(n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
(n.) A dropping tube.
(n.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
(n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
Example Sentences:
(1) A simple dropper that would withdraw only one drop and deliver the same would resolve this problem.
(2) By modifying the dimensions of the dropper tip we reduced the volume of the drops administered, and therefore the total dose of phenylephrine, without altering the concentration.
(3) The main errors were in the use of the dropper and timing.
(4) Two sets of ruggedness tests were carried out to evaluate the type of balance used to weigh the sample, amount of stain, staining time, sieve design, technique used to transfer stained material from beaker to sieve, washing technique used to accumulate stained material at edge of sieve, diameter of eye dropper used to transfer sample from sieve to graduated tube, number of 0.5 mL portions examined, and magnification used to examine prepared slides.
(5) These include sinks, trial lenses, solutions, lens cases, multidose dropper bottles, and storage trays.
(6) Disposable dropper pipettes proved to be economical, accurate, and precise.
(7) Local anesthetic cartridges should not be stored in a confined space with dropper bottles containing either methyl methacrylate or ethyl methacrylate monomers.
(8) No organisms could be cultured from Fluress one minute after inoculation of the solution or five minutes after inoculation of the dropper tip.
(9) The use of a sterile medicine dropper to apply slight suction to the epithelial side of the button allows for easy and secure removal of the trapped button without the risk of distortion or direct trauma to the endothelium as could occur with other methods.
(10) The evidence presented shows that both methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate monomers can diffuse through the rubber bulb of a dropper dispenser-style bottle.
(11) If a dropper bottle of these agents is stored in a confined space such as a storage tub along with certain local anesthetic cartridges, the monomer vapor can enter the cartridge and contaminate its contents.
(12) Uniform drops of the 12 standard bacteriocins were added simultaneously with a bacteriocin-bacteriophage dropper to each strain to be typed.
(13) With active drainage, the bladder and paracystic fat were continuously irrigated with drug solutions siphoned off from a jar into a dropper obtained from a disposable hemotransfusion system.
(14) Asked immediately after the match in a courtside interview to explain his remarks, Kyrgios justified his jaw-dropper with smug indifference: “He was getting a bit lippy with me, kind of in the heat of the moment.
(15) To determine the ability of fluorescein-anesthetic combination solutions and their applicators to regain sterility, we contaminated four commercially available fluorescein-anesthetic solutions and their dropper tips with inocula of either Pseudomonas species or Staphylococcus species.
(16) In contrast, organisms were cultured from the other fluorescein-anesthetic preparations for at least one hour after bacterial inoculation into the solution or onto the dropper tip.
(17) However, it was multistep and required use of droppers.
(18) Methyl methacrylate is substantially more efficient in this regard than is ethyl methacrylate, which leads to the loss of these products into the environment immediately around the dropper bottle.
(19) When stored in small tube-droppers for not less than 12 months (observation time) the repository fluorenal eye drops retain their therapeutic activity.
(20) Millions of us reach for the brown dropper bottle as soon as the first signs of a cold appear, hoping to nip it in the bud.
Utensil
Definition:
(v. t.) That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
Example Sentences:
(1) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
(2) We’d handed out four or five platefuls and they demanded we put our utensils down and come with them,” he said.
(3) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
(4) The cup method is considered to have advantages because utensils and ingredients for this method are more readily available in these rural homes.
(5) The problems related to the release of toxicants from ceramic utensils are treated from the aspects of ceramics, test techniques, analytics, toxicology and food law, with special regard to the necessity for a well-balanced compromise between the justified hygienic demands of health protection and the actual technological possibilities.
(6) Utensil drying racks were found in 56.0% of the households.
(7) They are also known for space-saving devices such as utensils which pack neatly on top of each other in a stand, spatulas, palette knifes and ladles that use a weighted handle to avoid being placed on the countertop, thus saving cleaning.
(8) Additionally we carried out an investigation of kitchensurfaces and -utensils by means of "Rodac"-plates.
(9) The money is better now, and I can earn enough for food and clothes for the children – and I can buy clothes and kitchen utensils for myself,” she says.
(10) Home cookware was examined by atomic absorption spectroscopy: seven different stainless utensils as well as cast iron, mild steel, aluminum and enamelled steel.
(11) Specific behaviors taught, such as replacing utensils after each bite and eating slowly, showed significant changes in the expected directions with weight change.
(12) Mands for two of three utensils emerged following tact intervention.
(13) Most of them knew that promiscuity, blood transfusion and sharing injection needles and syringes are the major modes of transmission, but a number still incriminate toilet seats, eating utensils, hand-shaking and kissing.
(14) Correlations were found between the time a dog spent in a manyatta and whether dogs were allowed to clean children, scavenge from cooking utensils and defecate within the home area.
(15) At the end of the course participants had to: 1) recognize common illnesses in children; 2) identify children needing immediate referrals to the hospital; 3) take temperature, sponge a child with a fever, sterilize an infant's feeding utensils using hypochlorite solution, assess the nutritional status of children; 4) list the various components and prepare a weaning diet; and 5) discuss the nutritional needs for preschool and school-aged children.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flatpack furniture and kitchen utensils Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Some items were still in their boxes, flatpacks intact.
(17) Police believed two to three of the camps were only abandoned as recently as two weeks ago because they found rice, vegetables, recently cooked meals and cooking utensils.
(18) Watching, I began to shift my gaze from the bakers to the work surfaces, counting all the utensils.
(19) Ancillary hygienic measures included the use of disposable feeding and drinking utensils, frequent removal and destruction of faeces and scrubbing of sanitary trays and cages with hot 5% sodium carbonate solution.
(20) K. Schürer exhibited a complete equipment of a modern pharmacy with glass and porcelain drug jars and various pharmaceutical utensils.