(n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
(n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
(n.) An ear of corn or grain.
(n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
(v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
(v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
(n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was tested for recovery and separation from other selenium moieties present in urine using both in vivo-labeled rat urine and human urine spiked with unlabeled TMSe.
(2) The pons, on the other hand, has a bioelectrical activity of its own during PS, i.e., the ponto-geniculo-occipital spikes (PGO).
(3) The spikes likely correspond to VP3, a hemagglutinin, while the rest of the mass density in the outer shell represents 780 molecules of VP7, a neutralization antigen.
(4) In this series there were 45 patients (40%) with independent focal interictal EEG epileptic abnormalities over frontobasal cortex (with or without independent spiking over interomedial temporal region).
(5) It was shown that gradual recovery of spike wave patterns occurred from initial water swallowing to successive dry swalllowing.
(6) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
(7) By this action, oxytocin is believed to increase the probability of successful regenerative spikes and thereby initiate electrical activity in quiescent preparations, increase the frequency of burst discharges, the number of spikes in each burst, and the amplitude of spikes in individual cells.
(8) The differentiated neuroblastoma cell possesses characteristics of an electrically excitable cell and can generate propagated potential spikes in which Ca2+ is the inward charge carrier.
(9) Jane's life clearly still has a massive Spike-shaped hole in it.
(10) Our hypothesis is that phase unlocking may be one of the induction mechanisms of spike-burst activity.
(11) The threshold of epileptic spiking varied inversely with the area of cortical damage inflicted by the electrode.
(12) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
(13) The best understood fusion mechanism is that of influenza virus, for which sequences involved in pH-dependent fusion can be correlated with the crystallographic structure of the spike protein.
(14) Single shocks applied to medullary pressor sites evoked a train of spikes in the interneurons.
(15) Many subjects have a negative spike in the beginning of a saccade in electro-oculographic signals.
(16) This enhancement of laminin synthesis corresponds to the mesangial expansion and to the development of laminin-containing spike formations of the glomerular basement membrane at week 8.
(17) A train of conditioning stimuli to either of the midbrain nuclei produced inhibition of evoked population spikes recorded in the CA1 pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus.
(18) The brief (3 ms) afterhyperpolarizations that followed such spikes were blocked by intracellular injections of Cs+ or by bath applications of tetraethylammonium.
(19) They discharged one or two spikes only at the beginning of depolarizing current pulses.
(20) An increase followed by a decrease in the number of spikes per burst and a reduction in the peak activity were observed.
Spiky
Definition:
(a.) Like a spike; spikelike.
(a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
Example Sentences:
(1) And would all Labour cabinet ministers be as willing to work closely with Lib Dem ministers of state, as happens now, though with some spiky exceptions?
(2) The appearance of a band with lean, spiky songs, high cheekbones and excellent trousers was therefore the cause of considerable excitement, to which they mischievously alluded in the title of their debut album, Is This It.
(3) He described his players as “half-hearted,” lacking spikiness in the duels and quality in general.
(4) Calcium oxalate dihydrate stones have a striated, spiky and non-homogeneous appearance on plain X-rays.
(5) Bula was spiky when asked why he had made the change.
(6) As the euchromatin space of affected nuclei is "sanded" by numerous core particles with concomitant dissolution of the chromatin network, spiky, finely granular, and eosinophilic inclusions without a limiting membrane become visible in hematoxylin and eosin-stained paraffin sections.
(7) A new model for clot contraction is proposed, based on the rigidity of the long spiky pseudopodia and on the motile properties of platelets.
(8) The challenge for Defour is to make his mark in the Premier League having also made the transition from attacking midfielder to spiky holding player.
(9) If the geometry of City’s short passing exuded class, key performers were tiring fast as the game became slightly spiky.
(10) Trimingham complained about repeated references to her as "bisexual" and "lesbian" and insults about her appearance - including comments that she wore doc martens and had spiky hair.
(11) And Hitchcock was a doddle compared to Capote, with his helium voice, the birdlike mincing, the urbane spikiness.
(12) It started with a week's safari in the Masai Mara, where they saw zebras, wildebeest and a cheetah with her spiky-haired cub.
(13) Goodness knows how spiky things might have turned had Cheick Tioté, Pardew’s feisty Ivorian midfield enforcer, not been injured.
(14) "I love that a country capable of extraordinary pomp and ceremony can still retain a spiky irreverence towards its establishment.
(15) There was a spikiness about Wilshere in Saturday's FA Cup tie.
(16) Camilla, meanwhile, went for a spiky number that looked a little like a napkin folded into a swan.
(17) A close-packed array of hexons forms a planar facet of the icosahedral capsid, with the tops presenting a spiky appearance that is consistent with electron micrographs of the adenovirus capsid.
(18) The manometer-recorded right atrial pressure pulse of tricuspid stenosis differed from the normal, with (1) elevation of right atrial pressure, (2) different morphologic features (tall, spiky A wave complete before C; small V wave with an interruption, the tricuspid opening snap notch at termination of the gradual Y descent; a diastolic plateau, the relatively flat diastolic segment of the right atrial pressure pulse following the tricuspid opening snap notch prior to the next A wave), and (3) the relative lack of right atrial pressure and right atrial pressure pulse response with normal respiration.
(19) Marks & Spencer’s chief has warned of a “spiky” runup to Christmas, as Black Friday puts shoppers in the mood for discounts after a slowdown in clothing sales last summer.
(20) ***** With her combination of spikiness and compassion, Dawn may well turn out to be an interesting addition to the mix of Mad Men.