(n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
(n.) A kind of jig or farce.
Example Sentences:
(1) Growth of C. albicans in the presence of AGE affected the yeast lipid in a number of ways: the total lipid content was decreased; garlic-grown yeasts had a higher level of phosphatidylserines and a lower level of phosphatidylcholines; in addition to free sterols and sterol esters, C. albicans accumulated esterified steryl glycosides; the concentration of palmitic acid (16:0) and oleic acid (18:1) increased and that of linoleic acid (18:2) and linolenic acid (18:3) decreased.
(2) The inhibitory effect of topical garlic extract on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced oral carcinogenesis in Syrian hamsters was studied to define the local anticarcinogenicity of garlic.
(3) "A typical day in London would be: wake up hungover, try to get some breakfast in you," he says, barrelling along green-tunnelled country lanes through – as he puts it in Jerusalem – the "wild garlic and May blossom" that mean winter is over.
(4) At comparable concentrations, growing cultures of Escherichia coli were as susceptible to garlic, but apparently more resistant to onion, than were those of S. typhimurium.
(5) Comparative studies suggest that the major platelet aggregation and release inhibitor in garlic may be allicin.
(6) Garlic oil extract fed with any of the diets, significantly lowered the high levels of the two enzymes in the serum, liver and kidneys.
(7) Among the Chinese, garlic is also used as a form of topical medicament.
(8) The major type IV allergens incriminated were metals, onion and garlic.
(9) All test organisms were inhibited by garlic juice, whilst onion and shallot juice showed no effect upon gram negative bacteria.
(10) 400g cooked or tinned butterbeans 1 tsp ground cumin 10ml lemon juice ¼ clove garlic, peeled and finely minced 1 small handful picked flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp plain flour (gluten-free flour also works fine) 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely sliced 50g breadcrumbs 100g feta (or other crumbly goat's or sheep's cheese) Put the butterbeans, cumin, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, flour, salt and egg in a food processor and blitz to a coarse paste: you don't want the mix fully pureed, otherwise the burgers will be too wet and will fall apart on the grill.
(11) We report the case of a child who sustained partial thickness burns from a garlic-petroleum jelly plaster, which had been applied at the direction of a naturopathic physician.
(12) The eleven cases of sensitization to Allium sativum L (garlic) corresponded to women whose primary or secondary profession was that of a housewife.
(13) The appearance of multinucleated cells, which increased with dose and time, was also observed following treatment with both garlic and onion oil.
(14) Grilled cuttlefish on a bed of chestnut purée comes dramatically drizzled with black squid ink and shredded fried leek, while the innocuous-sounding champi con foie conceals mushroom, foie gras, creamy alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and a slick of salsa verde.
(15) The aim of this study was to determine the resistance of Toxoplasma gondii cysts to salt (sodium chloride) and condiments (black pepper and garlic) in fresh sausages prepared with experimentally infected pork.
(16) Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used medicinally for centuries and still is included in the traditional medicine of most cultures.
(17) It'll be difficult for readers under the age of 30 to believe, but if you were watching TV between 1982 and 1984, these phrases are like "Garlic bread!
(18) A case-control study implicated a new vehicle for botulism, commercial chopped garlic in soybean oil (P less than 10(-4)).
(19) It has been reported that diallyl sulfide (DS) and diallyl disulfide (DDS), major volatile compounds in garlic (Allium sativum), exert anticarcinogenic activity in several organs in rodents.
(20) He was immediately given milk and vomited spontaneously blood-stained food with a garlic smell.
Ketchup
Definition:
(n.) A sauce. See Catchup.
Example Sentences:
(1) Videos where I "down" a bottle of ketchup "for a laugh".
(2) A gradual decrease in the number of viable L. monocytogenes cells was observed in juice and sauce held at 21 degrees C. In contrast, the organism died rapidly when suspended in commercial tomato ketchup at 5 and 21 degrees C. Unlike low-acid raw salad vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli, asparagus, and cauliflower on which we have observed L. monocytogenes grow at refrigeration temperatures, tomatoes are not a good growth substrate for the organism.
(3) When searching for gay parenting in kids' movies, I found the short film Family Restaurant , about a picky toothpick dispenser who thinks ketchup bottles shouldn't be allowed to date; he changes his tune after learning a valuable lesson from a little boy with two dads.
(4) Hold on to that ketchup for now; my money is still on Einstein.
(5) This ketchup-and-mustard-coloured adobe bar may have sticky tables and the odour of a frat house on a Sunday morning, but trying a terremoto here (for just £2) is something of a rite of passage.
(6) Hell, Malcolm Gladwell once wrote a 5,000-word essay in the New Yorker about why Americans refuse to use any ketchup besides Heinz .
(7) Fry 2 onions until caramelised, stir in 1 tbsp ketchup, spread on sourdough, top with the ricotta and grill.
(8) Ketchup chocolate pots Ketchup lends a sour, berry-like taste to the richness of the chocolate.
(9) Don't read on if you haven't seen episode four Catch up with Paul MacInnes's episode three blog here Episode four: To Have and To Hold 'Harry has great ideas' – Scarlett First we must deal with the consequences of ketchup: of being crushed by the King Kong of condiments, of saucy dreams that go splat.
(10) There's a bottle of tomato ketchup lurking in most people's cupboards or fridges, so it makes sense to find new and innovative uses for it.
(11) Unable to go through with it, De Jesus grappled for a way out, eventually devising what he apparently thought was an ingenious solution: tomato ketchup.
(12) For now at least, Hunt has a template to work to – a menu from the judge as endorsed over the bacon rolls and ketchup.
(13) Designed by British engineering company OAL Group , steam infusion has been successfully making ready meals, ketchup, béchamel sauce and minestrone soup.
(14) Shortly before Air Force One took off, it emerged that the hold contained a precious cargo - the president’s supplies of comfort food - expect a week of ketchup with everything.
(15) I remember doing this photo shoot when she had to eat a hamburger and she got tomato ketchup all down her arm and she had a good laugh about it."
(16) Ketchup becomes Heinz, vacuum cleaners become Hoovers, training shoes become Nikes.
(17) De Jesus, the ketchup killer, has reportedly skipped town while Simões faces public humiliation.
(18) Untreated central lesions showed the aspect of crumbled cheese and ketchup.
(19) Trump and Atlantic City: the lessons behind the demise of his casino empire Read more Outside the Social Enterprise and Training (Seat) Center, DJ Ketchup was doing similar work, trying to keep hundreds of applicants standing on the sidewalk and another 30 seated under a tent, where they reviewed job openings while dance tunes such as Macklemore’s Can’t Hold Us, Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines and Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive played.
(20) Fruit, vegetables and fruit and vegetable product were artificially infected with Penicillium expansum, P. urticae and Byssochlamys nivea; patulin was subsequently found in peaches, apricots, greengages, bananas, strawberries, honeydew melons, tomatoes, red and green paprika, cucumbers and carrots; in several kinds of compot, in tomato juice and tomato pulp --but not in ketchup.