(n.) A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
(n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jonathan Harle, senior programme manager, Inasp , Oxford, UK Kenya's shuttling lecturers: university shortages are taking a toll Read more Invest in quality: More and more students are gaining access but how useful is it to scale up inefficiencies?
(2) The dye-binding values and the HARL values were reduced similarly by heat treatment.
(3) "Everyone who hated [George W] Bush's 'war on terror' – seeing it either as inadvertently pouring oil on the flames, or as an aberrant throwback to the logic of imperialism – is now happily singing from that very hymn sheet because it saves them having to think about the real challenges the region poses," argued Peter Harling of the International Crisis Group.
(4) Jonathan Harle Convince governments that universities are the route to development: We need to persuade African governments that investing in higher education can help their countries reach middle-income status faster, an aspiration for many.
(5) The visor osteotomy as described by HARLE gives a considerable increase of the absolute height of the atrophic mandible, between the mental foramina.
(6) "Is it pronounced 'Van Gal' or 'Van Garl' or 'Van Hal' or 'Van Harl' or something else?
(7) Jonathan Harle Make academia relevant: It is critical for African researchers to focus on the pressing challenges facing the continent, from climate change to human rights to transformations in science and technology.
(8) For materials in which protein and glucose had reacted under mild conditions (37 degrees), the dye-binding capacity with Acid Orange 12 was unchanged even though the HARL value of these materials was considerably reduced.
(9) And they were faintly ashamed of the local blackhouses, preferring instead to be pictured against the newfangled harling.
Peacock
Definition:
(n.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
(n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peacocks , the budget fashion chain, has fallen into administration, putting 9,600 jobs at risk, after a management buyout deal collapsed at the last minute.
(2) As reported previously, Integration Host Factor (IHF) stimulates cII expression but the stimulatory effect is prevented by the NusA protein (Peacock and Weissbach, 1985, Biochem.
(3) I am really looking forward to the next chapter in my coaching career.” In his time at the FA, Peacock has led the Under-17s to two European Championship titles in 2010 and 2014, and has managed over 100 games in Uefa competitions, with a 69% win record.
(4) Not so in 2012, with the shortlist for outstanding achievement in dance revealed as Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis at Covent Garden; Sylvie Guillem for 6,000 Miles Away at Sadler's Wells and Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop at the Peacock.
(5) And which glory-seeking, peacock-proud youth does not want to stand in the middle for hours and be admired?
(6) The staff at the Peacocks store in Pontypridd were attempting to be as cheerful as always, laughing and joking as they clambered up a ladder to tape a new sale sign ("biggest ever – 20-70% of everything") to the window.
(7) I wasn’t one of the stars, like Pedro [Beardsley] or Ginola.” It took time for Peacock to settle but the second season was significantly better.
(8) The soundtrack is supplied by vinyl rotating on vintage record players, a gumball machine dispenses yellow, black and white gobstoppers, and the room is surveilled by the beady eyes of esoteric taxidermy that includes a peacock in full plume and a splendid Himalayan wild goat grazing among the soft seating.
(9) The board has filed an "intention to appoint administrators" for Peacocks and its sister chain Bonmarché which gives them 10 days to put together a plan while it prevents creditors pursuing debts through the courts.
(10) Finally, the reader is reminded how to use the nomogram of Peacock, Robertson and Nordin to evaluate fasting urinary excretion of calcium, and how to use the nomogram of Walton and Bijvoet to estimate the renal threshold phosphate concentration.
(11) Australia Network has just secured the biggest coup of any western media: access to the entire Chinese audience through web-based services, as well as a similar deal with Indonesia,” Peacock wrote in an email to all staff.
(12) At the time of publishing the list stands at 244, including, but certainly not limited to: disturbed balance; blurred vision; cataracts; mass bee extinction; unexplained deaths of cattle, goats, dolphins, worms and sundry other animals; family discord; disoriented echidnas; social problems among peacocks; and eggs without yolks.
(13) Only Bradford in 2003 and St Helens in 2006 had won the domestic treble before, but Kevin Sinfield, Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai ended their rugby league careers by ensuring Leeds became the third member of this most illustrious club.
(14) The news came as speculation grew that a huge round of store closures was under discussion at Peacocks, the struggling clothes retailer chaired by Allan Leighton, formerly an Asda director and chairman of Royal Mail.
(15) This followed a string of closures in 2012 including Comet, JJB Sports, Game, Peacocks and Blacks Leisure.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Steve Peacock, education specialist at Weightman’s law firm and governor at a Liverpool secondary school These are hard cases for parents to win and expensive to prosecute and defend.
(17) The omission of Morley, following the international retirements of Jamie Peacock and Gareth Ellis, removes what the captain Kevin Sinfield described as "the cornerstone of our pack for the last 10 years".
(18) The players had a training camp there in January and if they need inspiration to strut their stuff, they can look to Barra Funda's resident flock of peacocks.
(19) "Equity markets are thundering lower," said Cameron Peacock, market analyst at IG Markets.
(20) Years later we moved to Paris, where, within my first week, I found an albino peacock.