(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
(superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
(adv.) Sweetly.
(v. t.) To sweeten.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
(2) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
(3) Imported sweets and liqueurs were homogenized and extracted with ethyl acetate.
(4) It is concluded that the development was influenced by several factors, such as different snacking habits and access to sweets, the study per se, and xylitol-induced effects.
(5) The halfwidth of the fluorescence emission band increases in parallel with the loss of sweetness.
(6) A sweet-talking man in a suit who enlists the most successful barrister in town holds remarkable sway, I’ve learned.
(7) Rather than ruthlessly efficient, I have found them sweet and a bit hopeless."
(8) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
(9) A case of Sweet's syndrome developed as a presenting feature of multiple myeloma.
(10) Though the thought of a Panama team listening to the USA team huddle coyly sharing their secrets is a rather sweet thought.
(11) The sweetness of monellin under these two types of denaturing conditions, temperature and pH, can be predicted by the fluorescence emission spectrum of the protein.
(12) Potential, polarization, and pH measurements were performed before and after Coca-Cola and orange juice rinsing and intake of sweets, which were used as test products.
(13) A solid-phase extraction method with a strong anion exchanger was used to determine these compounds in sweet wines and in grape musts.
(14) Sweet flavours were often correctly identified, with the exception of egg nog, but savoury flavours were recognised less frequently.
(15) Thus, the B center of the Shallenberger A-H,B theory of sweetness is best regarded as being -SO3- rather than -SO2- for sulfamates.
(16) in Shibuya-ku goes a little easier on the sugary sweet styles.
(17) Two subjects with Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in whom pustular Sweet's syndrome was diagnosed are reported.
(18) In this paper, the sweetness receptor is refined with use of the shapes of 3-anilino-2-styryl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (sweet) and of 3-anilino-2-phenyl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (tasteless), two large and almost completely rigid tastants.
(19) It was very sweet, really nice, but it was like an obituary.
(20) Diluted elements of his style were all over the pop charts: Sweet, Mud, Alvin Stardust.
Valerian
Definition:
(n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The aromatherapeutical use of commercial valerian root oil (Chinese origin) and of pure fragrance compounds--borneol, isoborneol, bornyl acetate (main constituent of the proved valerian root oil) and isobornyl acetate--as potentially drugs with sedative effects after inhalation was investigated in an animal experiment (mice).
(2) Serum FSH, LH and oestrone levels were determined in postmenopausal women before and at 1, 3 and 6 months after the onset of cyclical treatment with 0.05 mg of ethinyl oestradiol (n = 19) or 2 mg of oestradiol valerianate (n = 20).
(3) injection of 10 mg estradiol valerianate was administered within the 3rd postpartum day, and an LH-RH stimulation test was performed on days 14 and 21 of the puerperium.
(4) "When you have to give a three-year-old valerian to sleep, it's awful," Zhenya says.
(5) These results indicate that valerian extract acts on the central nervous system and may be an antidepressant.
(6) The second group was castrated and given 1.5 mg of estradiol valerianate every fifth day to a total of 4.5 mg.
(7) Estradiol-17beta, estradiol-benzoate, estradiol-valerianate, and estradiol-undecylate were injected intravenously and intramuscularly to postmenopausal woman and to female castrates.
(8) By means of Karyopycnotic Index and Dynamic Oestrogenicity Index the cytological effect was quantified from a single dose of oestradiol valerianate, mestranol, ethinyloestradiol and 3 depot oestrogens proved on postmenopause women and compared with adequate pharmacocinetical investigations.
(9) Hecogenine and pregnadienolone significantly increased the snail's number of eggs; testosterone, diethylstilbestrol and estradiol valerianate decreased their number of eggs and the mesterolone and progesterone produced a slight decrease in the number of eggs.
(10) In experiments with lymphoid human cells Raji synergism of the effects of gamma radiation and cardiovascular drugs (e. g. valocordin, valerian, ouabain, and digoxin), administered in nontoxic doses to culture medium 15 min after irradiation (0.5, 1, and 2.5 Gy) was displayed by the inhibition of cell proliferation.
(11) roots of Japanese valerian, were compared with those of diazepam and imipramine.
(12) The results indicate that the aqueous valerian extract exerts a mild hypnotic action.
(13) The experimental cycle consisted of a daily dose of 2 mg estradiol valerianate as estrogen for 11 days, the identical dose of estrogen plus 0.5 mg dl-norgestrel as gestagen for 10 days, and a 7-day medication-free period.
(14) One hundred and twenty five Holtzman rats of both sexes were submitted to malnutrition during suckling with or without periodic injections of testosterone enantate in males and estradiol valerianate in females.
(15) Plasma levels of E1, E2 and d-norgestrel were analysed daily in five postmenopausal women during treatment with tablet Cyclabil (oestradiol valerianate in a biphasic preparation with dl-norgestrel) in 21 dyas.
(16) The effect of an aqueous extract of valerian root on sleep was studied in two groups of healthy, young subjects.
(17) Most samples from the women taking oestradiol valerianate were also analyzed for oestradiol.
(18) In the women taking oestradiol valerianate, FSH and LH levels were both reduced by 20 to 25 per cent wheras serum oestradiol increased by 200 to 300 per cent and oestrone increased by 600 to 700 per cent.
(19) It is concluded that oestradiol valerianate is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and converted to E1.
(20) The youngest current hereditary peer is Valerian Freyberg, the 3rd Baron Freyberg, who is 38.