(n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
(n.) A trick, joke, or deception.
(v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive.
Example Sentences:
(1) That's the sixth hit allowed tonight dor Wainwright.
(2) The two dead Israeli soldiers were identified as Captain Yochai Klengel, 25, and Sergeant Dor Nini, 20.
(3) Phenotype effects (obese greater than lean) were present for retroperitoneal (RP) and dorsal (DOR) white fat depot weight, adipocyte number per depot, and adipocyte lipid content.
(4) Phenotype effects (corpulent greater than lean) were present for fat pad weight, adipocyte number, and adipocyte lipid content in the dorsal (DOR) and retroperitoneal (RP) WAT depots.
(5) Furthermore, the data indicated that neither the Lb nor the DOR scales could differentiate the Low Back patients from other psychosomatic and psychiatric patients and suggested that these two scales should be used with extreme caution by clinicians.
(6) Presently, the surgical technique of our preference is the anterior SemiNissen or Dor's hemivalve, with closure of the His' angle, the hiatus and the pillars of the diaphragm, when indicated, and pexia of the round ligament.
(7) Furthermore, contrary to the impression given in some DOR is not alone in making premium payments to government, nor is it the highest payer.
(8) Perry says: “The staff on East Coast, I’ve talked to dozens of them, are really excited to be working with two very customer-facing brands.” Horne adds: “One member said he’d wished we’d taken over years ago, I certainly haven’t detected regret that they’re not working for DOR any more.
(9) Evidence is also presented which shows that each of the pathological MMPI profile types examined across "functional," "organic," and "mixed" classification is significantly more elevated than a normal profile group on two scales (Lb, DOR) designed to measure functional aspects of pain.
(10) DOR images of a contrast-detail phantom are superior to those produced by conventional medium-speed screen-film radiography.
(11) The 27Al DOR NMR spectra of CAW measured at 9.4 and 11.7 T and spinning rates of 800-1150 Hz of the outer and 5 kHz of the inner rotor show seven sharp central lines accompanied by a manifold of spinning sidebands.
(12) Based on the demonstrated influence of L-lactate, pyruvate, and phenazine methosulfate on the salvage synthesis of purine nucleotides [K. Ravid, P. Diamant, and Y. Avi-Dor, (1984) Arch.
(13) Scores from the Low Back (Lb) and the Dorsal (DOR) scales of 20 patients with functional low back pain, 20 patients with functional gastrointestinal pain, and 20 psychoneurotic patients were compared.
(14) Genes ecs, dor and swi from this cluster have been mapped in D. funebris, D. virilis, D. hydei, D. repleta, D. mercatorum and D. paranaensis to the telomeric region of the X chromosome, in D. kanekoi to the distal region, and in D. pseudoobscura, to the proximal region of the X chromosome.
(15) Rotor synchronized pulse excitation is applied in the DOR experiments.
(16) When is the last time that you heard of good old British Rail offering any kind of customer incentives?” Even if the political divide can be encapsulated in a supermarket loyalty programme, the management of East Coast under DOR claims to have “relentlessly focused” on customers (it did, in fact, operate a rewards points scheme).
(17) The rate increase dor sulfate and L-(+)-tartrate is ca.
(18) Nissen's (106), Tupe (47), Belsi's (3), Dor's (5), and atypical methods were applied.
(19) All of these Dor-Nissen partial wrap-around operations were technically easy to do and all the postoperative patients have been problem-free both clinically and radiologically.
(20) The mixed and functional groups differed significantly from the organic group on the Hs, Hy, Pt, Sc, Hy-O, D-O, and DOR scales.
Odor
Definition:
(n.) Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
Example Sentences:
(1) Experiment 3 showed that the color-induced increase in odor intensity is not due to subjects' preexperimental experience with particular color-odor combinations, because the increase occurred with novel ones.
(2) Because of the wide range of human nasal anatomic configurations, some people sniff odorants against comparatively high resistances.
(3) Superior memory for the word list was found when the odor present during the relearning session was the same one that had been present at the time of initial learning, thereby demonstrating context-dependent memory.
(4) Foraging honeybees (Apis mellifera) were trained with 2 successively presented targets differing in color or odor, one of which always contained a 5-microliters drop of 50% sucrose solution and the other, a 5-microliters drop of 20% sucrose solution.
(5) A programmable controller manages the olfactometer dilution stage selection, the odor stimulus switch and starts the peripheral devices required by the experiment.
(6) For the roof, different odorants produced different activity patterns, which had profiles not simply described as regions of maximal and minimal responsiveness.
(7) Hamsters with TNx retained their ability to detect odors, but demonstrated reduced attraction to vaginal odors as compared with unoperated animals.
(8) Chemosensory cilia of olfactory receptor neurons contain an adenylate cyclase which is stimulated by high concentrations of odorants.
(9) Distal stimuli emanating from the female or pups induce proximity by provoking orientation, attention and arousal; the meaning of these stimuli is largely learned by conditioned associations during the initial executions of the behavior, although odors may have a prepotent influence for some individuals.
(10) The cyclic adenosine nucleotide pathway is turned off by kinase A activity, whereas the inositol trisphosphate cascade is terminated by kinase C. The data support the concept that desensitization of odorant responses involves phosphorylation of key elements in the transduction cascade.
(11) Like its counterparts from frog and rat, the ciliary enzyme was stimulated by guanine nucleotides, by forskolin, and by a variety of odorants in the presence of GTP.
(12) The level of the DA metabolite 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) increases only in pups receiving both odor and tactile stimulation and peaks at about 200% of baseline.
(13) In Experiment 1, an odor was presented 90 s before, during, or 90 s after a taste to independent groups.
(14) Examination of illustrative case reports demonstrates that the qualitative features of the Odorant Confusion Matrix offer additional insights to support etiologic diagnoses of disturbances in sense of smell.
(15) At 2.5 L min-1 both groups were able to track the buildup of odor intensity during infusion and its decline after infusion.
(16) Experiments 2 and 3 investigated whether desensitized animals could behaviorally detect and discriminate odors.
(17) No differences have been observed about aspect, odor, pH and volume of ejaculate.
(18) Determining specific ligand-receptor relationships is an extremely challenging task given the diversity of odorants able to be perceived and the potentially large size of the family of receptors.
(19) This review discusses the state of knowledge in odor memory within the framework of mainstream memory research.
(20) When heart rate is used as the index of conditioning, rat pups younger than 15 days of age do not display an odor-shock association.