What's the difference between lice and lime?

Lice


Definition:

  • (n.) pl. of Louse.
  • (pl. ) of Louse

Example Sentences:

  • (1) CNS excitation and seizures, manifestations of organochlorine intoxication, can occur following ingestion or inappropriate application of the 1 per cent topical formulation of lindane used to treat scabies and lice.
  • (2) Twelve days after the first treatment the second treatment was carried out and the presence of head lice was examined for the evaluation of treatment effect.
  • (3) Subjects were inspected for evidence of live lice and eggs at 24 hours and 3 to 4 weeks after application of treatment.
  • (4) Over 60 forms of parasites were found out as follows: three species of blood parasites, 12 species of Coccidia, 8 species of cestodes, 12 species of nematodes, one species of Acanthocephalus, three species of chigger mites, 15 species of gamasid mites, 6 species of ixodid ticks, fleas and lice.
  • (5) Each group was exposed to 6 sheep with moderate to heavy infestations of lice.
  • (6) As these subjects were free of live lice infestation at previous follow-up visits it was highly probable that these were cases of re-infestation from another source.
  • (7) After postcuing, subjects sometimes report lane or lice, instead of the requested word line.
  • (8) Mortality with control solutions varied between 4 and 16% for both lice and eggs.
  • (9) Boys with medium length hair and girls with short hair showed the highest incidence of lice infestation.
  • (10) While we know today that lice do not discriminate between clean and dirty hair, parents and professionals react very negatively to the condition, and this feeling is transferred to children as indicated by their drawings.
  • (11) In summary, head lice can be readily infected with R. prowazeki and disseminate virulent R. prowazeki organisms in their feces.
  • (12) Groups of sheep infested with strains of Bovicola (Damalinia) ovis were obtained from flocks either with a history of failure to control lice with synthetic pyrethroid (SP) pour-on insecticides, or from farms where SP compounds were not used.
  • (13) The results indicate that both products are effective in the treatment of head lice infection and that the phenothrin shampoo would be a useful addition to the insecticides currently employed.
  • (14) The host specificity of the group is reviewed, including features of the natural history of lice and their hosts that may have influenced the evolution of host-parasite associations.
  • (15) If a practical method of applying the insecticide to the tip of wool can be developed, then this technique should provide an effective means of eradicating lice in sheep with long wool.
  • (16) They included the analyses of two nursing cows and their two newborn pups, three 2-month-old pups, and the sucking lice inhabiting these animals, Antarctophthirus callorhini and Proechinophthirus fluctus.
  • (17) Evaluation of the intervention program revealed a significant success in reducing head lice infestation that was not influenced by variation in socioeconomic status or place of residence.
  • (18) Between Days 5 and 9, 13 head lice were dead or moribund and all of them were positive by IF for R. prowazeki.
  • (19) of whom 2 patients (16.7%) gave positive skin reactions to lice extracts.
  • (20) Living lice and eggs were found in 19% of 2643 children examined in Israel.

Lime


Definition:

  • (n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
  • (n.) The linden tree. See Linden.
  • (n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
  • (n.) Birdlime.
  • (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
  • (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
  • (v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.
  • (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
  • (v. t.) To cement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In labelled acidic waters, the 26Al was present predominantly in low molecular weight forms, whereas in labelled limed waters the major fraction of 26Al was present in a high molecular weight form.
  • (2) That diary was published in 2005 by Limes, a serious Italian magazine, which did not identify the cardinal.
  • (3) When treated after exposure to ribonuclease, the colonies fluoresced lime-green.
  • (4) Adult Persian lime trees grafted on Citrus macrophylla and C. volkameriana were used, planted on a groundwater-affected red ferrilytic soil in the La Habana Province.
  • (5) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
  • (6) Alfalfa plants of a resistant, a susceptible and a highly susceptible strains were grown in unlimed soil at pH 5.8 and in limed one at pH 6.9 and inoculated by the pathogens of vascular wilt, Corynebacterium insidiosum and Verticillium albo-atrum.
  • (7) Most obvious differences can be found for Cd: While the concentrations of soluble Cd in anaerobically digested sludge only increase at pH values lower than pH 4, the solubility of Cd in precipitation sludge and limed sludges already show rapid increases at pH values lower than 7.
  • (8) While it is still hot, juice the lime into a cup and stir in the granulated sugar (which will not dissolve completely).
  • (9) A solution – injecting the graves with a lime solution to speed up decomposition – was eventually discovered by a graveyard worker, who charged the Norwegian authorities $670 per plot.
  • (10) The soda lime capacity is 25 litres (approximately 20 kg).
  • (11) 3 First squeeze lime juice over the fruit, then dip it into the flavoured salt.
  • (12) The frequency of micronucleated cells (MNC) derived from exfoliated human oral mucosal cells has been measured to assess genotoxic damage in chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) and tobacco with lime (T).
  • (13) This fruit possesses a taste-modifying substance that causes sour foods--e.g., lemons, limes, or grapefruit--to taste sweet.
  • (14) The results obtained in R. tigrina have been discussed in relation to the increased calcium deposits in the paravertebral lime sacs and to the possible enhanced secretion of the parathyroid glands.
  • (15) "I do a mean ceviche with it – coconut milk, lime juice and chilli.
  • (16) Lime Street was closed off by police as the demonstrations continued.
  • (17) He also produced this effect in some of his sculptures, for example Untitled (Funerary Box for a Lime Green Python) (1954), where a pair of solemn-looking palm leaves gives the work a consciously ritualistic tone.
  • (18) Grab a table if you're arriving late enough for the restaurant section to have emptied, and make the barman get his big grinder out by ordering a mandarinha – Beija-Flor cachaça, mandarin syrup, lime juice and black pepper.
  • (19) Once it's a deep golden colour all over, transfer to a dish and season with a squeeze of lime or lemon juice, coarse sea salt, plenty of hazelnut butter (the butter will need a good stir, because the solids will settle to the bottom) and a grind of black pepper.
  • (20) The amount of Ni extracted by ammonium acetate was reduced by 36% in the limed metal soil compared with the unlimed metal soil.

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