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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enthralling
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ During an enthralling series of Singles matches there were more fluctuations than on an average day on Wall Street.
▪ From there, they progressed to the enthralling problem of human and divine love.
▪ Harvest was a particularly enthralling experience.
▪ He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds.
▪ It's the most enthralling house for children I've seen.
▪ It was an enthralling, unforgettable sight for a small, romantically minded boy.
▪ Leeds, producing another inspired display in an enthralling match, were denied by exceptional goalkeeping from Andy Goram.
▪ They meet at McDiarmid Park in what promises to be a most enthralling encounter.
polo
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
polo neck
▪ a polo-neck sweater
polo shirt
water polo
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
field
▪ They met on the polo field 20 years ago and the attraction was present from the start.
▪ Now he was laying out a polo field next to the house.
▪ One level up, there was a polo field which looked useful for efforts.
▪ There are few, if any, signs to direct visitors to the Saratoga polo fields.
▪ He retreated to Highgrove and took out some of his frustration on the soil and the polo field.
▪ The luncheon took place in a giant marquee with windows looking out across the polo field.
match
▪ And she sported the frock alongside Charles at a Windsor polo match.
▪ Enthusiastically squired to polo matches, luncheons, swims, and tennis matches, Margarett did not miss Eddie.
▪ With Prince Andrew and Charles at a polo match.
▪ A protective Prince angrily telling photographers to leave his wife alone at a polo match Leaving hospital with Prince William.
▪ It is hoped to have another polo match here next year and perhaps make it an annual event.
▪ A year on and yet another polo match.
neck
▪ Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time, then polo necks.
▪ He wore an anorak over a wool sweater with a polo neck and he wore tough cord jeans and walking boots.
▪ But the good news is that the word jazz is no longer synonymous with earnest types in black polo necks.
player
▪ Angel was now desperately trying to make his way as a professional polo player.
▪ One weekend last month, water polo player Kirk Everist did something for his soul instead of his sport.
pony
▪ We were once sent a polo pony to get fit for the coming polo season who was terrified of his mouth.
▪ Sara had letters to people who owned polo ponies and valuable land for development.
▪ In winter he put his polo ponies out to grass at Highgrove, and got his hunters into peak condition.
shirt
▪ Wearing her navy shorts and a jade-green polo shirt, she felt cool and fresh.
▪ Gary wears regulation Levi 501 jeans and a Ralph Lauren polo shirt.
▪ The swine looked even more attractive than ever in a black open-necked polo shirt and black jeans.
▪ Or buy a tailored polo shirt that fits?
▪ Right Long-sleeve polo shirt, £16.99; trousers, fencer's own.
▪ He was wearing a blue blazer and a white polo shirt.
▪ Instead of a grey flannel suit he now wears a rather improbable pair of designer jeans and a stiffly pressed polo shirt.
▪ Everybody here is dressed for the Love Boat, in shorts, polo shirts and Reeboks.
team
▪ A former captain of a winning Blues polo team, he still retains some of the rivalry with Oxford.
water
▪ In the afternoon, swimming games water polo, diving etc.
▪ Louis, where the water polo competition was staged in an artificial pond.
▪ Has to be team handball, an exciting blend of basketball, soccer, hockey and water polo.
▪ One weekend last month, water polo player Kirk Everist did something for his soul instead of his sport.
■ VERB
play
▪ I promised Madeleine last night I'd go with them to see Dunbar playing polo.
▪ The following day he played polo.
▪ Prince Charles regularly plays polo there.
▪ They were interested spectators while he played polo, went fishing or fox hunting.
▪ It seemed that when the Prince was not at home, he was playing polo.
▪ Charles played polo unremittingly three or four times a week.
wear
▪ The young man and woman wore polo shirts and shorts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Among the 43-year-old Sydney woman's famous clients is Prince Charles, whom she treated after his much-publicised polo injury.
▪ But there had been no question of them taking up polo professionally.
▪ Prince Charles regularly plays polo there.
▪ The Classics Polo Match By the time the polo was due to start it was teeming with rain!
▪ The following day he played polo.
▪ There are few, if any, signs to direct visitors to the Saratoga polo fields.
▪ There is a tall one with seven days of stubble, who wears a navy tracksuit and white polo.
▪ We were once sent a polo pony to get fit for the coming polo season who was terrified of his mouth.
inhibit
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ It may also inhibit spontaneous protest.
▪ Infrared cooling of the surface is also inhibited, but heat radiation is less affected by dust than visible light.
▪ Effective monitoring of compliance with instructions and control of sub-goals are also inhibited.
▪ A large emotional charge may also inhibit repeater technique.
▪ Rigid adherence to economies of scale and cost-benefit analysis also inhibit action towards small communities.
▪ However, glucocorticoids are usually ineffective in the hypercalcemia of primary hyperparathyroidism, Phosphate also inhibits bone resorption.
▪ The waiting list system for council housing also inhibits council tenants' mobility.
▪ Magnesium reabsorption, is also inhibited when an osmotic diuresis is induced with mannitol, urea, or glucose.
■ NOUN
ability
▪ Whatever your holiday preference, the fact that you live alone need not inhibit your ability to have great leisure breaks.
▪ This guidance helped them gain insight into the characteristics that inhibited their own ability to persist and to complete schoolwork.
▪ As an adult, you know that self-consciousness only inhibits your ability to perform well.
▪ That is going to inhibit the ability of both sides to work together.
action
▪ By inhibiting our initial instinctive action we have the choice to make entirely different decisions.
▪ Rigid adherence to economies of scale and cost-benefit analysis also inhibit action towards small communities.
▪ However, contrasts in personal style between chairmen inhibited concerted action on some matters and helped Citrine.
▪ But tetracyclines also inhibit the action of certain enzymes.
▪ Punishing some one for doing the wrong thing may inhibit him from that action but does not establish a better pattern.
activity
▪ And he hoped it wouldn't inhibit the activities of anybody here.
▪ In contrast, infusion of taurodeoxycholic acid at these concentrations inhibited ileal motor activity.
▪ It also inhibits motor activity induced by rectal distention and increases sensory thresholds for defaecation in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome.
cell
▪ Freezing is further inhibited when the cell sap is divided into several vacuoles rather than a single large one.
▪ She, however, also added chemicals which inhibit normal cell division.
▪ Inhibiting the turnover of viruses often means inhibiting the host cells too.
development
▪ And it presents an interesting parallel to the theory that powerful bureaucracies inhibit the development of parties and legislatures.
▪ It takes too long, and high birthrates themselves inhibit development.
▪ And oxygen deficiency during the foetal stage may inhibit brain development and size at birth, with or without other defect.
▪ The inability of the preoperational child to follow transformations inhibits the development of logic in thought.
▪ Long rigid job descriptions serve only to limit profit contribution and inhibit the vital development of the job.
▪ Had they stopped there, they would have concluded that language diversity inhibits development.
▪ This power of control has not, however, inhibited the developments in the character of oral questions above described.
▪ The research will explore the way in which paid work in later life facilitates or inhibits the development of such networks.
enzyme
▪ Omeprazole works differently, inhibiting the enzyme that pumps acid out of gut cells regardless of what stimulates acid production.
▪ Since calcium carbamide does not inhibit these enzyme systems, it has fewer side effects and fewer drug interactions than disulfiram.
▪ In another study, described on p 233, certain artificial food colourings have been found to inhibit crucial detoxification enzymes.
factor
▪ But everywhere it was still a factor inhibiting the growth of systematic training and the professionalism it symbolised.
▪ One factor inhibiting the spread of written documents had been fear of forgery.
▪ Market Research and Barriers to Exporting Fig. 5 illustrates factors that have inhibited improved export performance amongst respondents.
▪ One of the major factors inhibiting greater improvements in consumption levels is inflation, to which food prices become very vulnerable.
▪ Nevertheless, two factors tend to inhibit the use of private certification in many areas of health and safety.
▪ Unfortunately fiscal and legal factors and differences have inhibited such arrangements.
growth
▪ But everywhere it was still a factor inhibiting the growth of systematic training and the professionalism it symbolised.
▪ What is it that happens in those years before kindergarten that specifically inhibits or promotes growth to self-sufficiency?
▪ Such resins are known to inhibit the growth of certain fungi.
▪ The anti-viral drug has also been shown to inhibit the growth of borna virus in lab tests.
▪ Cold inhibits or prevents plant growth and slows down chemical processes in soils, prolonging the period of maturation.
▪ A key factor that most authorities assumed was inhibiting productivity growth in the white-collar sector was the lack of measurement.
▪ This inhibits the growth of a market which would stimulate local economic development and so promote the expansion of manufacturing firms.
production
▪ There are several stages at which binding of the oligonucleotide could inhibit virus production.
▪ Less firing, of course, means less adenosine being produced; hence adenosine inhibits its own production.
response
▪ In essence their class position often forces them into using the environment destructively and inhibits any adaptive response to its inevitable deterioration.
▪ The results were strikingly uniform: alcohol inhibited all these responses.
▪ It is equally worth noting if the class is so tightly controlled as to inhibit seriously pupil response.
▪ But first he had to inhibit his habitual responses.
▪ Neither is it immediately obvious to us how important it is to inhibit our automatic responses.
secretion
▪ Substances with high osmolarity have been found to inhibit acid secretion.
■ VERB
show
▪ The protein was further shown to inhibit cAMP release of gastric fundic biopsies and to prevent its stimulation by histamine.
▪ The anti-viral drug has also been shown to inhibit the growth of borna virus in lab tests.
▪ Studies in rats have shown that bile salts inhibit gastric emptying and prolongs intestinal transit time.
▪ Much evidence now exists which shows that hypochlorites inhibit collagen synthesis and cause irreversible damage to the micro-circulation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ We're doing all we can to inhibit urban sprawl and maintain the city's identity.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
douroucouli

Durukuli \Du`ru*ku"li\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). The owl monkey. See douroucouli. [Written also douroucouli.]

Chose local

Chose \Chose\, n.; pl. Choses. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See Cause.] (Law) A thing; personal property.

Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit.

Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action.

Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.

Chose transitory, a thing which is movable.
--Cowell. Blount.

Percurrent

Percurrent \Per*cur"rent\, a. [L. percurrens, p. pr. of percurrere to run through; per through + currere to run.] Running through the entire length.

Jungian

Jungian \Jungian\ prop. a. of or pertaining to Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist.

Dumose

Dumose \Du`mose"\, Dumous \Du"mous\, a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.]

  1. Abounding with bushes and briers.

  2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form.

hoopster

hoopster \hoop"ster\ n. A basketball player. [slang]

Fief

Fief \Fief\, n. [F. fief; of German origin, and the same word as E. fee. See Fee, and cf. Feud, a tief.] (Law) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Abelmoschus esculentus

Lady's finger \La"dy's fin"ger\,

  1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria; called also lady's fingers.

  2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

  3. A long, slender variety of the potato.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the branchi[ae] of the lobster.

  5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual ( Abelmoschus esculentus) of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the genus Hibiscus. [WordNet sense 1]

    Note: different from lady's fingers

    Syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus.

Abelmoschus esculentus

Okra \O"kra\, n.

  1. (Bot.) An annual plant ( Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]

  2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

Kilometer

Kilometer \Kil"o*me`ter\, Kilometre \Kil"o*me`tre\, n. [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter.] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile.

Desirableness

Desirableness \De*sir"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being desirable.

The desirableness of the Austrian alliance.
--Froude.

enthralling

enthralling \enthralling\ adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.

Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating.

Polo

Polo \Po"lo\, n. [Of Eastern origin; -- properly, the ball used in the game.]

  1. A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.

  2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

  3. A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.

Polo

Polo \Po"lo\, n. [Sp., an air or popular song in Andalucia.] A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Broken breast

Broken breast \Bro"ken breast`\ Abscess of the mammary gland.

Oil of turpentine

Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t['e]r['e]bentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. ?, ?. See Terebinth.] A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ( Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ( Pistacia Terebinthus). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from Larix Europ[ae]a. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under Balsam). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from Pinus Cembra and Pinus Mugho. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ( Pinus palustris). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ( Abies pectinata).

Oil of turpentine (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also terebenthene, terpene, etc.

Turpentine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larv[ae] eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin.

Turpentine tree (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See Turpentine, above.

Inhibit

Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]

  1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

    Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them.
    --Bentley.

  2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.

    All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
    --Clarendon.

    Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
    --Ayliffe.

  3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.

  4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Jungian

1933, "of or pertaining to the psychoanalytic school of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung" (1875-1961); for suffix, see -ian.

Huntingdon

Old English Huntandun (973) "Hill of the Huntsman" (or of a man called Hunta).

fief

also feoff, 1610s, from French fief (12c.) "a 'feud,' possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from Medieval Latin feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frankish *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is from Proto-Germanic *fehu-, making it cognate with Old English feoh "money, movable property, cattle" (see fee). Second element perhaps is similar to Old English ead "wealth" (see Edith).

kilometer

1810, from French kilomètre (1795); see kilo- + meter (n.2). Related: Kilometric.

polo

1872, Anglo-Indian polo, from Balti (Tibetan language of the Indus valley) polo "ball," related to Tibetan pulu "ball." An ancient game in south Asia, first played in England at Aldershot, 1871. Water polo is from 1876 (in early versions players sometimes paddled about on barrels or in canoes). Polo shirt (1892) originally was a kind worn by polo players.

inhibit

early 15c., "to forbid, prohibit," back-formation from inhibition or else from Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibere "to hold in, hold back, keep back" (see inhibition). Psychological sense (1876) is from earlier, softened meaning of "restrain, check, hinder" (1530s). Related: Inhibited; inhibiting.

Wiktionary
overcommitted

vb. (en-past of: overcommit)

basocytopenia

n. basopenia

douroucouli

n. A New World monkey of the genus (taxlink Aotus genus noshow=1), which is active at night and has no pinna of the outer ear.

tautomer

n. (context chemistry English) Any of the multiple forms of a tautomeric compound.

false truffles

n. (false truffle English)

megacryometeors

n. (plural of megacryometeor English)

sweep out

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to remove by sweeping or brushing. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) to remove someone outside of a place (where they are not wanted)

luminophore

n. (context chemistry physics English) That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.

out ball

alt. (context soccer English) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man. n. (context soccer English) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

pages out

vb. (en-third-person singularpage out)

jumpstyle

n. A European genre of frenetic electronic music accompanied by a jumping dance.

watches out

vb. (en-third-person singularwatch out)

vibrion

n. (cx biology archaic English) A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic.

electrohypersensitive

a. abnormally sensitive to the presence of electric fields or to electromagnetic radiation

bodyside

alt. The side of the body of a motor car n. The side of the body of a motor car

percurrent

a. (context botany English) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.

deverbal

  1. (label en grammar linguistics) Derived from a ver

  2. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian. n. (label en grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.

zarnec

n. (context mineralogy obsolete English) A native sulfide of arsenic, including sandarac and orpiment.

discards

n. (plural of discard English)

zaltoprofen

n. A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

cleistothecia

n. (plural of cleistothecium English)

hoopster

n. A basketball player.

fish cake

n. (alternative spelling of fishcake English)

hypoborate

n. (context inorganic chemistry English) The oxyanion of boron B2O44- or any salt containing this anion

fief

n. 1 An estate held of a superior on condition of military service. 2 Something over which one has rights or exercises control. 3 (qualifier: metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

kilometer

n. (standard spelling of kilometre from=American spelling English)

onuses

n. (plural of onus English)

news medias

n. (news media English)

desirableness

n. The quality of being desirable

userboxes

n. (plural of userbox English)

enthralling

  1. exciting v

  2. (present participle of enthrall English)

good news

n. 1 Something or someone pleasant, fortunate(,) or otherwise positive. 2 (senseid en the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)(context Christianity English) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels)

pyknodysostosis

n. (alternative form of pycnodysostosis English)

polo

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context uncountable English) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. 2 A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. 3 (context countable English) A polo shirt. Etymology 2

n. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the foot merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

oil of turpentine

n. turpentine

inhibit

vb. to hinder; to restrain

WordNet
douroucouli

n. nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur [syn: Aotus trivirgatus]

blunder out

v. utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder, ejaculate]

lifting device

n. a device for lifting heavy loads

vibrion

n. curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: vibrio]

ethanoyl radical

n. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group]

computer file name

n. (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file [syn: filename, file name, computer filename]

fly ash

n. fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted

plant structure

n. any part of a plant or fungus [syn: plant part]

fish cake

n. a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes [syn: fish ball]

fief

n. a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: feoff]

kilometer

n. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) [syn: kilometre, km, klick]

desirableness

  1. n. the quality of being worthy of desiring [syn: desirability] [ant: undesirability]

  2. attractiveness to the opposite sex [syn: sex appeal, desirability, oomph]

enthralling

adj. capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating]

enthral

  1. v. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight] [ant: disenchant]

  2. [also: enthralling, enthralled]

enthralling

See enthral

oil of turpentine

n. volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally [syn: turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps]

animal pigment

n. pigment occurring in animals

inhibit

  1. v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer, curb]

  2. limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

Usage examples of "inhibit".

It is certainly admissible evidence that when the twenty-first is blurred or damaged to any degree, brain function is inhibited.

A poor diet is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, arterial plaque, and high blood pressure, among other conditions, all of which inhibit blood flow to the penis and negatively impact erectile quality and desire.

In addition, increased levels of glucagon inhibit the secretion of insulin because these two hormones constantly regulate each other.

But the queen has not ordered me to inhibit bonds of affection between Tyrin and human women.

His critique after a show was usually kind and constructive: he was the first to point out that I often stood onstage with my knees hyperextended, which made me look tense and inhibited natural movement.

Its effect has been to inhibit certain electromagnetic and electrochemical processes, among which the functioning of certain types of neurones is prominent.

Then the rising orgasmic tide communicated itself to her and its power was such that only the fiercest determination preserved her consciousness and inhibited her from the emotional feedback that might have killed her love.

It takes little imagination to see that monopolistic patenting inhibits creation and productivity.

IU of mixed tocopherols or vitamin E because it inhibits the function of that statin by 40 percent.

Any substance that will inhibit the action of cholinesterase and put an end to the cycle of acetylcholine buildup and breakdown thus will not only put an end to the nerve impulse but will also put an end to the stimulation and contraction of muscles.

Michel at first, but then he remembered that the cortex inhibits the lower centers of the brain, so that low cortical arousal allows the more uninhibited behavior of the extravert, while high cortical arousal is inhibitory and leads to introversion.

But it appears, among other things, to inhibit the production and liberation of acetylcholine at the postganglionic parasympathetic terminals of the nervous system.

HIV, but this time by inhibiting the protease enzyme crucial to assembling the virus.

If union with such an Absolute is to be enjoyed, the will must be pulseless, the intellect atrophied, the whole soul inactive: otherwise the introduction of finite thoughts and desires inhibits the divine afflatus!

The presence of the seminarian inhibited Tessie, who no longer wandered upstairs for private swing sessions.