(n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
(n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
(n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
(n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
(v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
(v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(2) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(3) The use of organophosphorus preparations in the treatment of ectoparasites and endoparasites of pigs is discussed.
(4) Using mini-pigs with an indwelling vascular catheter, the pharmacokinetics of chloramphenicol were investigated in healthy and liver-damaged animals.
(5) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(6) These experiments indicated that there were significant differences between the early classical C system of mice and those of human and guinea pig.
(7) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
(8) An argon laser beam was used to irradiate the round window in 17 guinea pigs.
(9) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
(10) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(11) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
(12) We conclude that both exogenously applied PAF by inhalation and antigen exposure are capable of inducing LAR in sensitized guinea pigs, and thus the priming effect of immunization and PAF may contribute to the development of LAR observed in asthma.
(13) In guinea pig ventricular myocytes, the positive contractile staircase was associated with ascending staircases of both peak systolic and end diastolic [Ca2+]i because of a cumulative increase in diastolic [Ca2+]i.
(14) Male guinea pigs received either a single dose of As2O3 10 mg.kg-1 s.c. or repeated doses of 2.5 mg.kg-1 bis in die (b.i.d.)
(15) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(16) of about 330 000 for the elementary peptide chains of pig and sheep thyroglobulin.
(17) It is probably that tolazoline also releases acetylcholine from the guinea pig atria.
(18) Cell recovery data for the hamster, rat, guinea pig, and rabbit were related to body size with the hamster having the lowest count and the rabbit the highest count.
(19) Clonidine has previously been shown to potentiate HIB in guinea pigs.
(20) Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the soluble form (S-COMT) of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT, EC 2.1.1.6) were produced using a purified preparation of the enzyme from pig liver as antigen.
Roaster
Definition:
(n.) One who roasts meat.
(n.) A contrivance for roasting.
(n.) A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Others roasters such as Lock, however, insist it's not a career boost they're after: "I don't feel entirely comfortable with the proceedings," he admits.
(2) It began in a tiny space on Monmouth Street in Covent Garden in the late 70s, as the first independent roaster.
(3) Similar profiles were also established for roaster-fryer turkey, young tom turkey, and young hen turkey.
(4) Treatments were raw soybeans, soybeans roasted in a drum roaster with an exit temperature of 146 degrees C, and those roasted with exit temperatures of 141 or 146 degrees C and held for .5 h. Estimated postruminal available lysine was higher for soybeans roasted and held versus roasted or raw soybeans.
(5) Percentage O2 and CO2 were measured in the air in environmentally controlled commercial poultry pens (altitude approximately 300 m) containing broiler or roaster chickens 14 to 56 days of age.
(6) Although Monmouth Coffee , arguably the first independent roaster, opened way back in 1978, it was on its own for many years and very small.
(7) The burgeoning movement has inspired the forthcoming London Coffee festival, which will bring together 25,000 coffee lovers, independent shops and roasters from all over the country for a weekend of bean indulgence at the end of April.
(8) The art of roasting is how you control the rise in temperature,” said the co-founder of Coaltown Coffee Roasters.
(9) The nitrogen solubility index, however, decreased as roasting temperatures increased in the case of the granular bed roaster, and it also decreased in the wet-cooking procedure.
(10) Abdominal fat accretion was greatest in the dwarf chicks and least in the slow-growing roaster strain when comparisons were made at the same age and the same body weight.
(11) What you will notice is the very good coffee (from £1.65, supplied by local roasters, Bailies), the fantastic cakes and scones (around £1.80), and a reasonably priced menu of sandwiches, wraps and daily specials, such as red Thai vegetable curry.
(12) Broilers obtained from a commercial processing plant, Athens Canadian Randombred chickens, roasters, and broiler breeder hens were killed via cervical dislocation.
(13) Getting roasted: James Hoffmann and Anette Moldvaer of Square Mile Roasters Photograph: Katherine Rose for the Observer Ask coffee geeks for the next key date and they point to the opening in 2005 of Flat White in London's Soho, bringing with it from Australia and New Zealand the drink of the same name: a kind of grown-up sibling to the cappuccino, with two shots of coffee and less milk.
(14) "The image of the barista has almost become a fashion statement," says Paul Meikley-Janney, a judge at the World Barista Championship and managing director of Coffee Community, which works with roasters, machine manufacturers and coffee shops, including Costa and SSP .
(15) Fiber diameters were significantly larger in the posterior portion of the p. major muscle than in the anterior or middle portions in two of the broiler trials, the female roasters, and the breeder hens.
(16) Gastrocnemius muscle growth, however, was greatest in the slow-growing roaster chicks.
(17) To understand the industry better I carry on east to a light industrial unit in Hackney, home to the highly regarded Square Mile Roasters .
(18) And as “the big four” take investment money to grow, smaller coffee shops – the young indies – will not only fill the space but expand on it by relying on hyper-local focus, transparency and sustainable initiatives like solar-powered spaces (like Salt Lake City’s Publik Coffee Roasters ), minimizing their menus (Culver City, California’s Bar Nine) and even forsaking brick and mortar for a recycled airstream (Seattle’s Slate Coffee ).
(19) The fatty acid composition data for dark meat, light meat, or skin of all classes of chicken --broiler-fryer, roaster, and stewing hen--raised on diets equivalent to commercial feed were combined into single tissue-type fatty acid profiles.
(20) The second case involved 11-week-old roaster chickens in which H. paragallinarum and Mycoplasma synoviae were isolated.