(n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
(n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Experiments in which this method has been applied to the measurement of hunger and thirst in doves are outlined, and the results are discussed in terms of their implications for motivation theory in general.
(2) These results suggest the existence of specific, saturable binding sites for PRL in dove brain which conceivably could mediate the reported effects of PRL on behavior and gonadal function in this species.
(3) Similar effects occurred in dose-related fashion in male doves given ICV injections of ovine prolactin.
(4) The autogeneic fibula dove-tailed strut graft is favored over an iliac crest bone graft because with multilevel decompression in the cervical spine, it provided structural stability and a high union rate.
(5) He used his final speech as an MPC member to indicate a rate rise was getting closer and he also rejected the “dove” label ascribed to him given his apparent support for monetary stimulus during his six years there.
(6) Despite the findings of this study, it was suggested that future dove management strategies consider the possibility of disease outbreaks involving white-winged doves and susceptible populations of mourning doves.
(7) The distribution of labeled cells was investigated in the brain of the ring dove one hour after administration of 3H-estradiol.
(8) The Dove Project, which specialises in providing both residential and domiciliary care to people with disabilities and mental health problems as well as older people, has found it hard to recruit staff of the standard it requires.
(9) In both quail and dove, the activities of hypothalamic aromatase and 5 alpha-reductase were lower in the chick brain than in the adult, but brain 5 beta-reductase activity was much higher during early development than in adulthood.
(10) Mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura) shed the agent sparingly, but turkeys exposed to them did not become infected, These findings and knowledge of the habits of these various species are discussed.
(11) They also point out that the White House and the State Department appear to be similarly split between hawks and doves.
(12) Three other columbid species, C. leucocephala (white-crowned pigeon), C. fasciata (band-tailed pigeon), and Zenaidura macroura (mourning dove) harbored strains of serotype C only.
(13) Doves that received lead treatments had readily discernable lead intranuclear inclusion bodies in cells of the proximal convoluted tubules.
(14) ‘We were simple as doves, wise as serpents’: Portugal toast Euro 2016 win Read more Has any player been through as many contrasting emotions in the space of a major final?
(15) The preoptic area (POA) of the male dove is a known target area for separable behavioral actions of testosterone and 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and contains an active aromatase system.
(16) "When Doves Cry – it's nice to hear When Doves Cry again…" Tumbleweed.
(17) A simultaneous squab--egg choice test was given on days 1, 4, 10, and 13 of incubation and on the day following hatching in normal reproductive cycles of experienced and naïve male and female ring doves.
(18) "This report will certainly strengthen the case for the doves on the committee going into the next meeting this month,' said Millan Mulraine, a senior strategist with TD Securities in New York.
(19) The true value of these celebrity paintings: like Picasso's Child with a Dove , which left Britain when the Qatar royal family bought it for £50m, is tarnished by massive sums.
(20) Polman said the global appeal of Unilever products – from Dove soap to Magnum ice cream – gave the company an opportunity to educate consumers.
Jingoist
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) What is striking about the history wars of recent months, however, is that the jingoists have not in the end managed to impose their views on the coalition government.
(2) Had they bothered to inquire of a veteran from the ranks, they might have heard how exasperating it is to see the dainty long-range patriots of Labour thrashing it out with the staunch gutter jingoists of the Conservative party – and barely a non-commissioned vet among them.
(3) With an out-of-session Congress deadlocked over immigration reform and right-wing lawmakers hell-bent on “sealing the border”, the White House faces intense pressure to do something – anything – about immigration, after years of burying a civil rights crisis in a mire of political tone-deafness and jingoistic bombast.
(4) He is at least as tribal, jingoistic, and provincial as those he condemns for those human failings, as he constantly hails the nobility of his side while demeaning those Others.
(5) Responding to May’s comments, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, called the slogan “jingoistic claptrap” and said it showed no further policy development.
(6) From the crassly jingoistic to the harmlessly patriotic, let us know your own favourites below.
(7) Fair enough, but have you also got anything to say to us about raging jingoist Guy Mowbray?
(8) Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon (Brazil) In case you were wondering , Carlsberg don't have a monopoly on naff, jingoistic World Cup adverts.
(9) With Labour's normally un-jingoistic leader, Michael Foot, bellowing for "action not words", she pleaded for support for troops which, as yet, were still on British soil.
(10) There have been plenty of controversies in its colourful past, such as its notoriously insensitive story about the Hillsborough football tragedy in 1989, its jingoistic coverage of the Falklands war and the libelling of Elton John that resulted in a £1m settlement.
(11) And sometimes, as with the US Navy-backed Act Of Valour , currently burning up the jingoist and videogamer demographics at the US box office, the Pentagon literally gets final cut.
(12) With the six novels he wrote in the years leading up to the second world war - five of which have just been reissued by Penguin Modern Classics - Eric Ambler revitalised the British thriller, rescuing the genre from the jingoistic clutches of third-rate imitators of John Buchan, and recasting it in a more realist, nuanced and leftishly intelligent - not to mention exciting - mould.
(13) But still, it's both gratifying and a bit surprising to see that this CIA-shaped jingoistic celebration of America's proudest moment of the last decade - finding bin Laden, pumping his skull full of bullets, and then dumping his corpse into the ocean - ended up with the stigma it deserves.
(14) UK will have under 18 months to reach deal, says EU Brexit broker Read more The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, called the slogan “jingoistic claptrap” and said it showed no further policy development.
(15) Let's hope he isn't asked to do his turn on the day of the Final, the jingoistic goon.
(16) Now – with a newly expansionist, jingoistic Russia led by President Vladimir Putin set on reasserting itself internationally, with eastern Europe and the Baltic states wondering fearfully what may follow its armed intervention in eastern Ukraine, and with close military encounters between Russia and the west running at cold war levels – Finland is once again on red alert.
(17) The Danes are aggressively jingoistic, waving their red-and-white dannebrog at the slightest provocation.
(18) He had not gone along with the jingoistic adulation of Bruno in his moment of triumph, and was criticised in some quarters for giving what was seen as only grudging praise.
(19) Sadly, the waters would quickly become muddied as other countries started playing too, although it is not pushing a particularly jingoistic agenda to suggest that, until the end of the 19th century, the winner of this grand old fixture could feasibly claim to be the world champions.
(20) European or American-style imperialism is not a feasible option for them yet; they deploy instead, more riskily, jingoistic nationalism and cross-border militarism as a valve for domestic tensions.