(n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto.
Example Sentences:
(1) Each plasmid contained the structural genes sorA for an Enzyme II of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent carbohydrate:phosphotransferase system, sorD for a D-glucitol 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, sorE for an L-sorbose 1-phosphate reductase, and the corresponding regulator gene sorR.
(2) The structural genes sorD, sorA and sorE code for a D-glucitol-6-P dehydrogenase (27 kilodalton (kD)), an Enzymell (EllSor) activity specific for L-sorbose and an L-sorbose-1-P reductase (45kD).
(3) n. is described from the nasal turbinates of the sora, Porzana carolina, collected in Maryland and Ohio.
(4) They form an operon (gene order sorCpCDFBAME) inducible by L-sorbose, and their products have the following functions: SorC (36 kDa), regulatory protein with repressor-activator functions; SorD (29 kDa), D-glucitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; SorF and SorB (14 and 19 kDa, respectively), and SorA and SorM (27 and 29 kDa, respectively), two soluble and two membrane-bound proteins, respectively, of an L-sorbose phosphotransferase transport system; SorE (45 kDa), sorbose-1-phosphate reductase.
(5) The huge public reservoir in this regional centre has been empty for months and, according to Molu Duka Sora, local director of the government's Arid Lands programme, all the major boreholes in the vast semi-desert area are failing one by one.
Sorn
Definition:
(v. i.) To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.
Example Sentences:
(1) You will still need to tax your car (unless you are applying for a statutory off road notification, Sorn), while it is off the road) but you will be able to pay for it monthly by direct debit, rather than with an upfront payment for six or 12 months.
(2) One of the most famous dishes in this tradition is laab , a punchy, smokey (in some cases raw) mincemeat, offal and blood salad; another is nam prik ong , a tomato pork dip akin to a ragu – excellent versions of both are made by the sisters of Sorn Chai restaurant, opposite Thapae Gate.