(v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
(v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
(v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
(v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
(v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
(v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
(v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
(v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
(v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.
(a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
Example Sentences:
(1) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
(2) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
(3) It was found that there is a significant difference in bond strengths between enamel and stainless steel with strength to enamel the greater.
(4) Enamel was exclusively present opposite well developed dentine.
(5) Data is available to support the early influences of enamel organ epithelium upon a responding mesenchyme in the determination of dental morphogenetic fields (Dryburg, 1967; Miller, 1969).
(6) To determine the influence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) adsorption on the wettability and elemental surface composition of human enamel, with and without adsorbed salivary constituents, surface-free energies and elemental compositions were determined.
(7) The 12-fluted bur caused no clinically identifiable marks on the enamel surface.
(8) Unaltered surface enamel of extracted human teeth was subjected to tests of resistance to dissolution in 10 mM acetic acid at pH 4.0 and 10 mM EDTA at pH 7.4 in a miniature continuous flow system.
(9) Secondary structural features of bovine amelogenin, a hydrophobic protein of developing enamel implicated in ename mineralization, are derived using 2D NMR spectroscopy in solution and molecular mechanics-dynamics studies.
(10) Several functional properties of MG1, MG2, and PRG have been examined, including their presence in two-hour in vivo enamel pellicle, binding to synthetic hydroxyapatite, lubricating properties, and interactions with oral streptococci.
(11) A thorough dental prophylaxis before acid-etching of enamel is often recommended.
(12) Changes of mineral content in the approximal enamel of the teeth were determined in situ with quantitative bite-wing radiography.
(13) On the fourth day of culture, the pre-ameloblasts achieved terminal differentiation into secretory ameloblasts, and enamel and dentin had already been deposited.
(14) This resulted in greater uniformity of abrasion over the enamel surface within the biopsy window area and better operator handling characteristics.
(15) The 33,000 molecular weight protease was also active against enamel proteins.
(16) Significantly more remineralization was observed in enamel samples treated with the toothpaste containing 2,500 ppm F compared to that containing 1500 ppm F. This result is consistent with the outcome of a recent caries clinical trial testing the same toothpastes and finding enhanced anticaries efficacy from the higher fluoride level.
(17) This demineralization was similar to enamel acid etched with 50% phosphoric acid for 2 mn.
(18) The data show that the structure of inner and outer enamel layers differ between these two carnivore species and that the enamel structure of the cat was most similar to that described in humans.
(19) Maturing enamel overlaid by either ruffle-ended or smooth-ended maturation ameloblasts showed similar Ca and P concentrations.
(20) Although the crystallite widths were similar in both AI and normal enamel, the AI teeth showed areas where the crystallite order and continuity appeared disrupted.
Tiger
Definition:
(n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
(n.) Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
(n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
(n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
(n.) A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, the lowest-rated game of last year's World Series between the Giants and the Tigers edged out the opening round of the draft by only 2.4 million viewers.
(2) #Tigers #Athletics @HunterFelt October 11, 2013 David Lengel (@LengelDavid) @HunterFelt Unless you're Yoenis Cespedes of course!
(3) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
(4) • The Tamil Tigers (LTTE) were guilty of human rights abuses and demanded a cut of international NGOs' spending in the areas they controlled.
(5) To lose the Sundarbans would be to move a step closer to the extinction of these majestic animals," said ZSL tiger expert Sarah Christie.
(6) The San Francisco Giants are baseball's new comeback kings and will face the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 World Series.
(7) Nominees: Sticks and Stones, Maroon Productions for Channel 4 Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed", Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Children's Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal, Century Films for Channel 4 "The jury said that this year's winner had directed a moving and inspiring documentary which forced the audience to consider the impact of autism and Aspergers syndrome and how it can impact on the lives of those it affects."
(8) His greatest passion on the trek up, apart from finding a 3G signal and playing rap music from a speaker on the back of his pack, was playing Tigers and Goats, a local version of chess, taking on all-comers – climbers, Sherpas, trekkers, random elderly porters passing through the lodges.
(9) Neither should our distaste for the war be interpreted to mean that we support the Tamil Tigers.
(10) The group comprised 29 pumas (Felis concolor), 32 lions (Panthera leo), 27 tigers (P tigris), 19 leopards (P pardus), 18 jaguars (P onca) and 22 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).
(11) The UN report said most of the casualties came from government shelling and called for an independent international inquiry into what it called credible claims against Colombo and the Tamil Tigers .
(12) There is energy in the room, lots of it, but it’s curled up like a tiger.
(13) Sri Lanka mounted a merciless final assault on the Tamil Tiger insurgency in 2009 .
(14) Now they await the results of the American League Championship Series to see whether this year's World Series will be a rematch of 2004, when the Cardinals were swept by the curse-reversing Boston Red Sox, or 2006, when the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers and became one of the worst teams to win the World Series in MLB history .
(15) A shame such a landmark achievement was soured by Allam refusing to talk to the local council over a potential stadium expansion and trying to change the club’s name to Hull Tigers, which many fans vehemently oppose.
(16) He rides horses, launches pipelines, hugs tigers and fires pistols.
(17) Obviously that inning, and game four in general, was frustrating for the Oakland A's, as they squandered several opportunities to knock out the Tigers.
(19) It’s home to a quarter of a million people, about 150 elephants and a host of other wild animals ranging from bears and tigers to flycatchers and martens.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Animal collector Carl Hagenbeck with his sons and a Bengal tiger, 1907.