What's the difference between foam and soam?

Foam


Definition:

  • (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
  • (n.) To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
  • (n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
  • (v.t.) To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
  • (2) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
  • (3) Lower density foams can be used only if the impact test standards are rewritten with less emphasis on impacts with convex and pointed objects.
  • (4) Focus in this discussion is on the following: 1) female sterilization -- laparotomy, minilaparotomy, and colpotomy; endoscopic sterilization techniques; transcervical approaches to female sterilization; systemic nonsurgical female sterilization; and reversible techniques of female sterilization; 2) abortion -- pregnancy testing, long-term effects; and 3) systemic contraceptives -- steroidal contraception; locally active methods; vaginal foams, creams, and jellies; the diaphragm and other intravaginal barriers; IUDs; and periodic abstine nce.
  • (5) Immunoreactivity in fatty streaks was located around collections of foam cells.
  • (6) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
  • (7) In contrast, a strong connection was established between the wound base and the covering material when using the three foam substances Coldex, Epigard and SYSpur-derm, through the formation of granulation tissue.
  • (8) Our results confirm that in human atherosclerotic plaques the majority of the foam cells are obviously macrophage-derived, which emphasizes the important role of macrophages in the morphogenesis of these lesions.
  • (9) A suspension of 0.6 mg polyvinyl alcohol foam powder per milliliter of normal saline was found to be optimum.
  • (10) In 1961 contraceptive aerosol foam was introduced and has become widely used.
  • (11) The fine structure of four glioblastomas and two cerebellar astrocytomas maintained in organ culture systems up to 137 days and 43 days, respectively, using either a three-dimensional sponge foam matrix technic or a Millipore filter platform technic, is described and compared.
  • (12) The three xanthomas from two FH homozygotes exhibited marked lipid accumulation in histiocytic foam cells but no lipid deposits in the endothelium of blood vessels in the lesions.
  • (13) After curing of the cement in a environment of 37 degrees C the resulting cement rod was released from the cylinder and the diameter of the rod was measured at 37 degrees C. The influence of the "foaming effect" on the transverse dimensions of the rods was studied by curing the cement at 37 degrees C and 2 atm air pressure in a high-pressure-vessel.
  • (14) This soft body armour was applied, either in direct contact with the thoracic wall of the animals, or with different plastic foam sheets, so-called trauma packs, between the armour and the skin.
  • (15) The foam-cell forming macrophage and its response to modified lipoproteins is considered a key step in the development of atherosclerosis.
  • (16) Implantation of saline in Gel-foam resulted in the same morphology as in hemisected animals except for increased lesion size due to mechanical factors and decreased cicatrix density during the first 30 DPO.
  • (17) But the highlight, of course, was when One Direction ran off stage and my youngest touched Zane with a giant foam hand that I purchased for an extortionate price.
  • (18) To test this hypothesis and to explore how the pleural pressure gradient might affect inhomogeneity of alveolar pressures, we deflated at submaximal flows excised canine lobes that first were suspended in air and then were immersed in foams that simulated the vertical gradient of pleural pressure.
  • (19) These data illustrate that LDL receptor-mediated endocytosis of fused LDL particles can lead to foam cell formation in cultured macrophages.
  • (20) In the granulomatous zone lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, Russel bodies, foam cells, neutrophil leukocytes were found.

Soam


Definition:

  • (n.) A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Official papers released by the National Archives show that the "wets" – notably Jim Prior, Peter Walker, Ian Gilmour, Mark Carlisle, Lord Soames and Francis Pym – were able to demonstrate that a majority of the cabinet rejected as unnecessarily harsh Sir Geoffrey Howe's demands for further public spending cuts and tax cuts.
  • (2) It is called falling off the swing,” said Soames, when he tried to explain all this to me, “and getting hit on the back of the head by the roundabout.” There are times, when considering Serco, that it begins to resemble Milo Minderbinder’s syndicate, M&M Enterprises, in the novel Catch-22, which starts out trading melons and sardines between opposing armies in the second world war, and ends up conducting bombing raids for commercial reasons.
  • (3) So we might as well keep the money and eliminate the middle man.” Last autumn, Soames and Cockburn concluded that a handful of contracts – led by the Armidales, and the deal to house asylum seekers in the UK – could cost Serco up to £500m in losses, which posed a mortal threat to the business.
  • (4) The shadow defence secretary, Nicholas Soames, said the government had "lost its grip" on policy in Iraq and that ministers had been "unacceptably complacent and negligent" if they did not keep themselves informed of the Red Cross's concerns.
  • (5) As one of the disenchanted Labour voters described by MacAskill, I have had many polemics put my way: the most persuasive have been George Galloway's "Just Say Naw" and a speech on the implications of Scottish independence for business by Rupert Soames, CEO of the Scottish firm Aggreko.
  • (6) Merely being around Soames – who is bulky, self-assured, and often speaks in similes that involve things like spaniels, grandmothers, rhododendrons and oysters – evokes sensations of an earlier, stronger Britain.
  • (7) On 10 November, Soames announced a new strategy for the company: it would be simpler, and smaller, and serve governments only.
  • (8) Like his colleague Tory MP Nicholas Soames, who in 2009 called the "scourge" of ragwort a national "shame", Benyon struck back, saying his critics were being "unnecessarily aggressive", and that he wasn't advocating ethnic cleansing of ragwort but that he wanted to deal with "a severe infestation of a poisonous plant".
  • (9) It ain’t going to happen.” Towards the end, one pilot with a direct manner told Soames they had been treated like “toilet cleaners” by the previous management and asked about the estimated £4m pay-off that Hyman received when he left.
  • (10) I think we need a full explanation of that without delay.” Johnson had earlier described the correspondence between Serco CEO Rupert Soames and the prime minister, which took place while Cameron’s negotiations over a new EU deal were still ongoing, as “the biggest stitch-up since the Bayeux tapestry”, adding: “It makes us look like a banana republic.” Elsewhere on Tuesday, Cameron suggested in a speech that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Isis , was probably in favour of Britain leaving the EU.
  • (11) The comments from the FTSE 100 firm came after its chief executive, Rupert Soames, appeared before Holyrood's economy committee last month and claimed that international investors were getting "worried".
  • (12) I was counting my days on the basis of how many really, really shitty bits of news happened a day, and it used to be four,” said Soames.
  • (13) Soames slumped in his seat and he started to laugh.
  • (14) I don’t see that for a long time,” said Soames.
  • (15) Soames was on his way home to work for a few more hours.
  • (16) Campbell tweeted: “More respect for people like Nick Soames who once told me he hates football and loves Foxhunting.
  • (17) * * * Soames and I spent several afternoons together in May and June, talking about what had gone wrong at Serco.
  • (18) The Tory MP Nicholas Soames was another favourite: "Soames" (this, again, at a party conference) "was magnificent, a vast, florid spectacle, a massive inflatable frontbench spokesman.
  • (19) Boris Johnson has been accused by the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, the Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames, of “fundamentally dishonest gymnastics” for criticising a planned multibillion-pound trade deal between the US and the EU that he had previously lauded as “Churchillian” for its brilliance.
  • (20) Soames spent the morning talking to the contract manager about shift patterns and the cost of helicopter earphones.

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