(a.) Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
(a.) Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
Example Sentences:
(1) A plate of plump, pan-fried gnocchi with peppery, spicy ground pork was simple but full of good, accurate flavours.
(2) Each afternoon, dishes such as warm salad of potato, fried egg and Clonakilty black and white pudding; spaghetti carbonara; porcini risotto; or peppery, perfumed pastrami with remoulade and pieces of what resembled XXL melba toast, are all knocked out at £6.50.
(3) A sip of rum, and gingery, peppery foods, are consumed, too.
(4) Especially popular with local lawyers at lunchtime, this small taverna’s excellent menu includes such classic Cretan dishes as barley rusks topped with tomatoes and mizithra cheese and peppery sautéed wild greens.
(5) It's a plate of grilled octopus, gorgeously aromatic and peppery, chopped into discs.
(6) The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, an oral burning sensation or peppery taste, hives, itching, red rash, and hypotension.
(7) In addition, it marked intrafusal muscle fibres with a peppery silver deposit while sparing extrafusal fibres.
(8) At my granny's, there were spring greens, soft and peppery.
(9) A sample plate of steak and mushroom stroganoff from the specials board was rich and creamy and broadly delivered: an earthy, mushroomy meatiness and, in the sauce, sweet, fruity paprika flavours and a certain peppery fizzle.
(10) Basically, it does what it says on the tin; it's spicy, it's peppery, it's sour, as you would expect of a Belgian beer, but it's also got all those tropical flavours jostling around in there.
(11) With its aniseedy, liquoricey punch, its slight pepperiness and its hints of pine, tarragon is not something to use with a heavy hand, but in the right quantities and the right company, it can be sublime.
(12) The fish implicated in one outbreak was noted to have a peppery taste.
(13) Add some red onion, spring onion or chives to this recipe, if you like; parsley and peppery radishes are also good additions.
(14) Its peppery taste seems to wake our sleepy bodies from winter, reviving the tastebuds, while the citrus dressing provides a zesty companion.
(15) The unha de caranguejo , shredded crab meat (£1) with a peppery yellow sauce, is popular.
(16) Funky and peppery – a mini Châteauneuf with real class.
(17) We proposed that the impairments were caused by loss of certain spatial frequency and orientation information but rejected an interpretation based on the concept of processing channels in favour of one based on object contour masking by a peppery field defect caused by disseminated lesions.
(18) Crucially, he explained: “We do not add anything to our oil, not do we take anything away, therefore the taste is solely dependent on meteorological events of the growing season and the timing of the harvest.” The premium oil, which should be used cold for dipping and in dressings and described as “highly fragrant and spicy” with a peppery taste, is stocked in farmers’ markets and delicatessens including Bayleys and Sage , Italo, La Fromagerie and Cowdray Farm Shop .
Potentate
Definition:
(a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Neuromedin B (C50 6 x 10(-12) M) was 3 times less potent than bombesin-14.
(2) We have previously shown that serotonin is present in secretory granules of frog adrenochromaffin cells; concurrently, we have demonstrated that serotonin is a potent stimulator of corticosterone and aldosterone secretion by adrenocortical cells.
(3) administration of the potent short-acting opioid, fentanyl, elicited inhibition of rhythmic spontaneous reflex increases in vesical pressure (VP) evoked by urinary bladder distension.
(4) A novel bicyclic prostaglandin analogue, (1S)-[1 alpha,2 alpha(Z),3 alpha,4 alpha]-7-[3-[(hexylthio)methyl]-7- oxabicyclo [2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid ((-)-10), and its cogeners were found to be potent antagonists at the TxA2 receptor.
(5) PBOP was as effective as polymyxin B nonapeptide (PMBN), the known very potent permeabilizer.
(6) )-induced gnawing behavior in rats was slightly more potent than that of clocapramine.
(7) We have confirmed this directly by showing that pure CCK is a potent inhibitor of gastric emptying.
(8) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(9) We conclude that human hepatic lipocytes synthesize TIMP-1, a potent metalloproteinase inhibitor, and that TIMP-1 expression increases with lipocyte activation.
(10) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(11) Substance P, a potent vasodilating peptide, seems to be released from trigeminal nerve endings in response to nervous stimulation and is involved in the transmission of painful stimuli within the periphery.
(12) Addition in the cultures of 4-deoxypyridoxine, a potent antagonist of vitamin B6 coenzymes, concurrently with the mitogen, inhibits the induction of serine hydroxymethyltransferase.
(13) These findings suggest that Sch 40120 is a potent anti-inflammatory agent that may be particularly useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis in which leukotrienes appear to be major mediators of the pathological symptoms that characterize the disease state.
(14) Mercury compounds and EDTA were found to be potent inhibitors of proteinase yscJ activity.
(15) We found that whereas idarubicin was 2-5 times more potent than the other three anthracycline analogs against these tumor cell lines, idarubicinol was 16-122 times more active than the other alcohol metabolites against the same three cell lines.
(16) Concanavalin A (con A) is a potent inhibitor of coagulant activity of native tissue factor.
(17) The alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine is most potent for stimulating Isc.
(18) Chlorpromazine was clearly the most potent antagonist in all three experimental conditions.
(19) Moreover, the ribosylation inhibitors converted the glucocorticoid antagonist RU-486 into a potent agonist for cytolysis of L1210 cells.
(20) Aortic rings from the rabbit were similarly potently antagonized by the protein kinase C inhibitors, however, K(+)-induced contractions were also equally sensitive to these agents in both rat and rabbit tissues.