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Fount


Definition:

  • (n.) A font.
  • (n.) A fountain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I want us to do more research and be known as the fount of knowledge about dealing with victims of torture.
  • (2) In contrast, the levels of FeLV viral RNA and p30 are fount to be low or undetectable in the majority of these tumored and normal tissues examined.
  • (3) Air velocity was not fount to be a limiting factor since the conidia remained attached after conidiophores had been violently shaken by air currents in an observation chamber.
  • (4) Charles I, the fount of all the troubles of the 17th century, had an elder sister, Elizabeth, the Winter Queen of Bohemia and heroine of Protestant Europe.
  • (5) However, later in life, as Chinese identity and Confucian attitudes emphasising education, discipline and hierarchy became more important, he would be criticised for presenting himself as a fount of wisdom, a convincing articulator of modern Asia to western audiences, while actually behaving with all the intolerance of a Chinese emperor.
  • (6) Inevitably, too, Bowie – pop cultural magician, androgyne, fount of subversive creativity, master of flamboyance and understatement – would be its muse.
  • (7) The results indicate the existence of founts of histoplasmosis infection in Somalia, particularly in humid areas bordering the rivers rather than in the surrounding arid semi-desert area characteristic of most of the country.
  • (8) It was fount that 0.2% tannic acid caused brownish discolorations within 10-12 days both in vitro and in vivo.
  • (9) The base and tip binding was fount to be associated with special surface modifications of the membrane in these regions.
  • (10) Cages were equipped with mature bird trigger-cups (TC), fount-cups (FC), vertically activated nipple drinkers (VAND), or cone-shaped cups (CC).
  • (11) It is the fount of citizenship and focus of military loyalty.
  • (12) When purified peritoneal exudate lymphocytes from these animals were cultured in vitro in the presence of various concentrations of Listeria antigen, it was fount that the optimal antigenic dose for specific antigen-induced incorporation of [3H]thymidine varied for individual animals.
  • (13) In which context I was struck recently by a remark made to me by an old Treasury friend, now retired, whom I had always regarded as the fount of orthodoxy and the “Treasury View” (that is, an ultra-cautious approach to spending and borrowing, and the introduction of restrictive measures at the slightest opportunity).
  • (14) The sera from six mice were fount to have significantly elevated serum calcium concentrations while sera from two were normocalcemic.
  • (15) The molecular weights of the reductases of B. cereus and B. megaterium were fount to be 155,000 and 150,000, respectively.
  • (16) He was an endless fount of poetry quotes and kept a dictionary that he had won in a competition by his chair.

Fountain


Definition:

  • (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
  • (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
  • (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
  • (n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1971 the Fountain Valley (Calif.) High School established a program at Fairview State Hospital in Costa Mesa.
  • (2) Although only a small section of the site has been excavated, there are baths, luxurious houses, an amphitheatre, a forum, shops, gardens with working fountains and city walls to explore, with many wonderful mosaics still in situ.
  • (3) Three minutes’ walk from Westfield is Centenary Square, the redeveloped public space that now blurs into City Park, a huge combination of a shallow artificial lake and towering fountains.
  • (4) Saying Robinson’s death made him heartsick, Reverend Alexander Gee Jr, pastor of the Fountain of Life church, recommended a soul-searching analysis.
  • (5) The city is a fountain that never stops: it generates its energy from the human interactions that take place in it.
  • (6) Atomization at the liquid surface and the production of a fountain contributed to aerosol formation.
  • (7) Tony Fountain, chief executive of the NDA, told workers on Wednesday morning: "The reason for this [closure] is directly related to the tragic events in Japan following the tsunami and its ongoing impact on the power markets.
  • (8) Private Eye's ideas of "new boys" are joke writers Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, who have been there a mere 10 years.
  • (9) Two controlled studies at Fountain House examined the influence of psychiatric rehabilitation services on rehospitalization.
  • (10) Locomoting amoebae were monopodial, exhibited fountain flow cytoplasmic streaming and translocated externally bound erythrocytes to the rear of cells.
  • (11) Yun’s quest – a modern version of the age old dream of tapping the fountain of youth – is emblematic of the current enthusiasm to disrupt death sweeping Silicon Valley.
  • (12) Fountain, who had also been president of BP's North American power unit, is said to be on an "eye-watering" pay package, albeit one that would probably involve him taking a cut from his BP salary.
  • (13) As the poet Kahlil Gibran beautifully put it: “To the bee, a flower is the fountain of life, and to the flower, the bee is a messenger of love.” In the process of foraging for food, bees are designed to pollinate.
  • (14) We feel like outsiders, fading elderly creatures from a lost world of fountain pens, sherbert dips and wirelesses.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pixadores have also targeted historic sites such as the Ramos de Azevedo fountain in downtown São Paulo.
  • (16) Free Visit an urban beach Fountains on the South Bank, London.
  • (17) In December 2006, claimed £213.95 to repair fountain and hang lights on Christmas tree.
  • (18) Trundling on a cheesy tourist trail around the Italian capital (the Trevi fountain, the Spanish Steps), it tells four whimsical stories that never intersect, meaning that its most watchable stars – Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni and Allen, appearing in one of his movies for the first time since Scoop, in 2006 – never interact.
  • (19) One of these is the Parque de los Deseos , a stone plaza with fountains that doubles as an outdoor amphitheatre for film screenings.
  • (20) P. aeruginosa was isolated from 45 of 353 environmental samples, including water fountains, ice machines, bar soaps, and germicide solutions for toilet brushes.

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