What's the difference between downy and sericeous?
Downy
Definition:
(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.
Sericeous
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
(a.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
(a.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order to characterize a putative role of serum in such variations, we have studied the modifications of the cell cycle parameters when cells were induced to differentiate in the presence or in the absence of seric factors.
(2) In patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing hemodialysis, the seric zinc level was significantly lower than in normal subjects.
(3) The specificity of the antibodies was analyzed with I.E.E., and a spectrophotometric reading of the raw, soluble, antigens adsorbed was performed by chromatographic affinity, with sepharose columns joined with purified immunoglobulins extracted from the seric combinations of each one of the studied individuals.
(4) Such a treatment is also able to restore normal placental weight in auto-immune MRL lpr mice, which are known to display excess seric CSF beta-like activity (CSFs being in vitro efficient growth factors for trophoblasts).
(5) Finally, a significant increase in the seric level of the 7 new patients was noted after 6 months of hemodialysis treatment.
(6) The intestinal absorption of calcium and seric levels of calcifediol and calcitriol were studied in 27 patients with essential blood hypertension (BH) and 20 normal patients in a control group.
(7) Then, 119 renal allograft recipients were followed-up for the presence of seric IgM-CIC.
(8) In 34 subjects (29 subjects vibrations exposed and 5 controls), the variations of seric levels of endothelin (Et) after Cold Test were investigated, while vasomotor modifications were monitored and recorded by forefinger volumetric pulsoplethismography.
(9) The pepsinogen seric levels (PSL) after stimulation with Histalog, discriminate the patients suffering from duodenal ulcer from normal individuals, and they are higher among men than women.
(10) Erythrocyte and white blood cell counts as well as hemoglobin and hematocrit were below the lower limit of normality when seric neuraminidase activity was at its peak.
(11) Even if further studies are necessary, for example to compare MCA with other seric tumour markers, this experience suggests that MCA could be a satisfactory tumour marker in the diagnosis of metastatic ovarian effusions.
(12) Finally, OHD sera significantly inhibit PHA-induced IL-2 yield of normal PBL, suggesting that a seric component(s) may play a role in some cases.
(13) Three patients having undergone protocols for in vitro fertilization (IVF) showed an allergic reaction suggesting seric disease 6 to 10 days after follicle aspiration.
(14) Seric trypanolytic activity of individual animals remains stable when tested over a period of 18 months; moreover, it is not modified by trypanosome infection.
(15) We found, in addition to the disorders, a large increase in the seric concentration of total IgE, and increased presence of autoantibodies and circulating immunocomplexes.
(16) 5 human cases of hepatoma have been chosen with respect to their different seric alpha-fetoprotein (alpha-FP) level and histological characters.
(17) The blood-drags were performed respectively, during (with seric samples from the inferior thyroid vein ipsilateral to the affected lobe) and after (1, 3 and 7 days) surgery.
(18) 11 blood and seric group markers were studied in a case of 46,XX,del(8)(qter yields p22 :) in order to contribute to the exclusion map.
(19) They were utilized as diagnostic methods laboratory exams, especially serial seric and urinary amylase as creatinine and at the same time abdominal echography, upper gastrointestinal tract X-rays, thorax X-rays, Barium Enema and Biliary tract X-rays.
(20) The need for new seric markers of tumoral or viral activity to enable an early diagnosis or staging has brought about a proliferation of research in new markers.