(a.) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
(a.) Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.
(n.) That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
(n.) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
Example Sentences:
(1) We considered the days of the disease and the persistence of symptoms since the admission as peculiar parameters between the two groups.
(2) Structural peculiarities in tubulin polymorphism are considered.
(3) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
(4) Cancer of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus has decreased in all Japanese migrants, but the decrease is much greater among Okinawan migrants, suggesting they have escaped exposure to risk factors peculiar to the Okinawan environment.
(5) Electron microscopy revealed the presence of a hitherto unreported peculiar "pilovacuolar" inclusion in numerous mitochondria, composed of an electron dense pile or rod within a vacuole, while globular or crystalline inclusions were absent.
(6) A new theory for the peculiar site selection of cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal is postulated.
(7) Some fundamentals of the causes of diagnostic errors depending upon anatomophysiological and topographo-anatomical peculiarities of woman's organism are given.
(8) The peculiar aspects of uncommon causes of IVH are discussed on the basis of a review of the literature.
(9) The qualification for carrying on the isonicotinic acid hydrazide monotherapy in the tuberculosis cutis luposa and verrucosa is proved on the basis of bacteriological, pathologo-anatomical and clinical peculiarities of these forms of tuberculosis of the skin.
(10) Acini in the parotid gland of the North American mink (Mustela vision) are composed of seromucous cells that contain secretory granules of peculiar morphology.
(11) In 20.2% of the cases with carcinoma the tumor cells showed peculiar intracytoplasmic inclusions, whereas in only 0.43% of the biopsies of the mamma without carcinoma such inclusions were to be found.
(12) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
(13) The peculiar configuration of the pneumocephalus is attributed to the partial obliteration of the subarachnoid space due to the increased intracranial pressure.
(14) So far, the UK election has thrown up a carnival of peculiar results | Lewis Baston Read more Scotland, of course, is a different story: but David Cameron’s antagonistic response to the 2014 referendum clearly swung a lot of anti-Tory voters towards the SNP.
(15) The peculiarities of the growth and extracellular accumulation of free keto and amino cids by a barotolerant culture (strain 0798) in culturing on Ran's glucose-mineral medium conditions of 1, 200, 300, and 500 atm were investigated.
(16) Diffuse widening of the subarchnoidal space, diffuse cerebral changes, interhemispheric assymetry of the venous and arterial phases of cerebral circulation: the most peculiar symptoms of the CNS affection in SLE according to CT and EEG and radionuclide studies of cerebral hemodynamics.
(17) One peculiar case of giant ameloblastoma of the mandible is reported in this paper.
(18) Considering the tumour's late occurrence the histological peculiarities of the place of origin as one of the factors of possible histogenesis is stressed.
(19) Ultimately, the judgments combine to make a particularly peculiar melange: among the plaintiffs there is a mix of economic pessimism and insecure nationalism with a shot of nostalgia for the Deutschmark.
(20) They also include difficulties peculiar to the condition of mild mental retardation, including the choice of method of classification whether by IQ testing or administratively; the heterogeneous nature of the individuals so characterised; and the confounding effects of social and biological factors and the changes in the implications for the affected individual of the condition, depending on age, sex and environment.
Queer
Definition:
(a.) At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
(a.) Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
(n.) Counterfeit money.
Example Sentences:
(1) A few people might have wasted time trying to define Conchita's identity or worrying if she is one of "us", but the majority saw her for what she is: an ambassador for diversity, and a beacon of light – no doubt – to our queer cousins on the continent.
(2) A radical reworking of Douglas Sirk with Julianne Moore's 1950s housewife married to repressed homosexual Dennis Quaid, the film earned Haynes an Oscar nomination and confirmed him as a major talent, and one who'd outgrown the role of poster boy for New Queer Cinema.
(3) The interview when William F Buckley called Vidal 'queer'.
(4) Too straight, white and corporate: why some queer people are skipping SF Pride Read more Both had lost partners: Povilat to liver disease, Persinger to a heart attack.
(5) "It represents senseless acts of violence against trans and queer bodies beyond the historical lens," says Cassils.
(6) Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group in Northern Ireland Queer Space, wanted a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie with the slogan: support gay marriage.
(7) It has served as a truly welcoming queer space for gay people, straight people, trans people and just about everyone else since it opened in 2009.
(8) Lee had been here before – on queer street against John Jackson and Matt Korobov, each time pulling out a spectacular winning burst for stunning victories.
(9) We can only assume the MPAA considers the lives of queer old people as a threat to young, impressionable minds.
(10) Even though I desperately wanted to go, and I’ve known I was queer since I was a child, I matriculated at a Christian college at my mother’s request.
(11) I shot a queer forestry camp recently and it was one of the best days of my life.” LGBT: San Francisco is published by Reel Art Press (£40).
(12) Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.” It’s not a sentiment reflected in ACL press releases, less concerned with warning the rich than fighting the queers.
(13) François Bikoro, the editor of the popular (and populist) Cameroonian weekly L'Anecdote – which, like a number of publications across the continent, has published lists of people it accuses of being gay, accompanied by headlines like "The Queers Are Among Us" – reckons circulation has increased from 5,000 to "more than 20,000" since "we began dealing with homosexuality".
(14) Dramatists as successful as John Osborne and Simon Gray would regularly complain that you had to be queer if you wanted to get on in the English theatre.
(15) It harks back to a time before gay went mainstream, before Will and Grace, before Queer As Folk, before the age of gay romcoms like Adam and Steve.
(16) Fellow artist Callie L is working on an essay that views One Direction’s performance of Where Do Broken Hearts Go on The X Factor with Ronnie Wood through the queer theory of the late American LGBT activist Vito Russo.
(17) Later, they shoot a queer-basher, which provoked angry outcries at some gay festival screenings and loud cheers at others.
(18) Its first production was the multi-award-winning Queer as Folk, which Guardian critics named the 13th best drama series of all time.
(19) Pride really should be for queer folks,” said Amy Sueyoshi, a lifelong San Francisco resident, who identifies as genderqueer.
(20) Photograph: Paul Grace When it comes to spaces for queer girls, Pitch Slap!