(a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Passive movement decreases stiffness; when the muscle is subsequently allowed to rest it returns at a progressively declining rate to a level of stiffness that is close to its original value (Lakie & Robson, 1988b).
(2) This strongly suggests that muscle thixotropy (Lakie, Walsh & Wright, 1984) is a property of the SREC.
(3) This finding reveals the cause of error in an earlier report (Tyler, H.M., and Laki, K. (1967) Biochemistry 6, 3259) that rabbit liver contains little, if any, of the enzyme.
(4) Recent reports have shown that the stiffness of relaxed frog muscle is not a fixed property, but is dependent on the previous history of movement (Lakie & Robson, 1988a).
(5) Saya ingin agar para pekerja di Jakarta baik laki-laki maupun perempuan mengeluarkan tidak lebih dari 10% pendapatan mereka untuk penggunaan transportasi publik.
(6) The extent of this thixotropic effect is dependent on the size of the applied force (Lakie & Robson, 1988).
(7) The man provoking the clapping and peals of laughter is Lakis Lazopoulos, a stocky figure who spends the best part of three hours prancing across the stage in flamboyant costumes and wigs.
(8) The geometric representation by Abdulnur & Laki (1983) of the set of amino-acid residues in alpha-polypeptide chains is essentially the same as the one put forward by Crick 30 years ago.
(9) Eight- and nine-week-old Hungarian Landrace pigs were tested with halothane as described by Laky et al.
Lanky
Definition:
(a.) Somewhat lank.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is no better symbol of London’s macho financialisation than the early 21st-century surge in skyscraper construction, the lanky delinquent mob of new towers that cluster around the City, and their gangmaster, the Shard.
(2) At 6ft 3in tall, the lanky Peck was a pillar of moral rectitude standing up for decency and tolerance.
(3) Despite such brooding work, in person Stephens is lanky, jovially sweary, with a disconcerting habit of speaking in elegant sentences, and bookends our interview with heartfelt tributes to his wife and three children.
(4) Read more Now, off tubes and machines, he lies quietly in a bed which barely fits his lanky frame.
(5) A lanky man in a striped shirt is called from the crowd and accused of participating in a patrol which killed several Tutsis.
(6) The lanky O'Neill, who had been a friend to many of the YBAs, launched himself into Rome almost five years ahead of the legendary Larry Gagosian , who has a gallery at Via Francesco Crispi 16.
(7) He was an awkward, lanky figure who wore skinny jeans and eyeliner.
(8) In other Harry Redknapp-losing-the-run-of-himself-news, the Spurs manager has been unsuccessful in his efforts to sign Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi for £30m and his Atlético Madrid equivalent Fernando Llorente (£33m) , and is now turning his gaze towards lanky Bayern Munich frontman Mario Gómez .
(9) The Welsh held out against fierce pressure, with the lanky Hopkins facing Garrincha's dynamic pace and a magical swerve.
(10) A little trivial, of course, but then Wood gets described as lanky and balding, though apparently "gentler in person than he is on the page" (did the interviewer expect him to stand at the door with an axe?
(11) "Yeah, it's been a big day," grinned a lanky software engineer.
(12) There was a change in the shape of the skeleton from the squatty appearance of the short population to the more lanky shape of the tall population.
(13) Auerbach was captain of the American football team, a jock, albeit a long-haired, stoner jock with a penchant for bluesman Junior Kimbrough; Carney, by contrast, was a lanky nerd who'd geek out over Television, the Stooges and the Stones.
(14) As well as lessons in the minutiae of international banking and glimpses of Premier League power play, the jury of eight men and four women has been treated to tales of a lanky but "still growing" striker named Peter Crouch ; a young tech entrepreneur called Steve Jobs ; and a News of the World reporter who was threatened with the unusual penalty of having his bollocks sued off .
(15) He's only little, and the CEO of Airbus, Thomas Enders, is tall with a kind of lanky strength.
(16) He was a shambolic figure, lanky, almost perpetually stooped from a bad back and, in an age of volatility in Scottish politics, he was forever an advocate of moderation and caution.
(17) Jack is lanky, friendly and restless; Jade shorter, puckish, with a ponytail.
(18) Dressed in jeans, hoodies and trainers; they slouched in their seats, lanky legs stretching halfway across the carriage, joking around, rolling an empty water bottle between their feet.
(19) Jürgen Klopp: Christian Benteke has a long-term future at Liverpool Read more Milanese cinema-goers will be swallowing nervously at the prospect of Marouane Fellaini taking the seat in front of them now it has emerged Milan have decided they need a lanky, big-haired Belgian to run around the San Siro bumping into opposition players and starting arguments.
(20) Yet although his own style of performance – lively but dignified, informal but literal, paying no heed to the devices of showbiz stagecraft – may have been rendered obsolete by the discoveries of those who owed him a great deal, nevertheless everyone knew the lanky, unstylish figure and what he stood for, and that was more than enough.