(n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
(v. i.) To wink; to blink.
(a.) Half-shut; winking.
(v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
(v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
(v. t.) To choose; to cull; to pick out.
(n.) A stab.
(v. t.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
(v. t.) A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.
(v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
(v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
(a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vertical gratings are tinged with green and horizontal gratings with pink.
(2) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
(3) 7 male and 39 female undergraduates were alternately assigned to rooms painted red or Baker-Miller Pink.
(4) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
(5) The animals were exposed for 120 h to continuous pink noise at the intensities 80, 90 and 100 dB SPL.
(6) In this paper, previous literature on the subject is surveyed, and an experimental approach under standardized conditions to allow analysis of possible causes and biological mechanisms of the pink-teeth phenomenon in rats is described.
(7) Pink Monday said it was precisely the reaction it had hoped for.
(8) Positive specimens produce a faint pink deposit which is better visualised by silver enhancement which gives an intense black colour.
(9) The reason fashion magazines have been excited over the M&S coat is because various high-end designers all made pink coats this season.
(10) On other days, she dresses head to toe in bright pink.
(11) Other designs included short ruffle cocktail dresses with velvet parkas slung over the shoulder; blazers made of stringed pearly pink; and gold beading and a lace catsuit.
(12) Results obtained with a high pass filtered pink noise at a 106, 109 and 113 dB SPL on 37-40 week foetuses are given to illustrate this dependency.
(13) Approximately 30% of the C. neoformans strains produced large amounts of the pink (purple after 6 days) pigment in the absence of light whereas 70% of the Cryptococcus neoformans strains, as well as C. laurentii, C. albidus, C. diffluens, and C. albicans also produced the pink pigment with light being required for significant early production (2--6 days).
(14) Quality Street toffee penny yellow is the new pink Breaking news!
(15) The country’s supreme court ruled that Imelda Marcos illegally acquired the items, including diamond-studded tiaras and an extremely rare 25-carat pink diamond.
(16) On the opposite side there are obviously a few people who are full of a lot of hatred.” Jake Johnstone, who was was wearing the pink triangle of the 1980s Act Up movement, said: “Obviously we had the Paris attacks and everyone was shocked by it, but because Orlando was an attack on the LGBT community it feels very personal and a lot of people feel deeply affected by it.
(17) Now Alex Salmond, the SNP’s once and future king has been enjoying fish, chips and pink champagne with the editor of the New Statesman, Jason Cowley .
(18) They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman’s “pink bus” but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates’ returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, “used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies – at a cost of £35,000”.
(19) Grace Coddington, Dame Helen Mirren, Laura Mvula, and Karen Elson, in the pink duster coat that proved so popular for M&S.
(20) A group of young men and women calling themselves the Salopards (Bastards) and wearing pink dungarees "to show you can be against gay marriage without being homophobic", was also there to "defend the family".
Zink
Definition:
(n.) See Zinc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effect of zink ions, which according to the X-ray data are bound to the His GH1 residue of myoglobin, has been investigated.
(2) Subcutaneous injection of synthetic protamin-zink-somatostatin completely prevents endotoxin-induced leucocytosis in normal rats.
(3) Zinke also differed from many in his own party by insisting: “I’m absolutely against transfer or sale of public lands.” Many Republicans have long pushed for the federal government to transfer ownership of public lands to the states, and this was included as a plank in the party’s platform.
(4) It was found that under the effect of physical stress during the contest in ski race (30 and 50 km) the increase of the zink and silicon levels in the blood plasma correlated with their decrease in the blood cells.
(5) It was established that the stimulating effect of these antibiotics was manifested during the first fattening period -- up to 60 kg body weight, when the average daily increment of the experimental groups treated with bacipharmin, zink bacitracin and nictrovin in the I experiment was 7--15% higher and in the II experiment in which zink bacitracin, vitamycin 3, nitrovin and mekadox were added -- 8--14% higher as compared to the control groups.
(6) The neurohistological method of tissue fixation in the mixture of zink-iodine -- osmic acid has revealed some additional nerve fibers (Timofeev's apparatus) in the bulbs of Krause of the cat lip and nose.
(7) Yet several of his picks for key posts in his administration are climate science sceptics, including Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke.
(8) It also emerged that the day before, interior secretary Ryan Zinke told industry insiders that Trump plans overturn bans on drilling off Alaska and the Eastern Seaboard, while making new oil and gas exploitation rights available.
(9) A significant rise in the concentration of estradiol in the blood serum did not influence the zink metabolism in the organism.
(10) Developed was an atom-absorption method for determining microconcentrations of copper, lead, cadmium, and zink in milk originating from various regions of this country.
(11) For quantitative determination of copper and zink the extraction method is superior to dry ashing at 450 degrees C [1, 4].
(12) Trump's transition: sceptics guide every agency dealing with climate change Read more Zinke, a former navy Seal, responded by stating matter of factly, “I don’t believe it’s a hoax.” The statement came in a hearing on his nomination held by the Senate energy and natural resources committee on Tuesday.
(13) Zinke had long been considered the strongest general election opponent to Tester in 2018 but his appointment likely prevents him from seeking a Senate bid and boosts Democratic chances of holding onto Tester’s seat in the midterms.
(14) Doro Zinke, the boss of DGB Berlin who gathered protesters at the Brandenburg Gate, said that anger among German workers was growing over politicians' lack of joined-up thinking.
(15) In all patients the pancreatic juice content of protein, amylase, trypsinogen, calcium, and zink decreased till 11 p.m. After 11 p.m. the content of all substances increased and reached maximal values at 6 a.m. Flow rates and therefore output per minute decreased greatly till 6 a.m.
(16) The biocompatibility of a fast setting glass-ionomer cement and of reference materials (zink-phosphate cement, silicate cement, ZOE, composite) was assessed in a comparative biological study.
(17) Results of the research on the concentration of zink ions in the blood serum and prostate tissue, urine excretion level by means of heterotropic transplantation of the ovary to castrated rats (males) are presented.
(18) The cements studied were a polycarboxylate cement (Durelon) and a zinc phosphate cement (De Trey's Zink Zement Improved).
(19) The growth of the liver and spleen mass during parenteral feeding led to a significant rise in the content of natrium, potassium, magnesium, iron, zink and manganese in the whole liver tissue of group 1 rats, while the content of calcium and copper was similar in both groups of animals.
(20) In non-protein and non-phosphate-containing buffers (i.e., bicarbonate or Tris buffer) red cells sequester more than 90% of the extracellular zinc within 10--15 minutes at a rate more than 250 times faster than zink uptake by cells in plasma.