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Eek


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Alt. of Eeke

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Synovectomy of the elbow is highly effective even when performed relatively late (stage 3 according to Larsen-Dahle-Eek) insofar as pain relief and swelling are concerned.
  • (2) Sometime, somewhere in the limitless future it will be listened to, and, if there is intelligent life in another galaxy and creatures from outer space do land on earth having learned English from BBC broadcasts, the chances are they will not say 'Take me to your leader' but 'How bona to vada your dolly old eek!'"
  • (3) The virus produced cytopathic effects (CPE) in equine embryo kidney (EEK) cell culture, contained deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), was resistant to chloroform and pH 3, and was moderately resistant to heat.
  • (4) Sixteen protected NAc-tetrapeptide amides were studied, namely the variants of DEKS: NEKS, EEKS, DDKS, DQKS, NQKS, DERS, NERS, EERS, DDRS, NDRS, DQRS, and DKES.
  • (5) The extreme C-terminus of the NF-M tail contains two highly conserved homologous sequences each of 15 amino acids, with the consensus EEK-V-TKKVEK-TS, plus another very closely related 7 amino acid sequence.
  • (6) 3.09am BST Eek, Mitt Romney – asked to respond about his crappy "self-deportation" thing, decides to relitigate some old answers he's obviously still fuming about.
  • (7) Most of you managed to get this one right ... " They would frequently reinvent language - "How bona to vada your dolly old eek" meant "How nice to see you" in Julian and Sandyspeak.
  • (8) The predicted eek protein contains all the amino acid residues conserved in the catalytic domains of protein-tyrosine kinases and is most similar to two putative receptor protein-tyrosine kinases of the eph subclass, elk (69%) and eph (57%).
  • (9) Human genomic DNAs encoding part of eek (EEK) as well as another putative protein-tyrosine kinase most similar to elk (90%), ERK (elk-related kinase), were isolated and partially characterized.
  • (10) PBMC isolated from these foals at different days after inoculation did not display appreciably reduced or elevated NK cytotoxicities against Chang liver cells and EHV-1-infected EEK targets, when compared with that of a PBMC reference from a healthy adult horse.
  • (11) In Northern blot analysis of rat RNA, DNAs encoding rat eek and human ERK hybridized to transcripts most abundant in brain and lung, respectively.
  • (12) Chang liver, rabbit kidney (RK-13), equine sarcoid (ES) and embryonic equine kidney (EEK) cells were more susceptible when presented to horse PBMC than monolayer cultures.
  • (13) 3.34am GMT Florida State 10-21 Auburn, 13:47, 3rd quarter Eek.
  • (14) Cytotoxicity against EHV-1-infected EEK cells developed faster, between 4 and 8 h of incubation and reaching a maximum at 24 h. By contrast, cytotoxicity against uninfected fibroblasts was not significant until approximately 16 h of incubation with maximum cytotoxicity observed between 32 h and 48 h. Specific pathogen-free (SPF) foals were inoculated with live EHV-1.
  • (15) The indications for each of three operative methods were presented with clinical assessment and Larsen, Dahle, Eek scale of radiological changes taken into consideration.
  • (16) Rat cDNA clones encoding eek (eph- and elk-related kinase) were isolated from a brain cDNA library probed with DNA encoding the kinase region of the insulin receptor-related receptor.
  • (17) In Manhattan’s chi-chi Sant Ambroeus restaurant, the pair of smartly dressed women at the next table are making not-so-surreptitious “eek” faces at each other, having clocked that their neighbour for lunch is Taylor Swift .
  • (18) Horse PBMC demonstrated higher levels of NK-type activity against EEK, EEL and RK-13 cells infected with equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) compared with uninfected cells.
  • (19) It's like a real-life cartoon, with all the sound effects – thump, thwack, bang, crash, eek, splat – as they roll, bite each other and tumble slowly off their bamboo platform on to the grass.
  • (20) These two new members of the eph subclass of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases, eek and erk, may therefore have tissue-specific functions distinct from those of other eph family members.

Meek


Definition:

  • (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.
  • (superl.) Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Meeken

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Meek will play an instrumental role in the selection of a Project Canvas chief executive.
  • (2) Americano by James Meek At home, first thing, I prepare my secret vice.
  • (3) Meek, the former chief policy partner at Ofcom who MediaGuardian.co.uk revealed was joining the venture in July , is expected to announce Halton's appointment today.
  • (4) Even the RNC chair, Reince Priebus, who has been loth to alienate the mercurial Trump, weighed in meekly.
  • (5) The former England captain was widely blamed for the LA Galaxy’s disappointing season last term, as Bruce Arena’s side put up a meek defence of MLS Cup.
  • (6) If that was partially to intimidate the visitors, O’Neill’s teamsheet, at least, did not betray any meekness: the Irish manager’s decision to include Wes Hoolahan, whose only previous away start in the campaign had been in the inevitable win over Gibraltar, suggested a degree of boldness.
  • (7) It rarely is different.” I meekly say: “You may be right.
  • (8) Instead, vilify and humiliate anybody who challenges – however meekly – the status quo.
  • (9) Meek also revealed YouView was in "very early stage discussions" with major US studios over potentially providing content or full channels on the service.
  • (10) The straight lines of the Roman remains stood in contrast to meek and ugly village houses.
  • (11) Astrologers posit that babies born under each sign are bestowed with unique personality traits – rat-year babies are cautious, dragon babies resilient, dog babies intelligent, and sheep babies are considered meek.
  • (12) But there is little evidence that they are about to fade away meekly.
  • (13) Fouad asked with meek and apologetic smile if he could have our phones.
  • (14) However, the measure to help combined heat and power generation – an efficient way of cutting carbon emissions by reusing the heat from electricity generation – was not as green as it appeared, warned Graham Meeks, director of the Combined Heat and Power Association.
  • (15) "They want me to come back later," she says meekly.
  • (16) Russia champions the sovereignty of nations and then acts as if a neighbour’s borders do not exist.” She then meekly voted with everyone else in favour of the resolution.
  • (17) Kris Meeke of Northern Ireland had looked set for a challenge but skidded into a ditch on Sunday morning, which damaged the tyres on his Citroën DS3 and he slipped to sixth place.
  • (18) James Meek Guardian journalist and writer James Meek at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2008 Photograph: Murdo Macleod JM Coetzee calls Tolstoy the exemplary master of authority, by which he means, I think, that he makes us trust what he tells us.
  • (19) He's the head of a crew of rappers including Ross, Meek Mill and Wale, named Maybach Music Group after Mercedes's notoriously expensive car, the man who likes to be called "the Boss" – pronounced "Bawse" – and the rapper who since his 2006 breakthrough hit Hustlin' has used his signature bellicose baritone to tell stories of drug dealing and murder that make Tony Montana sound like Alfie Moon.
  • (20) In this world, wives are meek-but-cheerful servants (Asda mum doesn't even get a proper chair to sit on during Christmas lunch; she has to perch at the side like a terrier begging for scraps) while their husbands are lazy, oblivious arseholes.

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