(n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.
(n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
(n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Example Sentences:
(1) And Norris Cole hits a "good night everybody" three-pointer.
(2) These data, indicative of a relative inertness of physiological functions of nervous pointer dogs compared with normal pointers, are consistent with the behavioral and some of the biochemical findings previously reported.
(3) The cecal foramen pointer was invented for a Sistrunk median cervical cyst operation.
(4) We’d been working in Atlantic City, four in the afternoon to four in the morning, six sets, opening for everybody that came through – the Emotions, Bill Withers, the Pointer Sisters – and they were all really encouraging: “You girls are really good, you should stick with it.” That kind of solidified our desire to continue, but our record company, Atlantic, didn’t quite know what to do with us.
(5) The system involves computer analysis and graphic display of vectors created from rotational and linear potentiometers that are activated by listeners using a hand-held pointer as they track an acoustic event.
(6) After a Renaldo Dixon layup made it a three-point game, the Aggies took advantage of a misplayed inbound pass from Xavier Thomas to gain possession, getting the ball to Kevin Aronis who made a game tying three-pointer with nine seconds left.
(7) Hence, the radiological correlate of the pseudo-obstruction of the colon is not specific, but it does supply a pointer to the disease of its shows dilation of the caecum, colon ascendens and colon transversum with air-pockets and reflected imaging as well as a usually not dilated colon descendens with remarkably little air.
(8) In Game Five, San Antonio's Manu Ginobili returned from the dead and Danny Green broke Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for made three-pointers while Allen was right there on the opposing bench.
(9) Elisabeth Afseth, bond market expert at Evolution Securities, reckons that the first pointer of a fresh credit crunch was returning could be seen on August 18 this year when the European Central Bank revealed that one bank had borrowed $500m for a week – as it could not find the money on the open market.
(10) Chapman's answer could be a pointer to the future of mass tourism.
(11) Photograph: Graphic South Africa Manager Carlos Alberto Parreira Fifa ranking 83 Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Uruguay Manager Oscar Tabárez Fifa ranking 16 Doubtful None Injured None Suspended Lodeiro Match pointers • Uruguay qualified for the knockout stage the last time they were managed by Oscar Tabárez at a World Cup (1990) • South Africa have won just two of their 13 encounters against South American opposition • Uruguay have managed just one win in their last 17 finals matches • Four of South Africa's last six World Cup finals games have been draws • Uruguay's only previous World Cup encounter against an African team was in 2002, drawing 3-3 with Senegal
(12) I thought it was like [Joe] DiMaggio’s hit streak.” The arena was covered in blue and gold and roaring for the home team, cheers that were even louder for each of Curry’s 10 three-pointers.
(13) Napier returned in the game's second half hitting a barrage of three-pointers against a stunned Villanova, eventually scoring 21 in the second half.
(14) 3.11am BST Heat 58-77 Spurs, end of the 3rd quarter LeBron James makes a three-pointer, which is good for Miami, but Tony Parker ends his game-long scoreless streak with a 17-foot basket.
(15) Tim Duncan responds with a two-point shot, but Rashard Lewis Can't Lose, makes a three-pointer here.
(16) Fever, pigmentation, and clubbing were also pointers to these two conditions.
(17) These findings are discussed in the context of the nervous pointer dog as a model for human anxiety disorders.
(18) LeBron James gives the ball to Ray Allen, and HE comes into the scoring action with a three-pointer.
(19) He called another team meeting yesterday and it is easy to imagine him going through all the same pointers as after the Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge 11 months ago.
(20) Overall, trials favour an effect in chronic active disease, and there are pointers to an effect in maintenance of remission.
Timepiece
Definition:
(n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) "No, I did not," Pistorius said, "except for the police stealing my watches, my lady," he said referring to luxury timepieces that had gone missing at the Steenkamp crime scene.
(2) After it emerged that the Brazilian FA had handed out 65 designer watches worth more than £1m at the World Cup Dyke said he had no idea the timepiece was worth so much and that he would return it as requested .
(3) The presence of timepieces and patients' use of television were associated with higher levels of mental clarity.
(4) Murray frantically searched for the £2,500 timepiece before members of his box finally told him to look in his bag.
(5) In Phase I (12 weeks), 36 patients were randomly assigned to a medication vial equipped with a cap containing a digital timepiece that displays the last time the cap was removed.
(6) Covered stands shelter nearly 10,000 seats while an executive box looks down from what, thanks to its timepiece, can only be the clock end.
(7) Results of the two-phase study showed statistically significant increases in medication compliance associated with statistically and clinically significant reductions in blood pressure for all patients using the timepiece cap.
(8) Phase II (12 weeks) combined use of the timepiece cap with other compliance aids: a pocket-size card for recording blood pressure and a blood pressure cuff for self-monitoring.
(9) A miniature gold carriage clock had been placed at his table setting, but he still checked his wrist – modest shirt buttons, no cufflinks, under a sober black suit – for his slightly battered brown wristwatch, a far cry from Sarkozy's famously expensive timepieces.
(10) The French actor Gérard Depardieu has partnered with Swiss watch manufacturer Cvstos to launch a line of new timepieces under the banner "Proud to be Russian".
(11) Patients using the timepiece cap and the card had an average compliance rate of 98.7% with mean decreases of 11 mm Hg in systolic pressure (P less than .01) and 7.64 Hg mm in diastolic pressure (P = .0001).
(12) Viewed from our lofty 21st-century vantage point, it already seems something of a timepiece: a snapshot of a specific era in US culture; a tenuous accessory to crimes that have been duly tried, sentenced and consigned to history.
(13) Subjects using the timepiece cap showed an average compliance rate of 95.1%, an average decrease in systolic pressure of 7.6 mm Hg (P = .006), and an average decrease in diastolic pressure of 8.8 mm Hg (P less than .001).
(14) They are a little easier to wear than the computer-aided spectacles it is still tinkering with, and enthusiasts will no doubt put the hi-tech timepieces on their wish lists.
(15) Timepieces with touchscreens, made by Samsung (pictured) and LG using Google's software for wearable devices, went on sale on Wednesday from the company's online shop.
(16) This method requires only a radiation-rate meter, special graph paper, and a timepiece.
(17) Ahmed Mohamed, an engineering hobbyist, made the timepiece and brought it to school in the hope of impressing teachers and fellow students in his first few weeks at MacArthur High School.