(superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The narrow spaces were filled with a fluffy material.
(2) Con A-treated whole cells and cell walls contain an irregular, fluffy layer 25 to 60 nm thick which is absent in untreated or alpha-methyl glucoside-treated preparations.
(3) Makes around 20 75g butter, melted 75g granulated sugar 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 160g oats 2 tbsp cocoa powder 3 tbsp strong coffee, cooled to room temp Desiccated coconut, to finish 1 Whisk the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the vanilla sugar, oats, cocoa and coffee.
(4) Results indicate that the micelles have a dense core with a fluffy outer layer.
(5) And if this all seems a bit fluffy at a time when NHS mental health budgets are so hard pressed, the number of mental health bed days fell by 52% between 2009 and 2011, with fewer people using secondary mental health services but more often.
(6) By electron microscopy, mitochondria in numerous hepatocytes appeared abnormal with occasional cristae in a fluffy matrix, some containing dense inclusions.
(7) Clinically, cytomegalovirus retinitis is characterized by lesions, usually in the posterior pole, that take the form of fluffy white infiltrates with irregular, translucent, granular appearing margins.
(8) Inevitably women are the fluffy part of a newspaper, on the whole.
(9) Small, fluffy feathers are thought to have arisen for warmth, with more elaborate feather structures emerging for displays, and ultimately flight.
(10) While small stuffed birds used to dangle from rear view mirrors – the Maltese version of fluffy dice – such displays are now rare and hunters can face hefty fines of up to €5,000 (£3,600) and jail if they are caught killing protected species.
(11) 2 Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated.
(12) When high molecular weight DNA is incubated with interphase extracts, fluffy chromatin-like structures are assembled.
(13) He lies buried in dirty, fluffy blankets inside the family’s three-room house and barely leaves it.
(14) Of all mutagens tested, only 5-AC induced the fluffy phenotype with a significant frequency.
(15) There must be something to marry with the richness of the stew, and nothing beats the fluffy inside of a camp-baked potato.
(16) It comes, as it should, in a bag of liquid, and is firm to the touch but with a good level of gentle fluffiness inside and a delicate, creamy aftertaste.
(17) Photograph: Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd He didn't even have a skin to help with the dingo, and produced an adorably fluffy and very un-wild looking dog.
(19) Legally Blonde Beneath its fluffy and frivolous exterior, Legally Blonde has feminism coming out the proverbial.
(20) Con A treatment binds adjacent teichoic acid molecules in their native configuration producing the irregular, fluffy layer visualized.
Furry
Definition:
(a.) Covered with fur; dressed in fur.
(a.) Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils.
(a.) Resembling fur.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mayhew, 69, signalled his intention to play Han Solo's furry wookie sidekick once again in September.
(2) What the historians may omit to mention is the crucial role played in her rise by those furry wide-mouthed friends, the Muppets .
(3) But mice are small and furry – how much can we extrapolate these findings to humans?
(4) The practice reached its peak in the early 1970s, when Mao Zedong sent the furry black-and-white ambassadors across the globe on a diplomatic charm offensive.
(5) The book's brutal last line – "Outside the owls hunted maternal rodents and their furry brood" – has been seen by some to prefigure war.
(6) The main host of the hedgehog flea is the European hedgehog, but the flea was also found in different furry mammals, such as polecats, brown rats and foxes.
(7) All of these films had something fascinating, apart from The Beaver , which was not very good, particularly if you find Mel Gibson talking to himself in a mockney accent via a furry glove puppet hard to bear.
(8) In the conference halls and the streets around them, the summits tend to be sheer pandemonium: activists arrive smeared in green paint or sweating behind furry polar bear suits; peasant women from the Andes in traditional bowler hats sing songs to Mother Earth when their leaders are on camera; celebrities bring their own circus – Robert Redford is expected to come to Paris and Thom Yorke is a conference regular.
(9) However, it is the marmoset – furry, curious and humanlike – that triggers the most intense emotional responses, a point acknowledged by Mary (who asked not to be fully identified), the senior research technician in charge of the animals at King's, who devotes her time to the animals' welfare, right down to knitting hammocks for them to sleep in.
(10) Every hard man has a softer side and for Putin, according to the Putinspiration feed, it’s his furry friends.
(11) When a furry green puppet eventually emerges, they squeal with delight – although Twiddle the Turtle's message seems to baffle them slightly.
(12) Hundreds of furry little bodies ambled among us, looking curiously at the human interlopers.
(13) An essential aspect of the corresponding double barrier quantal model is its nonstationarity, resulting from combined application of binomial and Yule-Furry statistics.
(14) "We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor."
(15) She was clearly unable to resist the explanation this week from environment secretary Owen Paterson that the cull in Somerset needed to go into extra time, having failed to produce enough furry black and white scores because "the badgers moved the goalposts".
(16) She arrives at her sister’s Disneyland-themed wedding in an Ambien haze, determined to seduce Tigger; instead, she ends up grinding into the fake-furry chipmunk belly of Dale.
(17) Photograph: Clare Kendall We head for Renmin Park, in the centre of Chengdu, a great destination for people watching when you've had enough of all things furry.
(18) All those girls in the furry boots, they look like Clydesdale horses!"
(19) Should anyone question why Tom Ford, the best dressed man in London and the fashion visionary of his generation, should choose to include crystal micro-mini dresses, white furry sleeves and lace-up thigh-high boots in his catwalk collection, this is what you must say.
(20) Solo's perennial sidekick, Chewbacca, is heavily tipped to return with original actor, Peter Mayhew, in the furry wookie suit , and Disney has confirmed the new film will feature the diminutive droid R2-D2 .