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Lawn


Definition:

  • (n.) An open space between woods.
  • (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After formation of a cell lawn and addition of cytostatics of the arbitrarily selected medicaments vinblastin, bleomycin, cis-DDP, actinomycin D the reaction of the cells on the drugs was judged light-microscopically and electrophysiologically by measuring the transmembrane potential 24 hours after the application of medicaments.
  • (2) Many of Long’s pieces are fragile and fleeting: a stripe of un-mown grass in an otherwise close cropped lawn at the Henry Moore foundation , a misty circle in Scotland that lasted only until the day warmed up, a stripe of green grass left by plucking daisies, or paintings in wet mud that dry out and crumble.
  • (3) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
  • (4) One day in 2010 we were out on the lawn when suddenly it was as if a tower block was obscuring our view.
  • (5) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
  • (6) You will come out on the North Lawn with Speke Hall on your right – a beautiful view whatever the season.
  • (7) Persons at high risk for infection, such as outdoor workers, campers and hikers, suburbanites with lawns to cut, and pregnant women exposed to potentially infected Ixodes ticks, are clamouring for some means of protection beyond simple behaviour modification and tick avoidance which are known not always to work.
  • (8) They flew back late Tuesday night ahead of a formal welcome on Wednesday morning with a 19-gun salute on the South Lawn of the White House, the grandest reception for any world leader in Washington this year.
  • (9) A giant inflatable doll with the face of Shaker Aamer , the last British resident held at Guantánamo who returned to the UK last October after 14 years’ incarceration, was displayed not far from the White House fence and front lawn.
  • (10) Other hobbies included watching husbands die, remarrying on the Southfork ranch lawn, and being played by a different actor for a season.
  • (11) Exactly 20 years have passed since the Oslo accords were signed on the White House lawn.
  • (12) Then she married, had two more children, moved to Hawaii and lead a regular life working in real estate, punctuated by paparazzi camping out on her lawn whenever Polanski made a move.
  • (13) An alternative method is to replicate patches of different mutant strains (100 per plate) onto Hfr lawns; in this case more than 1,000 different mutants can be mapped in a single experiment in a few days.
  • (14) Vibrio cholerae cells, infected with the sex factor P, produce discrete, plaque-like clearings when plated on lawns of P(-) cells.
  • (15) Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly briefly pushed back at Republican suggestions that secret service agents always ought to use lethal force in such situations, saying “the idea we have a shoot out on the White House lawn ought to be a last resort not a first resort”.
  • (16) Outside, through the window, the sun is shining and a lawn mower slowly traces lines on the training pitch named after Tito Vilanova.
  • (17) My whole lawn was nothing but Clinton yard signs” during the election, she said.
  • (18) Spirochete prevalence in ticks did not differ among lawn types or at different distances from the woods.
  • (19) He would bring back a gondolier's rowlock from Venice; he would haul hollowed logs or curious roots out of the river to lie on the lawn; he would explain the workings of the Japanese deer-scarer or he would arrange single branches of leaves or flowers, Japanese style, the better to admire the colour of the stems, the shape of the leaves, the streaks in the bark.
  • (20) Serious injuries secondary to lawn darts have not been reported.

Sod


Definition:

  • () of Seethe
  • (n.) The rock dove.
  • () imp. of Seethe.
  • (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
  • (v. t.) To cover with sod; to turf.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
  • (2) cDNA isolations, RNA, and genomic DNA blots confirm the existence and expression of two genes that produce indistinguishable SOD-4 proteins.
  • (3) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
  • (4) Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and its concentration were measured in thyroid tissues obtained from patients with Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, differentiated thyroid cancer, and endemic goiter (before and after iodine supplementation) as well as in normal thyroid tissue (paranodular tissue) from patients with follicular adenomas.
  • (5) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
  • (6) Total and Cu,Zn-SOD activities significantly decreased and Mn-SOD activities significantly increased in both the active (with increased ALT levels) and the inactive phases (with normal ALT levels) for 36 children with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH).
  • (7) This work undertakes the study of changes in urinary, plasmatic and tissue levels of Thromboxane B2 (TXB2) as well as in tissue Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) after pancreas transplantation and the effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on these changes.
  • (8) After 6 weeks irradiation, the insoluble collagen and elastin were both substantially elevated, as were the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).
  • (9) For accurate measurement of both enzymes in samples where MnSOD contributes only a small fraction of the total SOD activity, the DDC method has the advantage that it provides a direct measure of the MnSOD activity without interference by Cu,ZnSOD.
  • (10) An automated enzymatic method is described for the determination of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) in plasma or erythrocytes using the xanthine-xanthine oxidase and cytochrome C coupled assay.
  • (11) The structure of Mn(III) superoxide dismutase (Mn(III)SOD) from Thermus thermophilus, a tetramer of chains 203 residues in length, has been refined by restrained least-squares methods.
  • (12) We synthesized lecithinized superoxide dismutase (PC-SOD), in which a lecithin derivative was covalently bound to recombinant human SOD.
  • (13) Four strains of Listeria monocytogenes were examined for catalase (CA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities.
  • (14) Superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibited the accumulation of formazan by the isolated osteoclasts.
  • (15) Secretory granules isolated from purified rat mast cells released histamine, O(-) (2), and SOD upon exposure to cations.
  • (16) In addition, a study was made of SOD activity of red blood cells in guinea-pigs immunized with bovine serum albumin (BSA).
  • (17) This suppression was not mediated by suppressor cells or due to an unresponsive state produced by the use of L-SOD.
  • (18) Plasma SOD activity in Protocols A sustained for 6 hours.
  • (19) Ferrous ions stimulate NAD(P)H oxidation, which is again inhibited by SOD and catalase.
  • (20) The two strains having the highest CA activities (LCDC and Scott A) also possessed the highest SOD activities.

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