(n.) Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
(v. i.) To fly off in minute particles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Images of the E2 cores isolated from pyruvate dehydrogenase complex appear surrounded by a faint fuzz that extends approximately 10 nm from the surface of the core and likely corresponds to the lipoyl domains of the E2.
(2) An extensive cell surface coat which resembles the "fuzz" coat found on microvilli of normal epithelium was present on the TA3-Ha, but not on the TA3-St cells.
(3) Meanwhile, Simon Pegg tweets : "I apologize for interrupting #rally4sanity on Comedy Central with Hot Fuzz.
(4) Neither pleomorphic microvili nor a structured glycocalyx fuzz on microvilli was observed during the process of regenerative hyperplasia, distinguishing it from neoplastic bladder proliferations.
(5) These data indicate that the surface fuzz of S. pyogenes which contains M protein functions in the attachment of the organism to epithelial surfaces, thereby permitting its colonization.
(6) But as Britain awaited the first satellite broadcast from America, Goonhilly's bank of TV screens were picking up only atmospheric fuzz.
(7) An electron-dense fuzz was discernible on several of the isolates.
(8) That's followed by Spaced, Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.
(9) In 2012, though, he signed to Brooklyn label Captured Tracks and released an EP, Rock And Roll Night Club, on which he sustains an Elvis impression over ambling, lo-fi fuzz.
(10) Freeze-substituted materials also displayed the fibrillar components in the postsynaptic dense fuzz, but failed to display the presynaptic dense projections typically observed in thin sections or deep-etched replicas of the conventionally fixed materials.
(11) But instead of loud guitars, fans buying the single – dubbed, with quiet sarcasm, Cage Against the Machine – can expect to hear masterful high-power amp fuzz interspersed with the deliberate click of a slow-shutter camera, set to the muted shuffling of feet and repressed laughter.
(12) A. viscosus strains of hamster origin differed from A. viscosus strains of human origin by the absence of a surface fuzz and the comparatively smooth, even fluorescence produced by incubating these cells with homologous rabbit antiserum followed by FITC-labeled goat anti-rabbit IgG.
(13) As kids, we studied that book; it was full of trains covered in graffiti, with names like SEEN, SKEME, DEZ and FUZZ ONE.
(14) Hot Fuzz opened in April 2007 and took $23m (£14.7m) in North America and $80m (£51.3m) worldwide.
(15) Although we've not been able to turn up any tales of half-time barnet-trimming, there have been a couple of reports of a half-time face-fuzz buzz, although as yet the reasons remain a mystery.
(16) Two months old, an ebony fuzz of hair covers her head, she has hazel skin and black eyes.
(17) The immunocoating reaction revealed homologous antibody binding to the irregular strands of fuzz on the surface of human A. viscosus cells, whereas homologous antisera to A. naeslundii coated A. naeslundii cells with a moderately electron-dense coating of antibody of even thickness.
(18) Gap junctions (GJ) isolated from rat hearts in presence of the protease inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF) contain a Mr 44,000 to 47,000 major polypeptide and have a urea-resistant layer of fuzz on their cytoplasmic surfaces, whereas junctions isolated without PMSF are proteolyzed to a Mr 29,500 polypeptide by a serine protease and have smooth cytoplasmic surfaces (C.K.
(19) The trio successfully brought their reference-heavy humour to the big screen with zom-com Shaun Of The Dead and cop pastiche Hot Fuzz .
(20) The cell walls varied in width between 15 and 46 nm and were covered with an electron-dense fibrillar or fuzz layer.
Lint
Definition:
(n.) Flax.
(n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
Example Sentences:
(1) Modifications of the O'Brien, Atkinson and Lint block techniques were applied in twelve, ten, and ten patients, respectively.
(2) The potential for production of fine particulate from botanical trash materials plus lint and linters was determined in the laboratory by an abrasive milling test.
(3) The % by weight content of leaf-like, stem, boll, seed, and weed materials sifted (3360 mum greater than particle size greater than or equal to 595 mum) from visible wastes of the Shirley Analyzer was determined for a lint sample taken after ginning but before cleaning and for a second lint sample taken after one stage of saw-type cleaning.
(4) He says it the same way that someone brushes lint off their jacket shoulder: "Nah.
(5) The dust passing 38 micron stationary or rotary screens contained particles of 15 micron maximum diameter whereas dust from the 710-gmm rotary screen and tandem cyclone exhibited particles of 10 micron maximum diameter and lint fragments.
(6) This was not a sudden urge, a lightning reflex to pick lint off a loved one's coat.
(7) Critical properties and experimental methods used to measure these properties are: (a) ease of steam penetration determined by time-temperature measurements in large, double-wrapped packs subjected to steam sterilization, (b) bacterial barrierness measured by microbiological assay of initially sterile double- and single-wrapped packs contents after pack storage in hospitals, (c) compatibility with ethylene oxide sterilization measured by inactivation of spore strips and by quantities of ethylene oxide residuals after aeration of packs and (d) generation of lint by counting particles generated by flexing wrap materials.
(8) Fragments of lint from a disposable paper head drape were implanted into the anterior chamber of 9 rabbit eyes.
(9) That’s why I now work with people who know you don’t have to remove lint from the extras’ attire before we shoot.
(10) Dust fractions with particles less than 10 micron diameter and free of lint were obtained with a 38-micron rotary screen and tandem cyclone.
(11) The area of this peak increases with increasing amounts of endotoxin and may serve as a measure of endotoxin concentration in cotton lint and dust, at least when fairly high levels of endotoxin (0.50 micrograms or greater) are present.
(12) Significantly more GNB and endotoxin were found in botanical trash components as well as lint of raw cotton derived from the southwest and southeast growing regions as compared to similar botanical components from far west cottons.
(13) It seems probable that lint from contaminated fabric was the vehicle of transmission of the organism during extended surgery.
(14) The number of viable cells was determined at various time intervals, after inoculation onto cotton lint and a glass plate.
(15) Average stored gin residues in the lint and non-lint components were 13 and 60, 11 and 58, and 5 and 10 ppm for toxaphene, DEF, and paraquat, respectively, during the open storage period.
(16) For representative raw cottons from the 1980 USA crop we determined that 67% of the GNB and 89% of the endotoxin resided on white lint itself, from which all particulate larger than 50 micron in size had been removed manually.
(17) The name of Auguste Van Lint is linked with the development of facial nerve akinesia for ophthalmic surgery.
(18) Care should be taken in handling implants to avoid scratches, notches, and exposure to lint from towels or drapes.
(19) Whereas the modified O'Brien block nearly abolished voluntary muscle activity, force of lid closure and lid movement, there was only a minor decrease in the area under the EMG curve and in the force of lid closure after the modified van Lint and Atkinson blocks (about 20%).
(20) Whole seed passage averaged .74% in all cows fed whole linted seed during the standardization period and .45% in 6 cows fed whole linted seed during a comparison period, contrasted to 11.3% in 6 cows fed acid-delinted seed.