(n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
(n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.
(n.) Same as Bendlet.
(v. t.) To bind with a garter.
(v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The [14C]2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) technique was used to study patterns of neural activity associated with the species-typical courtship behavior of male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).
(2) Motor units in the thin transversus abdominis muscle of the garter snake were identified and physiologically characterized in the living state.
(3) Viremia in garter snakes has a cyclic rhythm independent of the temperature of the environment.
(4) Fibers of the garter snake transversus abdominis muscle fall into three classes according to contraction speed: faster and slower twitch and tonic.
(5) But it is also the incantatory darkness of dreams and visions, death and memory, as an observing consciousness creeps into the "blinded bedrooms" of the town's inhabitants, hushing and inviting us on: "Come now, drift up the dark, come up the drifting sea-dark street now in the dark night seesawing like the sea ... " Blind Captain Cat is dreaming of long-ago sea voyages and long-dead lovers; twice-widowed Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard of her henpecked husbands; Organ Morgan of musical extravaganzas; Polly Garter of babies; Mary Ann Sailors of the Garden of Eden; Dai Bread of "Turkish girls.
(6) The actions of two reversible anticholinesterase agents, edrophonium and physostigmine, were compared with the irreversible agent methanesulfonyl fluoride (MSF) on miniature end-plate currents (MEPCs) and ACh-induced end-plate current fluctuations recorded from twitch fibers of costocutaneous muscles of garter snakes (Thamnophis sp.).
(7) A study was made of feeding and temperature as factors affecting the appearance of western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus-neutralizing serum (VNS) antibodies in the serum of garter snakes (Thamnophis spp).
(8) A granulosa cell tumor was identified in a captive six year old Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis).
(9) The oxygen affinity of red cell suspensions from fetal garter snakes was higher than that of cell suspensions from their mothers.
(10) Now a 42-year-old lecturer in film and music at Trafford College, Manchester, she is a regular at the Morrissey Smiths Disco at the Star and Garter pub and, thanks to listening to Meat is Murder , a committed vegetarian.
(11) Male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) court only on emergence from winter dormancy.
(12) Testosterone (T) was administered intracranially to intact adult male Canadian red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) in the fall and in the summer.
(13) Traits were measured for six or fewer presumed full-sibling offspring from each of 45 wild-caught gravid garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).
(14) Four enantiomers of chloramphenicol have been tested for their effects on end-plate current and miniature end-plate current decay and amplitude characteristics in the voltage-clamped costocutaneous nerve-muscle preparation of the garter snake.
(15) He has already received the Garter and could retire as early as next summer.
(16) Newborn garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) responded similarly to worm and fish surface extracts regardless of whether the mothers were fed exclusively on fish or worms during the gestation period.
(17) Then, for his 15 minutes, Gove was before us, cross-gartered like foolish Malvolio, until another grandee, Kenneth Clarke , in concert with the Daily Mail, was ready to knife his guts.
(18) The model is applied to a vascular network of the glomerulus of the garter snake.
(19) Garter snakes were used to study the effects of venous CO2 loading using the skin as an exchanger.
(20) Using a simple ophthalmoscopic technique, the cone mosaic of a live garter snake was clearly visible when viewed directly through its natural pupil, providing the first definitive cone map in a vertebrate eye.
Parter
Definition:
(n.) One who, or which, parts or separates.
Example Sentences:
(1) The four-parter, starring Max Beesley as a radio shock jock who has a crisis in his personal life, had 5.5 million viewers and a 22% share last night between 9pm and 10pm.
(2) The Channel 4 series, which will air next month, is his third three-parter for the broadcaster, following 2012’s All in the Best Possible Taste , which looked at different concepts of taste across social classes, and the 2015 Bafta-winning Who are You?
(3) "I've watched The Hour and Page Eight , and an extremely good two-parter called Field of Blood , which was spectacularly well-acted.
(4) On BBC2 in the 9pm hour, new documentary two-parter Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission launched with 1.9 million and 7.4%, including 119,000 (0.47%) on BBC HD.
(5) This three-parter scrubs up what co-star Mark Gatiss calls Benson’s “sly, funny and waspishly brilliant stories”.
(6) The fact that many of the actors have been signed on contracts for two films has also encouraged the rumours that it could be the first Bond two-parter, which Gant said might be a natural step for the franchise.
(7) For one thing, Alan Yentob's programme is a two-parter.
(8) ITV have already paid their dramatic respects, as it were, with last year's garlanded five-parter, Mrs Biggs, based on his long-suffering wife, Charmian.
(9) Partners have own projects : As we've detailed here, the equity parters already have numerous efforts under way.
(10) The Top Gear Africa special, the first instalment of a two-parter to round off the current series, averaged 5.7 million viewers and a 19.6% audience share in the 8pm hour.
(11) Lisa Cholodenko, who directed The Kids Are All Right, has created this eight-parter starring Thandie Newton and Uma Thurman, with Zachary Quinto as the dad who does the slapping.
(12) The Great Fire Tom Bradby, currently best known as an ITN reporter and a close friend of Prince William, dramatises a key event of the reign of King Charles II in this four-parter about the great fire of London of 1666.
(13) The first part of BBC1's James Nesbitt two-parter, Passer By, had 6.9 million viewers or three in 10 of the audience at 9pm last night.
(14) Happy Valley showcases the rich lives of ‘older women’ | Penny Anderson Read more Wainwright started to be known as the person who writes “strong female characters” after Unforgiven, an award-winning 2009 three-parter about a woman emerging from prison after serving a sentence for a murder she committed in her teens.
(15) The seven-parter opened with an average of 7.685 million viewers and a 30% audience share from 9pm on ITV1 and ITV1 HD.
(16) So this week will see the release of The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug and, thankfully, early reviews are saying it's a considerable improvement on Peter Jackson's dreary first-parter last year .
(17) Other commissions include Beyond Human, a natural history series looking at animal senses, and War in Afghanistan, a two-parter analysing Britain's role in the conflict.
(18) Photograph: Channel 4 Billions The anger at the behaviour of the financial establishment that surges in US and UK politics should ensure a receptive audience for this 12-parter, which also has an enticing cast.
(19) Over on ITV1 from 9pm, three-parter The Last Weekend concluded with a disappointing 2.2 million viewers and an 8.9% audience share.
(20) Victims of domestic violence will have more support in taking abusive former parters to court after the court of appeal quashed restrictions on obtaining legal aid in family court cases.