(n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant.
(imp.) of Drink
Example Sentences:
(1) Basal plasma levels of oxytocin were found to be low in sodium-deficient adrenalectomized rats and in intact animals treated daily with desoxycorticosterone acetate, both of which groups drank large amounts of NaCl solution, whereas basal plasma levels of arginine vasopressin were neither stimulated nor suppressed.
(2) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
(3) The rats provided with sodium barbiturate-supplemented water developed more intestinal tumors than did those that drank drug-free water.
(4) ANG II given as early as 10 days after surgery, and they drank reliably and vigorously but less in total volume to 100 ng i.c.v.
(5) Subjects reported in a diary everything they either ate or drank for seven consecutive days.
(6) When the dogs drank either H2O or NaCl,f increased significantly during the first minute after drinking.
(7) But identifying why I’m not sleeping well after I’ve eaten too much, drank something or not exercised enough, then it becomes useful to change habits and do something about the poor sleep.” Fitbit has one of the most advanced analysis platforms.
(8) Rats drank from a cup and were then injected with lithium chloride.
(9) No one would deny that Thomas drank too much or that he could be a troublesome drunk.
(10) When water was withheld for 15 min, but then allowed, rats drank the same total volume but c-fos expression was no longer inhibited in either the supraoptic nucleus or paraventricular nucleus.
(11) A case is described of a 30-year-old White male who drank 120 ml carbon tetrachloride (CCI4).
(12) Men drank more and they drank more often than women.
(13) Unilateral nephrectomy at the age of 80 days produced a slight BP increase in females irrespective of whether they drank water or 0.6% NaCl, but in males only if they drank 0.6% NaCl solution.
(14) Ninety percent of women drank alcohol at least once after the diagnosis of pregnancy.
(15) Their pattern of drinking was similar to that of other age groups, except for those over 65 years, who drank less.
(16) In particular, girls in the eighth grade showed less suitable behaviour in several fields: many of these drank alcohol and smoked tobacco.
(17) The rats that were injected with ibotenic acid during ketamine anesthesia drank significantly less than the control group when tested with 3% hypertonic saline but not when tested with angiotensin II.
(18) Females drank considerably less in this population; trends were similar although not of as great magnitude as those for males.
(19) Although natural killer cell activity was lower in patients who drank alcohol or had nodal metastases, no single clinical factor was predictive of deficient cytotoxic response.
(20) Abedi, too, smoked cannabis, drank and, according to at least one source, was known to the authorities for antisocial behaviour.
Frank
Definition:
(v. t.) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
(n.) A pigsty.
(n.) The common heron; -- so called from its note.
(n.) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
(n.) Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
(n.) Liberal; generous; profuse.
(n.) Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
(v. t.) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
(v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
(a.) The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.
(a.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
(a.) A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
(a.) A French coin. See Franc.
Example Sentences:
(1) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
(2) The greatest stars who emerged from the early talent shows – Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett – were artists with long careers.
(3) • Harriet Harman gives a frank interview about the olden days, in which she reveals a passionate affair with Arthur Scargill.
(4) The Ajax coach Frank de Boer has confirmed that Tottenham Hotspur have approached the Amsterdam club to test his interest in coaching the club.
(5) They’ve already collaborated with folks like DOOM, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean; I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peek of their incredible collaboration with Future Islands’ Sam Herring from their forthcoming album.
(6) Absolute has raised its profile with big-name signings such as Frank Skinner and bought live Premier League football rights for the first time for this season .
(7) Two term newborn infants born by frank breech delivery had posterior fossa hemorrhage diagnosed by CT scan within the first 72 hours of life and underwent successful surgical drainage of hematoma.
(8) After the formal PIRC inquiry was triggered by the lord advocate, Frank Mulholland, Bayoh’s family said police gave them five different accounts of what had happened before eventually being told late on Sunday afternoon how he died.
(9) To be frank, the police cannot cope with the extent of abuse on social media.
(10) Frankly, the pair had been at each other ever since the Frenchman had come on to the pitch.
(11) Moreover, S-phase prolongation was observed with the malignant changes, and the cell cycle time did not differ markedly among normal epithelium (22.8 hr), anaplastic epithelium (23.0 hr), and frank invasive carcinoma (26.1 hr).
(12) In any halfway-awake western nation, and, to be frank, in many reaches of British national life, this would be considered an amateurish absurdity, a guarantee of eventual failure.
(13) On the other hand, only limited feelings of frankness existed among the residents.
(14) Del Piero, who helped greatly increase the A-League’s profile during his two-year stay, was linked by the media to a managerial role at the club when Frank Farina lost his job in April 2014.
(15) Some Labour MPs, such as Frank Field and David Miliband, are keen on primaries.
(16) Activation of GV by monochromatic 450-nm radiation causes two specific DNA changes in human P3 cells in culture as shown by alkaline elution techniques: single-strand breaks (i.e., alkali-labile sites plus frank strand scissions) and DNA-to-protein covalent bond crosslinks.
(17) Five-year actuarial survival rates were 86.6% for frank, 98.8% for microinvasive and 98.8% for in situ carcinomas.
(18) "And let's be frank, we're not actually helping anyone by leaving the economic coast clear for others to provide the inward investment that often comes in from elsewhere and may represent tied aid or investment that won't help lift the poorest into employment," she said.
(19) But frankly we’re still so troubled by the past, it’s hard to put together our plans for the future,” he said.
(20) Regardless of who wins the high court case, appeals are possible and, frankly, likely."