(n.) A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Interaction of PUFA and 2-NOF or NOB yielded MDA, the amounts of which were significantly greater when 24-h anaerobic preceded 1-6-h aerobic incubation.
(2) The NOB-1 assay is probably more specific with respect to IL-1 measurement, although, with a high intra-assay variance.
(3) Anaerobic incubation of NOB or 2-NOF with linolenic acid at the molar ratio of 1:1 for 24 h yielded approximately 5.5-13% of the PUFA as conjugated diene which appeared stable upon exposure to air.
(4) We examined fasting lipid, lipoprotein, sex hormone and insulin levels in 38 women (21 obese (ob), 17 non-obese (nob] with HA and anovulation (PCO) and 38 normal ovulatory women (21 obese, 17 non-obese), matched for age and weight.
(5) Nitrosobenzene (NOB) formed acid labile conjugates with reduced glutathione (GSH) and hemoglobin within red cells.
(6) To evaluate the efficacy and safety of NOB in ragweed seasonal allergic rhinitis, 250 eligible patients were randomized to one of four parallel, double-blind treatment groups: NOB, 10, 20, and 30 mg, or placebo, each administered once daily for 3 weeks.
(7) On the other hand, glycophorin A had essentially no effect on IL-1-mediated stimulation of the IL-1-sensitive thymocyte cell line EL-4 NOB-1.
(8) NOB-1 is not responsive to tumour necrosis factor alpha, tumour necrosis factor beta, interferon gamma and lipopolysaccharide.
(9) He told me sadly of two youths who had said they did not go to the theatre because: “That’s not for us, it’s for the nobs.” The Labour party and the unions had emancipated the working class economically, but what had they done to show the worker that he ought to take his share of the nation’s cultural life, that everyone was a “nob” in the theatre?
(10) Receptor-bound 125I-IL 1 alpha was displaced with equal efficiency by both unlabelled forms from 3T3 cells, but a 20-fold lower affinity for p1L1 beta was observed using NOB-1.
(11) This reaction was reversible because nearly all NOB could be extracted with ether from the labile intermediate.
(12) NOB treatment did not appear to cause weight gain or sedation.
(13) Daft Punk themselves are in a separate DJ booth twiddling with nobs that surely don't do anything.
(14) As I hob-nobbed with friends, family and the invited guests of the RI at the drinks reception beforehand, my mind kept flitting back to my notes.
(15) The neutralizing capacity and the specificity of the IL-1 antisera were tested by the use of the thymoma EL-4 NOB-1 cell line.
(16) Photograph: The Guardian Before marching, the protesters gathered for a potluck on a warm afternoon in Huntington Park, at the top of the tony Nob Hill neighborhood and the epicenter of old town San Francisco.
(17) rIL-1 beta induced the production of IL-2 and IL-6 from EL-4-NOB-1 cells in a dose-related manner.
(18) Furthermore, the differences in the amounts of MDA resulting from 24- and 0-h anaerobic incubations were significantly greater when the molar ratio of 2-NOF (or NOB) to PUFA was increased (2.0 greater than 1.0 greater than 0.5).
(19) Once-daily NOB, 10, 20, and 30 mg, is equally and highly effective and safe in the symptomatic management of seasonal allergic rhinitis compared to placebo.
(20) Using the murine T-lymphocyte line NOB-1, human thyrocytes and human foreskin fibroblasts, the antibodies competitively inhibited the biological activity of human recombinant IL-1 alpha (rIL-1 alpha).
Wealthy
Definition:
(superl.) Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
(1) Celebrity woodlanders Tax breaks and tree-hugging already draw the wealthy and well-known to buy British forests.
(2) Private equity millionaires, wealthy hedge fund managers, some of the most successful bankers in financial history – they crowded into Cavendish’s Georgian offices.
(3) Co-founder Cyndi Anafo’s mother used to run a Ghanaian grocery in the covered market that has recently been rebranded Brixton Village, a target destination for food tourists and wealthy Londoners.
(4) Arvind Kejriwal, leader of a new populist political party "dedicated to improving the lot of the common man", announced on Monday that he would form a government to run the sprawling, troubled and increasingly wealthy city of 15 million people.
(5) The party has also pledged to ensure that the wealthy make a greater contribution by restoring the 50p higher rate of income tax.
(6) France is discovering that, when it comes to wealthy taxpayers, you win some – and you lose some.
(7) Joan Condijts, editor in chief of L'Echo, said the investment climate and employment opportunities in Belgium were attracting wealthy French.
(8) As the historian of neoliberalism Philip Mirowski argues , what the past 30 years have been about is using the powers of the state to divert more resources to the wealthy.
(9) Water supplies are restricted to the wealthy few, and landmark buildings such as the presidential palace remain wrecked nine years after the end of the war.
(10) While Bloomberg has defended his record, pointing out that New York city has 22 of the state's best 25 public schools, others have said those schools are predominantly in wealthy neighbourhoods or are difficult for students to get into.
(11) If Davos is a closed shop for the wealthy and powerful elites who caused today’s global inequality, it won’t come up with the answers needed for a more fair and prosperous future for all the world’s workers and their families.
(12) Some Coalition MPs raised concerns earlier this year that transparency could expose wealthy business owners to security risks, including kidnapping , and the government prepared legislation to shield private Australian companies.
(13) And indeed, Tony Abbott’s new pension plan, to save $2.4bn over two years and an undisclosed sum beyond that by reversing a Howard government decision that allowed quite wealthy retirees to claim a part-pension, is much fairer than last year’s plan to erode the value of all pensions over time.
(14) He stressed that the sister-in-law and her husband were not only accused of circulating libellously untrue stories but also of harassment of the wealthy financier.
(15) As fighter jets screamed overhead and tanks churned up the sand, it looked and sounded like the violent protests sweeping the Middle East had spread to the wealthy emirate of Abu Dhabi.
(16) The code "favours profits and the wealthy", she said.
(17) Peering out from his Kremlin perch, Putin sees a European continent divided between wealthy and poor countries, between north and south, and senses an opportunity.
(18) He said: “I think you’ve seen from Chinese investors – wealthy individuals in football clubs is something that will continue.
(19) One, known as the Institute for Philanthropy , runs classes for wealthy individuals, which it describes as an 'MBA' in philanthropy.
(20) That's what CDC has to do if it is going to justify its investments in houses and shops for the mega-wealthy, and it won't be easy.