What's the difference between wich and wick?

Wich


Definition:

  • (n.) A variant of 1st Wick.
  • (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
  • (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Accidents, wich ranked 4th, were responsible for approximately 10% of the postneonatal deaths in each race.
  • (2) The authors report 14 cases of atypical myomata wich might have been mistaken for sarcomata were it not for the fact that they were devoid of mitotic features.
  • (3) The usable 125I-labelled antigen for human proinsulin-C-peptide RIA could be prepared by chloramin T method and enzymic method wich labelled 125I to tyrosyl human proinsulin connecting peptide, and active ester method which conjugates 125I-labelled active ester to human proinsulin connecting peptide.
  • (4) The appearances of the tumor before and after intravenous injection of the contrast medium are described and the frequency with wich calcification, cysts, and lipid densities were noted is reported.
  • (5) The syndrome is of interest because ochronosis, wich is the articular manifestation, is one of the few rheumatological affections with a certain aetiology.
  • (6) Perosns under age, mentally defective or unconscious cannot express such a wich.
  • (7) This method, wich is based on differential high-speed ultracentrifugation, has the advantages of a higher vesicle yield without dilution and rapidity of preparation when compared to the molecular-sieve technique.
  • (8) One has first of all to rebuild to the desired occlusal level the cavities of the whole quadrant with a temporary but resistant material wich allows at once a carefulness mastication.
  • (9) These date bring new understandings on the pathophysiology of the spinal shock wich, even in man, early corresponds to a complete depression of the alpha-motoneurone excitability.
  • (10) This prevalence survey is a useful aid for the bearing of the actions of the department of infectious pathology wich supports infection and antibiotherapy in each of their aspects in the whole hospital.
  • (11) wich should be included, in their opinion, in a multidisciplinar treatment of advanced bladder neoplasms.
  • (12) The cause for these active metabolic processes evoking enhanced activity on both fragment ends during scintigraphy wich is not demonstrable with roentgen device are the pulling, pushing and tensile strengths originating from a connective-tissue-cord existing between them.
  • (13) Especially with allopurinol and alloxanthine, and possibly in the presence of drugs with similar basic structures, one might wich to use a method other than spectrophotometry for the assay of theophylline or discontinue administration of the interfering medication.
  • (14) Bath application of 1-methyladenine, the hormone wich controls meiosis reinitiation, triggers without lag a partial depolarization of the plasma membrane, whereas the total ionic conductance undergoes typical variations.
  • (15) A Panel of Expert Consultants, convened for WICHE's Analysis and Planning for Improved Distribution of Nursing Personnel and Services Project, projected nursing requirements for 1982 using an analytic model.
  • (16) The validity of the test system is based on a standardization wich can be achieved sufficiently with regard to culture conditions and measurement of DNA-synthesis.
  • (17) Of the casein-rich cells, 74% were also rich in fat, suggesting that cells wich contain large deposits of casein almost always contain large amounts of fat.
  • (18) A description is given of a method to calculate the composition of phanatom material with given density and radiation-physical parameters mixed of components, of wich are known their chemical composition and their effective specific volumes.
  • (19) A previous survey of upstream sequences of tRNA genes from the archaebacterium Methanococcus vannielii has revealed that there are two boxes of sequence homology: A box "A" of about 20 conserved nucleotides at a distance of 30 to 49 basepairs upstream from the gene and a box "B" 18 to 19 nucleotides downstream from box "A" (Wich, G., Sibold, L., and Böck, A.
  • (20) The relaxative properties of halothane wich suppresses completly the activity of myometrium during the deep stages of anaesthesia are superior to chloroform and methoxyflurane.

Wick


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Wich
  • (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
  • (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "I had a not altogether satisfactory talk with Mark this morning" begins a typical confidential memo from Nigel Wicks, Mrs Thatcher's principal private secretary, to the British ambassador in Washington.
  • (2) It’s a wicked thing to do.” Thomson said the federal government had not notified him about approaching boats since 2009.
  • (3) It blamed "confrontation maniacs" for "[making their] servants of conservative media let loose a whole string of sophism intended to hatch all sorts of dastardly wicked plots and float misinformation".
  • (4) Fluid pressure changes and digital load measurements were simultaneously detected and recorded by use of, respectively, modified wick-in-needle and force plate transducers coupled to a microcomputer.
  • (5) In cats, brain tissue pressure (BTP) was measured by the wick-catheter method.
  • (6) The lack of knowledge about proper feeding and the use of bottles, fingers, and cotton wicks, which contribute to infection, diarrhea, and malnutrition, indicates a need for better health education.
  • (7) The light stimuli are provided by a Ganzfeld stimulator and the potentials are recorded with a disposable corneal wick electrode.
  • (8) IFP was measured in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck region in humans using the wick-in-needle technique.
  • (9) Our results on Ap4A are in contrast with those reported previously (C. Weinmann-Dorsch, G. Pierron, R. Wick, H. Sauer, and F. Grummt, Exp.
  • (10) Resembling a billhook, with Foule Crag its wickedly curved tip, this final flourish looks daunting but can be skirted to one side, up awkward slabs.
  • (11) titration with wicks pre-loaded with serial dilutions of rat plasma implanted post mortem for 15-20 min.
  • (12) Dance, perform, party in Hackney Wick One of my favourite venues in London is The Yard Theatre.
  • (13) Less conventional still is Muff Cafe, a custom-motorbike-workshop-cum-really-rather-good-organic-restaurant in Hackney Wick that a friend recommends on condition that "you don't fill it with Guardian readers".
  • (14) The wick catheter technique was developed in 1968 for measurement of subcutaneous pressure and has been modified for easy intramuscular insertion and continuous recording of interstitial fluid pressure in animals and humans.
  • (15) The corneal wick electrode is employed for bright flash electroretinogram (ERG) recordings and for research measurements of the early receptor potential.
  • (16) In the longer term, there is a risk that local government will be seen as being wicked or incompetent as it struggles to meet George Osborne's new spending figures.
  • (17) His next book was The Great Crash 1929 (1955), a wickedly entertaining account of what happened on Wall Street in that year.
  • (18) The mistake in most international crises is to over-personalise the issue by making a pariah of the wicked man and his corrupt family at the top and thinking that, once they go, all problems will easily be solved.
  • (19) Come the bell, the upstart nervelessly played it cool, almost a laughingly gay matador, his speed of hand and foot totally nullifying Liston’s wicked jab, the key to his armoury.
  • (20) Tissue pressures were recorded using saline-filled cotton-wool wicks.

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