... Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada OXFORDDICTIONARYOF Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford ... one of a number of unequal parts of a whole aliquot one of number of equal parts of a whole; often used loosely, and erroneously, for a sample alizarin 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone; the aglycon of ... milligrams, of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the free fatty acid in one gram of fat; a measure of the mass offree acid in the sample acidophilic staining readily with acid dyes (of organisms)...
... richness of a large natural-language dictionary in providing cues and flagging exceptions The stylistic regularity of a dictionary like ODE supports the enumeration of a finite (albeit large) list of ... that examination of the content of a sense can no more than build up lists of candidate collocates — a number of which will be genuinely high-scoring collocates, but others of which may be more ... lexical database MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass Judy Pearsall 1998 The New OxfordDictionaryof English Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK ...
... it draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... publication of a number of reference books giving details of all the permitted food additives as well as some of the possible effects on health of ingesting them Possibly the most famous of these...
... it draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... publication of a number of reference books giving details of all the permitted food additives as well as some of the possible effects on health of ingesting them Possibly the most famous of these...
... it draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... publication of a number of reference books giving details of all the permitted food additives as well as some of the possible effects on health of ingesting them Possibly the most famous of these...
... OxfordDictionaryof Allusions The OxfordDictionaryof Allusions Andrew Delahunty Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock OXFORD UNIVERSITY P R E S S OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ... 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University ofOxford It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford ... Merseyside Classic dictionaries from Oxford: THE OXFORDDICTIONARYOF PHRASE & FABLE Edited by Elizabeth Knowles A major reference work, diis book provides a wealth of fascinating and informative background...
... The OxfordDictionaryof Idioms Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of ... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionaryof Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... what they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the OxfordDictionary ofIdioms is based on the...
... cash cow a business or a part of a business that always makes a lot of profit The British newspapers are the group's biggest cash cow,earning nearly 40 %of group profits hard cash British, American ... the clutches of a religiousfanatic C-note a C-note American, informal a piece of paper American money that is worth 100dollars Joe took a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off a c-note and ... from her a cold snap a coffee table book a large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table for people to look at • A glossy coffee table book of his art work will bepublished...
... was once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... society He went off the rails in his twenties and started lioing on the streets • By the law of probabilities if you have five kids, one of them's going togo off the rails Please purchase PDF Split-Merge ... you disagree with a Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove thi rat-arsed 319 group of which you are a member· (often + with) Junior officers were said to be bad that has...
... newspapers grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals to attract customers ... because of the scarcity of opportunities at home green-eyed the green-eyed monster humorous the feeling of being jealous Doyou think his criticisms of Jack are valid or is it just a case of the ... are two weeks of good weather during the winter when the days are the shortest in the year • (often + of) She recalled the halcyon days of childhood • That was in the halcyon days of the 1980's...
... quick visit to several places • (often + of) Coach loads of tourists come for whistle-stop tours of the main European citles Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 423 whole ... none of them has been able tofind another job wall be off the wall informal X~ to be strange or very different from other people or things' Even at school he was considered off the wall by most of ... different and often strange • He produced some really way-out designs for the opera house ways ways and means methods of achieving something' (often + of) Surely there are ways and means of achieving...
... Encyclopedia of Corporate Names Worldwide (2002; paperback 2008) A Dictionaryof Art Titles: The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,000 Works of Art (2000; paperback 2008) A Dictionaryof Music ... Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,500 Musical Compositions (2000; paperback 2008) Literally Entitled: A Dictionaryof the Origins of the Titles of Over 1,300 Major Literary Works of the Nineteenth ... right of a lefthanded player; (tennis) (1) (of ) a stroke with the back of the hand facing toward one’s opponent; (2) the part of the court to the left of a righthanded player, and to the right of...
... 1896 Freely based on Nietzsche's epic prose poem of same name Delius set 11 sections of poem in his Mass of Life Alt (1) High The note g'' marks the beginning of the range of vocal notes spoken of ... 1869; d Oxford, 1946) Eng organist, cond., and teacher Org.scholar Christ's College, Cambridge, organist at caths of St Asaph (1897) and Ely (1898); then of New College, Oxford (1901 18) Prof of mus., ... application to a type of instr mus with a good deal of rhythmic freedom and often played on bagpipe (or rustic ob.) and small drum Alborado del gracioso (Aubade of the Clown) 4th of Ravel's pf.pieces...
... helpful than any other dictionaryof modern quotations TONY AUGARDE (1) Discussions of the index features in this preface and in the “How to Use this Dictionary section of this book refer to ... authoritative record of its use The reference usually consists of either (a) a book-title with its date of publication and a reference to where the quotation occurs in the book; or (b) the title of a newspaper ... 1881-1972 1.104 Isaac Asimov 1920— 1.105 Herbert Asquith (first Earl ofOxford and Asquith) 1852-1928 1.106 Margot Asquith (Countess ofOxford and Asquith) 1864-1945 1.107 Mary Astell 1668-1731 1.108...
... OxfordDictionaryof Medical Quotations This page intentionally left blank Oxford Medical Publications OxfordDictionaryof Medical Quotations Peter McDonald 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ... moderation A rash of dermatologists, a hive of allergists, a scrub of interns, a giggle of nurses, a ood of urologists, a pile of proctologists, an eyeful of ophthalmologists, a whiff of anesthesiologists, ... Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Oxford, England The aging of an organism is a progressive loss of adaptability as time passes Introduction to the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine Oxford...
... The OxfordDictionaryof Idioms Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of ... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionaryof Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... what they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the OxfordDictionary ofIdioms is based on the...