(n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Example Sentences:
(1) To investigate the physical state of water in hydrating biological macro-molecules, the dielectric properties of water in hen egg lysozyme pellets with various moisture contents were studied using the thermally stimulated depolarisation currents technique.
(2) The gravimetric or loss-on-drying method is no longer listed as the required method; the 1.0% moisture limit is no longer specifically stated in the regulation.
(3) These revisions were made to bring the regulation into line with changes in residual moisture testing methods and the results obtained when new testing methods were applied to the determination of residual moisture.
(4) Glass ionomer cements have the disadvantage of being vulnerable to moisture.
(5) Yet, when temperature of incubation, soil pH, soil moisture content and nitrite concentration were varied in the three soils, and with addition of nitrite reductase inhibitors, it appeared in one soil that NO production was partially a biological process.
(6) Moisture on the skin was shown to increase the discharge to a standard stimulus, probably by its softening effect on the stratum corneum.
(7) The respiration of grain and fungi results in a loss in dry matter as well as the production of heat and moisture which contribute to further spoilage.
(8) The isolates differed in their ability to grow and produce fusarin C on corn with different moisture contents (16, 20, 24, and 28%).
(9) Wet heat shock (60 degrees C, 90 s) and caffeine (3.8 X 10(-4) M) afford significant radioprotection against post-irradiation O2-dependent damage which develops in seeds of approximately 3.5% moisture content.
(10) Because these fungi are fast growing and require high moisture for growth and for enzyme synthesis, the danger of contamination by toxin-producing fungi would be minimal.
(11) Successful colonization and invasion of experimentally inoculated feathers required addition of moisture and elevation of relative humidity within the cultures.
(12) High-moisture ear corn (HMEC) was treated with specific bacterial inoculants and evaluated for its aerobic stability and utilization for growth by beef steers.
(13) Special attention has to be drawn on the problem of microbiological stability because of the necessarily high moisture content of the dispersion.
(14) Chemical composition (moisture, protein, and fat) was determined on the lean portion.
(15) The amount of moisture retained in the patch was also calculated.
(16) The lyophilisate, when exposed to moist atmospheres, picks up moisture to a constant weight.
(17) Inverted or disconjugate caloric nystagmus after air stimulation is much more frequently due to tympanic membrane perforation, or moisture in the external ear, than to central nervous system disease.
(18) Resorption of these substances via the bronchopulmonary tract and a resulting systemic action cannot be excluded, especially if additional active moisturizing devices are used.
(19) A novel analytical method is described for sensitive determination of moisture transmission characteristics of packaging systems.
(20) For that matter, mulching with bark, grit or slate will help keep the surface roots cooler and retain moisture in hot weather.
Soggy
Definition:
(superl.) Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Example Sentences:
(1) While none of the fears that have rattled markets are yet realised, the relentless focus on possible risks will likely see another soggy Asia-Pacific trading session.
(2) If you're on the lookout for gristle on a stick, or deep-fried nearly-meat and soggy chips, it's your lucky night.
(3) It has what Hab's design director, Isabel Allen, calls a "muddy, soggy landscape" which has the added benefit that it is fun for children to play in it.
(4) The record sheet rapidly dissolved into a soggy pulp of blood and chlorine.
(5) Unlike Mary, though, Birgitta is not obsessed with "soggy bottoms" but "dödbakade bottnar" ("deadbaked bottoms"), and I can't see Birgitta pulling off soignée Mary's Zara silk bomber.
(6) Frankly, there's too much 'can't do' sogginess around.
(7) We were turned back," said Umm Anis, a widow living in a soggy tent with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
(8) The women had no electricity and no roof – merely a soggy fabric tarpaulin stretched between two walls.
(9) 8.15pm BST Ruby doesn't know what to do with her un-soggy, practically perfect pie.
(10) Dance, who was flooded five years ago, said he was sorry for those going through the soggy misery he endured then.
(11) The cold winter, reasonably decent summer and good old-fashioned spring and autumn benefited many kinds of fauna that had suffered through previous mild wet winters and soggy summers.
(12) At a soggy, fraught Carrow Road Sunderland eased their way to victory over Norwich City that left the home team looking ominously deflated.
(13) "It's just that lacklustre industrial production data, the soggy July monthly services reading and mediocre retail sales have undermined faith in a super-strong outcome," Clarke said.
(14) Your country – your soggy, soggy country – needs you.
(15) Another surprise is the make-up of a group of yes campaigners out on a soggy night delivering leaflets round Barmulloch, another of the deprived areas of Glasgow's East End.
(16) Still, we could have done with a Jubilee-style cutaway to the sodden picnickers sitting on drenched rugs, clutching rain-diluted fizz as their bottoms, now unquestionably soggy, sank into the mud.
(17) Now, whenever I'm afraid of something, I just say, man, I'm not going to get soggy; I'm just going to go into it.
(18) A utumn in the North Cascades National Park and soggy clouds cling to the peaks of the mountains that inspired the musings of Beat poets such as Jack Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg 60 years ago.
(19) The next day, our children's Christmas concert – always a soggy-necked display of intense love and pride – wasn't shared by my husband, and I felt sad and guilty to be there alone.
(20) The journey has caused the burger to steam into greyness, glueing itself to its soggy bun.The £32 steak appears, cowering in the corner of its container like a whipped puppy.