(n.) An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the second study 10 U Actrapid HM was given to 11 other patients (all negative for C peptide and with low insulin binding antibody titres) on two separate days immediately before a standardised breakfast either by the sprinkler needle or by a conventional needle (random order).
(2) "We are finding them by driving around neighbourhoods and seeing people irrigating with sprinklers and over-spraying," Cayler said.
(3) Bayern Munich were definitely playing fast and loose with their sprinklers ahead of this game, although I'm not sure how much of an effect it's having on Barcelona's play.
(4) We investigated whether glucagon absorption could be accelerated by two manoeuvres known to enhance insulin absorption: addition of a powerful local hyperaemic agent (10 nmole alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide; CGRP), and injection using a multihole 'sprinkler' needle.
(5) Read more stories like this: • A sprinkler won’t solve a drought: thinking big on water supply • Negotiating a cheaper clean energy deal for all • Water resources in Sierra Leone: lasting change is about good governance Torgny Holmgren is the executive director of Stockholm International Water Institute and World Water Week conference.
(6) The initial dose absorbed during the first 30 minutes was significantly higher with the sprinkler needle.
(7) Although hosepipes would not be banned outright, hosing sidewalks for cleanliness with potable water would be banned and only drip or micro-spray sprinklers allowed.
(8) Environmental scientist Yu Shaocai has proposed fitting water sprinklers to the tops of tall buildings, to try and “wash” the smog out of the sky.
(9) The first site has the installation characteristics for a PCB-askarel-filled transformer with sprinkler fire protection.
(10) Low-pressure sprinkler irrigation was investigated as to its potential influence on the frequency of occurrence and relative abundance of Psorophora columbiae eggs in Texas ricelands.
(11) Two studies were conducted investigating the effect of injecting short acting insulin subcutaneously by means of a sprinkler needle; this needle has 14 small holes in the wall but is sealed at the tip.
(12) Sprinklers are hopeless: on a sunny day 80% of the water is lost to evaporation before it makes it to the plant.
(13) California water restrictions have not stopped the sprinklers from flowing Read more Governor Jerry Brown, who has come under fire for imposing a 25% reduction in water use on cities and municipalities but not on farms, signed a relatively toothless law last year that gave the state no power to assign rights to groundwater use.
(14) Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities Read more In hope of selling screenplays, Corcoran moved to LA in 2011 from Syracuse, New York, where despite plentiful rain residents conserve water, he said.
(15) If you can't physically cope with filling up and carrying water from the butt, you can buy submersible pumps suitable for extracting rainwater from your butts to feed hoses, sprinklers and pressure sprays.
(16) It was a strange ending to a slightly unorthodox game, played on an artificial pitch, with an old-fashioned punch-up in the stands and preceded by the local fire brigade turning up to water the pitch because the ground does not have a sprinkler system.
(17) Flocks placed in houses with roof sprinklers produced 3.3% more hen-day eggs, compared with flocks placed in houses with inside foggers and pad.
(18) An analysis of morbidity was made in 11 kibbutzim (cooperative agricultural settlements), with a total population of 3,040, that had switched from nonwastewater to wastewater sprinkler irrigation or vice versa.
(19) Farmers say that the sprinklers – in place since 2004 – in combination with organic farming techniques, have helped them to invest in transport, send children to school, and improve their housing.
(20) Among the nine viral antibodies studied, there was a consistent and significant excess of antibodies to echovirus type 4 only, particularly in the age group 0-5 years, in kibbutzim that had been exposed to aerosols from sprinkler irrigation with partially treated wastewater from nearby towns.
Sprinkles
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The most common microscopic features included dense marrow fibrosis or "scar" formation, a sprinkling of lymphocytes in a relative absence of other inflammatory cells (especially histiocytes), and smudged, nonresorbing necrotic bone flakes.
(2) When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and, setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor, and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white... Further - and this is a stroke of his sensitive, pawky genius - he contemplates his momentarily displaced furniture and the nuance of enchanting strangeness: It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories ...
(3) Brush the buns with the egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
(4) 3 Remove the bases from the oven and sprinkle on the mozzarella, followed by the mushrooms, olives, pepperoni and ham.
(5) After calving, half of each group were cooled seven times a day for 30 min by sprinkling and ventilation.
(6) We’re mostly Brits, with a sprinkling of Canadians, Dutch women and a guy from Dubai, and of mixed abilities; some have been surfing for years while others, like me, have barely stood up on a board before.
(7) Far better then, for the movie, to give Roper a billionaire’s island in the sun with a palatial Gatsby -style villa at its centre and a sprinkling of cottages for his underlings and protectors.
(8) These data indicate that Sprinkle capsules possess desirable absorption characteristics in a form that makes ingestion easier for patients who have difficulty taking other valproate dosage forms.
(9) Customers prefer Guatemalan vegetables because "they are bigger, cleaner and last longer" than local produce, says market seller Pedro Antonio Morales as he sprinkles the broccoli, cabbage, cucumber and tomatoes with water to combat the afternoon heat.
(10) Spoon into the warm mushrooms, top with the tomatoes, sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.
(11) It may seem curmudgeonly to sprinkle our meagre daily measure of praise upon the negation of something: the fact that a plan is not going ahead.
(12) In East Africa, a dangerous pesticide known as Furadan (banned in the EU, Canada, and US) is sprinkled over lion-killed livestock.
(13) It was a starry event that lured some of the biggest names in Hollywood along with a sprinkling of the Muscovite elite.
(14) Combine the sweet potatoes and the onion, sprinkle with cardamom, salt and pepper and mash, adding more butter if desired.
(15) The record bases made by the sprinkle-on technique are preferred to those made using the dough method.
(16) Instead of fences, the different areas are bordered by low hedgerows, sprinkled with blackberries and redcurrants, while the older age groups are separate by a playful no man's land of staggered timber poles.
(17) It has room for a sprinkling of accountants and librarians.
(18) He recalled that the sheets of paper would always have a sprinkling of coal dust, because Daly was writing straight after a shift down the pit.
(19) Treatment consisted of forced air misting in a premilking holding pen, fan cooling during milking, and forced air-sprinkling in a postmilking holding area.
(20) Serves 2 1 lemon, very thinly sliced 1 tsp salt 1 tsp caster sugar For the garam masala 1 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 2 cardamom pods, seeds only ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 whole clove For the prawns 2 small shallots, halved 10g ginger, finely grated 2 garlic cloves, finely grated ½ tsp chilli flakes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked and finely chopped 125g tenderstem broccoli, sliced into thirds 200g large prawns, peeled 5g each of basil and coriander, leaves picked 1 Place the lemon slices in a bowl and sprinkle both sides with the salt and caster sugar.