Noun : Not one to spare the rod, I sent him to bed without dinner. From Dictionary.com.
They are rodlike bodies which can be seen only under the microscope. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
Nearby were a host of little rodlike squiggles just too small to see clearly. From Wordnik.com. [Badge of Infamy] Reference
The one on the left, tagged with an N, was exactly the same, red with those darker rodlike stains. From Wordnik.com. [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep] Reference
A score of rodlike arms projected from the main trunk, arms that were equipped for nearly every purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Cavern of the Shining Ones] Reference
I took up a different picture, a picture of a gigantic spirit, with the same rodlike head-dress, leaning over a sleeping man. From Wordnik.com. [Later Articles and Reviews] Reference
V2 cells respond preferentially to small spots of color and also to oscillating rodlike objects, i.e. stimuli that resemble snakes. From Wordnik.com. [Snakes in Primate Vision] Reference
The technician skidded a rodlike device, called a transducer, across my abdomen and pictures of my uterus were flashed onto the monitor. From Wordnik.com. [Mothering Twins] Reference
Looking at her, Barbara straightened her own slouch to a rodlike position that she felt fairly confident of being able to hold for at least thirty seconds. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
The stained structures, rodlike in the grass - hopper but often angled or V-shaped in the plant material, were found to cluster on the center of the spindle. From Wordnik.com. [GENETIC CONTINUITY] Reference
Then the lights dimmed, and she made out the rodlike projections as they touched the ground, digging into the earth, and supporting the gently settling object. From Wordnik.com. [Encounter Group]
SEM and XuM images of a rodlike particle of lunar soil. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Honing means running the edge of the knife along a rodlike device called a sharpening steel. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
More than 100 assorted shivs and shanks rodlike weapons often shaped from mop-bucket handles, as well as revolvers, have been seized. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
A high power of the microscope also reveals the bacteria in the shape of little rodlike bodies of homogeneous texture with their brilliant spores. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
In some animals a central rodlike filament extends forward for about two-thirds of the length of the head, while in others a rounded body is seen near its center. From Wordnik.com. [I. Embryology. 3. The Spermatozoön] Reference
Turning, the intruder raised a long rodlike apparatus right in Eva’s direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Search For WondLa] Reference
Kayla put the heavy silver rodlike case aside as if it didn’t matter, but her growing distress was written all over her face. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Beast IV]
Muthr rolled closer, extending a rodlike arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Search For WondLa] Reference
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