(n.) Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
(n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
(v. t. & i.) To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rather, it's how women in authority – or, specifically, female bosses – are discussed, because English is incapable of dealing with this crazy female phenomenon, as demonstrated by the palaver following the sacking last week of Jill Abramson as the executive editor of the New York Times.
(2) Let's not listen to this palaver about health, it's all about revenue," the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday morning.
(3) The wise referee tells the players not to make a palaver of it and get on with the game.
(4) 4.57pm BST Now, at last, the pre-match palaver appears to have ground to an end: the players take up their positions in anticipation of kick-off ...
(5) Fielding was carrying a telly downstairs last week, on a sunny day in his shorts and bare feet, and because he was feeling a bit casual and chilled out, he forgot the usual palaver when picking things up: bending your knees, considering your posture and not leaning over to lift a heavy weight, and then "Crack!"
(6) PANA'S PENALTY PALAVER "While trawling through the rsssf.com archive at work I found a curious result from a first-round tie between CSKA Sofia and Panathinaikos in the 1972-73 European Cup," said Ciaran McLoughlin.
(7) "I often think that if all this movie palaver fails and I never get to make a film again, I know that I can always do theatre," he says.
(8) And for the utility company, the meter has significant benefits, such as being able remotely to disconnect consumers’ supply if they don’t pay the bill, instead of going to all the legal and logistical palaver currently involved in cutting off a subscriber.
(9) Of course, Pete's palaver was more down to the fact that his celebrations were conducted in a midtown brothel, at exactly the same time as Trudie's dad was paying for sex there too.
Papaver
Definition:
(n.) A genus of plants, including the poppy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using the acid solution permitted the differentiation of Papaver bracteatum latex from P. orientale latex and P. pseudo-orientale latex.
(2) To evaluate the role of metabolism in the toxicity of papaver, cells were pretreated with SKF-525A or benzyl imidazole (cytochrome P450 system inhibitors) for 24 hr at 1 x 10(-5) or 1 x 10(-4) M, respectively, or with phenobarbital sodium (cytochrome P450 system inducer) for 3 days at 2 x 10(-3) M. Cells then were exposed to concentrations of papaver ranging from 1 x 10(-5) to 1 x 10(-3) M for 4 to 24 hr.
(3) Furthermore, changes in morphology correlated to cell viability and enzyme release in those cultures treated with papaver, 4'-OH and 6-OH papaverine.
(4) Approximately 200 accessions of Papaver species were evaluated for identification as P. bracteatum Lindl.
(5) From colchicine-treated seeds of Papaver bracteatum Lindl.
(6) The ZL was found to be significantly greater (P less than 0.05) for the ASO group than for the N group at SS and after PAPAV administration.
(7) Data were collected under steady-state conditions (SS) and during peak flow after a 30 mg bolus intra-arterial administration of papaverine hydrochloride (PAPAV).
(8) The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanism of hepatotoxicity of papaverine hydrochloride (papaver) in vitro.
(9) These compounds, which are intermediates in the synthesis of morphine in Papaver somniferum, caused a marked increase in the codeine and morphine levels in rat tissues.
(10) Two young dogs which played in a domestic garden in which the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) grew as wild flowers, developed euphoric as well as other nervous signs, reminiscent of opium poisoning.
(11) The method was applied successfully to the direct determination of thebaine in the Arya II population capsules of Papaver bracteatum Lindl.
(12) The toxicity was ranked as follows: papaver greater than 6-OH greater than 4'-OH greater than -3'-OH.
(13) Cunninghamella echinulata was used to assess the cytotoxicity of papaverine (papaver), at concentrations ranging from 1 x 10(-5) to 1 x 10(-3) M for 1-6 days.
(14) On the other hand, an increase in L:P ratios (P less than 0.05) was detected with papaver as early as 8 h with 1 x 10(-4) and 1 x 10(-3) M and 12 h with 1 x 10(-5) M; 6-OH showed an increase in L:P ratios at 8 h with 1 x 10(-3) M and 12 h with 1 x 10(-4) M; these changes were evident with with 4'-OH at 12 h with 1 x 10(-3) M. In contrast, cells treated with 3'-OH papaverine did not show significant damage with any time period and concentration used in this study.
(15) The role of biological reactive intermediates in the toxicity of papaver was investigated by measuring changes in cellular reduced glutathione levels (GSH), by inhibiting GSH synthesis, and by determining the production of lipid peroxidation (LPX).
(16) A method is described for the quantitative analysis of thebaine from Papaver bracteatum, using a single high-pressure liquid chromatographic column.
(17) The results suggest that the cultivation of Papaver somniferum studied is used for baking traditional cakes and bread.
(18) We investigated the effect of daylength (from 9 to 15 hours) and cultivation temperature (from about 13 to 25 degrees C) on flower bud differentiation of three strains of Papaver somniferum L. cv.
(19) The fungicides benlate, maneb, and captan depressed plant growth, thebaine concentration, and thebaine yield per plant when administered chronically to Papaver bracteatum.
(20) Morphine, the principal alkaloid of "papaver somniferum" is the reference substance of central analgesics, the parmacodynamic constants of which are: analgesia and the possibility of addiction.