(n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.
(n.) A weathercock.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two global suppressors (Val-331 greater than Ala and Ala-334 greater than Val) have been identified for temperature-sensitive folding (tsf) mutations in gene 9 of bacteriophage P22 (Mitraki, A., Fane, B., Haase-Pettingell, C., Sturtevant, J., and King, J.
(2) Suppressor mutations which alleviate the defects in folding mutants of the P22 gene 9 tailspike protein have recently been isolated (Fane, B. and King, J.
(4) Within this eight gene cluster, fanE and fanF have not yet been sequenced.
(5) The results showed that the penultimate tyrosine residue is essential for the expression of mature fibrillar subunits and suggested a function in the interaction with the periplasmic transport protein FanE.
(6) In this study, fanE and fanF genes were sequenced by analyzing several DNA fragments produced by endonuclease or exonuclease digestion.
(7) The fanE gene encoded 227 amino acids containing 20 amino acids of signal peptide starting from GTG (valine) and showed a homology to fanA-fanB.
(8) Jewellery trader Harry Fane, younger son of the Earl of Westmorland, who had a total of up to £700,000 in HSBC Swiss accounts, confided to the bank that he wanted large sums of cash “to fund ongoing building work on his property in London”.
(9) The nucleotide sequence of faeE and fanE, two genes involved in the biosynthesis of K88 and K99 fimbriae, respectively, was determined and the amino acid sequence of the FaeE and FanE proteins was deduced.
(10) The men-only club, named after the alleged male lover of Edward II, king of England from 1307 to 1327, was founded in 1977 and carries the motto: “ Fane non memini ne audisse unum alterum ita dilixisse .” It translates to: Truly, none remember hearing of a man enjoying another so much.
Fang
Definition:
(a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
(a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
(v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
(v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
(v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
(v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
(v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
(v. t.) The valve of a pump box.
(v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, People's Liberation Army's chief of the general staff Gen Fang Fenghui also warned that the US must be objective about tensions between China and Vietnam or risk harming relations between Washington and Beijing.
(2) This case demonstrates the hazard of even preserved snake heads and fangs.
(3) The first classification of epilepsy, probably by Cao Yuan Fang in A.D. 610, listed five types of epilepsy: "Yang Dian," "Yin Dian," "Feng (Wind) Dian," "Shih (Wet) Dian," and "Lao (Labor) Dian."
(4) Sure, she has large fangs tucked into her soft underside, but she’s docile and exotic.
(5) Specific antisera against FanG and against FanH were prepared by immunization with hybrid Cro-LacZ-FanG and Cro-LacZ-FanH proteins, respectively.
(6) Fang's visit to Washington was heralded with a rare full military honours ceremony on the Pentagon's parade field, complete with a US navy band, formations of troops from all of the services and a 19-gun salute.
(7) In Washington the visiting Chinese army chief, General Fang Fenghui, reacted to the situation by accusing the US of stoking tensions in the region .
(8) The monsters in Doctor Sleep are promisingly creepy: polyester-clad senior citizens who turn out to be child-torturing paranormals with fangs beneath their dentures.
(9) According to local reports , Fang Binxing attempted to display a South Korea website, which he said showed the views of South Koreans attempting to build similar infrastructure to China’s firewall, but was blocked by said censorship system.
(10) "Now that we know each other, you can call me Fang Fang," she said.
(11) Proper first aid consists of a proximal mildly constricting tourniquet, superficial incision at fang marks, and constant suction.
(12) The effect of mitotane to Fang-8 cells was a reversible one.
(13) When we meet he has, just the week before, finished directing The Family Fang , starring himself and Nicole Kidman.
(14) That their parties have nevertheless chosen them to confront Griffin suggests that they, like celebrity broadcasters, think it is enough to accuse the BNP leader of racism for him to show his fangs to the cameras.
(15) Among traditional Fang-chi plants only Sinomeniumacutum has been demonstrated to contain the alkaloid sinomenine, which is now known to be effective in neuralgia and rheumatic diseases.
(16) The pulp of the fangs of Viperidae shows a poor collagen and fibroblast content and a high developed vascular system.
(17) The effect of the drug was specific to Fang-8 cells because the same treatment produced little or no toxicity on lines of rat pituitary GH3 cells and human skin fibrocytes.
(18) Fang then had to resort to setting up a virtual private network (VPN) to circumvent the censorship, in full view of the lecture attendees, to display the site.
(19) "Foreigners must get police permission to stay at guesthouses below three stars," Miss Fang said.
(20) ichangensis Y. Y. Fang et C. Z. Zheng, I. kirilowii Maxim.