What's the difference between moonseed and moonshine?

Moonseed


Definition:

  • (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

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Moonshine


Definition:

  • (n.) A month.
  • (n.) The light of the moon.
  • (n.) Hence, show without substance or reality.
  • (n.) A preparation of eggs for food.
  • (a.) Moonlight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Risk of ESRD was significantly related to phenacetin or acetaminophen consumption (odds ratio(OR) = 2.66), moonshine consumption (OR = 2.43), a family history of renal disease (OR = 9.30); and regular occupational exposures to solvents (OR = 1.51) or silica (OR = 1.67).
  • (2) At the bar, we sit next to Dylan Laurino, @juicymerchguy , who insists we try malort – a local moonshine made from grapefruit.
  • (3) Lead poisoning arising from "moonshine whiskey" drinking has been associated with a rise in plasma renin activity.
  • (4) He explored moonshine – as they all did, except for Tom."
  • (5) A patient with chronic renal failure, a strong history of moonshine abuse, and excessive urinary lead excretion had clinical and laboratory measurements compatible with combined hyperkalemic distal renal tubular acidosis and the syndrome of selective aldosterone deficiency.
  • (6) He has his first drink of moonshine, his first kiss.
  • (7) Renin activity and aldosterone were evaluated relative to potassium levels and lead intoxication in 33 patients with a history of "moonshine" ingestion.
  • (8) But Bernard Jenkin, the former shadow defence secretary, sided with Lawson, saying it was "moonshine" for No 10 to assume Cameron could reform the EU.
  • (9) Miners long used moonshine, marijuana and prescription pills to cope with the stresses and pain of work underground.
  • (10) He has made important contributions to many branches of pure maths, such as group theory, number theory and geometry and, with collaborators, has also come up with wonderful-sounding concepts like surreal numbers, the grand antiprism and monstrous moonshine.
  • (11) The use of automobile radiators containing lead-soldered parts in the illicit distillation of alcohol (i.e., "moonshine") is an important source of lead poisoning among persons in some rural Alabama counties.
  • (12) They were more likely to be black and have gout than those denying moonshine use.
  • (13) And Jebediah means you’re just a complete cracker running a moonshine still in Dalton, Georgia.” Even before Jeb Bush , the name comes freighted with assumptions, like that you’re a hillbilly, or from a super religious family.
  • (14) They run a modestly successful bootlegging racket and are respected and feared in their community but, with Prohibition-era America thirsty for as much moonshine as their makeshift stills can churn out, they could be achieving so much more.
  • (15) The day began with an architectural boat tour, and finished with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and grapefruit moonshine that tastes like garbage.
  • (16) He said: forget for now the moonshine of themes; you’re only just beginning to learn how to read a book.
  • (17) This was the iconography.” By the time Johnson arrived a different image had taken hold – that of the anti-modern, moonshine swilling, gun toting, backwards “hillbilly”.
  • (18) Nearly two thirds of 200 male hypertensive veterans surveyed in Philadelphia admitted to past ingestion of illicit alcoholic beverages (moonshine), many drinking it recently, and in the North.
  • (19) None of these patients had known histories of occupational or other potential sources of lead exposure, but all reported recent histories of moonshine ingestion.
  • (20) The clinical and pathological findiing in an adult with lead encephalopathy due to moonshine consumption are presented.

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