(a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
(a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
(a.) Cunning; wary.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have used bulked segregant analysis to identify three random amplified polymorphic DNA markers in lettuce linked to a gene for resistance to downy mildew.
(2) Downie holds that there is nothing to distinguish the doctor or lawyer from other occupations in terms of the criteria of self-interest and altruism.
(3) Of the three main groups of pesticides (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides), fungicides have probably the longest history, dating back to the accidental discovery in 1882 of Bordeaux mixture and the value of copper-based preparations for the control of vine downy mildew disease.
(4) Babesia moshkovskiiwas found in the blood of 6 of 30 downy (D) Prairie Falcons and in none of 5 adults (A) from Wyoming.
(5) A population of Arabidopsis thaliana growing locally in a suburb of Zürich called Weiningen was observed to be infected with downy mildew.
(6) John Downie, director of public affairs at SCVO, said: "We know that the top 20% of income earners are the most likely to vote, and as many as half of people in the bottom 20% don't vote.
(7) Downie concluded that the clamp-down was making it more difficult for the press to hold government accountable for its actions.
(8) In his report, Downie chronicled the Obama administration's use of the 1917 Espionage Act to prosecute leakers, and its development of a programme that requires government employees in every department to help prevent leaks to the press by monitoring the behaviour of their colleagues.
(9) John Downie, the SCVO's director of public affairs, said it welcomed Labour's plans to increase the powers and independence of local councils but said the party was resisting "the radical changes which are desperately needed to meet the aspirations of the Scottish people".
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Common loon ( Gavia immer ) with downy young riding on back, in a Matanuska Valley lake, Alaska.
(11) Rod Downie, polar expert at WWF-UK said: "With the speed of change we are now witnessing in the Arctic, the UK government must show national and global leadership in the urgent transition away from fossil fuels to a low carbon economy.
(12) CPJ’s critical appraisal of the NSA’s mass surveillance comes hard on the heels of a special report it published last October in which the former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie accused the Obama administration of blasting a chill through US journalism through its aggressive pursuit of official leakers.
(13) The colony texture of these mutants was downy and their mycelium sterile.
(14) #AustinJacksonStirkesOut 11.50pm BST Athletics 3 - Tigers 3, top of the 6th And then Reddick grounds out to second and that's shut-downy enough for Tigers fans who give him an ovation as his night is most likely over.
(15) Goats that have been selected for production of this fine, downy undercoat are referred to as "Cashmere" goats.
(16) According to Sky Sports News reporter Keith Downie , who is at Sunderland's training ground , John O'Shea just drove out of the car-park, rolled down his window and shouted "WES BROWN TO REAL MADRID!"
(17) All the canvases feature babies: gurgling smiles, downy hair, chubby wrists.
(18) Ellie Downie, from Nottingham, was only nine when her sister, Becky, a gymnast, made her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008.
(19) A random cDNA clone was identified as distinguishing near-isogenic lines for downy mildew resistance in lettuce.
(20) The NSW party president, Chris Downy, is the chief executive officer of the Australian Wagering Council which lobbies on behalf of the online gambling industry.
Pubescent
Definition:
(a.) Arrived at puberty.
(a.) Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast to height, however, a short term formula for values from birth to near pubescence cannot be applied due to the vivid head growth in the postnatal phase.
(2) Williams said: "There is no doubt in my mind that you are a paedophile who has for some time harboured sexual and morbid fantasies about young girls, storing on your laptop not only images of pre-pubescent and pubescent girls, but foul pornography of the gross sexual abuse of young children."
(3) A stabilization of proportions of spondylometric features as well as of those and the height of the body takes place in the period of pubescence.
(4) on plasma LH, FSH and testosterone was examined in 19 normal pubescent and prepubescent boys.
(5) In terms of growth rate the following five age periods were identified in the predefinitive stage of postnatal ontogenesis: childhood--from birth to 9 months of age, adolescence--from 9 months to 3 years, accelerated growth or pubescence--from 3 to 4.5 years, growth completion--from 4.5 to 7-8 years, and physiological maturity (definitive stage)--over 8 years of age.
(6) Even after pubescence the angle is not constant but the changes are much smaller.
(7) Prepubescent and pubescent children deviate considerably in fat-free body composition from the adult reference male, and this has lead investigators to overestimate body fatness in this population using conventional body composition formulas.
(8) Although pubescents readily form cohesive groups, the emotional stress for the group therapists is intense and many therapists are reluctant to take on such groups.
(9) A small, but significant, rise in plasma LH level occurs at pubescence in both boys and girls.
(10) After adjusting for duration of diabetes and sex, the relative odds of having retinopathy in the postpubescent group relative to the prepubescent or pubescent groups was 4.8 (95% confidence interval: 1.5 to 15.3).
(11) In 4 pubescent children with growth retardation and need for maintenance prednisone, accelerated growth occurred following growth hormone administration for 3-6 months.
(12) 47 pubescent rats were inserted with IUDs and then impregnated.
(13) They assessed the criteria or normal female pubescence, liminal pubescence and hirsutism in the two populations.
(14) Exposure of pubescent female rats to testosterone during the period from 35 to 50 days of age resulted in a significant increase in testosterone sensitivity when tested at 90 days of age, suggesting that pubertal exposure to androgen is important for the expression of testosterone responsivity in adulthood.
(15) Complete casts of the hypophyseal and hypothalamic blood vascular beds of newborn, pubescent, adult and aged rats were produced by infusion of low viscosity methacrylate media, dissected under a binocular light microscope, and observed with a scanning electron microscope.
(16) We have studied the estrogenic action of zeranol and have compared it to the action of estradiol on the uterus--the vagina, the mammary gland and the pituitary gland of the pre-pubescent, castrated female before the opening of the vagina.
(17) The right occipital lobe in a series of pubescent monkeys was exposed to 3500 rads of orthovoltage radiation in a single dose.
(18) Although localization patterns were similar, the total recovery of infused mammary node cells in the six nodes examined was consistently higher in lactating than in pubescent pigs.
(19) Pubescence in female rats was associated with an increase in differentiated preadipocytes and in fat cell number with enlargement of the fat depots in the perirenal, parametrial, and the subcutaneous dorsal and femoral regions.
(20) Thus, ovarian factors influence the pubescence-associated regional preadipocyte differentiation and conversion to adipocytes.