(n.) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
(n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
(n.) A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
(v. i.) To die; to expire.
(v. t.) To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.
Example Sentences:
(1) … or a theatre and concert hall There are a total of 16 ghost stations on the Paris metro; stops that were closed or never opened.
(2) Both eosin derivatives, however, inactivate acetylcholinesterase upon illumination of air-equilibrated samples of hemoglobin-free labeled ghosts.
(3) Haemoglobin-free human erythrocyte ghosts that were prepared in the presence of EDTA and were then exposed to Ca2+ showed a substantial loss of phosphatidylinositol phosphate and phosphatidylinositol diphosphate, measured either chemically or by loss of 32P from the lipids of prelabelled membranes.
(4) Erythrocyte ghost membrane fluidity and phospholipid linoleate were significantly increased when higher levels of polyunsaturated fats were fed to healthy, free living, premenopausal women.
(5) The Triton ghosts contracted immediately upon addition of ATP.
(6) Resealed erythrocyte ghosts (carrier erythrocytes) are potential in vivo carriers for exogenous enzymes or drugs, but data on carrier erythrocyte survival and clearance rate in humans are not available.
(7) Electron microscopy showed the presence of bacterial ghosts and protein threads.
(8) The reaction sequence leading from EAC1-9 to ghosts can be summarized as follows: formula: (see text).
(9) To gain some understanding of the mechanism of cell fusion, cell ghosts prepared by freeze-thawing intact cells were incubated with intact cells.
(10) Nevertheless, the band 3 population solubilized by Triton X-100 from prelabeled ghosts was as well phosphorylated as the population of band 3 retained by the skeletons.
(11) In addition to these effects, ghosts exposed to MC540 and light underwent lipid peroxidation.
(12) These findings provide ultrastructural correlates of the electrophysiological changes produced by glycerol treatment of the closer muscle of the ghost crab (Papir, 1973), namely, interference with excitation-contraction (e-c) coupling.
(13) This ambiguity was resolved by using resealed ghosts, which are unable to incorporate oleic acid into phospholipids.
(14) The pulse microwave radiation has been shown to increase the fluorescence intensity of 2-toluidinonaphthanene-6-sulfonate (2,6-TNS) and 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate (1,8-ANS) built-in membranes of erythrocyte ghosts.
(15) Although China has so far refused to enable dialogue between our leaders, I sincerely hope that it will come forward, rather than keep invoking the ghost of militarism of seven decades ago, which no longer exists."
(16) The ghosts of Barbara Castle and Peter Shore , never mind Hugh Gaitskell (and, for much of his life, Harold Wilson), were never quite exorcised by the New Labour Europhiles.
(17) The FBI has just released a trove of documents , videos and pictures relating to its so-called Ghost Stories investigation into the activities of 10 Russian spies who the agency monitored for more than a decade.
(18) "A lot of the patients had moved and were genuine ghosts, and of course the practice shouldn't be paid for patients who don't exist, but a lot of the patients do exist and the patients who don't use the service subsidise those who do."
(19) The chemical asymmetry of the transporter was investigated by studying the effects of p-chloromercuriphenyl sulphonate (PCMBS) on uridine transport and high-affinity NBMPR binding in inside-out and right-side-out membrane vesicles, unsealed erythrocyte ghosts and intact cells.
(20) It was shown that when the ;ghosts' of the microsomal vesicles were used as a specific template extra cytochrome b(5) and NADH-specific flavoprotein were incorporated into them, but cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-specific flavoprotein were not incorporated into the membrane.
Ghoul
Definition:
(n.) An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Essebsi has dismissed the word “taghaoul” (power grab) that the Marzouki camp has deployed, evoking the ogre (“ghoul”) of north African Berber and Arab legend.
(2) When Downing Street's ghouls come to inspect his wounds over the weekend, he seems likely to survive.
(3) Some are standard cemeteries, some are said to be a stomping ground for ghosts and ghouls – and, around the turn of the century, a number of them played host to Emma Stone .
(4) By failing to confront our ghouls – and their tabloid harpies – we merely let them haunt us again.
(5) Updated at 1.12am BST 1.10am BST Email It's that time of the year when ghosts, demons, witches and ghouls come out to play, and I'm not talking about Halloween.
(6) Yet now, with the Conservatives in the grip of their most awful ghouls, we have an opportunity without precedent to lay our own fears to rest.
(7) Often, in horror films, the single most effective device for building a sense of scariness is the soundtrack: the clanking of chains, the groaning of off-stage ghouls, the unmistakable sound of a cannibal rustic firing up a chainsaw.
(8) These are the ghouls swirling around this Christmas.
(9) The cheapest toys on the main list are the Monster High range of Ghouls Rule dolls, retailing at £22.99 each (£17.99 at Smyths Toys).
(10) The top 13 in full Cabbage Patch Kids, JAKKS Pacific, RRP £29.99 Furby, Hasbro, RRP £59.99 InnoTab 2, Vtech, RRP £84.99 Jake and the Neverland Pirates – Pirate Ship Bucky, Mattel, RRP £49.99 LeapPad 2, Leapfrog Toys, RRP £89.99 Lego Friends: Olivia's House, Lego, RRP £69.99 Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Mines of Moria, Lego, £68.99 Mike the Knight's Deluxe Glendragon Playset, Character Options, £29.99 Monster High Ghouls Rule Dolls, Mattel, RRP £22.99 My Moshi Home, Vivid Imaginations, RRP £39.99 Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire, Hasbro, RRP £44.99 Twister Dance, Hasbro, RRP £26.99 Web Shooting Spider-Man, Hasbro, RRP £34.99
(11) The Daily Telegraph has already responded to the semblance of a climate policy with a full front page picture of a masked ghoul, screaming “Horror Show”, because a “nightmare” was returning.
(12) In the fudge shop on the front, you can buy chocolate coffins, and there is of course the Dracula Experience , where for a few pounds you can creep through labyrinthine pitch-black passages and be scared out of your skin by students earning holiday cash dressed up as ghouls and revenants.
(13) All those unknown, bleary faces huddled in the dark: old men shrouded in blankets, mothers cradling wailing babies - it was a scene from one of those witches and ghouls fairytales she found so terrifying.