One of these lacunæ, larger than the rest, is situated on the upper surface of the fossa navicularis; it is called the lacuna magna. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 4. The Male Urethra] Reference
Usually she found herself alone in a kind of lacuna, with people moving aside to pass her by at a safe distance. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
He's foppish, priapic and urbane, making the word 'lacuna' sound like a decadent holiday destination. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Yet, given this "lacuna," this amazing "gap" in his work, a deprivation much more serious than his want of "philosophy,". From Wordnik.com. [Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions] Reference
A historical missing piece, "lacuna" proves serviceable to Kingsolver in a novel about telling truth in a roiling political climate. From Wordnik.com. [Tucson Weekly] Reference
C, a bone cell, highly magnified, lying in lacuna. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Otto, who fills up the lacuna in the ms. as above. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
But this curious lacuna does not prove that he has missed. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31] Reference
The lacuna in the MS. was first noted, I believe, by Weiske. From Wordnik.com. [Agesilaus] Reference
It is easy to notice that there is a lacuna in that passage of. From Wordnik.com. [Satyricon] Reference
A further lacuna is that the Constitution does not provide for. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY PETER A C HENDRICKSE DURING POWERS AND PRIVILEGES DEBATE] Reference
Dörpfeld marks a lacuna between Έρμάς and όμού, as do. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Her exovision showed her the file opening into a storage lacuna. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
The juridical order of law (judge - made law) then has a lacuna or deficiency. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
First of all, there is a nice big lacuna (ph) there after the words "in three days.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference
Turgay treats a lacuna in the mosaic floor of the "central hall" of the Roman Baths. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - On Site Conservation Report 8] Reference
But that seems, oddly, a very small lacuna in the fascinating narrative of Ali's life. From Wordnik.com. [Hiding in Plain Sight] Reference
This lacuna was not resolved by Alexis-Claude Clairaut until two decades after Newton died. From Wordnik.com. [Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica] Reference
The triangular projection in front of the median lacuna is the body or cushion of the frog. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Then you get into this very interesting question which is a lacuna in the Geneva Convention. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of the Tape: The Transcript] Reference
"There is a big lacuna (gap) in the State's case," he pointed out to prosecutor Jan Ferreira. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I don't know if you've noticed, but Baltimore is something of a lacuna in the Post's coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Yeardley Love slaying: overplayed?] Reference
An incision is then made in each lateral lacuna of the frog, the two meeting at the frog's point. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
While this lacuna in Western scholarship was amended in the 1990s, notably with the publication of. From Wordnik.com. [The Kyoto School] Reference
But that lacuna in my knowledge made no practical difference to the results of the overall policy. From Wordnik.com. [Talking with Mao: An Exchange] Reference
“Outline of the Somali Language, with Vocabulary,” which supplied a great lacuna in the dialects of Eastern. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
This lacuna has been removed with a clear-cut definition paving the way for implementation of the ban from the scheduled date. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Ban would become Effective in Public Places on 2nd Oct '008] Reference
Porta himself thought of filling this serious scientific lacuna by publishing his work on refraction (De refrac - tione, 1593). From Wordnik.com. [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference
Fortunately, however, the envelopes have in almost every case been preserved; so the postmark, when legible, has filled the lacuna. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
But Mr. McGregor can be forgiven this lacuna because of the dangers inherent in making predictions for such a rapidly evolving economy. From Wordnik.com. [Cadre Capitalism] Reference
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