(n.) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
(n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spindles of the slow SOL and fast EDL muscles had similar features, whereas differences were observed in the organization of the proximal (SOL and EDL) and distal (LUM) muscles.
(2) 2 In all the species studied, enkephalins appeared to be highly concentrated in the striatum and hypothalamus while very low amounts were found in the cerebe-lum and hippocampus.
(3) The Barkandji elders before us fought against the removal of people from our country Glyniss Church Dr Ken Lum, an anthropologist and research manager with NTSCORP, told Guardian Australia he had conducted hundreds of interviews with Barkandji people, tracing their genealogies back to 1850.
(4) With uncrossed conditions (Lum tests on Lum pedestals or Chr tests on Chr pedestals), we obtained the conventional dipper function, that is, the function of threshold test intensity was highly asymmetric about zero pedestal intensity, and strong pedestals induced strong masking.
(5) A corresponding CCAAT-binding factor (CBF) of 999 amino acids has recently been cloned and shown to stimulate transcription selectively from the hsp70 promoter in a CCAAT element-dependent manner (L. Lum, L. Sultzman, R. Kaufman, D. Linzer, and B. Wu, Mol.
(6) Indications are given that LUM inhibits the oxidative metabolism of both cell types.
(7) Spindles in LUM muscles had fewer static intrafusal fibers, a higher ratio of dynamic to static gamma axons, and a higher incidence of skeletofusimotor (beta) innervation to intrafusal fibers than spindles in the SOL or EDL muscles.
(8) Comparative studies on the effects of the luminescence indicators 5-Amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione (Luminol, LUM) and 7-Dimethylamino-naphthalene-1,2-dicarbonic-acidhydracide (DMNH) in measuring the chemiluminescence of ingesting and non-ingesting polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and monocytes (MOC) are described.
(9) The nucleotide sequence was found to differ in several aspects from the previously published sequence (B. Wallace, Y. Yang, J. Hong, and D. Lum, J. Bacteriol.
(10) No statistically significant differences were seen between superficial and deep thirds (UI: 45% vs. 43%; DI: 33% vs. 32%; LUM: 22% vs. 24%; IC: 3% vs. 3% of points counted, p greater than .1, paired t-test).
(11) During this hyperactivation stage, spleen and peritoneal cells from infected mice showed a "spontaneous" CL-Lum response (without any stimulus added in vitro) absent in noninfected mice.
(12) The inhibitory effect of LPS on the LUM-CL of phagocytosing cord blood PMN has been much more pronounced than on the LUM-CL of adult PMN.
(13) Of 2,786 sera screened, 262 (9.5%) had antibody to one or more viruses Twenty-two sera, selected to represent different species of origin and reaction profiles, were titrated against nine CAL viruses: LUM, SSH, TVT, Tahyna (TAH), California encephalitis (CE), La Crosse (LAC), Inkoo (INK), Melao (MEL), and Guaroa (GRO).
(14) When used with high-dose CsA, etoposide doses should be reduced by approximately 50% to compensate for the pharmacokinetic effects of CsA on etoposide (Lum et al, J Clin Oncol, 10:1635-1642, 1992).
(15) The various flashes were incremental (+Lum) or decremental (-Lum) yellow luminance flashes or green (+Chr) or red (-Chr) isoluminant chromatic flashes.
(16) One group of monoclonal antibodies, designated LUM, reacts with the luminal surface of the epithelium.
(17) In previous studies (Yang, F., Naylor, S., Lum, J., Cutshaw, S., McCombs, J., Naberhaus, K., McGill, J., Adrian, G., Moore, C., Barnett, D., and Bowman, B.
(18) Moreover, spleen cells from acutely infected mice displayed a hyperactivity in the CL-Lum response when recombinant interferon-gamma was added in vitro.
(19) L-3s maintained in water or in Lum's solution for 3 hours retained infectivity when tested in orally or subcutaneously exposed jirds; furthermore, L-3s recovered from mosquitoes dead for 24 to 48 hours were also infective by either portal of entry in jirds.
(20) Both, "spontaneous" and zymosan stimulated CL-Lum responses were inhibited by 100 microM azide and by 0.8 microM superoxide dismutase, suggesting the involvement of hemoproteins and superoxide anion in the measured responses.
Plum
Definition:
(n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
(n.) A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
(n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.
Example Sentences:
(1) The NIa-like protein of plum pox virus is a protease with high sequence specificity that is autocatalytically released from the viral polyprotein.
(2) For some months there has been speculation that he is in line for a plum job at the BBC.
(3) The Normandie Design is plum in the middle of the amiable chaos of South American city life, in Santa Efigênia, where the streets are thronged with tiny electronics stores – great if you fancy a fake Chinese iPhone.
(4) As suggested from the high level of sequence similarity of these viral proteins with the recently described superfamilies of helicase-like proteins (3-5), the NTBM-containing cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein from plum pox virus (PPV), which belongs to the potyvirus group of positive strand RNA viruses, is shown to be able to unwind RNA duplexes.
(5) Carboxylic acids were present in much higher levels in plum brandy, vinegar, lamb and mutton (heated), whereas alcohols, esters and carbonyls aldehydes are particularly abundant in brandy.
(6) Jane's favourite combos are: rhubarb and strawberry, rhubarb and raspberry, and plum and blackberry.
(7) The Luxembourger had offered him the plum post of vice-president of the commission, Schulz told the Guardian.
(8) Children's author Allan Ahlberg, the mind behind much-loved titles Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum, has turned down a lifetime achievement award because it is sponsored by Amazon and the idea that his success "should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable".
(9) Not that Astle has a clue as to what's happening, because he can't shift his feet, plays all around the ball, and watches as it raps his pads plum.
(10) That will be a plum job for someone, and names such as Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton have been mentioned online.
(11) The children were divided into two groups according to the type of coma, using the Plum and Posner coma classification (1966) modified by Pagni et al.
(12) The plum pox potyvirus (PPV) NIa protease expressed from a medium copy number plasmid was able to process an excess of substrate expressed from a high copy number plasmid, in a binary Escherichia coli expression system.
(13) And why have certain Salford refuseniks – I use the example of Simon Mayo , who left 5 Live for Radio 2 – been accommodated with new plum jobs in the capital?
(14) Gailiunas, Peter (Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory, Greenport, N.
(15) The complete nucleotide sequences of an isolate from plum and an isolate from peach (AF isolate) were shown to be identical, consisting of 297 nucleotides with a 93.6% sequence homology to HSV-hop.
(16) serves 4 cooking times 20 minutes For the tomato sauce: 5-6 tbsp lard or dripping 1 large onion, finely chopped 1-2 red chillies, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tins plum tomatoes sea salt and black pepper 1 tsp piloncillo or demerara sugar a generous few splashes of Worcestershire sauce a small handful chopped tarragon 4 corn tortillas, chapatis or other flatbreads 4 eggs 60g Lancashire cheese, grated Heat 2 tablespoons of the lard in a wide saucepan and add the onion and chilli.
(17) Xylella fastidiosa has been known to attack almond, plum and laurel trees among 309 plant species.
(18) Much is at stake, with Brussels and national capitals consumed by manoeuvring for the plum jobs up for grabs under the Lisbon treaty: Europe's first president, a new foreign policy supremo, a host of second-tier positions, and the make-up of a new European commission.
(19) Full English breakfast SERVES 4 sausages 4 vegetable oil smoked streaky bacon 200g plum tomatoes 2 salt Portobello mushrooms 4 butter chicken stock 200ml thyme 1 sprig garlic 2 cloves, crushed black pudding 4 thick (1.5cm) slices free-range eggs 4 bread toasted Start with the sausages For me, it's about finding great ingredients and treating them with respect, as if you were building a wall or making a beautiful piece of furniture.
(20) The nucleotide sequence of the small nuclear inclusion protein (NIa)-like cistron of plum pox potyvirus (PPV) has been determined.