What's the difference between foodstuff and mealy?

Foodstuff


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Samples of raw cereals imported in Italy and of other foodstuffs that can be treated with bromine-containing fumigants were analysed for the total bromide content.
  • (2) It occurs mainly as a result of the interaction of MAO inhibitor with tyramine in foodstuffs.
  • (3) Basic foodstuffs, such as flour, sugar and edible oils, are heavily subsidised.
  • (4) At present, the sweetening carbohydrates have a share of about 49% of the total-carbohydrate-consumption, from which 24% is sugar in its conventional form; a further 3% comes from fruits and vegetables; 5% of the carbohydrates are lactose, 15.5% are monosaccharides, from which 12% are derived from vegetable foodstuffs and honey.
  • (5) This association disappeared when the effects of other foodstuffs were controlled for in multiple regression analysis.
  • (6) Of the 15 furans eight methylvinylfurans, dimethyl-vinylfurans and alkenylfurans, which had not been previously found in roasted foodstuffs, should be specially mentioned.
  • (7) The levels of aluminium have been determined in a number of individual foodstuffs on the Swedish market and in 24 h duplicate diets collected by women living in the Stockholm area.
  • (8) This involves ceaseless snacking of foodstuff with a low glycaemic load, foods that are mainly hummus or things that remind you of hummus or things that are called "hummus" but aren't, in an attempt to appeal to people who only eat hummus (butterbean hummus.
  • (9) The exchange rate of the new drachma would collapse in the open markets, making it difficult to secure supplies of oil, medicine, foodstuffs and other goods.
  • (10) The visuals of Russia’s stepped-up fight against sanctioned foodstuffs have been dramatic, and left many Russians wondering why so much is being destroyed in a country where millions of people live below the poverty line.
  • (11) Ochratoxin A has been found in foodstuffs in many countries, but the highest frequency of ochratoxin A contamination in foods (10.3% of 1,553 samples of foodstuffs) was encountered in an area of Yugoslavia, where Balkan (endemic) nephropathy is prevalent.
  • (12) The toxicological implication of beta-carbolines in foodstuffs is discussed.
  • (13) The radioactive contamination was higher in milk and baby milk relative to other types of foodstuffs.
  • (14) Last Thursday, at an event hosted by the Prince of Wales, I set out plans for working with the private sector and rainforest countries so that the timber and foodstuffs we buy do not cause deforestation.
  • (15) Foodstuffs including peanut accounted for more than 80% of the bronchial foreign bodies.
  • (16) By growing microorganisms on novel foodstuffs in a chemostat, one can focus selective pressure on a specific enzyme activity.
  • (17) Basing on the results obtained the authors have made a conclusion on the high food value of wheat germ floc and on their promising use as enriching additives to varying foodstuffs.
  • (18) These observations suggest that pH of foodstuffs may be an important factor in the absorption of polyglutamate forms of folate.
  • (19) The lipid effectiveness coefficient values have been presented for a number of traditional and purified foodstuffs.
  • (20) It is also hoped that a better knowledge of the biotope will lead to complete control of the floral equilibrium, good conservation and high quality foodstuffs.

Mealy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
  • (superl.) Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I will be mealy-mouthed, he repeats, according to translation by my colleague Saeed Kamili Dehghan.
  • (2) Malcolm Turnbull refuses to denounce Trump's travel ban Read more Facebook Twitter Pinterest Turnbull: ‘When I have frank advice to give an American president, I give it privately’ This is not the time for the Australian government to offer mealy-mouthed platitudes about not commenting on the policies of other countries.
  • (3) No mealy-mouthed, "I might have done it a little bit" teary-eyed confessions on Oprah.
  • (4) It is mealy mouthed, offensive and lacking in any acknowledgment of the huge abuse of power and harm caused to my clients".
  • (5) Cue a costly whizz-bang extravaganza of CG-powered set pieces foreshadowed with the odd slab of mealy cod philosophy.
  • (6) Labour's position holds the most obvious risks: it will take subtle speech-writing and iron discipline in television interviews for Ed Balls and Mr Miliband not to sound either defensive about their own criticisms of austerity, or mealy-mouthed about the modest recovery Britain is at last enjoying.
  • (7) Representations of acute current issues facing the queer community are thinner on the ground – don't hold your breath for a studio picture about the murder of a homeless teenage trans sex worker – but let's not be mealy-mouthed.
  • (8) Down the road at Bradbury's butchers, whose shelves heave with haggis, beef links, mealie puddings and clootie dumplings, a few customers have begun to discuss the break-up of the union.
  • (9) The Mail, uncharacteristically cowed, removed the story from its website and, more characteristically, issued a mealy-mouthed apology, insisting the story was published "in good faith" and was written by a writer who has "strong connections with senior members of the Lebanese community".
  • (10) If and when he has made apologies, they are often delivered too late and are mealy-mouthed Ken Livingstone appears incapable of contrition .
  • (11) If and when he has made apologies, they are often delivered too late and are mealy-mouthed, and the worst of all apologies is the one that takes no responsibility for their actions .
  • (12) But given the film-maker clearly enjoys the fascination that surrounds his work, his decision does seem a little mealy-mouthed.
  • (13) When the DNA of mealy bugs carrying B chromosomes (+B:DNA( was compared to the DNA of individuals not possessing Bs (-B:DNA), no significant differences were found using isopycnic centrifugations in CsCl or thermal denaturation analyses.
  • (14) – ebb and surge through a once-in-a-lifetime cast (Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, Richard Widmark) in which the doctors are often nuttier than the patients; or Tea And Sympathy, a halting, mealy-mouthed and profoundly dated attempt to deal, however obliquely, with the taboo of homosexuality, here dubbed "unmanliness".
  • (15) The arms exports to Israel must stop.” In a further interview with Channel 4 News, Warsi suggested Cameron had been “mealy-mouthed” over his refusal to say Israel’s actions had been disproportionate.
  • (16) Stocks of mealie meal are needed for families until the next harvest.
  • (17) Indiana governor on defensive over religious law some see as anti-gay Read more The real political mistake was the strength of the RFRA in the first place: rather than a mealy-mouthed statutory reminder of the constitutional right to religion without government interference to placate a loud minority, it boldly delineates the mechanisms of unaccountable discrimination on a citizen-by-citizen basis and dangerously reminds the rest of us of the control that Christian bigots have had over American society from day one until the present.
  • (18) She says some “became activists in the leadership contest ... (and) that’s not their job as journalists.” She also used the conversation with Martin to deliver a hard flick at radio talkback host Alan Jones – the broadcaster who declared Gillard’s father had “died of shame.” Gillard says Jones delivered only a “mealy mouthed apology” for the infelicitous outburst, and he only delivered that because of commercial pressure.
  • (19) These issues are far too serious for us to have been mealy-mouthed and for us to be dragging our heels.” Warsi was known to have been unhappy with Cameron’s failure to unequivocally condemn Israel’s incursion into Gaza or the mounting death toll.
  • (20) All right, some of us have banged on for decades about this horrid, mealy-mouthed, catch-all word, hoping to limit its use.

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