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Meaning of polyunsaturated in English:
polyunsaturated
ADJECTIVE
Chemistry
(of an organic compound, especially a fat or oil molecule) containing several double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
Pronunciation /ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd/
polyunsaturated
ADJECTIVE
Chemistry
(of an organic compound, especially a fat or oil molecule) containing several double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
Pronunciation /ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd/
‘Experts say the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats found largely in nuts have heart protective benefits.’
‘You can only get these from polyunsaturated fats and oils, found in high quantities in nuts, fish, avocados, seeds and vegetable oils.’
‘For example, polyunsaturated fats do much more than lower blood cholesterol levels.’
‘Autoxidation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids of flour lipids results in the formation of hydroperoxides, which are powerful oxidising agents.’
Polyunsaturated (ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd)
‘You can only get these from polyunsaturated fats and oils, found in high quantities in nuts, fish, avocados, seeds and vegetable oils.’
‘For example, polyunsaturated fats do much more than lower blood cholesterol levels.’
‘Autoxidation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids of flour lipids results in the formation of hydroperoxides, which are powerful oxidising agents.’
Polyunsaturated (ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
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floccinaucinihilipilification
NOUN
mass noun
rare
The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Usage
Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use. For more details see antidisestablishmentarianism
Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.
Pronunciation /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
floccinaucinihilipilification
NOUN
mass noun
rare
The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Usage
Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use. For more details see antidisestablishmentarianism
Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.
Pronunciation /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
‘Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men.’
Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)
Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
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Alberti, Leon Battista
PROPER NOUN
(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.
Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
Alberti, Leon Battista
PROPER NOUN
(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.
Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Get the Alberti, Leon Battista (älˈbertē/ɑlˈbərdi) mug.Definition of incomprehensibility in English:
incomprehensibility
NOUN
See incomprehensible
Definition of incomprehensible in English:
incomprehensible
ADJECTIVE
Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Origin
Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis
Pronunciation
incomprehensible
/ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
incomprehensibility
/ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi/
incomprehensibility
NOUN
See incomprehensible
Definition of incomprehensible in English:
incomprehensible
ADJECTIVE
Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Origin
Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis
Pronunciation
incomprehensible
/ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
incomprehensibility
/ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi/
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi)
‘It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.’
‘This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news.’
‘Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings.’
‘The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.’
Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.’
‘Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.’
‘Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.’
‘What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.’
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi) & Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.’
‘This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news.’
‘Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings.’
‘The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.’
Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.’
‘Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.’
‘Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.’
‘What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.’
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi) & Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Get the Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi) & Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l) mug.Meaning of pizzeria in English:
pizzeria
NOUN
A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.
Origin
Italian.
Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
pizzeria
NOUN
A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.
Origin
Italian.
Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’
Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’
Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
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Vuillard, Édouard
PROPER NOUN
(1868–1940), French painter and graphic artist; full name Jean Édouard Vuillard. A member of the Nabi Group, he produced decorative panels, murals, paintings, and lithographs, particularly of domestic interiors and portraits.
Pronunciation
Vuillard, Édouard
/ˈvwi ɑ / /vwijaʀ/
Vuillard, Édouard
PROPER NOUN
(1868–1940), French painter and graphic artist; full name Jean Édouard Vuillard. A member of the Nabi Group, he produced decorative panels, murals, paintings, and lithographs, particularly of domestic interiors and portraits.
Pronunciation
Vuillard, Édouard
/ˈvwi ɑ / /vwijaʀ/
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
Get the Vuillard, Édouard (ˈvwi ɑ ) mug.Meaning of psychotomimetic in English:
psychotomimetic
ADJECTIVE
Relating to or denoting drugs which are capable of producing an effect on the mind similar to a psychotic state.
NOUN
A psychotomimetic drug.
Pronunciation /sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk/
psychotomimetic
ADJECTIVE
Relating to or denoting drugs which are capable of producing an effect on the mind similar to a psychotic state.
NOUN
A psychotomimetic drug.
Pronunciation /sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk/
‘In animal models 5 - HT2 antagonists (ketanserin and spiperone) were shown to block the psychotomimetic effects of both LSD and DOM.’
‘LSD was a synthetic drug, based on a naturally produced substance, which is called psychotomimetic drugs, made out of this rust.’
‘There is no clinically tested antidote available to antagonize the psychotomimetic symptomatology induced by PCP.’
‘Therefore, individuals displaying dramatic psychotomimetic effects resulting from phencyclidine ingestion should be treated as a psychiatric emergency.’
‘High potency as an antagonist of 5-HT in isolated smooth muscle preparations was not correlated with high potency as a psychotomimetic.’
‘The hypothesis that psychotomimetics induce a rapid dopamine receptor regulation that could participate in the expression of the brain dopaminergic overactivation and in the early signs of psychotic-like behaviour, was checked by radioligand binding on rat brain cryosections.’
Psychotomimetic (sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk)
‘LSD was a synthetic drug, based on a naturally produced substance, which is called psychotomimetic drugs, made out of this rust.’
‘There is no clinically tested antidote available to antagonize the psychotomimetic symptomatology induced by PCP.’
‘Therefore, individuals displaying dramatic psychotomimetic effects resulting from phencyclidine ingestion should be treated as a psychiatric emergency.’
‘High potency as an antagonist of 5-HT in isolated smooth muscle preparations was not correlated with high potency as a psychotomimetic.’
‘The hypothesis that psychotomimetics induce a rapid dopamine receptor regulation that could participate in the expression of the brain dopaminergic overactivation and in the early signs of psychotic-like behaviour, was checked by radioligand binding on rat brain cryosections.’
Psychotomimetic (sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
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