary: FTSE 100: down 22 points at 5893, - 0.37% German DAX: down 10 points at 7401, - 0.14% French CAC: down 26 points 3555, - 0.73% Spanish IBEX: down 6 points at 8148, -0.08% Italian FTSE MIB: down 154 points at 16470, - 0.93% With Spanish bond yields still sharply higher today, there is concern in the City that the eurocrisis is poised to flare up again.
(16) Updated at 10.10am BST 8.12am BST EUROPEAN MARKETS FALL AT THE OPEN Financial markets in Europe have dropped at the start of trading: FTSE 100 index: down 34 points at 5858, - 0.6% German DAX: down 49 points at 7354, -0.8% French CAC: down 23 points at 3530, - 0.66% Spanish IBEX: down 50 points at 8097, - 0.6% Italian FTSE MIB: down 95 points at 16375, - 0.6% Spain isn't the only reason.
(17) 9.32am BST Market update Not much drama to report in the financial markets, where stock markets are pretty flat in early trading (Spain's IBEX is the most 'interesting', down around 0.5%).
(18) FTSE 100: up 18 points at 5798, + 0.3% German DAX: up 32 points at 7322, + 0.45% French CAC: up 6 points at 3446, + 0.2% Spanish IBEX: up 44 points at 7886, + 0.57% Italian FTSE MIB: up 80 points at 15529.
(19) FTSE 100: up 17 points at 5675, + 0.3% German DAX: up 25 points at 6989, + 0.25% French CAC: up 11 points at 3417, up 0.35% Spanish IBEX: up 59 points at 7553, up 0.79% Italian FTSE MIB: up 60 points at 15188, up 0.38% Cameron Peacock , market analyst at IG Markets, warned that shares could swiftly retreat if the ECB doesn't deliver: Should Mr Draghi fail to provide the market with an acceptable level of detail of the intended programme, there is the very real risk of a short-term pull back in the euro, particularly now, given it has rallied on the back of last night’s leaks.
(20) • The FTSE 100 has finished down 0.11%, a fall of nearly 100 points on the week • Germany's Dax is down 0.58% • France's Cac has closed up 0.47% • Italy's FTSE MIB is 0.09% lower • Spain's Ibex is up 0.16% • The Athens market is up 0.92% • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 64 points at the moment And with that we're off.