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Pitman


Definition:

  • (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
  • (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Brett Pitman was flagged offside when he finally found the net for Bournemouth in the closing minutes, which Paul Ince had to watch from the stands after the bottle he threw bounced into the crowd.
  • (2) Statistical analysis (by Pitman randomization test) indicated that the adhesion was significantly higher (p = 0.0003) than that of normal platelets to VEC.
  • (3) Dogs and mice were immunized with either a rabies glycoprotein subunit vaccine incorporated into an immune stimulating complex (ISCOM) or a commercial human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) prepared from a Pitman Moore (PM) rabies vaccine strain.
  • (4) The rabies virus specificity of the T cell clones was established by virus-specific proliferation in response to the rabies virus Pitman-Moore strain (PM) produced in three different cell substrates.
  • (5) The differences between the mining noise-deafness and the typical noise-induced hearing loss are explained by an additional baro-trauma which occurs, when the pitmans work at a depth of about 2000 feet.
  • (6) Single radial-immunodiffusion values for Pitman-Moore vaccines correlated with the manufacturers' NIH potency assay, but required a mathematical transformation to convert values from one assay to the other.
  • (7) Any research that helps us better understand them is beneficial.” Pitman, one of eight scientists who worked on the study, said more research was needed.
  • (8) The glycoprotein content of rabies vaccines containing the Pitman-Moore strain of rabies virus was measured by the single radial immunodiffusion assay and correlated with vaccine potency.
  • (9) Although the mean haemoglobin values were similar, capillary samples were significantly less repeatable than venous or arterial samples (Pitman test, P < 0.001).
  • (10) Nathan Delfouneso did grab a consolation for Blackpool on 65 minutes but goals by Brett Pitman, from the penalty spot, Marc Pugh and Harry Arter ensured a comfortable afternoon for the visitors.
  • (11) The technique, using a Pitman 235N counter is described.
  • (12) Our experience with a dermal patch graft urethroplasty is presented in 10 Pitman-Moore minipigs.
  • (13) Two fixed rabies virus strains, SAD-Vnukovo and Pitman-Moore (PM) were used as combined immunogens for the generation of hybridomas secreting specific monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs).
  • (14) CSIRO scientists will bear the brunt of funding cuts, analysis shows Read more Andy Pitman, a climate scientist at the University of New South Wales, questioned whether the nature of climate change had been fully understood.
  • (15) "It must have been a shock to them that he married out, and they were so nice to me that I went off like a good girl and did my Pitmans."
  • (16) The news comes after allegations that the ITV board is split over how the broadcaster should go forward, and that Burt has found himself ranged against Sir George Russell and banker Sir Brian Pitman over the issue.
  • (17) In the Daily Express he even featured in a series, The Hate Makers, penned by a then prominent rightwing journalist, Robert Pitman.
  • (18) To obtain further evidence for an intralobular nerve supply the methods of cobalt and Procion Yellow nerve staining (Stretton and Kravitz, 1968; Iles and Mulloney, 1971; Pitman, Tweedle and Cohen, 1972) were adapted, iontophoretic introduction of the dyes being attempted through cut axonal ends in the surface of small excised blocks of rat liver.
  • (19) Rabies vaccine derived from human diploid cells (Wyeth, Merieux) and the duck embryo vaccine Lyssavac Berna are prepared from beta-propiolactone-inactivated Pitman-Moore vaccine virus strain.
  • (20) Using the Pitman efficiency of Miettinen's test relative to McNemar's test, Schlesselman and Stolley (Case-control studies: design, conduct, analysis.

Timber


Definition:

  • (n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
  • (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
  • (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
  • (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
  • (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
  • (n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.
  • (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
  • (n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.
  • (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
  • (v. i.) To light on a tree.
  • (v. i.) To make a nest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
  • (2) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
  • (3) As the houses are lightweight and timber-framed, they don’t need foundations.
  • (4) RSL trying to get their own flowing passing game going now, but the Timbers looking tenacious in midfield to break it up.
  • (5) Kitchens will be installed, along with new carpets or timber floors.
  • (6) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."
  • (7) An undulating lightweight roof is supported by 211 narrow steel columns, sheltering a glass box holding the cafe and shop, and a chestnut timber-covered box holding the displays.
  • (8) Along the way he also reached the final of the US Open Cup, and in the MLS Cup dispatched the holders LA Galaxy in the conference semi-finals, before beating Porter’s Timbers in both the home and road legs of the Western final (his team had beaten Portland in the US Open Cup semis too).
  • (9) While BoKlok houses have a limited choice of colour and cladding types, Persimmon's Space4 arm has come up with more than 1,000 different CAD-designed timber-frame house types.
  • (10) This station, with its quarter-mile, 300kph trains, a huge cocktail bar, a branch of Foyles stocked with 20,000 titles, a smart Searcy's restaurant and brasserie, independent coffee bars, floors covered in timber and stone rather than sticky British airport-style carpet, new gothic carvings, newly cast gothic door handles, and a nine-metre-high sculpture of lovers meeting under the station clock?
  • (11) Big names and timber were bracketed under Margaret Thatcher's government in the late 1980s, when private investment was encouraged to promote planting.
  • (12) Timber revenues funded Charles Taylor’s regime during Liberia’s brutal civil war.
  • (13) It's up to us to take advantage of it when soccer has inspired our country.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after scoring against the Portland Timbers.
  • (14) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
  • (15) Colbeck told the Australian the protected listing was a “sham” because it locked up areas of plantation timber, as well as pristine old-growth forest.
  • (16) These factors are often interlinked – trees are cut down for timber and the cleared land can be used for grazing cattle.
  • (17) He is the Princess Di of the political world …" Or of Margaret Thatcher 's trusty bulldog Bernard Ingham: "Brick-red of face, beetling of brow, seemingly built to withstand hurricanes, Sir Bernard resembled a half-timbered bomb shelter."
  • (18) At the present time, this timber constitutes the most frequently commercially exported African wood.
  • (19) It's mainly down to the pink phenolic foam insulation that is injected into the timber-house frame and combined with a thin membrane, while wood is a good natural insulator in itself.
  • (20) In the past, he explains, 'encroachers' failed to respect the park's boundaries, sneaking into the forest to gather firewood and fell trees for timber.

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