(a.) Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
(a.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was given a standing ovation as he arrived on stage for the launch event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, San Francisco.
(2) The duo were given a standing ovation as they took to the stage helped by Evans and guest presenter Robbie Savage.
(3) The audience, energised by an early heckler who was swiftly ejected from the hall at Jerusalem's International Convention Centre, received Obama's message with cheers, applause, whistles and several standing ovations.
(4) But Forster spares them that need by charging off hie line to claim it himself, bringing an ovation from the relieved crowd!
(5) After a standing ovation from the 1,000 strong audience, Christie responded: "I hear exactly what you are saying and I feel the passion with which you say it.... And so my answer to you is just this: I thank you for what you're saying, and I take it in and I'm listening to every word of it and feeling it too."
(6) He may have received a standing ovation at Monday’s Hollywood premiere, but his genius contribution was to have no input.
(7) It was very dramatic, and the audience all rose to their feet, so there was a standing ovation right at the beginning.
(8) Atlético’s supporters had broken into spontaneous applause for their team as soon as Bale put Carlo Ancelotti’s side ahead, and the ovation did not stop even when the game ran away from them and the score started to feel like a deception.
(9) Bachmann was there to kick off Tea Party's Annual Blogger Awards: After being introduced as a “true Tea Partier to the core” and “one of the number one targets” of the liberal news media, Rep. Michele Bachmann has arrived at the conference to a packed room and a standing ovation to introduce the Tea Party’s annual blogger awards.
(10) His seventh goal in his last seven games for Wales, after a calamitous mistake from Radja Nainggolan, was the difference on a evening that ended with the Real Madrid forward leaving the field to a standing ovation two minutes from time.
(11) Today, tonight, I’m going to announce my retirement from professional soccer.” For a moment the crowd protested, a collective “Nooooo!” interspersed with sporadic shouts of “one more year!” But quickly they pulled together to give their outgoing captain the ovation that he deserved.
(12) It seemed nearly impossible for Texas senator Ted Cruz to speak at the event without being interrupted by a standing ovation.
(13) Gerrard had had a hand in all four goals – it was his pass that picked out Henderson for the third – and unsurprisingly received an ovation when he made way for Joe Allen.
(14) The German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, won a standing ovation at the Christian Democrat's party conference in Leipzig with calls to block all moves by the European Central Bank to buy more than token numbers of Italian bonds.
(15) When Mourinho withdrew Drogba in injury- time, allowing him to enjoy a personal ovation from all corners of the ground, the cautionary finger raised to the manager's lips as he greeted his player seemed to suggest that Drogba had done his talking where it counted.
(16) Today, these dancers generate standing ovations and five-star reviews.
(17) The outgoing deputy prime minister, who was given a standing ovation as he entered the room, said: “I always expected this election to be exceptionally difficult for the Liberal Democrats, given the heavy responsibilities we’ve had to bear in government in the most challenging of circumstances.
(18) Guests are always shown deference – Dingell was, for example, given a standing ovation before he had even spoken, and another once he had finished.
(19) Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt were always on the technocratic wing of New Labour, politicians who never roused a conference audience to its feet in spontaneous ovation.
(20) But on Saturday, Corbyn and Diane Abbott , the shadow home secretary, appeared on stage to cheers and a standing ovation from some 1,600 attendees at the Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) rally at Friends Meeting House in central London.
Ovum
Definition:
(n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
(n.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
Example Sentences:
(1) A specimen of a very early ovum, 4 to 6 days old, shown in the luminal form of imbedding before any hemorrhage has taken place, confirms that the luminal form of imbedding does occur.
(2) The results indicate that the sperm swelling test and the zona-free hamster ovum penetration assay are evaluating different functional qualities of sperm that are apparently not associated with each other.
(3) This study documents a molecular change in the murine ovum related to its exposure to oviductal fluid.
(4) The OCI-related membrane appeared a cause of OCI interference with fimbrial ovum capture by preventing the contact between the fimbrial cilia and the cumulus oophorus.
(5) Also, for determination of the fertilizing capacity of the semen, a zona-free hamster ovum penetration test was done in 49 men, while 14 men were studied by determination of the fertilization of human oocytes in vitro.
(6) The antiprogesterone RU 486 was utilized to evaluate the possible role of progesterone in ovum maturation, ovulation, fertilization, and embryo cleavage.
(7) It is suggested that the beta inhibitory activity of the uterus and the alpha excitatory activity of the rest of the oviduct are involved in the regulation of ovum transport.
(8) Among antigens possible unique to the reproductive process, sperm antigens, antigens of seminal plasma and of the ovum, antigens of placental hormones and of placenta specific proteins appear suitable targets of the production of fertility regulating vaccines.
(9) The preovulatory surge of gonadotropins activates a cascade of proteolytic enzymes resulting in the rupture of the follicular wall and the release of a fertilizable ovum during ovulation.
(10) The development of vaginal ultrasound transducers has facilitated ovum pick-up (OPU) by providing higher precision and less trauma than are found with laparoscopy and other ultrasound-assisted techniques.
(11) In Johnson v. Calvert, a surrogate mother in California failed to gain custody of the child she bore after gestating an embryo from the ovum and sperm of the couple who hired her.
(12) Risk factors that may theoretically alter ovum quality or the hormonal environment include ovulation induction, fertilization in vitro, delayed ovulation, and transperitoneal ovum migration.
(13) Thus, spermatozoa deposited in the vicinity of the USHG immediately following oviposition (to simulate a release of spermatozoa from this region) can be transported to the infundibulum and effectively fertilize the next ovum ovulated.
(14) However, they do not as yet permit a judgment as to the degree that ovum pickup through a fistula was impaired.
(15) We evaluated the differences between this group and those patients presenting either with a blighted ovum or beyond the first trimester, as well as the outcome of those patients with spotting early in gestation.
(16) It is too soon to learn whether this method will be reversible, but use of silastic should prevent adhesions while providing another mechanical barrier between ovum and sperm.
(17) Indomethacin was effective in preventing follicular rupture and ovum extrusion when administered simultaneously with gonadotropin.
(18) A 33% clinical pregnancy rate per ovum pick-up was achieved with the Buserelin-hMG treatment.
(19) The pregnancy rates were higher than a matched IVF series in the male factor and female ASAB groups and reached statistical significance for the ovum donation group.
(20) Lamellar structures, therefore, are considered to be storage material chiefly used in the second half of the cleavage for developmental processes in the rat ovum.