(n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
(n.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.
(n.) One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
(v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
Example Sentences:
(1) The D-Phe peptides, which are cleaved especially rapidly by thrombin in water, have structures (in deuterated DMSO) in which the aromatic ring of the D-Phe residue is folded back over the Val or Pip residue.
(2) Each tone pip was presented at four intensity levels (70, 50, 30, and 10 dB hearing threshold level), and graphic recordings were made for each frequency at the specific intensity levels.
(3) Low concentrations of each of the negatively charged phospholipids increased the Vmax., but high ratios of PIP, PIP2 or PA to PC decreased this parameter.
(4) We recorded auditory evoked magnetic fields in response to 128 15 msec duration 1 kHz tone pips from both hemispheres of 6 normal adult males.
(5) Following the complete GSH oxidation diamide impaired the turnover of PIP and PA dramatically.
(6) Each new PIP claim - worth between £21 and £134 a week to disabled claimants - costs an average £182 to administer, compared to £49 under the disability living allowance, said the report.
(7) She admits she "got it wrong" by voting in favour of the Iraq war, a stance exploited by Barack Obama when he pipped the former first lady for the Democratic nomination in 2008.
(8) The precision (coefficient of variation) of the calibration curves for underivatized drugs and their derivatized metabolites over the linear ranges was 2-20% and the reproducibility of the assay over a range of clinical concentrations of these drugs found in human plasma was 5-16% for PANC, 2-4% for VEC and 6-11% for PIP.
(9) A behavioral observation scale (Virginia Polydipsia Scale; VPS) for monitoring drinking patterns was developed and its reliability tested during 25 hours of tandem ratings among six patients with the syndrome of psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia, and polydipsia (PIPS).
(10) By 24 hours pulmonary edema resolved and the PIP and PaO2 returned to baseline.
(11) The thrombin-induced hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids by phospholipase C, which was measured as the formation of [32P]PA, was potentiated by adrenaline, as was the increase in the levels of [32P]PIP2 and [32P]PIP.
(12) Only PIP or TIC + SUL or TAZ were able to inhibit at least 90% of tested strains.
(13) Analysis of twenty-one MP and sixty-eight PIP endoprostheses placed in eighty-three patients until 1979 is given.
(14) A phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) pool linked to muscarinic receptor-activation increased 160% after addition of atropine, the maximal response occurring at a time when relaxation was 80% complete.
(15) We demonstrate for the first time that a number of plasma membrane glycerophospholipids effectively stimulate the ATPase, including PIP, PIP2, and cardiolipin.
(16) Claimants of the benefit that PIP replaced, the very people whom Mr Duncan Smith resigns to defend, were previously at the sharp end of his maladministration.
(17) After two weeks ground squirrels were reanesthetized and tone pips and clicks were delivered through a TDH-49 headphone.
(18) The range of the mean uptake varied considerably between proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints in normal subjects.
(19) He will himself have to repeatedly reapply for PIP, despite the fact that the severity of his condition meant he was granted a lifelong DLA award, after a paper-based assessment.
(20) The aim was to investigate whether these velocities altered in relation to the peak inflation pressure (PIP) used.
Pippin
Definition:
(n.) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple.
(n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Changes in starch content and amylase zymograms were followed during storage of Golden Delicious and Cox's Orange Pippin apples.
(2) On the "winter harvest-themed menu" at the White House: First course Brussels sprouts, applewood smoked bacon Second course Spring garden lettuces, shallot dressing, shaved breakfast radish, cucumbers and avocados Main course Bison wellington, a red wine reduction, French beans, cipollini onions Dessert Warm meyer lemon steamed pudding with Idaho huckleberry sauce and newtown pippin apples American wines
(3) Beers on offer include Golden Pippin by Copper Dragon, and guest ales from micro-breweries such as Phoenix, Dark Star and Salamander.
(4) She and her husband bought the Roomba to tackle the hair shed by their four cats Aretha, Bert, Merry and Pippin.
(5) Now she has a line of beauty products with packaging bearing images of her beloved guinea pigs, Pippin and Percy.
(6) Learning curve: Barlow has taught in art schools for over 40 years, and her students have included a roll call of Turner prize winners and nominees including Rachel Whiteread, Douglas Gordon, Tacita Dean, Steven Pippin and Tomoko Takahashi.
(7) I never had any structure, I never thought this is where I want it to go,” she told the FT. “It was literally like my little space on the internet, where I just used to write about the things I loved, or things that I thought other people would love as well.” Her videos, which always open with a beaming “Hellooo, everybody!”, demonstrate everything from the perfect way to apply liquid eyeliner and makeup tips for weddings to taking her audience through her recent shopping haul and bathing her two pet guinea pigs, Pippin and Percy.
(8) Menu for Cameron and Obama's black tie state dinner Theme: Winter Harvest First course: Brussels sprouts, applewood smoked bacon Second course: Spring garden lettuce, shallot dressing, shaved breakfast radish, cucumber and avocado Main course: Bison Wellington, red wine reduction, French beans, Cipollini onion Dessert: Warm Meyer lemon steamed pudding with Idaho huckleberry sauce and Newtown Pippin apples American wines served with each course
(9) Streep: ‘What’d you do last night, Viola?’ Davis: ‘Oh, I cooked an apple pie.’ Streep: ‘Did you use Pippin apples?’ Davis: ‘Pippin apples, What the hell is Pippin apples ?