The grapefruit-sized, ovoid fruit has a rough surface, and each fruit is divided into many achenes, each achene surrounded by a fleshy perianth and growing on a fleshy receptacle.

The hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension ( featuring grapefruit-sized metal spheres containing nitrogen, acting as both springs and shock absorbers ) gained a very sophisticated electronic control system called Hydractive, which used sensors in the steering, brakes, suspension, throttle pedal and transmission to feed information on the car's speed, acceleration, and road conditions to on-board computers.

Of the myriad artifacts displayed within the museum, the most peculiar were a reconstructed panther skeleton, a collection of grapefruit-sized turquoise malachite eggs, fossilized elephant bird eggs, unexploded military mortar shells, an elephant skull with jaw-bone, dried elephant dung balls, a stuffed dingo, and various human skulls from the Ganges river.

Fitting him with glasses, however, only interfered with his hitting, as Waner now had to contend with a small spinning projectile rather than the fuzzy grapefruit-sized object he had been hitting before.

On impact, each shell was designed to shatter, and its grapefruit-sized probe was to punch through the soil and separate into two parts.

He had cancerous tumors removed surgically from his pancreas and lymph node at a Nashville hospital in July 2008, and a grapefruit-sized aortic aneurysm removed at a Nashville hospital in April 2010.

Archeologists at the Risby Warren V site in Lincolnshire have uncovered a row of eight triangular microliths that are equidistantly aligned along a dark stain indicating organic remains ( possibly the wood from an arrow shaft ).

When excess dye solution is washed away, the mordanted stain remains.

If the CD117 stain is negative and suspicion remains that the tumor is a GIST, the newer antibody DOG-1 ( Discovered On GIST-1 ) can be used.

In 2004, Albert Goodyear of the University of South Carolina announced that carbonized plant remains, found as a dark stain in the light soil at the lowest excavated level at the Topper Site, had been radiocarbon dated to approximately 50, 000 years ago, or approximately 37, 000 years before the Clovis people.

Other archaeologists also have challenged the radiocarbon dating of the carbonized remains at Topper, arguing that 1 ) the stain represented the result of a natural fire, and 2 ) 50, 000 years is the theoretical upper limit of effective radiocarbon dating.

The initial application of any paint or varnish is similarly absorbed into the substrate, but because stains contain lower amounts of binder, the binder from a stain resides mainly below the surface while the pigment remains near the top or at the surface.

These weapons are immediately hypothesized authoritatively by the character Dr. Clayton Forrester to neutralize mesons, " The atomic glue holding matter together ," causing the target to vaporize, usually leaving behind a black stain on the ground ( either the burned remains or a scorching of the terrain ), and appear to be deployed as a long range surface weapon as compared to the Heat-Ray which is used at closer range and against taller structures or aircraft.

Women actually began to appear unaccompanied in the stands, where they still occasionally ran the risk of coming home with a tobacco-juice stain on a clean skirt or a new curse word tingling their ears.

" Following the release of the Mitchell Report, Congressman Cliff Stearns called publicly for Selig to step down as commissioner, citing his " glacial response " to the " growing stain on baseball.

According to an anecdote preserved by Suetonius, Caesar did not deny that Catullus's lampoons left an indelible stain on his reputation, but when Catullus apologized, he invited the poet for dinner the very same day.

Mildred refuses and doesn't believe that Montag is really sick ( even when Montag vomits on the rug from the stench of kerosene -- which earlier was like a perfume to him -- Mildred is only concerned about whether or not the vomit stain will come out in the wash ).

For his share in this judicial murder a deep stain rests on the memory of Aarssens.

" J. Edgar Hoover's name on the FBI building is a stain on the building ", Reid said.

It is surrender … a stain on the history of our empire!

Repeated use leaves a permanent " cranberry-colored stain " on the user's lips.

However this finish provides no washability if you were to get a stain on the wall.

* Wood stain is a type of paint that is very " thin ," that is, low in viscosity, and formulated so that the pigment penetrates the surface rather than remaining in a film on the surface.

Six years later, however, Marvel decided to revive the original Jean Grey ; so as to absolve her from Dark Phoenix's atrocities, the story was retconned to make Jean Grey and Dark Phoenix two separate beings and reveal that the original Jean Grey had been lying unconscious in a cocoon while Dark Phoenix's nefarious deeds were committed, in no way responsible for them ; thus cleared of the moral stain, Jean Grey could go on to a further long and varied career.

Note that white matter can sometimes appear darker than grey matter on a microscope slide because of the type of stain used.

Original sin may be taken to mean: ( 1 ) a consequence of the first sin, the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from Adam, or ( 2 ) the sin that Adam committed.

Chemical sealants are often used on tiles to improve durability and appearance, increase stain resistance, reduce efflorescence, and increase or reduce surface smoothness.

If that is the position, the decision you have to reach, on all the evidence, is whether you are sure that it was the Defendant who left that stain or whether it is possible that it was one of that other small group of men who share the same DNA characteristics.

In the early-and mid-20th century, orange shellac was used as a one-product finish ( combination stain and varnish-like topcoat ) on decorative wood paneling used on walls and ceilings in homes, particularly in the US.

Because it is compatible with most other finishes, shellac is also used as a barrier or primer coat on wood to prevent the bleeding of resin or pigments into the final finish, or to prevent wood stain from blotching.

Broodcomb becomes dark over time, because of the cocoons embedded in the cells and the tracking of many feet, called travel stain by beekeepers when seen on frames of comb honey.

Long term use of chlorhexidine, a mouthwash may encourage extrinsic stain formation near the gingiva on teeth.

While impressive in its height, it is seasonal and often appears as only a water stain on the cliff.

After World War II, the camp was dismantled and removed in order to wipe away the stain left on Castleford's history.

** The prayers now focus on what has been received, that " we may receive with a pure mind ", " that no stain of sin may remain in me, whom these pure and holy sacraments have refreshed.

The defined dogma of the Immaculate Conception regards original sin only, saying that Mary was preserved from any stain ( in Latin, macula or labes, the second of these two synonymous words being the one used in the formal definition ).

The proclaimed Roman Catholic dogma states " that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.

On 4 September 1483, referring to the feast as that of " the Conception of Immaculate Mary ever Virgin ", he condemned both those who called it mortally sinful and heretical to hold that the " glorious and immaculate mother of God was conceived without the stain of original sin " and those who called it mortally sinful and heretical to hold that " the glorious Virgin Mary was conceived with original sin ", since, he said, " up to this time there has been no decision made by the Roman Church and the Apostolic See.

While both sexes carried the stain of original sin, for a girl, original sin suggested more than the roster of Puritan character flaws.

The Roman Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception holds that, when Mary herself was conceived, she came into existence without the " stain " ( Latin, macula ) of original sin.

The Roman Catholic doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception has been defined as follows: " The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.

Initial experiments on Caffenol were performed in 1995 at the Rochester Institute of Technology ; addition of ascorbic acid began around 2000, yielding the improved Caffenol-C, which is less likely to stain negatives than the original formulation.

The Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic dogma that asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was preserved by God from the stain of original sin at the time of her own conception.

The original artwork has been augmented for the album, where not only have the band and album names been conspicuously added to the back wall, but also the hook hanging on the left side of the structure was changed to a crucifix, and the stain in the middle of the structure has been altered to resemble a devil's head.

The doctrine of perpetual virginity is also distinct from the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, which relates to the conception of the Virgin Mary herself without any stain ( macula in Latin ) of original sin.

He also published an article criticizing Dimitrie Sturdza ; its title, O lichea ( roughly: " A Scoundrel "), was reluctantly accepted by Epoca, and only after Caragiale claimed that it reflected the original meaning of the word lichea (" stain "), explaining that it referred to Sturdza's unusual persistence in politics.

Some of the original statuary and stain glass windows have been recovered and re-installed.

In 1854, Pius IX made the infallible statement Ineffabilis Deus: " The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.

at Maxwell, 2004, 3 Their original letter ended with the sentence, " We urge you to find an appropriate way to repair this lapse before it becomes a permanent stain on the reputation of Foreign Affairs ".

The latest restoration left as much original wood as possible in place, distinguished by its stain where replacement was left an original color, and various carvings can be seen in the original wood.

In place of the usual record jacket, the original LP was packaged in a shallow corrugated cardboard carton, with a " stain " intentionally printed along the bottom.

Various features depicted on the surface in the first film include a large red stain not unlike the one created by Lilith in The End of Evangelion, a series of coffin-like objects-one of which is revealed to contain Kaworu Nagisa-and a large humanoid entity resembling Lilith's original depiction.

* Baptism is a sacrament or ceremony, involving the submersion or, more commonly, anointing of water which cleanses the stain of original sin.