(n.) The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.
(n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.
(n.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
(v. t.) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(2) In later phases, mast cells appeared in the newly formed marrow in the external callus.
(3) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
(4) In the dark cortical zone of the nodes (III group) there occur tissue basophils (mast cells), that, together with increasing number of acidophilic granulocytes and appearance of neutrophilic cells, demonstrates that there is an inflammatory reaction in the organ studied as a response to the lymphocytic suspension injected.
(5) Type I and Type II mast-cell degranulation was noted but was not universal.
(6) They clearly demonstrate the phenomenon of mast cells degranulation.
(7) The early absolute but transient dependence of these A-MuLV mast cell transformants on a fibroblast feeder suggests a multistep process in their evolution, in which the acquisition of autonomy from factors of mesenchymal cell origin may play an important role.
(8) The findings suggest that mast cell prostaglandins are an important factor in the pathogenesis of pruritus and that local vascular responses may trigger mast cell degranulation.
(9) 18 patients with typical sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) were investigated by the Motor Accuracy and Speed Test (MAST) and 18 healthy age- and-sex-matched volunteers, acted as controls.
(10) When PMC purified to greater than 99% purity were cultured in methylcellulose with IL-3 and IL-4, approximately 25% of the PMC formed colonies, all of which contained both berberine sulfate-positive and berberine sulfate-negative mast cells.
(11) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(12) Mice homozygous for mutations at either locus exhibit several phenotypic abnormalities including a virtual absence of mast cells.
(13) This initial observation of release of eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis in vivo along with histamine assigns the mast cell a central role in cold urticaria.
(14) Their presence was established both by staining for mast cells at light microscopic level and by electron microscopy.
(15) Pretreatment of rat peritoneal mast cells with either Staurosporine or an analog K-252a, lead to a dose-related inhibition of histamine release when stimulated with Anti-IgE (IC50: Staurosporine = 110 nM; K-252a = 100 nM).
(16) The ammoniacal silver method, which identifies basic proteins, gives a positive reaction in cytoplasmic granules of rat peritoneal mast cells.
(17) Cytokine secretion by activated lymphocytes or mast cells is preceded by dramatic stabilization of the normally labile GM-CSF mRNA.
(18) Forty-seven patients were brought to the Emergency Department with a good blood pressure which probably would not have existed without the use of MAST Trousers.
(19) Furthermore, using rat mast cells, the binding assay in conjunction with histamine releasing assay may be utilized to predict the in vivo histamine releasing potential of new LHRH peptides which are of clinical importance.
(20) Six dogs had increased numbers of mast cells in peripheral blood or buffy coat smears.
Partner
Definition:
(n.) One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
(n.) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
(n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
(v. t.) To associate, to join.
Example Sentences:
(1) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
(2) • This article was amended on 1 September 2014 because an earlier version described Platinum Property Partners as a buy-to-let mortgage lender.
(3) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
(4) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(5) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(6) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(7) BT Sport went down this route, appointing Channel 4 Sales, the TV ad sales house that represents the broadcaster and partners including UKTV.
(8) Furthermore, these data support our previous suggestion that the expression of human lymphoid differentiation antigens in human-mouse lymphoid hybrids is influenced by the differentiation stage of the fusion partners.
(9) The arrest of the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian and his journalist wife, Yeganeh Salehi, as well as a photographer and her partner, is a brutal reminder of the distance between President Hassan Rouhani’s reforming promises and his willingness to act.
(10) Simon Cross, 46, his partner Lizzy Gilliland, 42, and their son Gabriel, two, from Nottingham, expressed the views of many attending.
(11) France has given £34m and we have got to get our partners to make a step change.
(12) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
(13) It was only up to jurors to decide if the hotel owner, West End Hotel Partners, and former operator, Windsor Capital Group, should share in the blame.
(14) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
(15) The women used a variety of resources, and their partners were particularly helpful.
(16) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
(17) The wives and girlfriends who were originally invited to accompany their playing partners on the World Cup tour have had their invitations formally rescinded.
(18) The two of them broke up with their partners and in 1974 they married.
(19) The concordance, sensitivity, and specificity of proxy reports about partners' occupation, smoking, and drinking were examined in relation to self-reports.
(20) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC