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Wan

Definition:

(imp.) Won.
(a.) Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
(n.) The quality of being wan; wanness.
(v. i.) To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
() of Win

Example Sentences:

(1) Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) were investigated in 200 healthy Taiwan inhabitants of Taiwanese (46 persons), Hakka (36), Tai-Ya Tribe (28) Pu-Long Tribe (30) Pai-Wan Tribe (30) and Lu-kai (30) descent.
(2) The results showed that the GI and PDI of the gu chi wan group decreased significantly than the control group (P less than 0.001).
(3) Experimental and clinical researches were done for the purpose of that to treat the hyperlipemia with Dahuang Zhechong Wan (DHZCW).
(4) We would love to continue to work with Gordon but it would be on a project-by-project basis.” Ramsay, said to be lining up a project for ITV , was among the C4 talent shoehorned into 2012’s reality flop Hotel GB, along with Gok Wan, Phil Spencer, Mary Portas (unlike Ramsay she remains on an exclusive C4 deal) and others.
(5) But Wan's decision means that those with HIV have lost another champion.
(6) The organisations signing the letter are: • The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press • American Society of News Editors • The Associated Press • The EW Scripps Company • The McClatchy Company • The New York Times Company • The New Yorker • Newspaper Association of America • ProPublica • The Seattle Times Company • Society of Professional Journalists • The Washington Post • World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Updated at 2.28pm GMT 11.07am GMT You can watch the committee session here from 3pm GMT, and we'll also have a live stream at the top of this blog.
(7) Activists say the mine, a joint venture between China's Wan Bao mining company and a Burmese military conglomerate, causes environmental, social and health problems and should be shut down.
(8) A Chinese traditional patent medicine Xiaoyao Wan was analysed by three dimensional HPLC.
(9) and Xiaohuoluo Wan showed average recoveries of 98.5, 98.3 and 96.8% and relative standard deviations of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.5%, respectively.
(10) Nearly 90% of all eligible women are using some form of birth control; in Wan-Tou more than 60% are using IUDs and less than 10% have been sterilized while in Chang-Ching the proportions are reversed.
(11) He could also promote dialogue on family planning and the rights of people with disabilities," said Wan.
(12) A few weeks after our interview in Los Angeles, Idle was eating lunch in a midtown Manhattan sushi restaurant, and he looked a bit wan.
(13) Besides, the Good Friday agreement wan’t all it was cracked up to be.
(14) Was booked for game 6 in 2004 & 2007 but wan't needed!
(15) Wan said the priority at Copenhagen would be to establish a framework for transferring funds and money, rather than getting hung up on figures.
(16) Wan, a non-Communist member of the state council, said China has proved its ability to meet and often exceed its targets in the current five-year plan to improve energy efficiency by about 20%.
(17) Meanwhile, on Sunday, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) condemned the way the British government had threatened legal action against the Guardian newspaper unless it destroyed the copy of the Snowden files it had in London.
(18) This study was of a series of the evaluation of Hachimi-Jio-Gan (Rehmannia Eight Formula, pa-wei-ti-huang-wan or Bawei dihuang wan) to the various cataracts.
(19) The contents of the total flavones and volatile oils in huaijiao wan have been determined.
(20) "One rumour that keeps popping up on the fan forums is that the main character will be the long lost son or daughter of Obi Wan, though I really hope that isn't true as I don't see why everyone in the Star Wars universe has to be related."