(n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.
Example Sentences:
(1) After being thawed at room temperature, the two CM samples were compared as to their pH, spinnbarkeit and ferning patterns, and it was found that they are quite similar.
(2) Crude ferredoxin preparations were obtained from blue-green algae, green algae, ferns, and higher plants.
(3) A typical fern-like pattern was demonstrated by the crystallized mucus of the healthy individuals.
(4) Water ferns (Salviniaceae) and seed ferns (Pteridospermae) are known as the arbitrary type of Lycopsida which did not reach the state of shot structure of the body.
(5) Astrocyte endfeet of the GLM became irregular in contour, protruding in a fern-leaf fashion into the pial connective tissue.
(6) Thus, the fern bioassay may be an inexpensive means of detecting both chronic low dose and episodic high dose inputs of mutagenic pollutants into aquatic ecosystems.
(7) Cervical mucus from 6 demonstrated a 3 to 4+ fern phenomena, indicating significant endogenous estrogen production.
(8) Two of the epitopes (I and III) are widely conserved in 34 kDa proteins (presumably B-36 homologues) from the various species tested (Chlamydomonas, moss, fern, oat, onion, carrot, and bean).
(9) Words included in this title include mistletoe, gerbil, acorn, goldfish, guinea pig, dandelion, starling, fern, willow, conifer, heather, buttercup, sycamore, holly, ivy, and conker.
(10) Parameters studied were Schirmer's test, lacrimal meniscus height, break-up time, fluorescein and rose Bengal stains, conjunctival impression cytology, mucus staining, and the ferning test.
(11) The only parameter that correlated with sperm migration into post-partum mucus was ferning formation.
(12) ), Fern Probstmeyer, Robert McCombs, Jean P. Brunschwig, and Vladimir Vonka.
(13) Two glucosides to enhance histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells were isolated from rhizomes of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) by column chromatography on Sephadex LH-20 and droplet counter-current chromatography, and named braxin A1 and A2.
(14) I picked the strawberries growing up the side of my compost loo for breakfast; physalis and ferns were growing inside my shower; I snacked on pitanga, a delicious sweet-sour berry.
(15) Ferning was present in 29% of pipette samples, averaging 0.41 mm2 in the form of FR in the total series.
(16) The anisotropic period, 7 days long, is inscribed within the ferning period.
(17) Axonemes from the heterosporous water fern Marsilea vestita were fixed in the presence of tannic acid and examined by thin-section electron microscopy.
(18) Powdered bracken fern mixed with a basic commercial diet (1:4 by weight) was fed to a group of 40 ICR strain mice for 20 weeks after the implantation of a glass bead into the bladder.
(19) I’m obviously a big supporter of the change, I think there are a lot of strong arguments in favour of the change.” Key has previously said he would prefer a new flag featuring the silver fern on a black background.
(20) For all the memorable showdowns between Paxman and Tony Blair, it was Fern Britton who extracted the critical admission from Blair that he would have wanted to remove Saddam whether or not Iraq had WMD.
Kern
Definition:
(n.) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.
(n.) Any kind of boor or low-lived person.
(n.) An idler; a vagabond.
(n.) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
(v. t.) To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
(n.) A churn.
(n.) A hand mill. See Quern.
(v. i.) To harden, as corn in ripening.
(v. i.) To take the form of kernels; to granulate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Protein Mor has a C region sequence associated with Mcg-, Kern-, and Oz- proteins but differs from protein Sut by the presence of three amino acid interchanges at positions 168, 176, and 194.
(2) … In response to the shooting of Kharkiv mayor Gennady Kernes Everything happening now in Ukraine attests to the immediate need to disarm all militant groups, beginning with the Right Sector fighters, and to begin real, and not simulated, work of constitutional reform in the Ukrainian government and a search for international agreement.
(3) • An assassination attempt against Gennady Kernes, the wealthy mayor of Kharkiv, left him in "extremely serious but stable condition" in the hospital.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv.
(5) Kern wants the next government to ensure an accommodating monetary policy from the Bank of England, which is expected to keep interest rates at 0.5% when it announces its monthly decision tomorrow.
(6) C lambda 7 encodes Kern+ and Oz- determinants, but does not encode any of the Kern+Oz- myeloma proteins published to date.
(7) The constant part of the chain is Kern- and Oz- which indicates that it has serine in position 154 and arginine in position 191.
(8) 4.46pm GMT OBR forecast is more realistic, but still too ambitious - BCC David Kern , chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: The new fiscal forecasts are disappointing but not surprising, so it would be premature to assume that the UK will lose its AAA rating.
(9) Two species of ticks that are ectoparasitic on rodents in Kern County were evaluated as vectors of WEE virus.
(10) A satisfactory voltage clamp was achieved in the small S-A node specimen using the double microelectrode technique (Deck, Kern, and Trautwein, 1964).
(11) A simple model is used to explore the extent to which the uniquely comprehensive studies of western equine encephalomyelitis in Kern County, California, by Reeves and his colleagues over many years, explain the dynamics and epidemiology of the infection.
(12) "There is now greater hope that increases in inflation above the 3% mark will be avoided, but the situation remains uncertain and renewed surges in energy prices could push inflation up again," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
(13) David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "Our manufacturing exporters are still overly focused on the weak eurozone, but low domestic demand has also limited progress."
(14) Steps must be taken to help businesses create jobs and wealth, and the planned national insurance rise must be scrapped," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce.
(15) Its chief economist, David Kern, said: With inflation set to remain low, these figures further strengthen the case for the MPC to keep interest rates on hold until at least 2016.” With the cost of living a key battleground in the run-up to May’s election, Osborne seized on the impact of lower inflation on families’ finances.
(16) As Kharkiv’s mayor, Kernes has straddled the pro-Kiev and pro-Russian camps in his city in a risky balancing act that already has nearly cost him his life .
(17) Three populations sampled from the Little Kern River basin tended to be genetically distinct from two additional Little Kern River basin populations and from three geographically distinct populations sampled from the eastern Kern River area.
(18) Commenting on the BCC’s latest survey, its chief economist David Kern, said: “Noticeable falls in all the export balances and increased signs of slower growth require a forceful policy response.
(19) David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce The upward revision to GDP in the second quarter is good news.
(20) David Kern, British Chambers of Commerce "These figures are stronger than earlier estimates and better than most analysts' expectations.