(n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
(n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
(n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
(n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
(n.) The tongue of a buckle.
(n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
(v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
(v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has been postulated that mammalian aspartic proteases, which contain two structurally homologous lobes, are derived in evolution from a homodimer enzyme by gene duplication and fusion (Tang, J., James, M. N. G., Hsu, I.-N., Jenkins, J.
(2) But the Wu-Tang leader went on to speak about it anyhow: “[The album has] been handed over to an auction house, and they plan on doing something,” he said.
(3) The Wu-Tang Clan’s 20th anniversary reunion certainly didn’t always seem like a foregone conclusion.
(4) Ins(1,3,4)P3 was dephosphorylated to two InsP2 (inositol bisphosphate) isomers, one of which is Ins(3,4)P2 [Shears, Parry, Tang, Irvine, Michell & Kirk (1987) Biochem.
(5) Wu-Tang Clan have already started taking pre-orders for A Better Tomorrow – which should not be confused with their "single-sale collector's item" Once Upon a Time in Shaolin – and have released a new single, Keep Watch .
(6) R u ok kumamon?” “Are Kumamon and his friends safe?” wondered Eric Tang, a college student.
(7) Eric Tang, 21, a student at Open University of Hong Kong, said he was turned away this month while trying to shop with his girlfriend in Shenzhen.
(8) The Wu-Tang Clan's last album, 8 Diagrams , was released in 2007.
(9) Tang is a Shanghai businesswoman in her 30s and began to blog on opera in 2005.
(10) A region common to all the active fragments (amino acid residues 97-178) is 70% homologous with the corresponding region from a second member of the lipocortin family which recently was cloned (Huang, K-S., Wallner, B.P., Mattaliano, R.J., Tizard, R., Burne, C., Frey, A., Hession, C., McGray, P., Sinclair, L.K., Chow, E.P., Browning, J.L., Ramachandran, K.L., Tang, J., Smart, J.E., and Pepinsky, R.B.
(11) Tang responded that they were not the only African country with a bad reputation.
(12) & Fischbach, G. D. (1989) Neuron 3, 209-218; Tang, C.-M., Dichter, M. & Morad, M. (1989) Science 243, 1474-1477] that receptor desensitization governs the strength of fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain.
(13) These data suggest that Wen-Jing-Tang induces LH release from the pituitary through hypothalamic LH-RH.
(14) Relatively high levels of TNF activity were noted in the groups given Angelica radix, Bupleuri radix, Cnidii rhizoma, or Cinnamomum cortex, very low activities in the groups given Xiao-chai-hu-tang, Zhu-ling-tang, or Krestin, and no TNF activities in the groups given Polyporus or Hoelen.
(15) In this paper, the long-term effects of the ancient Chinese formula of San-Huang-Hsieh-Hsin-Tang on patients with essential hypertension were reported.
(16) Solutions of methadone were prepared in (1) orange-flavored Tang, (2) grape-flavored Kool-Aid, (3) apple juice, (4) grape-flavored Crystal Light, and (5) grape-flavored Crystal Light plus 0.1% sodium benzoate.
(17) Raekwon has rejoined the Wu-Tang Clan, performing with his hip-hop compatriots on The Daily Show.
(18) Our previous studies on carbohydrate structures of purified porcine spleen cathepsin B indicated that there are two cathepsin B isozymes, each containing a different carbohydrate (Takahashi, T., Schmidt, P.G., and Tang, J.
(19) The city's Communist Party chief Tang Jun and mayor Li Wancai attempted to mollify the crowd with a promise to move the polluting project out of the city," according to the Xinhua news agency.
(20) If the city wall was largely executed as planned, Tange’s more ambitious “city gate” was a failure from the start.
Vang
Definition:
(n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
Example Sentences:
(1) I believe deeply that a president will be elected by this parliament but we have to be ready for every possibility,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, president of the House and a member of the governing centre right New Democracy party.
(2) The national parliament sent the message that it had to send to Europe ,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, the interim leader of the conservative main opposition New Democracy party.
(3) His sister, remarkably jovial, wears black for their younger brother Vangelis, who died of nobody will say exactly what two years ago next month, aged 52.
(4) Despite his past, Teasdale sees few – if any – connections between the scene and the Vangelis-like waves of synths, hip-hop-inspired beat patterns and classical flourishes of Severant.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Syriza’s Alexis Tsipras, and Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the centre-right New Democracy at a Greek state TV debate.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the New Democracy party.
(7) As the scale of the victory became clear, the conservative leader, Vangelis Meimarakis conceded defeat.
(8) More dated now than its hard-boiled lustre is the movie’s equal and opposite involvement in modish early 80s dreams; the soundtrack by Vangelis was up-to-the-minute, while the replicants dress like extras in a Billy Idol video, a post-punk, synth-pop costume party.
(9) There’s no real point voting.” Anti-austerity Syriza leader and outgoing premier Alexis Tsipras, who resigned this summer after accepting punishing new bailout terms to ward off bankruptcy and keep Greece in the euro, and Vangelis Meimarakis, of the centre-right New Democracy, are tied in the polls .
(10) As young accountant who gave his name only as Vangelis told Helena: If you think that there are over one million unemployed at least 300000 must live in Athens but there was nowhere near that turn-out...Isn't it odd that the violence erupted just when the work stoppage (among shopowners) was about to end?
(11) Even if we achieve very little, we will know that we have held our heads high,” said Vangelis Pavlatos, an actor, in what has become a common refrain.
(12) Georgios, a welder and mechanic before becoming a bank security guard, and Vangelis, a salesman, shoe repairer and, latterly, gardener, were the breadwinners.
(13) The Greek people clearly wanted Alexis Tsipras , they had confidence in Alexis Tsipras and we have a clear, four-year mandate ahead of us,” said the Syriza MP Vangelis Apostolou.
(14) But plenty also seem willing to trust the back-to-stability image projected by New Democracy leader, Vangelis Meimarakis.
(15) Her version of Jon and Vangelis's State of Independence was covered by Chrissie Hynde.
(16) Comparing these results with those obtained in three other series reported in the published literature (WARREN [12], MOSIMANN [8], and VANG [17], showed that they were close to those obtained by VANG, as far as reduction in intrahepatic portal circulation is concerned, but rather different from those of WARREN in respect to the efficacy of portogastric separation.
(17) Starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson as British sprinters competing in the Paris Olympics of 1924, Hugh Hudson's drama won four Oscars at the 1981 Academy Awards, including best picture, best original screenplay, best costume design and best original music for Vangelis's stirring synth-fuelled score.
(18) Quite early in Greece’s crisis, Vangelis lost his job.
(19) The Saturday Rock Show boldly ignored such ephemera as punk rock, Freeman choosing to concentrate instead on hard or progressive rock stalwarts including Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Vangelis and Yes.
(20) The marriages contracted between 1600 and 1850 in the parishes Vang and Slidre in the mountain valley of Valdres in Norway were investigated, using the information in the genealogical and local history of the parishes and in various public archives.