(n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
(n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.
(n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
Example Sentences:
(1) The anti-B-512-dextran represents a specific reagent for alpha-1,6-linked polyglucose, as evidenced by complete cross-reactivity with synthetic linear dextran; its specificity is emphasized by non-reactivity with alpha-1,6-linked synthetic manna, the monomeric residues of the two polymers differing only in position of the C-2 hydroxyl groups.
(2) This is manna from heaven for her and he loves it too.
(3) H. valbyensis, H. uvarum, and K. apiculata were a group which formed mannans which had identical H-1 regions in their proton magnetic resonance (PMR) spectra, and H. osmophila, K. africana, and K. magna mannas formed another group based on similar spectra.
(4) This is manna from heaven for Clinton and Trump loves it too Frank Luntz, Republican pollster Indeed, the public disclosure of her emails have, if anything, helped to humanise her: it emerged, for example, that she watches The Good Wife and Parks and Recreation but needed an aide’s help to find Homeland.
(5) It was like manna from heaven for George Osborne when the west's leading economic thinktank instructed its rich members back in May to tackle budget deficits without delay.
(6) Chris Woodhead 1994-2000 A thorn to teachers; manna for journalists.
(7) This does not stop the shameless duo from taking full credit for the manna from heaven, and doing their best to present the resulting boost to the economy as all part of their long-term plan.
(8) 8.58am: Yesterday's joint press conference was manna from heaven for the newspaper front pages.
(9) (2) MC540-mediated photolysis is not cell-cycle dependent (Manna and Sieber, 1985).
(10) Low fuel costs for a modern economy run on oil is manna from heaven.
(11) This was literally manna from heaven and it made them very happy to reach somebody in need.
(12) It has been pointed out that there are more economical ways to play Scrabble – on a Scrabble board, for example – but this hasn't stopped this app being hailed as manna from gadget heaven.
(13) By arguing that growth rates fell sharply when a nation's debt as a proportion of its annual output reached 90%, it was manna from heaven for those policy makers keen to take immediate and tough action to tighten fiscal policy.
(14) Acid treatment of the cell-wall D-mannas of Candida stellatoidea strains ATCC 36232 (Type I, A3 strain) and ATCC 20408 (Type II, A2 strain) gave (1----2)-linked beta-D-manno-oligosaccharides (dp 2-5), whereas treatment with alkali gave the (1----2)-linked alpha-D-mannobiose.
(15) Serologically active D-arabino-D-mannas ([alpha]D, +82 degrees approximately 89 degrees; ratio of D-arabinose to D-mannose, 1-2:1) were isolated from the soluble fraction of disintegrated cells of M. tuberculosis, M. smegmatis, and several other Mycobacterium species.
Miraculous
Definition:
(a.) Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
(a.) Supernatural; wonderful.
(a.) Wonder-working.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
(2) Russell also described the Commonwealth Games as a catalyst but was realistic enough not to claim they immediately changed an area with long, deep-rooted problems, or miraculously roused a poor, generally unhealthy local population into vigorously playing sport.
(3) Almost 400 homes were destroyed (a third of all buildings on Heimaey) but, miraculously, none of the 5,300 inhabitants died as a direct result.
(4) Miraculously, none of the actors look as if they bear the scars of any psychological trauma.
(5) They’re good at miraculous recoveries here, let’s hope we are again.
(6) Miraculously, it survived the various onslaughts, including a Supreme Court challenge, more or less intact and it should make a significant difference to women's health (pdf).
(7) I’m OK with taking a knee.” Miraculously, Joe says he came to see the protest in a different light thanks to a lengthy conversation with Wesley, the hotel maintenance man who fixed his air conditioning.
(8) For a team in the bottom three for most of the season, that’s a miraculous return for Jermain,” said Allardyce.
(9) At the heart of it, Djinguereber was and remains a marvel of architecture where, when 2,000 people line up for prayers on a Friday, you feel the greatness of God and Islam in your soul.” Miraculously, the mosque was only slightly damaged by the Islamist groups - led by al-Qaida and Ansar Dine - who occupied Timbuktu in 2012.
(10) Images of rain, snow and hail buffeting Northern Ireland’s six counties would appear to miraculously avoid both the Republic and Scotland!
(11) What seems the epitome of mundane routine for the average British commuter is being seen as near miraculous in a city where, like Los Angeles, the car is king and the train is nowhere in sight when navigating the sprawling suburbs.
(12) I’m beginning to appreciate it’s actually been a bit miraculous getting back to any form of racing so quickly.” Kittel, on the other hand, completed the Tour with four stage wins, but has been busy with non-racing commitments since then, although he recently finished eighth on home soil in the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.
(13) There was at least one happy tale, after a coot family miraculously escaped from the floods.
(14) He managed to get himself to hospital, where it was found that, miraculously, his internal organs had been relatively unscathed.
(15) Hypotheses have ranged from miraculous intervention to creative psychopathy.
(16) "It's miraculous we survived," said passenger Vedpal Singh, who had a fractured collarbone and whose arm was in a sling.
(17) In the meantime there is still a great deal that the west can accomplish, even if our powers are not miraculous.
(18) To be safe with one game to go is pretty miraculous,” he said.
(19) It was described as "miraculously innovative" by the Guardian critic Michael Billington .
(20) The British men have been through an "I get knocked down but I get up again" tournament, coming back miraculously on a couple of occasions – including in an earlier match against the Aussies – to make it out of the group before suffering a proper drubbing in the semi-final, 9-2 against the brilliant orange Dutch.