* Those species which have relatively large dry seeds have a dark, crust-like ( crustose ) outer layer containing the pigment phytomelan.

A persistent dry cough is a relatively common adverse effect believed to be associated with the increases in bradykinin levels produced by ACE inhibitors, although the role of bradykinin in producing these symptoms remains disputed by some authors.

The climate is monsoonal and has marked wet and dry seasons of relatively equal length.

The Cayman Islands have a tropical marine climate, with a wet season of warm, rainy summers ( May to October ) and a dry season of relatively cool winters ( November to April ).

The western valleys, along the Haitian border, remain relatively dry, with less than of annual precipitation, due to the rain shadow effect caused by the central and northern mountain ranges.

Unlike other rare earth elements, metallic gadolinium is relatively stable in dry air.

It is too reactive to be found uncombined in nature, but when isolated, is relatively stable in dry air at room temperature.

Holmium is a relatively soft and malleable element that is fairly corrosion-resistant and stable in dry air at standard temperature and pressure.

The major characteristic of the climate is the contrast between a relatively rainy season from November to April and very dry weather for the rest of the year.

Kagoshima has a humid subtropical climate, marked by cool, relatively dry winters, warm, wet springs, hot, wet summers and mild, wet falls.

In 1981, Kathleen Wheeler contrasts the Crewe Manuscript note with the Preface: " Contrasting this relatively factual, literal, and dry account of the circumstances surrounding the birth of the poem with the actual published preface, one illustrates what the latter is not: it is not a literal, dry, factual account of this sort, but a highly literary piece of composition, providing the verse with a certain mystique.

The combination of southeastern trade winds and northwestern monsoons produces a hot rainy season ( November — April ) with frequently destructive cyclones, and a relatively cooler dry season ( May — October ).

There is less emphasis on rice as an accompaniment as compared to many other regions in China, as local rice production in Beijing is limited by the relatively dry climate.

It prefers a hot, relatively dry climate, but will do well in other environments.

Summers are generally hot and dry, lasting from December to late March, with February generally being the hottest month of the year, while winters are relatively cool and wet, making Perth a classic example of a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ).

This suggests that azhdarchids were better adapted to walking on dry, relatively solid ground.

Iron metal is relatively unaffected by pure water or by dry oxygen.

The north has a continental climate ( cold winters and hot summers ); the central region has a combination of a continental and Mediterranean climate ; the southern region had an Adriatic climate along the coast, with inland regions experiencing hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland.

Because the high ridges of the Jabal an Nusayriyah catch most of the rains from the Mediterranean, the Al Ghab depression, located east of these mountains, is in a relatively arid zone with warm, dry winds and scanty rainfall.

# Control of evaporation: the skin provides a relatively dry and semi-impermeable barrier to fluid loss.

The weather is usually sunny and relatively dry, but suffers frequent hurricanes.

Turks and Caicos Islands features a relatively dry and sunny marine tropical climate climate with relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year.

the relatively wild conditions still found in tropical South America might be responsible.

Finally, even during climatic extremes, some parts of the continent always remain relatively exempt: for example, the tropical north stays fairly warm and wet in all climatic circumstances ; alpine valleys are less affected by drought, and so on.

Forests sometimes contain many tree species only within a small area ( as in tropical rain and temperate deciduous forests ), or relatively few species over large areas ( e. g., taiga and arid montane coniferous forests ).

The coastal region of Guinea and most of the inland have a tropical climate, with a rainy season lasting from April to November, relatively high and uniform temperatures, and high humidity.

However due to the relatively cooler waters off the coast of Nova Scotia, tropical storms are usually weak by the time they reach Nova Scotia.

Its most prominent climatic features are its two large polar regions, two relatively narrow temperate zones, and a wide equatorial tropical to subtropical region.

Even though ozone in the lower tropical stratosphere is produced at a very slow rate, the lifting circulation is so slow that ozone can build up to relatively high levels by the time it reaches.

Sextants for tropical use are often painted white to reflect sunlight and remain relatively cool.

Corals in the tropical Pacific Ocean suggest that relatively cool, dry conditions may have persisted early in the millennium, consistent with a La Niña-like configuration of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation patterns.

In temperate and tropical regions, they are fast-growing softwoods that will grow in relatively dense stands, their acidic decaying needles inhibiting the sprouting of competing hardwoods.

They have been reported from relatively open, dry tropical forest in Myanmar and Thailand.

In tropical areas it can grow more or less continuously, and may reach high into the canopy of shrubs and trees ; in temperate regions it is an annual plant and is restricted to relatively low vegetation that can be reached by new seedlings each spring.

As is common to cities with a tropical rainforest climate, average temperatures are relatively constant throughout the course of the year, with average highs temperatures of around and average low temperatures of.

Port Moresby has a tropical wet and dry climate with relatively constant temperatures throughout the year.

I am imagining this happening in the warmer parts of the world, in the tropical seas where Man could stand being in the water for relatively long periods, that is, several hours at a stretch.

Because they are descended from tropical plants and tend to require warm temperatures throughout a relatively long growing period, cantaloupes grown in temperate climates are frequently started indoors for 14 days or longer before being transplanted outdoors.

Hurricanes and tropical storms, tornadoes, and earthquakes are relatively rare.

In comparison to tropical cyclones, such systems have a relatively broad zone of maximum winds that is located farther from the center, and typically have a less symmetric wind field and distribution of convection.

Layers of thick white rock, formed during period of relatively warm seas, alternate with highly fragile layers containing sand and remains of mud, formed during colder periods, and with layers containing various corals, that were formed during warmer, tropical times.

Shrews are distributed almost worldwide: of the major tropical and temperate land masses, only New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand do not have native shrews at all ; in South America, shrews are relatively recent immigrants and are present only in the northern Andes.

In Africa ( exclusive of what would become the Union of South Africa in 1909 ) the amount of capital investment by Europeans was relatively small before and after the 1880s, and the companies involved in tropical African commerce exerted limited political influence.