(n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
(n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
(v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
(pl. ) of Elves
Example Sentences:
(1) Since catalase is not normally released by cells, a likely explanation for its presence in high concentrations in normal ELF is that it is released by lung inflammatory and parenchymal cells onto the epithelial surface of the lower respiratory tract during their normal turnover and collects there due to the slow turnover of ELF.
(2) Treatment based on combinations of fluorouracil, methotrexate, doxorubicin, etoposide, and cisplatin have shown high response rates (FAMTX [fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and methotrexate], EAP [etoposide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin], ELF [etoposide, leucovorin, and fluorouracil]) and a survival benefit (FAMTX).
(3) Other cautions are 1) equal osmolality of wash fluid and plasma, 2) minimizing residence time of wash fluid, 3) minimizing wash fluid-to-ELF volume ratio, and 4) adequate analytic procedures.
(4) Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a mediator capable of modulating a broad range of effects on the behavior of many normal cells, was found in high concentrations in the epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of the normal human lower respiratory tract.
(5) However, most of the nascent 40S ribosomal subunits in ts 422E cells band at a higher density, suggesting their failure to bind initiation factor elF-3.
(6) There are cycles in all of this – the reef regenerates itself,” he was quoted saying in the Cairns Post .
(7) Because the initial site of primary absorption interactions involves the epithelial lining fluid (ELF), we investigated whether ELF-NO2 interactions could account for pulmonary NO2 reactive absorption.
(8) When Welby left Cambridge he dithered for a bit and then found a job working for a French oil company, Elf Aquitaine.
(9) This article begins with a short review of the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of nonthermal levels of ELF electromagnetic fields on the biochemistry and activity of immune cells and then closely examines new results that suggest a role for Ca2+ in the induction of these cellular field effects.
(10) From the available epidemiological data it can be concluded that the relationship between exposure to ELF EM fields and increased incidence of cancer has not been unequivocally proved.
(11) ELF (greater than 0.4 ml) is a potent inhibitor of lipid peroxidation as measured by malondialdehyde (MDA) production in an in vitro iron-dependent assay system.
(12) After a year in London working for Elf Aquitaine, Welby was headhunted by Enterprise Oil, a company formed to exploit the privatisation of British Gas's North Sea assets.
(13) Studies of the possible effects of ELF electromagnetic fields on health are hampered by problems in measuring exposure and by the ubiquity of exposure in the community.
(14) In this report, we demonstrate that a novel Ets-related transcription factor, Elf-1, binds specifically to two purine-rich motifs in the HIV-2 enhancer.
(15) We determined the influence of ELF, a model biochemical (reduced glutathione; GSH), and PO4 buffer (control) on NO2 transfer as evaluated by "breakthrough time."
(16) To assess the in-vitro activity of the concentrations achieved at the potential sites of infection, clinical isolates of common respiratory pathogens were exposed to two concentrations of cefuroxime, based on the observed concentrations in ELF and bronchial mucosa.
(17) Since a variety of inflammatory stimuli are capable of inducing bronchial epithelial cells to express the gene for IL-8, a cytokine that attracts and activates neutrophils, mediators in respiratory epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of CF individuals might induce IL-8 production by epithelial cells, thus recruiting neutrophils to the airways.
(18) Reports from recent epidemiological studies have suggested a possible association between extremely low frequency (ELF; including 50- or 60-Hz) electric- and magnetic-field exposure, and increased risk of certain cancers, depression, and miscarriage.
(19) The high remission rate and long medical survival time achieved with ELF, plus its good tolerability, make this combination a valuable alternative to anthracycline-containing regimens.
(20) Additional experiments explored the hypothetical quenching activity of ELF components devoid of lidocaine.
Gnome
Definition:
(n.) A brief reflection or maxim.
(n.) An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
(n.) A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
(n.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
Example Sentences:
(1) Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside) This gnome, who lives in the shrubbery of Guardian gardening expert Jane Perrone, will be rooting for Luton Town this afternoon.
(2) I had cooked, sometimes, with difficulty, yet woke one day to find I had somehow assembled a bizarre array of crockery on my floor, like a gnomes' tea party but with much scurf; I daily grew too fatigued to lift things and spent increasing hours abed.
(3) But six letters – as immortalised in David Bowie’s best-forgotten 1960s hit The Laughing Gnome – was also common, with those really, really amused expressing ‘hahaha’ and ‘hehehe’.
(4) For this tale of a young waitress with an insouciant approach to haircuts, garden gnomes, and life, Craig Lucas supplies the book, Daniel Messé and Nathan Tyse the music and lyrics.
(5) It was preceded by the novelty single The Laughing Gnome , a flop at the time but a top 10 hit when reissued in 1973.
(6) But a spokeswoman for the RHS said the gnomes were safe and well-guarded in their offices.
(7) Poundland sold more than 6m boxes of Maltesers, 2m umbrellas, more than 2.5m CDs and 500,000 garden gnomes during the past year.
(8) A semisterile F1 male mouse from an X-ray experiment produced about 25 percent lethal gnome young in outcrosses.
(9) Wilf, possibly the first garden gnome in 100 years to legitimately show his face at Chelsea, looked as if he wanted to hide in a massive display of delphiniums, but Robinson was having none of it, thrusting him into the bright light and sweet smells of the main marquee.
(10) The gnomes of the ratings agencies have had a dire crisis.
(11) By scanning EM (SEM), gnome's hat-shaped organisms with beaded borders correspond to the crescent-shaped cysts noted by TEM.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bowie during the Laughing Gnome period in 1968.
(13) Elton John has reportedly garnished his with glitter and given him sunglasses, but those of Dolly Parton, Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, Rob Brydon and others will not be seen until the royal family and the garden grandees who have so long opposed the gnomes' introduction have had a look on Monday.
(14) Meanwhile financial speculators, back then called the Gnomes of Zurich, were making large profits at Britain’s expense.
(15) With almost no bylines in the magazine besides the likes of Lord Gnome, Glenda Slagg, Dr B Ching, Remote Controller and Lunchtime O'Boulez, Hislop seems content to be its public face, as was shown when he led the charge in fighting Andrew Marr's injunction in April – a point of principle which cost Private Eye six-figure legal bills and produced only a few paragraphs of copy.
(16) The typical stigmata are a "gnome" facies with a saddle nose, broad mouth, large and low-set ears, hirsutism, cutis laxa with atrophy of adipose tissue, dwarfism, extreme wasting, and dysphagia requiring parenteral feeding.
(17) Next week, the RHS will unveil over 100 gnomes, painted for charity by celebrities.
(18) And rude-sounding phrases abounded: "There'll be finger bogling and massed goat pandering at the Royal Nobblers Institute all next week"; "An exhibition of gnome clenching in the corset department of Sparkslaw and Towser".
(19) If it is red, white and blue it is flying off the shelves, according to several retailers, with sales of 30,000 official jubilee tea towels, 3,000 B&Q royal garden gnomes and 1,500 miles of Tesco bunting.
(20) On Friday, neither the Garden Gnome Liberation Front , nor the supposedly less militant Garden Gnome Emancipation Movement – which take gnomes from gardens to "free them" from "enslavement" in flower beds, lawns, gardens and centres – could be contacted.