(n.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color.
Example Sentences:
(1) Muscat has little doubt that the 28 heads of government and the commission will agree their Brexit deal by October next year, and indicates that talks on an EU-UK trade deal could even take place in parallel.
(2) Speaking in the European parliament last week, Muscat warned that “unless the essence of the Turkey deal is replicated in the central Mediterranean, Europe will face a major migration crisis”.
(3) Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, said survivors spoke of “haunting experiences”.
(4) Muscat said southern states need more help from across the EU in patrolling the Mediterranean.
(5) "It wasn't good, we've conceded three goals from set-pieces and you give yourself a mountain to climb when you do that away from home," Muscat said.
(6) It was the fifth time Boogard has received a straight red card, equalling the all-time league record of new Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat.
(7) The only good news for Muscat’s side was a welcome return to a well-behaved crowd.
(8) In 1989, at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, diabetes was recorded as the principal diagnosis for 2.6% of all discharges, and 6% of those in subjects aged 45 years and over.
(9) From start to finish, maybe apart from the first five minutes, it was a pretty lifeless performance,” Muscat said.
(10) We Brexited from the United Kingdom,” says the island’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat , laughing.
(11) Free and glycosidically bound terpenes of five Vitis vinifera grape cultivars (muscat of Alexandria, muscat of Frontignan, muscat of Hamburg, muscat Ottonel and Gewürztraminer) were investigated.
(12) Cameron's visit to Muscat comes weeks after an agreement to set up a defence partnership with the United Arab Emirates , potentially focused on the Typhoon jet, made by BAE Systems.
(13) Malta : “We need a solution but not at any cost,” the prime minister, Joseph Muscat, has said.
(14) US enters Yemen war, bombing Houthis who launched missiles at navy ship Read more Speaking to reporters in Switzerland, Kerry said a plane flew the Houthi delegation back to Yemen from the Omani capital, Muscat, and returned with people wounded in the strike, which hit a funeral hall .
(15) The tissue-specific distal promoter of the human skeletal alpha-actin gene (-1282 to -708) induces transcription in myogenic cells approximately 10-fold and, with the most proximal promoter domain (-153 to -87), it synergistically increases transcription 100-fold (Muscat and Kedes 1987).
(16) The Omani aircraft also flew home to Sana’a rebel negotiators who, because of the air blockade, had been stranded in Muscat since the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait in August.
(17) Malta braces for referendum over spring bird hunting Read more Joseph Muscat , Malta’s prime minister, said the public had given a last chance for hunters to practise their tradition.
(18) Muscat refuses to say how much the UK will be stung for but is clear the matter cannot be ducked or the bill waived as a parting gesture of goodwill.
(19) This, says Muscat, is because the experience of British rule was “largely positive”.
(20) Tehran's chief prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, said bail had been paid to Iran's bank, the Melli in Muscat, Oman, but it was not immediately clear who paid it.
Raisin
Definition:
(n.) A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
(n.) A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
Example Sentences:
(1) A rare childhood phytobezoar is reported in a two-and-one-half-year-old male infant with bowel obstruction, following raisin ingestion.
(2) A study was conducted to determine the accuracy and precision of 3 AOAC methods, secs 26.026-26.031 (CB), secs 26.032-26.036 (BF), and secs 26.052-26.060 (cottonseed), and the Romer quantitative method for the thin-layer chromatographic (TLC) determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in raisins.
(3) According to a CIA cable released in the report, his “‘lunch tray’ consisting of hummus, pasta with sauce, nuts and raisins was ‘pureed and rectally infused’”.
(4) Fine motor performance was assessed by timing retrieval of raisins from recessed grids.
(5) Those eating grapes and raisins had a 12% reduced risk and apples and pears cut the chances by 7%.
(6) It was found in the first experiment that monkeys with total removal of the inferotemporal visual area (TIT monkeys) showed a significant elevation of the discrimination limen for visual patterns of reduced sizes even when compared to monkeys with removal of lateral striate cortex (LS monkeys); yet in a food-morsel (raisin) detection test the TIT monkeys performed as well as normal monkeys, although the LS monkeys showed significant deficits.
(7) He claimed that A Raisin in the Sun, written while Hansberry made a living as a waitress and cashier, "put more of the truth of black people's lives on the stage than any other play in the entire history of theatre".
(8) Late cycles of apple and raisin mastication are long and exhibit large gapes but almost no anterior movement.
(9) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan, Cardiff, veggischmooze.blogspot.com Makes 10 blintzes 200g plain flour A pinch of salt 50g butter or margarine, melted 25ml olive oil 400ml milk 2 organic free-range eggs A little oil, to fry Icing sugar and sour cream, to serve For the filling 300g soft cheese 15g vanilla sugar Grated zest of ½ lemon 1-2 tbsp lemon juice, to taste Pinch of salt 50g chopped raisins or dried fruit (optional) Icing sugar and sour cream to serve 1 Put all the pancake ingredients apart from the oil and filling in a food processor and whizz.
(10) Ten years earlier Hansberry, who herself coined that beautiful phrase, had become an overnight celebrity with her first play, A Raisin in the Sun .
(11) Two snacks were based on sugary, manufactured products (chocolate-coated candy bar; cola drink with crisps) and two on whole foods (raisins and peanuts; bananas and peanuts).
(12) Photograph: Khaled Taher Inside the legendary old city of Sana’a, the historical market known as Souq al-Melh is where you will find all that is unique and beautiful in the city, Its small streets retain their traditional character and are divided into several sections, in which you will find all sorts – from gold and silver to raisins and spices to a wide range of crafts and ornaments.
(13) Cookies, crackers, and potato chips were most retentive, whereas caramels, jelly beans, raisins, and milk chocolate bars were among those poorly retained.
(14) Obstipation is a common problem which is often treated with prunes, raisins or sweetened laxatives.
(15) After the all-black domestic drama of Raisin, The Sign in Sydney Brustein's Window turned out to be a sprawling multiracial play of ideas.
(16) • Raisin gravy In a pan add the juice of ½ lemon, plus ½ lemon, a knob of ginger and ¼ apple all thinly sliced.
(17) In Experiment 1, 3 mother-child pairs of Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) were given simultaneous choice tests between raisins and popcorn.
(18) Interproximal wire-telemetric plaque pH data were obtained from five volunteers after they ate milk chocolate bars, raisins, chocolate wafer cookies with cream filling, cupcakes with icing and cream filling, and cherry pies.
(19) Sophie Okenedo (A Raisin in the Sun): I work with proper, proper actors and they hold and carry me and love me on stage every night.
(20) Experimental foods were smoked cuttlefish (sectile food), raisins (food flattened under pressure), and peanuts (crushable food).