(n.) One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists.
Example Sentences:
(1) Presence of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) in testes and ovaries of the common mussels--Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay) and Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker) has been demonstrated histochemically.
(2) It's "a little dunker" says legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, one that lands just a touch beyond the stretched out glove hand of Pete Kozma who wandered into the outfield - that's a base hit for the crippled Ramirez, and that's enough to raise glasses around Dodger Stadium right now.
(3) The variables were: restricted versus free manipulation, and easy versus difficult arrangements of a Dunker-type candle problem.
(4) The following week (20-27 August), there'll be 1950s-style keep fit classes on the beach (8am, Mon-Fri) as part of the Dippers and Dunkers Festival of New Variety .
Junker
Definition:
(n.) A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Example Sentences:
(1) "[Jean-Claude] Junker said it himself," he said referring to statements made by the euro group chairman this week.
(2) The signal involved in the packaging of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) RNA pregenome was recently defined as a short sequence located near the 5' end of that molecule (Junker-Niepmann et al., EMBO J., in press), but it remained an open question which viral proteins are required.
(3) We are currently watching a holy war develop in Iraq, then there's Junkers and the EU, the housing bubble and the strengthening pound.
(4) For instance there's no love lost with Mr Junkers and you can be sure he'll rub Tory noses in it.
(5) "I may be unfamiliar with all of Roger Hargreaves' work [author of the Mr Men series], but I am not sure he ever got round to producing Mr Antisemitic Dictator, Mr Junker General or Mr Dutch Communist Scapegoat.
(6) Austin Mitchell, the Eurosceptic Labour MP, tweeted : "Yes folk!It'Junker day.Ein volk ein reich ein junk load.Love it or leave it.Gesundjunk."
(7) If they vote yes it will mean that Greece wants to stay with other members of the eurozone,” Junker said.
(8) The contralight test of Junker is demonstrated as a means of determining the effect of cataracts on visual acuity and could be used as an indicator of the need for surgery.
(9) Stephen O'Brien, a former Tory international development minister, likened Juncker to a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 aircraft.
(10) His 1968 novel, The Junkers , won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize and dealt with post-war Germany.
(11) Dogfight...live from Kent: BBC war correspondent Charles Gardner on first Luftwaffe attacks There's one coming down in flames ... there, somebody's hit a German ... and he's coming down ... there's a long streak of ... he's coming down completely out of control ... a long streak of smoke ... ah, the man's bailed out by parachute ... the pilot's bailed out by parachute ... he's a Junkers 87 and he's going to slap into the sea and there he goes ...
(12) The town's peace museum displays a telegram from Telesforo Monzón, a Basque politician, sent the day after Hitler's Junkers 52s and Heinkel 111s joined with Savoia 79s sent by Mussolini to drop almost 40 tons of explosives and incendiary bombs.
(13) O'Brien said: "In a previous Battle of Britain we saw off Junkers."