(a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
(a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
(a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
(a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.
(a.) A picture representing some marine subject.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cameron had a legitimate argument, but the marines didn't want to hear it.
(2) The marine vibrio alone is a powerful stimulus to mucus secretion but lethal for the host.
(3) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(4) omega-Conotoxin GVIA is a peptide purified from the venom of the marine snail, Conus geographus, that specifically blocks voltage-sensitive calcium channels in neurons.
(5) The marine natural product lophotoxin has produced a non-reversible antagonism of parasympathetic and sympathetic functions that are known to be mediated by C6 sub-type nicotinic receptors.
(6) Six marine bacteria which synthesize macromolecular antibiotics were isolated from neritic waters on the French Mediterranean coast, and their frequency recorded over two successive years.
(7) After the gunfight the marines made the shocking discovery of bodies of 58 men and 14 women in a room, some piled on top of each other.
(8) It’s clear which way the ultra-right community around Ukip wishes to go: their timelines are full of praise for Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders , and blazing with imagery – both real and fake – of migrant riots in France and Sweden.
(9) Resting plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine levels were 13.1 and 2.1 nmol liter-1 for the marine toad (Bufo marinus).
(10) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
(11) The goal of the expedition, led by Prof Ken Takai of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was to study the limits of life at deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough as part of a round-the-world voyage of discovery by the research ship RV Yokosuka .
(12) The present study demonstrated that delayed administration of a marine lipid diet, 25% menhaden oil (MO) by weight, until after the onset of overt renal disease, also resulted in significant improvement in rates of mortality, proteinuria, and histologic evidence of glomerular injury, compared with control animals fed a diet that contained mostly saturated fatty acids, 25% beef tallow.
(13) Intramembrane faces were visualized in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra by the freeze-fracture technique, in order to test a prediction of a membrane model for circadian oscillations--i.e;, that membrane particle distribution and size change with time in the circadian cycle.
(14) A total of 2,208 male subjects, enrolled as merchant marine seamen at the Civitavecchia (Italy) harbor from 1936 to 1975 were followed up through 1989 in order to evaluate their mortality experience.
(15) These tacos, the legacy of the city's many Lebanese immigrants, a variation of shawarma , the grilled marinated meat dish popular throughout the Middle East.
(16) Two new isomeric delta-lactones 2 and 3 have been isolated from the marine fungus Helicascus kanaloanus (ATCC 18591).
(17) Earlier today Liz Sandeman, a marine mammal medic who went out in a lifeboat to examine the whale, said: "It looks quite healthy and quite relaxed.
(18) Greg Hunt , the environment minister, said he will use the existing Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority act to “put in place this ban in legislative form”.
(19) Modern lungfish are air-breathing nonmarine forms, yet their Devonian forebears were marine fish that did not breathe air.
(20) In France last year, Marine Le Pen scored 18% in the presidential election and is now powering ahead against François Hollande, while in the Netherlands Geert Wilders' Freedom party is polling at 15%.
Snook
Definition:
(v. i.) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
(n.) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
(n.) The cobia.
(n.) The garfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Use of the modified Lee and the Chrisman-Snook techniques as described have provided good results.
(2) We report on lead, cadmium, selenium, and mercury levels in snook, locally called robalo (Centropomus spp.
(3) Close to a year later Gignac can cock a snook at all those who said Mexico would be a burial ground as far as his career was concerned.
(4) Most of these are tenodeses where one of the peroneus tendons is used, such as Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook reconstructions.
(5) Yet one of the key attractions of Malick for a festival that that adores eccentric auteurs (he eschews all press commitments) meant that the director did not, in fact, turn up to receive his award – though he apparently snook into its premiere unnoticed.
(6) Leaders regularly cock a snook at democratic niceties in staying in power and many seem largely out of touch with their people's needs, behind their high walls and blue-light security cavalcades.
(7) Of the thousands of cartoons with which Charlie Hebdo has cocked a snook at authority, one in particular makes a philosophical point.
(8) Nineteen patients suffering from chronic post-traumatic instability at the ankle were treated surgically by the Chrisman-Snook technique.
(9) This study confirms the efficacy of the Chrisman-Snook technique in the treatment of ankle instability, even in cases of gross ankle laxity or with patients engaged in very demanding sports.
(10) We performed the Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook procedures on 15 cadaveric ankles and tested the ankles for stability, motion, and isometry of graft placement.
(11) And yes, he cocked a snook at the US by giving asylum to the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
(12) No significant mortality was observed for the other organisms, which included: brown shrimp (Panaeus aztecus), grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio), juvenile snook (Centropomis undecimalis) and sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus).
(13) Among many methods of reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments, the Chrisman-Snook method distinguishes itself because of simplicity of procedure and furthermore, it can be used for reconstruction of injuries of the tarsus ligaments in the region of the malleolus.
(14) In patients with hypermobility, long-standing instability, or arthritis, reconstruction using the Chrisman-Snook technique is recommended.
(15) This outer layer was considered to correspond to the "marginal zone" (Snook).
(16) The results of surgical Chrisman-Snook reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments in 9 patients, aged 19-37 years, have been discussed.
(17) This month London became the first major city in the global north to elect a Muslim mayor, merrily cocking a snook at the supposed clash of civilisations.
(18) We forgot about the Chinese!’ This is a considered cocking of the snook.” Lu Kang, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, rejected the suggestion that the lack of phone contact was a snub.
(19) • In July 2013, newspapers reported the case of Casey Snook, then 14, who managed to rack up a £3,800 phone bill while using her mobile on a five-day family holiday to New York.
(20) Some have relished cocking a snook at the British media and what was seen as its unrelenting negativity about South Africa's ability to play host.