(n.) A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.
(n.) A burying place.
(n.) A pasture; sometimes, food.
Example Sentences:
(1) Inside Hall’s lair was a glass table on which lay his spectacle case and iPad (no computers for ranking BBC execs), surrounded by seats rescued from an old kitchen, and a pair of swivel chairs salvaged from Television Centre.
(2) It has been found that during the ULAIR elaboration the hippocampal neurons react by an increase of dry mass, during the LAIR elaboration-by its decrease.
(3) Journalism must work to earn back that trust; but in the meantime, Thiel’s revenge, executed with chilling precision like a comic-book villain in an ominous lair, should distress anyone with any interest in free speech.
(4) The bladderwort ( utricularia ), incognito like a snapdragon, has an ingenious underground lair, vacuum-sucking insects to chambers where they are acidified; pitchers are outwardly passive, but inside their cavernous depths float a mass of drowned flies.
(5) At Open House Weekend each September (and on occasional tours), you can visit the parlour and see the society’s array of drug jars; the whole complex has something of the master wizard’s lair about it.
(6) In 2011 the army was humiliated by the unilateral US special forces raid on the lair of former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the persistence of supposedly clandestine strikes by US drones, the advanced unmanned aircraft Washington has refused to share with Pakistan.
(7) On a very small budget he creates the distinctive set for the lair of the Bond villain on Crab Key that will define his character for years to come – high-tech in its futuristic, scientific working area; Renaissance-princely in its domestic aspect.
(8) The shooting script for today's scenes is titled "Alice's Lair", and that word is a considered choice.
(9) But was it then any defence that he acted so seldom, that he had deserted the stage he had himself brought to life, or that he had come to regard movies with the hurt feelings of a Kong, hiding in his lair, unwilling to make a cheap spectacle of himself for those exploiting showmen?
(10) Cath Jackson reports on the last of the 1990 National health visitor week award-winning projects which successfully tracked this elusive client group to its lairs.
(11) Under condition of serotonine excess in the brain the changes of dry mass in hippocampal neurons during elaboration of the two reflexes are opposite to these observed during the ULAIR and LAIR elaboration with normal serotonine content.
(12) Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian It’s more formal than his old parliamentary digs, which had the convivial feel of salon, or lair.
(13) Rather, COR is a dimly lit auditorium, with the functionality of a Bond villain’s techno-lair.
(14) Pete is about to retreat in to his lair: "I can't help, mate," he says.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Approaching the end-of-level boss on the Devils' Lair strike mission and things begin to look rather dark... We're into the final section of the mission now.
(16) To find out, Devine made the unusual decision to track the author to his lair.
(17) The section we’re seeing is a Strike mission named The Devils’ Lair, set in the toxic wastelands of Old Russia.
(18) Turkey's determination to beard Assad in his lair comes amid growing Arab criticism of Syria, reflected in the Gulf Co-operation Council 's weekend call for an end to the use of "excessive force" and the pursuit of "serious reform".
(19) But there the cultural connection ends: this spiny monster will house high-end accommodation for 500 students, mostly international, who will be able to peek out from their luxury lair through mean, arrow-slit windows.
(20) Rather like a James Bond villain addressing the world from his lair, the billionaire spoke to camera via the internet to "reveal" that he would offer $5m to sick children if President Obama produced his college records.
Laird
Definition:
(n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.
Example Sentences:
(1) Left ventricular compliance was evaluated by various indices (Diamond, Mirsky, Gaasch, Laird), and was found to be increased equally in the chronic and acute types.
(2) The ruling will interest three peers – Lord Cunningham, Lord Laird and Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate – who this weekend were accused in the Sunday Times of offering to carry out parliamentary work for cash.
(3) We have further explored the immunocytochemical staining method to discriminate renal and nonrenal hematuria, reported by Abrass and Laird (Am J Kidney Dis 1987;9: 44-50).
(4) In a statement, the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said: "Having reviewed the video footage on the Daily Telegraph website, and other media reporting of Lord Laird's engagement with alleged lobbyists, I telephoned his home this morning and as a result he has relinquished the party whip, pending the outcome of the review of his behaviour that he has already requested of the relevant authorities at Westminster."
(5) 8.54pm: Paul Laird has returned to the here and now: "Music is finished.
(6) Down in Washington to lobby for a bailout plan, Carey was told why by Melvin Laird, a former US defence secretary under Richard Nixon.
(7) Labour peer Lord Mackenzie and Ulster Unionist Lord Laird were both thrown out of their parties as a result of the row.
(8) In December the House of Lords suspended Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate for six months and Lord Laird for four months over lobbying claims.
(9) Lord Cunningham and Lord Mackenzie were suspended by Labour and the Ulster Unionist Lord Laird resigned over allegations they offered to work with undercover journalists posing as lobbyists.
(10) A meta-analysis was then performed and the results of the trials were analyzed in two ways, the odds ratio (OR) (Peto) method and the risk difference method (Dersimonian and Laird).
(11) The procedure is best summarized as a combination of the Kalish modification of the Austin bunionectomy and the Green-Laird modification of the Reverdin bunionectomy.
(12) Laird hits a weak one on the ground to Scutaro at second.
(13) Gerald Laird, catching in place of Alex Avila, is up first.
(14) The government-funded ship will be built at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside and will carry out a variety of research trips to both Antarctica and the Arctic.
(15) Angel Pagan strikes out on a foul tip held by Laird and we've got the first out of the game.
(16) In a statement, Laird said: "I wish to make it clear that I did not agree to act as a paid advocate in any proceedings of the house, nor did I accept payment or other incentive or reward in return for providing parliamentary advice or services."
(17) Lord Laird, the Ulster Unionist peer who was investigated by the BBC's Panorama programme, should face a four-month suspension after he was found to have offered to help undercover reporters set up an all-party parliamentary group in return for payment, the Lords committee for privileges and conduct said.
(18) On a full count he gets Blanco to strike out and then Laird throws out Belt trying to steal!
(19) "We do not believe that the evidence supports Lord Laird's contention."
(20) Well, Rummy comes from Illinois,” Laird confided.