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Fifer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who plays on a fife.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In part one, "Risk Management and Medical Malpractice: An Overview of the Issues," published in the April 1979 QRB, Dr. Fifer reviewed the problem of medical malpractice--the primary motivation for the present interest in risk management--and discussed the characteristics of current efforts in risk management, particularly their limitations in light of the facts about malpractice.
  • (2) In part two, Dr. Fifer first reviews the major quality assurance functions of the medical staff.
  • (3) Another prominent local figure was John Park, the MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, is a Fifer who first entered Holyrood last year and is touted as a possible party leader in Scotland.

Finer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who fines or purifies.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But in the rush to design it, Girardet wonders if the finer details of waste disposal and green power were lost.
  • (2) A new, two-tier system for biotyping Salmonella typhimurium gives a finer and more reliable differentiation of strains than the Kristensen scheme and is capable of future extension by the addition of new types and new tests.
  • (3) Even finer localization was obtained in vibratome sections, where the antibody against carbonic anhydrase permitted visualization of the processes connecting oligodendrocytes to myelinated fibers in the normal adult spinal cord.
  • (4) The course G-banding seen in metaphase chromosomes is presumably caused by groups of much finer bands seen in decondensed chromosomes.
  • (5) Of course, a finer measurement of movements, such as lick rate, may reveal a significant difference that would correlate with the metabolic change.
  • (6) Previous light microscopic studies have revealed the erythroclastic potential of the rat bone marrow reticulum cells, and call for ultrastructural study of the finer details of this process.
  • (7) Finer points of the surgical technique, and indications for the procedure are discussed.
  • (8) It permits finer diagnosis and shows the indications and type of by pass operation that may be neccssary.
  • (9) The smallest angular shift in vertical location that was reliably detected systematically decreased with increasing age between 6 months (15 degrees) and 18 months (4 degrees), suggesting a finer partitioning of auditory space along the vertical axis over this age range.
  • (10) The finer details are yet to be announced, but from March 2012 anyone wanting to buy a new-build home in England – not just first-time buyers – will be able to apply for a mortgage of up to 95% of the property's value.
  • (11) Philip Rubens, financial services partner at law firm Finer Stephens Innocent, said the conviction was "a good result for the FSA".
  • (12) How lucky, then, that the poster boy for Sarah's Law, Tim, was happy to spend his supposed last night on the street listening to the finer details of her shit internet date.
  • (13) The purpose of such a complicated arrangement is to achieve finer and finer control over body temperature.
  • (14) One of the AS neurons, the caudal alternating SCP (CAS) cell, was injected with Lucifer yellow in adult nerve cords and was shown to have a large primary axon that extends into more anterior ganglia, as well as other, finer axons that are variable in number and arrangement.
  • (15) Finer analysis of physiologic role of endogenous opioid systems and their possible pathologic effects requires availability of selective agonists and notably antagonists.
  • (16) Finer maps for identification of CpG islands and associated genes should involve several rare cutters including Eag I, Sac II and Bss HII.
  • (17) Voters – even the liberal ones who helped Obama build a grassroots army – are clamoring for the finer points of a progressive candidacy.
  • (18) An increase in modifier, dispersant concentration, emulsification stirring speed, or temperature shifted the size distribution toward finer particles.
  • (19) Average rates in different portions of the intervals predicted the magnitude of the drug's effect, but a finer analysis showed that average rates did not adequately characterize the behavior in some parts of the intervals.
  • (20) Fourth, finer power resolution becomes more important as the tumor size decreases, but, little improvement in the temperature field is achieved beyond a 3 x 3 array configuration.

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