(a.) Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
(n.) One who is dumb.
(n.) A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
(n.) An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
(n.) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
(n.) A thick-witted person; a dolt.
(n.) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
(n.) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
(n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a 20-week double-blind double-dummy crossover trial active treatment was given as two types of tablets providing daily doses of 600 micrograms organic selenium, 9000 IU beta carotene, 0.54 g vitamin C, 270 IU vitamin E and 2 g methionine.
(2) The usefulness of micronutrient antioxidant therapy for recurrent (non-gallstone) pancreatitis has recently been endorsed by a 20-week double-blind double-dummy cross-over trial in 20 patients.
(3) In spite of this fact, it has not been possible in this study to establish a significant correlation between previous dummy-sucking and the development of cross-bite in the permanent dentition.
(4) Second, in patients with combined hypertension and angina pectoris, fixed doses of labetalol (200 mg twice daily) gave the same blood pressure values, effort tolerance, and nitrate usage as did atenolol 100 mg once daily in a double-blind, double-dummy, crossover study.
(5) Daily Mail & General Trust could launch the title as soon as next weekend, with a dummy edition planned for this Sunday.
(6) The method consists in refining by least-squares the positions and thermal parameters of a set of dummy atoms placed in the initial low resolution electron density map, so as to minimize the discrepancy between the calculated scattering intensities and the scattering intensities observed in the high resolution data set.
(7) Inactive dummies with the same dimensions as the radioactive sources are loaded into the capsules before obtaining the orthogonal radiographs.
(8) No one in the United States has absolute power or an absolute right to do anything that violates the constitution This is American law for dummies, but Trump gives no indication of knowing its basic tenets.
(9) In a double-blind, double-dummy study, the efficacy of topical 5% EMLA cream was compared with that of lignocaine infiltration in alleviating the pain of arterial cannulation.
(10) Also claimed for buying a copy of Windows XP for Dummies.
(11) In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, double-dummy, randomized, parallel-group preliminary study, the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of the ACE inhibitor enalapril (20 mg day-1) and hydrochlorothiazide (50 mg day-1) were evaluated and compared for 4 weeks in 20 African patients with essential hypertension.
(12) The study was double-blind, with a double-dummy technique.
(13) The dummy pumps exerted no apparent behavioral or endocrine effects, whereas tonic immobility was significantly prolonged and circulating corticosterone concentrations significantly elevated at 4 and 11 days after implantation of the corticosterone minipumps.
(14) Last year’s exercises fuelled an unusually sharp and protracted surge in military tensions, with Pyongyang threatening a pre-emptive nuclear strike, and nuclear-capable US stealth bombers making dummy runs over the Korean peninsula.
(15) A double-blind, double-dummy, crossover study compared oral controlled-release morphine sulfate (MS Contin tablets [MSC], Purdue Frederick, Norwalk, CT) every 12 hours, and immediate-release morphine sulfate (IRMS) tablets, every 4 hours, in 14 evaluable patients with chronic cancer pain.
(16) A randomised, double blind, double dummy, cross over study was then carried out in 30 children to compare the effects of a 20 micrograms dose given through a nasal pipette, a 200 micrograms tablet, and a placebo.
(17) Campbell celebrated his second Premier League goal by sucking on a dummy hidden in his shorts, although he might have considered offering it to Özil, whose drive and execution made the goal at a moment when Arsenal were flat.
(18) In this paper, head baffle and head shadow effects were measured at a front-oriented and at a back-oriented microphone in a hearing aid casing when worn by human subjects and when placed on a dummy head.
(19) Double-blind, double-dummy, randomised, controlled, parallel group trial.
(20) This gaunt, haunting visage (which, in the story, turned out to belong to a deliberately frightening dummy) appeared in Star Trek's end credits almost every week, and was guaranteed to scare the shit out of me whenever it did so.
Playa
Definition:
(n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Doubles from €60 B&B Hotel Las Palmas, Carboneras Playa de los Muertos.
(2) Playa Caleta, the main city beach, swings around the bay, a block in front, though modern high-rises cause you to play hide and seek with sea views.
(3) • Doubles from $113 B&B, no phone, ventanasalmarcozumel.com Fusion, Playa del Carmen Facebook Twitter Pinterest Years ago, most of Playa’s hippie beach bars and hostels converted to slicker, louder operations.
(4) Protein variation in 182 Sylvilagus floridanus from 19 playa basins in Castro Co., Texas was examined using starch-gel electrophoresis.
(5) The prospect of retiring to the sunny hills of Provence or the playas of Spain is less attractive since the EU referendum, with older voters concerned their healthcare would no longer be covered post-Brexit, a survey has found.
(6) Named for the whiskered nurse sharks ( gatas ) that once were common in these waters, Playa Las Gatas offers white sand, and spectacular snorkelling.
(7) • Paseo Marítimo Pedregal 17, Playa Pedregal, +34 952 29 15 95, restauranteelcabra.es Bodega Bar El Pimpi El Pimpi is a Málaga institution.
(8) For the less ambitious, there is the spectacular playa Los Muertos , well worth the pleasant 1km amble down a track off the Agua Amarga-Carboneras road.
(9) Two species of hematozoa, Haemoproteus columbae and H. sacharovi, were observed on thin blood smears from populations of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) in the Rolling Plains (RP, a semiarid dryland farming and grazing area) and Southern High Plains (SHP, an intensively cultivated and irrigated agricultural region with playa lakes) of western Texas (USA).
(10) Here’s Los Parientes de Playa Vicente with La Lloroncita.
(11) Photograph: Lois Pryce I love Bertha’s Café on Playa el Burro .
(12) Visit the Musa underwater sculpture , swim alongside whale sharks or dolphins or simply chill on one of the island’s northern or western beaches, such as wonderful Playa Norte.
(13) Keen123 Playa Las Gatas: a watery Jesus Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy Playa Las Gatas, three miles south of the Zihuatanejo on the Pacific coast, is accessible only by boat or a treacherous pathway, so getting there always seems like an adventure.
(14) • Dive centres include: isub, San Jose, isubsanjose.com (all year); Buceo Las Negras, buceolasnegras.com (all year); Clear Kayak, Playa San José, clearkayak.es (July-September) WHERE TO EAT Casa Puga, Almería Facebook Twitter Pinterest Casa Puga restaurant.
(15) Twenty larval tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) were collected from a playa lake in West Texas and maintained in the laboratory for 7 days prior to the beginning of position training.
(16) He wrote “Playa Escondida” (hidden beach) on a piece of paper and I thought: “I’ve got to go!” I carried that bit of paper with me for ages.
(17) The playlist Facebook Twitter Pinterest A-list playlist for songs from or about Mexico and Central America Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana – They All Went to Mexico Molotov – Frijolero The Four Tops – Loco in Acapulco Los de Abajo – El Loco Chavela Vargas – Vámonos Los Parientes de Playa Vicente – La Lloroncita The Garifuna Collective – Mongulu Café Guancasco – Informe Estadístico de Comienzos de Siglo Peter, Paul and Mary – El Salvador Insane – El Salvador Carlos Mejía Godoy – Nicaragua, Nicaragüita Rubén Blades – Pedro Navaja
(18) A 10-minute drive away is the dramatic, naturist beach Playa de los Muertos.
(19) Hacienda Eden, Playa Troncones, Guerrero The name is not an idle boast: commanding a spot in the middle of gorgeous Manzanillo Bay, 22 miles north of Zihuatanejo, Hacienda Eden’s 10 rooms and four bungalows fill primarily with repeat guests.
(20) Nei's genetic distance between populations ranged from 0.20 to 0.388 and a significant association between genetic distance and linear geographic distance among playas was found.