| 单词 | egg-shaped |
| 例句 | They were little and egg-shaped, not like the tomatoes they grew in the village, but she had seen ones like them in the Portuguese trader’s garden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to her were a cluster of egg-shaped ovals and smaller water monsters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z An egg-shaped clearing beneath high pines rounded out a bend in a running stream. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We ditched our bikes and started the trek to the big rocks at the edge of the tide, egg-shaped hunks of granite banging together underfoot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Valley pulled a jelly bean fish from her bag, put it in another egg-shaped pod, and tossed it to Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The crucial dispute between Cartesians and Newtonians was over the shape of the Earth: Newton predicted an oblate ellipsoid, or flattened, Earth, while the Cartesians had predicted a prolate ellipsoid, or egg-shaped, Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the morning, when he woke, big, egg-shaped pots of corn- and-bean mash would be on the fire, simmering with meat, vegetables, or dried fish to make a slow-cooked dinner stew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a six-chair barbershop, where civic leaders were mummified in hot towels; and bathtubs for rent; and elevator banks lit by translucent egg-shaped marble lamps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had a narrow, egg-shaped head that rose to a prominent point. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Epler was egg-shaped; narrow at the top and bottom, bulging in the middle. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to school there a full year, but all I remember hearing that I hadn’t heard before was, “Making thousands of egg-shaped oughts will improve penmanship.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It lives for five hundred triumphant years, and when it dies it constructs a sort of egg-shaped cocoon around itself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The egg-shaped rock didn't seem to be any nearer than it had been when Cal and I had looked at it from the shore. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The picture shows wall-to-wall shag carpet and low, streamlined sofas, egg-shaped chairs, and televisions that look like flying saucers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Checks were worked into an egg-shaped coat, the straight-line geometry further accentuated by the seaming. Special Report: Fashion: Skirting the Issue of Gender 2011-06-26T16:53:58Z Some of the blend spent some of that time in cement egg-shaped vessels and terra-cotta amphorae. This $14 Italian red is a gem that invites a pairing with a pot roast or pasta 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The result is a compendium of beautiful, innovative structures, including a floating egg-shaped residence and a number of tree houses built on stilts. A New Book Looks at Lightweight Homes 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Interviewing French friends and perusing a few popular French cooking magazines confirms that the classic Easter menu begins with asparagus, moves to the lamb course and ends with chocolates, typically egg-shaped. A Leg of Lamb for Any Special Occasion 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The active bidders for the Brancusi pushed the 1913 egg-shaped sculpture, “La muse endormie,” to a new high for the artist at auction. After Heavy Bidding, a Brancusi Head Sells for $57.4 Million at Christie’s 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Also in this gallery are egg-shaped six-to-eight-foot-tall papier-mâché boulders covered with fliers for missing people and missing pets, wads of chewing gum, graffiti and, in one case, a Jewish prayer shawl, all from 2006. Dan Colen Creates an Elegy for Dash Snow 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Ford Motor‘s “egg-shaped” Taurus in the mid-1980s led a shift away from boxy sedans to more sculpted family cars. Ford Is The New Design and Technology Leader 2011-09-13T01:15:43Z An egg-shaped Fendi coat is composed of thousands of tiny brightly colored mink mosaic tiles, like a pointillist painting; another, strafed by overlapping shades made of layers of scrunched-up tulle that only look like fur. The Met Walks a Fine Line on Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z In a sci-fi future where everything is ruthlessly, comically optimized by advanced tech, the Womb Center offers digitally monitored, egg-shaped pods that will carry one’s baby to term. ‘The Pod Generation’ Review: Motherhood, Optimized 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In addition to featuring a nationally prominent chef, Miguel Castro Silva, Largo is outfitted with magazine-worthy interior design: a soaring ceiling, long glowing alabaster bar, funky egg-shaped lamps. Choice Tables: Lisbon?s Culinary Golden Age? 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z His egg-shaped coats and suits, perhaps with a mini-cape, brought a new graphic focus. Special Report: Red Carpet Fading Away 2010-03-08T18:30:00Z The show started with striking egg-shaped outerwear, the rounded coats and knits bringing a whiff of Claude Montana in the 1980s. 2010-02-14T13:00:00Z These punctured, egg-shaped canvases are deemed by collectors the most desirable of the Italian conceptual artist’s works and this example sold to a telephone bidder, against a minimum estimate of $25 million. Mixed Night in ‘Strange’ Christie’s Contemporary and Postwar Sale 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Attendees fanned themselves anxiously with their egg-shaped invitations, as if they were members of an 18th-century court, which, let’s face it, this circuit kind of resembles. Collections from Vionnet, Carven and Aganovich 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z There is also a one-of-a-kind, egg-shaped art object riveted with precisely 47 diamonds and balanced on a rose gold pedestal marked with fissures — “like the earth when it dries and cracks,” Mr. Givenchy said. Jewelry Designed to Disarm 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z “Yes, this is the rocket-launching site, and my rocket is just here,” he says, gesturing matter-of-factly to an upright cylinder with an egg-shaped hole for breathing. The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Classrooms are arranged in an egg-shaped loop around a central hall. Birmingham's brilliant new schools – but could they be they last? 2013-01-22T19:00:01Z It’s an egg-shaped stone oval whose central opening disrupts meandering ribbons of natural pigment. In the galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes round 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z He exploded out of a ceramics background and onto the Los Angeles art scene with egg-shaped objects that he showed at the fabled Ferus Gallery in his debut solo exhibition in 1960. The Blobs Aren?t Talking 2010-03-03T23:54:00Z Several are formed around an egg-shaped void, as if born of an impossible vacuum. Douglas Tausik Ryder's curious wood sculptures at Jason Vass Gallery 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In his early drawings, Kiesler’s design is streamlined—an egg-shaped building, its interior and exterior blending across smooth, curved surfaces, often surrounded by ink strokes, creating a sense of circulation or constant flux. A MoMA Exhibition Explores the Concept of “House” 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Aliens have landed in giant egg-shaped pods around the world. It’s in the Script 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The consistent features include the egg-shaped head; the cap-like hair; the emphasis on details of clothing; and an unreadable expressive content. They Suffered for Their Cézanne Portraits 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z If egg-shaped candies are your goal, use a two-tablespoon scoop to portion, then with slightly damp hands, form them before chilling. This easy coconut-almond chocolate candy is your perfect Easter or Passover treat 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It stretches up, the height of two men, a hollowed concave rectangle topped by a large egg-shaped nugget tilted toward the Mediterranean. In Spain, Mir??s Majorca 2011-07-15T18:55:00Z Calcite, which ranges from a milky, sunny hue to a deep root-beer brown, crystallizes within egg-shaped limestone deposits on the south shore near Poipu. Journeys: Finding Hawaiiana To Take Home, on Kauai 2010-06-11T18:32:00Z Commissioned by the crystal giant Swarovski, Wang’s latest design reveals an egg-shaped volume encasing an intricate structure composed of 60 crystal spikes and 300 crystal chatons, which together create a kaleidoscopic effect when lit. Joyce Wang’s Swarovski Oculus Chandelier Debuts in Hong Kong 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Some models are smallish and egg-shaped, with a footprint similar to that of a coffee maker. Does the Air Fryer Deliver on Its Golden Promise? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Rather, the form is slightly egg-shaped across its body. LACMA's lovely show on Korea in a time of transformation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z From the short, egg-shaped skirted dress familiar for many seasons to shoes that mirrored Balenciaga footwear, their show was probably more commercially savvy — but had lost its magic. A Multicolor Revolution 2012-09-12T16:37:47Z Controversial singer-songwriter Lady Gaga almost stole the show at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, performing from an egg-shaped cocoon. VIDEO: Stars on song at Grammy Awards 2011-02-14T14:27:29Z The rest of the fountain is dotted with objects suggestive of body parts: a lumpy pink spine, a pale chunk of hairy leg, muddy egg-shaped masses. Joel Kyack's kinetic sculptures: The cycles of life in water bottles, buckets and a record player 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Opened in 2010 in a thicket of live oaks, the museum encompasses brick-and-steel pavilions, twisted egg-shaped pods, and examples of 19th-century vernacular architecture, with galleries on African American art, ceramics, and Gulf Coast history. The 16 Best Small-Town Museums in the U.S. 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Sundar pointed to a tailorbird stitching its delicate, egg-shaped basket of a nest. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z The creature artist first considered a very conventional look but also tried out beings that were more like stone creatures; ones composed of stacks of paper; and egg-shaped critters ambling around on spider legs. The aliens in ‘Arrival’ are stunning. How do they compare to other film creatures? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Malis depicts these round or partly egg-shaped color spaces from assorted angles, indicated in subtitles such as “front view” and “isometric north east view.” Review | In the galleries: Even when extravagance is the theme, less can be more 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z In “crowning,” the egg-shaped top of a small skull emerges from a nest of deep purple fur that fills an excavation in a multilobed slice of a big log. Art in Review: LORNA WILLIAMS: ?brown baby? 2011-09-08T21:45:27Z Some high-end manufacturers, trying to move away from what Mims describes as the “infomercial kitsch” of the egg-shaped devices, are starting to call the machines “air fryer ovens” and “air fryer toasters.” Will You Succumb to the Air Fryer this Holiday Season? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The pastry chef, Stephanie Prida, stacks three egg-shaped scoops not in a sundae cup but one on top of another, like an abstract sculpture. The Ice Cream Sundae Must Be Stopped 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The subterranean space is shrouded in white muslin, and accessories such as egg-shaped doorstops are housed in what might best be described as glass-walled refrigerators. Weird, cutting edge fashion — at home in Washington At Ars Nova’s Greenwich House theater, 100 audience members sat tightly packed among six instrumentalists and 12 singers in a small, steep, egg-shaped bowl designed by Kristen Robinson to experience a 90-minute earthquake. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Experienced actors, however, they promptly assembled behind our squad leader — Germaine Franco, a 6-foot-something man made taller by his egg-shaped helmet — for a dry run of the march. What It’s Like to Perform at the Met With No Opera Experience 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z His fans relish his surreal, inventive images of the afterlife, but particularly his vivid visions of hell: sinners straddling giant knife-blades, egg-shaped machines churning miscreants into their bellies, cruel hybrid frog-devils and dog-faced lizard birds. From Hell to Heaven in the Hometown of Bosch 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z His semipalmated plover, for example, perches on an egg-shaped rock, and, in pursuit of a tiny snail, tilts forward at a rakish angle. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She said the insects emerged from a brown egg-shaped case that was located underneath the tree's branches. More than 100 praying mantises hatch on Christmas tree in Virginia home, woman says 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z At Preen, the English design duo also showed egg-shaped coats that are a growing trend. 2010-02-14T13:00:00Z This year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, by the Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, was an egg-shaped structure that looked a bit like a spaceship in photographs but in person revealed itself as downright prehistoric. The future is in the past: Architecture trends in 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z With pieces like chain tapestries fashioned into globes and egg-shaped sculptures built with nails that reveal a Yugoslav-era cynicism, it serves to remind visitors of the sunny Adriatic’s dark past. Heads Up: New Design on Croatia?s Coast 2011-10-21T18:50:00Z In spite of the geometry that produced fine egg-shaped coats cut on the curve as well as the slim, straight pants, there was an echo from the 1980s and the era of Claude Montana. Special Report: Celine's Chic Severity 2010-03-07T18:39:00Z Each fantastical creation was made by pouring resin — a favorite material of the designer’s — over an egg-shaped wooden mold held upside down and then righting the mold as the viscous material began to harden. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard It’s Full Steam Ahead 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In her blue one-piece bathing suit, from behind she looked a little egg-shaped. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z He released the flimsy padlock and pushed open the doors, revealing two grand staircases that curve to fuse into a magnificent egg-shaped atrium. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s next to a more urgent world vision: an egg-shaped papier-mache globe covered in newsy images, including photos of masked people. Review | In the galleries: Where nature and technology’s detritus collide 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The egg-shaped cuddly toy is expected to fetch between £800 and £1,200 when he goes under the hammer at Bonhams in Oxford next week. TV's Humpty goes under hammer 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z In some countries, like Georgia, winemakers never stopped making natural wine; they still ferment grapes in the egg-shaped clay pots they’ve used for thousands of years. The ancient ways of natural wine is finding new fans 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Since the moon's orbit around the Earth is egg-shaped, sometimes during the month-long lunar cycle the moon is at its shortest distance from Earth; other times it's farthest away. What is a supermoon? 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z A zookeeper who saw them trying to incubate an egg-shaped rock gave them an egg from a different penguin pair with two eggs. Pushing back on limits elsewhere, Vermont’s lieutenant governor goes on banned books tour 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Since Rachel and Alvy only ever feel like constructs, not characters, it’s predictable that their attitudes would reverse once their zygote is encased in egg-shaped plastic. Review: On the future of childbirth, 'The Pod Generation' plays it as safe as a helicopter parent 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Diagrids have been used in other tall buildings, including the 46-story Hearst Tower in New York City, the iconic 40-story ovular Gherkin skyscraper in London and a section of the egg-shaped London City Hall. Space shuttle Endeavour preps for move to vertical landing in new museum 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Electron micrograph C shows egg-shaped Chlamydomonas cells attached to thin stalks. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, a pilot in an EV97 light aircraft reported an object that "could have been a balloon or an egg-shaped drone" while flying over Enfield, north London, on 17 December. Stansted Airport: Balloon near miss recorded by Boeing 737 pilot 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Hasberry said she was told there was a concern about demonstrators being trapped in the two egg-shaped grassy areas just east of the Capitol. How the Capitol Police enabled the Jan. 6 attack: A story no one wants to touch 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z I am just a kid from Peckham chucking around an egg-shaped ball - well actually, mostly grabbing on to it and running into other people. ‘Why our World Cup final is about more than rugby’ 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z As the spacecraft zoomed nearer and nearer, it discovered that the asteroid is egg-shaped. Fresh Images Reveal Fireworks from DART’s Asteroid Impact 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Photo D shows red magnolia seeds clustered in an egg-shaped pink sac scattered with small, brown spikes. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he’s realizing that his pursuits don’t deliver the validation he craves, that there’s little joy in chasing “the same quintet of egg-shaped men in baggy T-shirts.” Review: Andrew Holleran should be a giant of queer literature. His new novel on aging proves it 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The egg-shaped oval, with sweeping third and fourth turns, reminds some drivers of Phoenix or New Hampshire. New track, new test: NASCAR’s top series heads to St. Louis 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z This version of the ubiquitous, egg-shaped virtual pet is essentially identical to what any child of the '90s will remember. The Verge’s 2022 Spring Gift Guide 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Using an egg-shaped sponge, she dabbed color on Sierra’s forehead and along the high planes of her cheekbones, bringing the life back to her face. Seeing Sierra one last time 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Symmetrically arranged near the outside of the stem are egg-shaped vascular bundles; the narrow end of the egg points inward. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The steel was processed in huge, egg-shaped metal pots, which could be tilted to pour out melted steel. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun-flooded dining room, adjacent to the living room, features one of her brass Glow chandeliers, designed for the lighting company Kaia, whose egg-shaped glass globes are topped with molded papier-mâché cases. A Classic Parisian Apartment Filled With Modern Design 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Poking around in the peat, he picked up a six-inch-tall bronze figurine with an egg-shaped head, looped arms, knobby breasts and a nose that would make an anteater envious. A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z He has sat inside a pressurized, egg-shaped pod during major tournaments, believing it would improve circulation, boost his red-blood cell production and rid his muscles of lactic acid. Novak Djokovic and Fellow Star Vaccine Skeptics Are Increasingly Scorned 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Both are egg-shaped with a cone at the back end. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The two asteroids, called a binary system, orbit the sun every two years along an egg-shaped path that stretches out near Mars and back around near Earth. NASA Launches New Mission: Crash Into Asteroid, Defend Planet Earth 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Creed won on this tricky, egg-shaped layout in May by moving in front at a late restart. Defending Truck Series champ Creed sweeps Darlington 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The dusky purple, egg-shaped fruits grow abundantly on backyard trees throughout the city. Italian plums took over Seattle, and everyone agrees (loudly) you must use them for a Marian Burros Plum Torte 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The former was an egg-shaped single-pilot eVTOL demonstrator, while the latter can carry four passengers and has a range of 60 miles. Luminar’s LIDAR will take flight in new partnership with Airbus 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The air space is surrounded by large oval and egg-shaped cells. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the investors who shied away from the Aptera’s first incarnation, saying “who is going to buy your weird egg-shaped creation?” It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars “Elongated” seats look egg-shaped, while the shorter “round-front” seats are more of a circle. 3 features to consider when replacing a toilet seat 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The egg-shaped silhouette is the nucleus, or control center, which encases DNA. A Stunning 3-D Journey Inside a Cancer Cell 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z This egg-shaped aggregation of stars is so outsize that it defies conventional models of its origins. Giant Galaxies from the Universe’s Childhood Challenge Cosmic Origin Stories 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Illustration depicts the embryo sac of an angiosperm, which is egg-shaped. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The S-Pod is an egg-shaped motorized wheelchair of sorts powered by the same gyroscopic self-balancing technology you see in Segway’s traditional and iconic two-wheeled scooters. The best tech of CES 2020: Where are they now? 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Robotic catheters navigated narrow blood vessels and egg-shaped capsules delivered drugs into living rabbit stomachs. Magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into minirobots 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Known for its chocolate malts and beefy Domeburgers, that egg-shaped building holds a special place in a lot of people’s hearts. Jackson drive-in restaurant being renovated to 1939 look 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Rhodes, like many in the field, hadn’t raced over Darlington’s tricky, egg-shaped layout before. Rhodes holds on in overtime for first Trucks win since 2018 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The clinic's logo, printed in oversized block letters behind the reception desk, is its name with a pink tadpole-like sperm swimming into the egg-shaped letter "O." Facing high costs at home, Americans seek fertility help abroad 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Heightening the stakes is the fact that NASCAR’s return comes on one of its trickier tracks, 1.366-mile Darlington, which stands as an egg-shaped anachronism in a sport that has sought desperately to modernize its venues. Ryan Newman, a ‘walking miracle,’ will be in field for NASCAR’s return at Darlington 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z One result of this strangeness, now determined after 27 years of high-precision observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile is that the star’s egg-shaped orbit does not stay fixed in space. Dancing With a Black Hole 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z In egg-shaped ball news, the Premiership Rugby cup final between Sale Sharks and Harlequins has been given the green light to go ahead on Sunday. Premier League and British football shuts down until April due to coronavirus – live 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z At other properties they seized homemade egg-shaped hand-grenades, axes, crossbows, spiked maces, and several knives. Germany's Muslims call for protection after 'far-right terror plot' arrests 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Put booties over your shoes, squeeze through the air-inflated pillars and enter another world: a white, egg-shaped room covered from floor to ceiling with black drawings. Step into Oscar Oiwa's latest trippy dream world, an escape from a 'culture of chaos' 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z And just today, the company announced that it will also debut the S-Pod, an egg-shaped self-balancing wheelchair at next week’s show. Segway-Ninebot unveils an electric kick scooter with cruise control 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Blender sponges – egg-shaped sponges used primarily to apply and smooth foundation – were the more egregious offenders, containing the highest levels of possibly harmful bacteria. In-use makeup products, namely blending sponges, crawling with infectious bacteria: study 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Exoplanet HR 5183 b, a gas giant three times the mass of Jupiter, swivels around its parent star in a far-flung, egg-shaped path that oscillates from being near and then far from its sun. A bizarre exoplanet is making astronomers rethink how solar systems form 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The egg-shaped skull belonged to someone from East Asia. Deformed Skulls Mark a Historic Migration Into Europe 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In the master suite, there’s dressing room/walk-in closet and an egg-shaped soaking tub. Hitmaker Stephan Moccio sells cool contemporary in Pacific Palisades for $8.5 million 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The burial mound also contained other remains, including the skeleton of a young man with an artificially deformed, egg-shaped skull that was likely "molded" in some way during infancy. 2,000-year-old remains of nomadic 'royal' unearthed by Russian farmer includes 'laughing man,' haul of jewels and weapons 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Futuristic egg-shaped closed containment farms at sea or tanks on land avoid the risks of genetic dilution and pollution and contain the threat of sea lice infestation. Huge plans to expand Iceland's fish farms risk decimating wild fish populations 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The Louisiana wildlife biologists swap the egg-shaped data loggers for one of the two eggs that many cranes lay. These ‘eggs’ are spying on whooping cranes to boost survival 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z A crowd of about 40 milled about the dimly lit minimalist space, all egg-shaped chairs, fluffy rugs, shelved records and elegant plants. Awards for the Academy Awards: We watched the 2019 Oscars from all over Seattle and dished out awards of our own 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But while the songs find the star battling emotional and personal demons, the stage show puts her in alien landscapes, floating egg-shaped escape pods and a series of increasingly uncomfortable-looking unitards. Gaga in Vegas: 'Bizarre and beautiful' 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z With the lights dimmed, a facilitator passed an illuminated egg-shaped light around the circle. Immigrants find support through Santa Fe program 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Served piping hot, the waffles feature a puffy egg-shaped exterior that you can break off for fun-size bites. Review | Asian desserts are all over Instagram. Here’s where to try the most stunning ones around D.C. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Also going on the block are the egg-shaped spaceship from “Mork & Mindy,” a bag of Walter White-concocted fake drugs from “Breaking Bad” and a stalking costume worn by the title serial killer in “Dexter.” ‘Batman,’ ‘Star Trek’ TV collectibles to be auctioned 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z From my vantage point behind him, the crown of his head was so perfectly egg-shaped I imagined myself tapping it with a spoon. Gary Keith and Ron, the Magi of Mets Nation 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Over the next seven years, the Parker Solar Probe will embark on a series of 24 egg-shaped orbits around the sun, repeatedly swinging past Venus to reorient itself. This NASA spacecraft is about to probe one of Earth’s scariest threats — the sun 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The $30,000 egg-shaped Revolution Float Orb is the most popular residential option, he notes. Luxury Homeowners Retreat With Sensory-Deprivation Tanks 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The third floor offers egg-shaped “moon chairs” and a space for yoga classes, and on the fourth floor there are desks with chairs that fully recline for those who want to work and rest. Napping in a New York Minute 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Selections will include oysters, roasted lamb, and chocolate-centric desserts along with a chocolate fountain and egg-shaped chocolate candies for the kids. Our 2018 Easter dining guide: brunch buffets, mimosas and plenty of eggs 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The first video captures multiple pilots observing and discussing a strange, hovering, egg-shaped craft, apparently one of a “fleet” of such objects, according to cockpit audio. Perspective | The military keeps encountering UFOs. Why doesn’t the Pentagon care? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z At first glance, it’s not much to look at: an egg-shaped cabin perched on landing skids with eight rotors and wings that tilt up or forward for vertical or horizontal flight. Airbus’ ‘flying taxi’ isn’t much to look at, but it’s a major step toward electric flight 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Aside from being located next to Newtown Creek, a federal Superfund toxic waste site, the plant's claim to fame is eight stainless-steel-clad, egg-shaped sludge digesters, which only a few other cities, including Los Angeles, have. Love stinks (in a good way), and other lessons of the Valentine's Day sewage tour 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z An egg-shaped pod about twice the size of a bathtub dominates the space. Perspective | Can flotation therapy de-stress D.C.’s compulsive elites? 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z A cartoon explainer flickered on the video screen before kick-off, informing spectators that the ball is egg-shaped and that the sport is replete with British jargon. Houston? No problem – SaberCats bullish about latest US pro venture 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z A co-author of the new study, Fornaciari also led the early investigations of the mummy in the 1980s that detected microscopic egg-shaped particles in the rash that looked like smallpox. This 450-year-old mummy contains the oldest evidence of hepatitis B 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Poultry preceded the two-level emporium, but visitors nostalgic for the former poultry plant can grab a curry chicken sandwich at Provisions Market Hall or a ring with an egg-shaped opal at Newtwist. You’re going where? Eugene, Ore. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z An orange, egg-shaped harvest moon sinks toward the distant lights of Concrete in the valley. Pair of intrepid musicians climb Cascades summits to play 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z While watching a tiny planet eclipse a very distant star, astronomers made an unexpected discovery: The egg-shaped world hosts a 43-mile-wide ring of particles and debris. First Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z That’s why, when the crates of dusky, egg-shaped Italian plums appear at my local market and my father plucks the last Santa Rosas from his backyard trees, I hoard them greedily. The Best French Toast Begins With Homemade Jam 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The Houston Chronicle reports the egg-shaped patroller spun slowly on its wheels, scanning for a way to skirt its human counterpart without barging past. Robot adds to security in Houston’s posh River Oaks District 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The bizarro egg-shaped robot’s premature demise is not thought to be suspicious. Robot cop found face down in office-block fountain 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z This 40-year-old Brazil-based furniture designer, who shows designs like his egg-shaped tables everywhere from Singapore to Milan, tried going by the nickname “Leo” to distance himself from the 42-year-old leading man. Meet the Man Who Is Also Named Leonardo Di Caprio 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It also released a slickly produced concept video that shows what it would be like to ride in one of the company’s speedy, egg-shaped vessels. Watch these futuristic water taxis crisscross the Seine River in Paris 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Each room contains an egg-shaped robot, or personal assistant, called Tapia, that uses artificial intelligence to recognize people's faces and respond to their voice commands. Desperately short of labor, mid-sized Japanese firms plan to buy robots 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z At Polonia Bookstore, shoppers can find Polish newspapers and books, along with plastic, egg-shaped squirt guns for today’s water fight. New York Today: Easter Monday in Little Poland 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The Cornish Bakery: last, and quite possibly least, is their Easter egg-shaped pasty, which founder Steve Grocutt says is for customers who “can’t bear to replace their daily pasty with chocolate this Easter”. FAKE NEWS!! The best and worst April Fools' Day stories 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z From egg-shaped concert halls to skyscrapers reminiscent of big pairs of pants, China’s top cities are famously full of curious monuments to architectural ambition. Put us on the map, please: China's smaller cities go wild for starchitecture 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The moon's distance from Earth varies because it is in an egg-shaped, not circular, orbit around the planet. Night delight: 'supermoon' to grace Earth's skies 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Because the moon’s orbit around Earth is egg-shaped, there are times during its cycle when it is closer or farther from us. How to See the Biggest Supermoon in 68 Years 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “Think” was shown in an elevated, egg-shaped theater called, with a certain 1960s breathlessness, the “Information Machine.” A Lost Snippet of Film History, Found in a Home Movie Shot in 1964 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The moon follows an egg-shaped orbit around Earth, and the distance between the two objects varies over time. ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse This Week: How to See It 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Terminator-like robots with rigid parts could injure someone — even an egg-shaped mall security-bot in Palo Alto reportedly injured a little boy it ran down. This adorable robot octopus is powered by farts 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Standing 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, the 300-pound, egg-shaped bot looks more like R2-D2 of Star Wars, but with cameras, security sensors and flashing lights. Bad Robocop? Crime-fighting robot hits, rolls over child at Silicon Valley mall 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z During a 20-month study, Juno is expected to circle the gas giant in 37 egg-shaped orbits to measure microwaves radiating from inside the planet's thick atmosphere, map its massive magnetic field and conduct other experiments. NASA space probe to lift the veil on Jupiter 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z It might or might not surprise you to learn that Alex Jones, the screechy egg-shaped weirdo in the video, is, perhaps, the most popular media spokesman for Donald Trump. The conspiracy candidate: Donald Trump continues to support Alex Jones insane smears of Obama 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z At the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto, California, there is a new sheriff in town – and it’s an egg-shaped robot. RoboCop is real – and could be patrolling a mall near you 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The employee communications platform uses video-based financial guides with retro, egg-shaped animated characters. How Companies Invest in Financial Wellness 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The Ecocapsule, designed by a Slovakian architectural studio, is an egg-shaped abode for a single person or a snug residence for a small family. Slovakian architects’ pod makes tiny houses seem enormous 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The first step will be to design an egg-shaped urn, they said. Mushroom Suits, Biodegradable Urns and Death’s Green Frontier 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z But in the virtual room I could see a glass-walled room with two giant egg-shaped sculptures outside, and a woman crawling on all-fours in front of me. SXSW panel explores virtual reality porn: 'more eye contact and dirty talk' 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Pitchoun! will be open with its regular offerings, along with a special breakfast sandwich made with scrambled eggs and bacon, lettuce and tomato on egg-shaped bread. Where to go for Easter brunch in and around Los Angeles 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A ten-Earth-mass planet on an egg-shaped orbit easily explained mysterious features of Sedna’s and Biden’s orbits, as well as the paths taken by other extreme Kuiper Belt worlds. Scientists Find Evidence for Ninth Planet in Solar System 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Midway through the month, he used the emerging theory to calculate a puzzling anomaly in the motion of Mercury; its egg-shaped orbit changes by 43 seconds of arc per century. A Century Ago, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Changed Everything 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The designs may draw people who are curious, and even imaginative, about their deaths, but not everyone is ready to embrace death suits, tree-growing urns or egg-shaped pods. Mushroom Suits, Biodegradable Urns and Death’s Green Frontier 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z A shroud of gas forms around Pluto when its elongated, egg-shaped orbit takes it closest to the Sun. It's Official: Pluto Is Even Weirder Than We Thought 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z An egg-shaped computer that fit in the palm of her hand, the Tamagotchi had a tiny screen to express what it needed and wanted. Barbie Wants to Get to Know Your Child 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z At that time, planet Pluto was nearing the point in its egg-shaped orbit where it was closest to the sun. Scientists in Flying Telescope Race to Intercept Pluto’s Shadow 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The egg-shaped tub looks as if it should be displayed in a gallery. Living is fine art in this Georgetown penthouse 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z For a mere three dollars and 95 cents, a consumer could buy ... a rock — a plain, ordinary, egg-shaped rock of the kind one could dig up in almost any backyard. Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z But many in the Midwest and South still shun the egg-shaped hybrid. Honda Accord beats Toyota Prius as top seller in California 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Wanting an egg-shaped component within a 3-D playing card, he printed the two on the college’s 3-D printer. Missouri professors using 3D printers for art 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z That’s a problem because myopia – characterized by eyeballs that are more egg-shaped than spherical – is linked with a higher risk for various eye diseases such as retinal detachment, glaucoma and cataracts. Is Nearsightedness an Epidemic? 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The image shows a huge egg-shaped tub planted before a 10-foot-square window, 90 or more stories up. Bathrooms With Full Frontal Views 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z It was Pluto’s similarity to Kuiper Belt objects, including an egg-shaped orbit that sometimes took it inside Neptune’s orbit, that helped seal its demise as a planet. Bound for Pluto, Carrying Memories of Triton 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The freestanding, egg-shaped tubs in the master baths were made in England. K. Hovnanian Homes at Willowsford in Loudoun County are unlike anything else At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point. Revisiting the Moon 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z SkyTran uses magnetic levitation technology to transport lightweight, egg-shaped cars hovering underneath a rail constructed above city streets. Jetsons’ era: Levitating pods are on course for mass-transportation systems 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Another star, an old friend known as 16 Cygni B came up with a saw-toothed pattern of motion, the signature of an egg-shaped orbit. | Geoffrey W. Marcy: Finder of New Worlds 2014-05-12T21:37:37Z The speakers are housed in an ovoid or egg-shaped casing that is the signature of the entire Eclipse speaker range. Eclipse TD-M1... Possibly The World's Most Exclusive Computer Speakers 2014-03-21T13:15:00Z At one end of the room is a porter’s chair, its egg-shaped back upholstered in leather. Restaurant Review: Rôtisserie Georgette on the Upper East Side 2014-03-18T20:58:52Z A thick, brownish liquid formed an egg-shaped stain, dripping off the end of the cloth. City Room: A Spilled Cup on the No. 1 Train 2014-01-24T13:30:04Z There were kettle bells and roller pads and something called a Bod Pod, a white, egg-shaped contraption that measures body fat. Stanford’s Distinct Training Regimen Redefines Strength 2013-12-31T03:14:02Z Ketterly uses a giant, egg-shaped machine called a BOD POD to measure how much of a player’s body is fat. Merging heavy and healthy: The football player diet 2013-10-31T14:45:07.383Z The flagsticks on each green are topped not with flags but with egg-shaped wicker baskets. U.S. Open: Mickelson takes the lead 2013-06-13T20:17:00Z Its bright white walls are lined with cameras and screens, egg-shaped experience pods and glowing motion-capture units. The future of virtual reality: want to conquer vertigo or have a go at surgery? 2013-05-24T15:58:43Z Highlights include the plant’s giant egg-shaped digesters, which break down noxious waste into harmless sludge and gas. NYC Valentine’s Day sewage tour back by popular demand 2013-02-11T22:38:00Z Dizzy Returns: original creators, the Oliver Twins, are egg-cited to be reviving the brand once more Dizzy, the unlikely egg-shaped eighties gaming hero, is set to return thanks to crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Dizzy Returns: retro games hero gets Kickstarter campaign 2012-11-23T10:18:00Z The commander ascended to the main-deck, followed by a seaman who carried in his hand a great egg-shaped thing, from the top of which protruded the head of a fuse. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Between the met� were columns supporting the ova, egg-shaped balls, and Delphin�, or dolphins, each seven in number, one of which was put up for each circuit made in the race. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z They were a nervous, restless people and their egg-shaped heads, set on the ends of long thin necks, seemed so grotesque to the strangers that they could scarcely forbear laughing at them. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z He then sat down and bade me do likewise, whereupon we were served with cigarettes and Turkish coffee, the latter in egg-shaped cups resting in jewel-studded holders. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Near Lemisso, in the Island of Cyprus, is still to be seen a gigantic egg-shaped vase, which is supposed to represent the Mundane or Orphic Egg. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z In the midst of the vast machinery, now idle and seemingly inert, but still droning from the effect of compressed, wasted steam, upon the black, oily floor, lay the egg-shaped German bomb. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The leaflets are egg-shaped, and the whole plant is covered with loose, soft hair. Our Flowering Shrubs and how to know them 2012-02-18T03:00:16.030Z Finally she entered the King's own sleeping chamber and found the Boolooroo in bed and asleep, with a funny nightcap tied over his egg-shaped head. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z The romantic idyll culminates in a walk though the plant’s egg-shaped digesters, which break down waste into harmless sludge and gas. Green Blog: On Our Radar: Trump Assails Wind Farm 2012-02-10T18:55:53Z I would quote the existence of those egg-shaped basaltic stones, embossed with various devices and covered with cuneatic inscriptions, which are brought from some of the ancient cities of Mesopotamia. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z It is an egg-shaped fruit, with a thick rind and luscious pulp. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Distinguished by the egg-shaped leaves and three-parted spines at the axils of the leaves. Our Flowering Shrubs and how to know them 2012-02-18T03:00:16.030Z The egg-shaped pipe referred to is made with a flat base and a self-centering joint, thus insuring perfect alignment, and a smoother interior surface than can be obtained with fire-clay pipes. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Captain Morgan took the crude map into his hands and pointed to an egg-shaped peninsula reaching out into the St. Lawrence between the mouths of two rivers. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Lady Gaga came out in a luminescent egg-shaped chariot for a long set at the Robin Hood Foundation gala -- after Kid Rock had performed a new song in tribute to American veterans. Scene 2011: Dimon, Mack, Krawcheck, Paulson, Paltrow, Bundchen 2011-12-28T07:34:08Z It is described as being an egg-shaped stone, indented on one side, and weighing, in its uncut state, 367 carats. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z In autumn the egg-shaped and dull-red coloured fruits are a noticeable feature. Our Flowering Shrubs and how to know them 2012-02-18T03:00:16.030Z Brooklyn has about 450 miles of concrete pipe sewers, of all sizes less than 24 in., the greater part of which is egg-shaped. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z However, if you keep on across the river, straight to the north, you’ll come to the egg-shaped peninsula. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z A Bod Pod test simply requires you to sit still for a minute in a large egg-shaped devise while the test is administered. There are more gift options than late-night products 2011-12-05T15:52:03Z The glittering mass was a huge egg-shaped ball of quartz, of a semi-transparent, milky hue, flashing and gleaming in the radiant sunshine, with the glorious prismatic colours that flash from the unlucky opal. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z A plant recognised by the long, egg-shaped and sharply-pointed leaves, leathery in touching, and of a very dark green colour. Our Flowering Shrubs and how to know them 2012-02-18T03:00:16.030Z In this relievo we have the same head, with the egg-shaped three-horned head-dress, exactly like that of the bull; but the ear is human, and not that of a lion. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The needed repairs were soon accomplished, and when night fell the motor boat lay under a roof of leaves in a deep cove on one of the rivers behind the egg-shaped peninsula. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Season with salt and paprika, and make into egg-shaped balls. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z The winter buds are large, round or broadly egg-shaped and covered with a downy growth. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z At first this swollen body is egg-shaped, the top half being largest and broadest, and the fruit is then called a 'button-mushroom' b4. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z Oblong-ovate, that it is fullest in the middle; and like Ovate, which means egg-shaped, that it tapers to both ends; fig. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z To the south, between the rivers and at no great distance from the egg-shaped peninsula, ran a long, rocky ridge. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Apropos of Sherwood's at Jamestown, few of us, if any, know that his mansion possessed openings with ovolo bricks—bricks rubbed and cut in an egg-shaped ornamental moulding. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The winter buds are ½ inch long, egg-shaped, polished, and light brown. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The Troy coach was preceded by a heavy coach built at Cumberland, and carrying sixteen persons, and a lighter egg-shaped vehicle made at Trenton; and it was succeeded by the famous Concord coach. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Sometimes the great luminary was drawn out into an egg-shaped elongation with horizontal lines of color drawn through it. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z From the moment we left the deck of the Sybil, across the river from the egg-shaped peninsula near St. Luce, we have been It. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The first glimpse revealed an egg-shaped object, of a brownish tint, stretching itself upon a stalk, and showing some symptoms of hairs or cilia at its head. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The terminal winter buds are egg-shaped, the outer bud-scales having narrow tips. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The robot, pictured to the right, is a small, egg-shaped robot equipped with cameras and designed to withstand radiation. Using Robots to Improve Nuclear Safety 2011-07-31T23:02:33Z The lake is almost egg-shaped, ranging northeast by southwest and is seven miles long by six in width. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z These rivers, after running close together for a long distance, spread apart, like the two arms of a pair of tongs, at their mouths, making an egg-shaped peninsula which extended far into the main river. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The machine is egg-shaped, three stories tall, and located on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Big Data's People-Changing Machine 2011-07-12T00:15:24Z The fine yellow egg-shaped pebbles of White river, are common jasper. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The robot, pictured to the right, is a small, egg-shaped robot equipped with cameras and designed to withstand radiation. Using Robots to Improve Nuclear Safety 2011-07-31T23:02:33Z But plenty of alien worlds orbit their stars in eccentric, somewhat egg-shaped orbits and surprising numbers move around their stars in highly tilted orbits as well. Rogue planets! Scientists detect Jupiter-sized roamers inside the Milky Way 2011-05-18T18:00:00Z French architect Paul Andreu - who designed Beijing's stunning egg-shaped national theatre - won the right to build the centre. Broken promise 2011-05-10T23:45:52Z The machine is egg-shaped, three stories tall, and located on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Big Data's People-Changing Machine 2011-07-12T00:15:24Z A big egg-shaped jewel on a pearl necklace lay on her bare neck, the skin of which was the colour of smoked meerschaum. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z These puffs of smoke rose regularly in long, egg-shaped masses, and according to their number the message to be sent varied. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z In towns these drains lead into the public sewers, which are similar stoneware pipes from 6 to 18 inches in diameter, larger sizes being constructed in brickwork or concrete, and either circular or egg-shaped form. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z When Jacob saw the beautiful black egg-shaped pearl, he gasped for breath, and stared at it with wondering eyes. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z The ball is about 14 oz. in weight, and must be a perfect sphere from 27 to 28 in. in circumference, as distinguished from the elliptical or egg-shaped Rugby ball. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The Prius c concept takes a hybrid franchise known for its egg-shaped fuel sippers and takes it out on the edge. Detroit auto show: Think small 2011-01-14T15:07:45Z Hong Kong Disneyland, expects attendance to climb by as much as 15 percent in 2011 as it opens new attractions including an egg-shaped aquarium. Disney Rival Woos Visitors with New Aquarium 2011-01-12T08:30:01Z The sun is five-sided, the upper part grows egg-shaped! The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z There were pearls of all shapes, egg-shaped, oval, pear shaped, curiously twisted pearls, and pearls of many sizes. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z The communion cup is Elizabethan, but more interesting is a glass egg-shaped bowl with silver mounts of 1598. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The shining leaves vary from egg-shaped to lance-shaped, with finely-toothed edges. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z On January 2, 1873, there was a cloudy mark, of a semicircular shape, extending nearly across the disc, and a dark spot in the centre; the illuminated disc itself was singularly egg-shaped. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z Then the workers saw the cream-colored, egg-shaped bathtub, situated next to the bed. Designer Found Dead in Bathtub at Hotel 2010-12-10T02:50:00Z Combining white, black and bold stripes of colored leather with invisible tulle netting, he gave the illusion of a futuristic Empire dress or an egg-shaped motorcycle jacket hybrid that had dissolved into pieces. Paris Fashion Week: Is There Still Time to Plant Pink Tulips? 2010-10-04T05:31:00Z From their perch, sitting in a clear egg-shaped capsule that holds 25 people, they loved the view of the clock tower called Big Ben and the famous church called Westminster Abbey. Up in the air and at the shore 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z The brown cones are egg-shaped, little more than an inch in length, the scales with loose edges. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The shape of the brain is oval, or egg-shaped, with one extremity larger than the other, which is placed posteriorly in the skull, to the concavity of which it very closely conforms. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers The Head inversely egg-shaped: scalp covered with longer hairs: the fore part obtuse, crown very obtuse, hind-head bulging. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Upright elliptical arch, sometimes called the egg-shaped arch, employed in Egyptian and Sassanian architecture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" When ripe it is egg-shaped, and about the size of a hen's-egg, being eaten in much the same manner. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The leaves on the branches are broadly egg-shaped, approaching to round, the waved margin cut into teeth with turned-in points. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z She was rather heavy set—what you might call egg-shaped. The Haunted Pajamas On the under side of the branches are found egg-shaped thin-walled sporocarps of two kinds. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The seeds differ from those of alfalfa in being more commonly egg-shaped than kidney-shaped in outline. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 He took one of the egg-shaped fruits, and pounded it in the hot water. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Its leaves are of more slender form than those of the other Poplars, egg-shaped, with a near approach to being lance-shaped. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Their characteristic attribute is a pointed egg-shaped cap, surmounted by a star. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Here comes a gentleman in a great ruff, yellow-starched, an egg-shaped pearl dangles from one ear. English Costume In the young stage they are enclosed in an egg-shaped volva having a gelatinous inner stratum. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The room had an open fireplace with a grille or fire-basket in it, for which I could buy boulets, coal dust pressed into egg-shaped balls, for three francs a sack. Confessions of an Opera Singer The broad egg-shaped or oblong leathery leaves are also woolly, and two or three inches long. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z It is, with its bluish flowers and orange, egg-shaped fruit, most happy against a warm wall, and is not the hardiest of climbers. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Its branches are dark red; the leaves egg-shaped, pointed, about 2 in. long by 1� broad, and turning red in autumn; the flowers are dull white, in terminal clusters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The very young plant is completely enveloped in a white or yellowish egg-shaped wrapper or volva, which, being friable, generally breaks up into scales, forming warts upon the upper surface of the cap. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous His second machine stitched small semicircles, as shown in the illustration, and also small circles, egg-shaped figures, and angles of various degrees. The Invention of the Sewing Machine The female cones are somewhat egg-shaped, tapering to a point, which is often curved. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z To sit alone in the semidarkness of this egg-shaped little room with strange and fascinating things to play with as he willed was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The Brain Now both these and the egg-shaped reverberatories are being abandoned for furnaces as long as 43 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Devoid of all ornamentation, and consequently naked, three doors or portals, surmounted by a peculiar egg-shaped ogival arch, open into the nave and aisles. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain There had been questions enough asked and answered during the thousands of years The Visitor had sat in his egg-shaped palace on the mountaintop, but no interviews. Garth and the Visitor Its usually egg-shaped leaves vary from almost round to elliptical or lance-shaped, and from two to four inches in length. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The egg-shaped hull sank through the glossy, brilliant treetops, through twisted vines, and was buried in the dank gloom of the jungle. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 A huge egg-shaped boulder, twenty-five feet in height and as large as a house, poised rather unsteadily on its rounded base, was quite near and gave promise of protection from the violence of the wind. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The orifice through which the water passes is egg-shaped, having its smallest curve at the bottom. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Then drop them from a spoon, a little more than an inch apart, on well buttered paper, keeping them as nearly egg-shaped as possible. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The small leaves vary from egg-shaped to lance-shaped, and are shining above and glaucous beneath; toothed. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Then it opened and a very large egg-shaped butler with sandy whiskers appeared and looked down himself at them. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Brown from first to last; thick skinned, very scaly and shaggy; at first egg-shaped, then swollen, finally expanded, a little point in the centre becoming prominent; always pliable and leathery. Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous They left the car and made their way toward the strange egg-shaped vessel. Off Course He reached for an egg-shaped crystal that reposed on the table; spoke rapidly into its shimmering depths. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 It is above the head and below the feet so that our dense body sits in the center of this egg-shaped cloud as the yolk is in the center of an egg. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings At the wide arc of the egg-shaped tube was a concave platinum cathode, at the narrow arc a nib of some sort, ending in a socket. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 He unslung the packsack from his shoulders, removed its protective outer shield and began to assemble the organic surveyor, an egg-shaped ball of white carponium secured to a segmented forty-foot rod. The Long Voyage They discovered the egg-shaped hull of an enclosed levitator car in the covered courtyard. The Martian Cabal They were of the steel-blue color from the crown of their egg-shaped heads to the tips of their walking appendages. Acid Bath The peridium is small, round, then egg-shaped; with a plentiful mass of mycelium in the moss in which the plants seem to delight. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth It was another of the yard-long egg-shaped crystals of translucent amber like the one that had been materialized in Benjamin Marlowe’s laboratory. Devil Crystals of Arret He laid his hands upon one of the slim, egg-shaped things. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 He put on his bayda, his egg-shaped helmet, and wrapped the silk of his turban around and around it, and when it was properly tied, pinned it with an emerald clasp. The Saracen: The Holy War Their refreshment is coffee, thick, black and bitter, served by the khanji in tiny egg-shaped cups. All About Coffee Volva egg-shaped, thick, whitish, frequently having a pinkish tinge. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth An egg-shaped vessel of the potters is allowed for the purifying water. Hebrew Literature With these we find in considerable abundance irregularly-shaped patches, also of carbonaceous matter, reticulated into the semblance of polygonal, or, in some instances, egg-shaped meshes, and which remind one of pieces of ill woven lace. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed All the satellites are stated, on good authority, to be more or less egg-shaped. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The production of egg-shaped or other forms is a sure indication of impure stock. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Beside this dish lay several immense egg-shaped bodies of dark-green colour, with other smaller ones of a yellow hue. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West This is an egg-shaped recess an inch and a quarter to an inch and three-quarters in length by two-fifths of an inch in diameter. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The egg-shaped receptacle in which the master work was to be accomplished was also known as the “philosophical egg” in which the great masterpiece is produced. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts He was rather stout, with an oval, egg-shaped face; his beard, sparse and pointed and tinged with gray, had originally been light of hue; he had pale blue eyes, and he had a perpetual smile. The Pools of Silence "But weren't those old egg-shaped watches heavy and ugly?" asked Christopher. Christopher and the Clockmakers The pulp is either white or red, and is full of little egg-shaped granulations. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Lastly, there are some, indeed many, which contain a singular egg-shaped shell, divided into segments with projecting breathing-pores. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Within those odd egg-shaped heads must have been a mind as alien to mine as an ant's mind. Valley of the Croen Soon you will find in mouth of womb an egg-shaped pouch of water, which you must not press with fingers till very late in labor, for fear of stopping labor for perhaps many hours. Philosophy of Osteopathy Their bodies are egg-shaped, which is a very strange feature in their formation. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture You can tuck an egg-shaped ball made of brown raw wool under one arm for a realistic touch, if you choose. Little Folks' Handy Book Settling, like the other, under a flat cake of Cow-dung, the South American Beetle kneads egg-shaped loaves underground. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles These bowls, ladles, and the charming little egg-shaped boxes which formerly contained a nutmeg and a tiny grater are household table furnishings of exceptional interest. Chats on Household Curios Around them shone great copper pans; egg-shaped vessels projected their narrow openings; saucepans hung from the walls. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Each girl had a large egg-shaped puffer on her own table as well. Working With the Working Woman Iskender had espied a Muslin tomb among the leaves ahead, a small white cube, with egg-shaped dome atop of it, having in its shade a place for the repose of wayfarers. The Valley of the Kings It produces numerous green egg-shaped fruits, an inch in length, possessing an agreeable vinous and somewhat aromatic flavor, called honey berries or bullace plums. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Then it sloped more easily, and finally terminated on the brink of a flat, egg-shaped basin, surrounded by hills. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger The bottom of it in the middle was pale sand which was continually rising up in little egg-shaped mounds and falling down again. The Five Jars We sped above the tops of smoky houses, by sooty walls, through egg-shaped tunnels, beyond all these to the open country, where were smooth green grass, groups of picturesque trees, and tangled hedges. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The submarine boat was actually made in 1775; it was egg-shaped in form, and held one man. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The bottom is flat, but the bore is round, or oval, or egg-shaped, with the small end of the orifice downward. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles If made round or egg-shaped, if too long or too hard, they are liable to become fixed in the gullet and cause choking. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Measuring the neck skin where cut off gives the circumference of an egg-shaped board, representing a cross section of the neck at that point in a vertical line. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration They were piled in colorful disorder, red, purple, orange and yellow, pear-shaped, egg-shaped, and clustered spheroids—fantastic, unearthly. Pygmalion's Spectacles The Auric Circle is, of course, really egg-shaped, or oval, for it fringes the aura as the shell cases the egg. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms A slight depression of one side of a pipe of this kind, especially if the bore be oval or egg-shaped, throws the water passage out of line. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles He opened it and found inside a little egg-shaped doll with a brown face. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme His eyes narrowed speculatively when they came to rest on a peculiar egg-shaped object that stood out there in the open. Creatures of Vibration He pressed it in egg-shaped moulds, and has succeeded in making capital stove coal from it. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines It assumes an oval shape—a great egg-shaped nebula surrounding the body on all sides for a distance of two or three feet. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms In one branch of this seventh sub-race, the head might be described as almost egg-shaped—the small end of the egg being uppermost, with the eyes wide apart and very near the top. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria A small pear-shaped fruit attracted him, and then an egg-shaped, brown-colored fruit, with a sweet, strong perfume, was among the varieties. p. The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands An egg-shaped thing, six or seven feet in length, and seemingly made of white metal. Creatures of Vibration The attrition of subsequent matter had truncated the great egg-shaped rock, and worn its sides into a striated face, whose scratches still indicated the line of water-flow.” The Ocean and its Wonders Ripe seed white, of medium size, egg-shaped, unevenly compressed. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The "winged globe," so widely known in Egypt, is egg-shaped, and has the same meaning; its wings indicate its divine nature and prevent it from being confused with the physical germ. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution The machinery employed consists of the necessary number and size, according to the power required, of oval or egg-shaped buoys constructed of sheet iron, having an internal valve of a simple and effective character. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. In Wester broch “the most remarkable things found” were three egg-shaped quartzite pearls “having their surface painted with spots in a blackish or blackish-brown pigment.” The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore With them, he could see the air cavalry—egg-shaped things just big enough for a seated man, with jets and contragravity field generators below and a bristle of machine gun muzzles in front. Oomphel in the Sky Tubers somewhat ovoid, or egg-shaped, often grooved, or furrowed, and of extraordinary size. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The kilu, with which the game was played, was an oval, one-sided dish, made by cutting in two an egg-shaped coconut shell. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula When spinning a cocoon, the thread is made to form a long, oval, egg-shaped case around the body of the caterpillar. Chatterbox, 1905. The flowers are mostly yellow or reddish-yellow, and are succeeded by pear-shaped or egg-shaped fruits, having a broad scar at the top, furnished on their soft, fleshy rind with tufts of small spines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" No. But the buds—huge, smooth, egg-shaped things—seem on the point of bursting at any moment. Brood of the Witch-Queen A beautiful egg-shaped fruit, eight inches long, five inches wide in the middle, six inches wide at the lower extremity; very regularly and handsomely formed. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. An egg-shaped vessel, made in imitation of a gourd. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 A polished black dot in the distance soon increased into the flattened egg-shaped rock, and then we saw Grim standing on the track with all his men. The Lion of Petra Heads nearly egg-shaped, small, hard, few waste leaves, stumps short. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop "A thing four feet high, with huge egg-shaped buds." Brood of the Witch-Queen Head below medium size, ovate or egg-shaped, obtuse, broad at the base, compact. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Here she stopped before a great rudely egg-shaped boulder five or six feet through that lay in a shallow depression in the ground. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure They are over ½in. long and egg-shaped, being bent backwards. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. When all were out, Bork tapped the egg-shaped object and caught it as it shrank. The Sky Is Falling White, egg-shaped, with a single handle; decorated with a figure of the horned toad. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 When pure, they are egg-shaped; and a much compressed or a longer and more slender form is indicative of degeneracy. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Other figures of men, women, and children, naked and all but defenseless, emerged from their egg-shaped shelters, some fighting as best they could, others flying, and all apparently surrounded by a band of vociferous demons. Ralph Granger's Fortunes The six sepals are egg-shaped but pointed, of much substance, and covered with a silky down on the outside, causing them to have changeable hues according to the play of wind and light. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The fruit is a prickly, egg-shaped capsule which contains the seeds. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls The grand, imposing line looked from afar like colossal piles of ruins; a nearer view showed immense blocks, some of them 200 feet long, egg-shaped and lying upon their sides. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative They are egg-shaped, rather more than half an inch in length, and four-tenths of an inch in width and depth. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Cap reddish-brown, 3 to 6 inches broad, fleshy; when young egg-shaped, and then campanulate, and flattening out with a broad, 121 obtuse umbo. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners The sewers leading to it from the west, in 31st, 32d, and 33d Streets, were elliptical, 3 by 2 ft., and egg-shaped, 4 ft. by 2 ft. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 At the extremity of the long gallery—it seems as though the straw I use for sounding would never reach the end—we finally discover the cells, egg-shaped cavities with the longer axis horizontal. Social Life in the Insect World The nest of the amadavat is large for the size of the bird, being a loosely-woven cup, which is egg-shaped and has a hole at or near the narrow end. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The ripe bean is white, egg-shaped, two-fifths of an inch long, and a fourth of an inch thick: nearly three thousand are contained in a quart, and will plant three hundred and fifty hills. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. He produced a matte black, egg-shaped digital tape measure and started shining pinpoints of laser light on the wall, clicking the egg’s buttons when he had the corners tight. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town The ore was put into egg-shaped vessels with a lid, the mineral being covered over with ashes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 Immediately behind the attachment of the posterior wings is a slight protuberance, almost egg-shaped, which is distinguishable, on account of its dull black colour, from the neighbouring integuments, which are covered with a silvery down. Social Life in the Insect World James Stokes, a 20-year Navy veteran, and an electronics engineer, had the engine of his new Mercury stopped as "a brilliant, egg-shaped" object made a pass at the highway. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The ripe seeds are white, egg-shaped, sometimes nearly spherical, half an inch long, and three-eighths of an inch in breadth and thickness. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Piccadilly weepers vanished and a depressed little quartet was left on the platform—our two selves, a lean schoolmaster, and an egg-shaped man who never spoke a word. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The pilot carries a lantern, which in the egg-shaped yawl dances on the white wave crests up and down like a fire-fly. The Harris-Ingram Experiment We carried our own egg-shaped aura constantly with us, on the invisible walls of which the subtle and austere influences of the desert beat in vain. The Killer Neither the "boll-worm" nor the dreaded "army-worm" had molested the river-fields; so the tall pyramidal plants were thickly set with "squares" and green egg-shaped bolls, smooth and shining as with varnish. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 In the interstice is an oval or egg-shaped mound.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 Most prominent was the balloon-shaped body in the middle, with six smaller bodies in two horizontal rows and one large egg-shaped one in the midst, contained in it. Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements Revolution about an axis touching the surface of a flexible globe converts it into an egg-shaped body, with the longer axis perpendicular to the axis of revolution. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work She was a middle-aged woman with an egg-shaped face, fat and white and puffy, and pale, crafty eyes. The Man with the Clubfoot The shape of the fruit varies considerably, being spherical, oblong, and egg-shaped, but the nearer they approach sphericity of figure, the more highly are they prized. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. We rumbled through a lofty egg-shaped vault, lined with masonry, lighted waveringly, with strange play of shadow, by our many lamps. The Princess Passes The balloon-shaped body is positive, and is apparently drawn downwards towards the negative egg-shaped body below it, containing seven smaller particles. Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements It conforms to the general description of hand grenades; i.e., it is an egg-shaped projectile, more or less hollow, and loaded with a charge of explosive. Military Instructors Manual Not above one or two of them are paved with flagstones at the sides; and to walk upon the little egg-shaped, slippery flints that supply their places is something like a penance. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically On the counters you see displayed large egg-shaped forms of what look like layers of tallow and cooked meat, cheesy-looking cakes of many kinds and an endless variety of confectionery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 On the right of the highroad, the flat mountain face opened a black, egg-shaped mouth at me. The Princess Passes Some miners prefer a pavement of egg-shaped stones set like a cobble-stone flooring, the gold being deposited in the interstices. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 The Ottinger life-car, the patent for which the generous inventor gave to the; public, is simply an egg-shaped case with bands of cork about it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 They are egg-shaped, about an inch in diameter, and furnish the germs or ovules. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics Here is an egg-shaped bulb, shown in Fig 19, containing some pure yttria and a few rough rubies. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 The caterpillar wraps itself in a winding thread, and we have an egg-shaped lump which lies as still as a pebble. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Flowers small, whitish, and much less ornamental than the berry-like fruits which succeed them, and which are egg-shaped, ½ in. long, and a deep rose-colour. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation And all the canoes, and those in them, had their arms, which consisted of shields, bundles of throwing-sticks, slings, and egg-shaped stones…. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century At the same time, though the situation and surroundings of both seem to have been similar, Mr. Hodgson figures his nest, not cup-shaped, but egg-shaped, and with the longer diameter horizontal. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Over the bulge of an egg-shaped stomach hung a massive gold watch-chain blossoming into a semi-heraldic charm, which might be a masonic emblem or a cycling club badge. Kimono This tomato looks like an egg-shaped plum and makes a very nice sweet pickle. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. Flowers in the top of the stem, 1 in. long and wide, bright purple; they are succeeded by egg-shaped, purple berries, 1 in. long, and prettily arranged among the tubercles. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation We stopped a night on the way to Boston at a country inn, which stood before an egg-shaped pond. The Morgesons The aperture, at one end of the egg-shaped nest, was about 2 inches in diameter, and the cavity was about 2·5 in diameter and nearly 4 inches deep. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Another was a little soul dressed in the "blue horizon" from head to foot, a homely little soul with an egg-shaped head, brown-green eyes, a retreating chin, and irregular teeth. A Volunteer Poilu The same huge boulders, oblong or egg-shaped, formidable, impressive, are raised aloft on massive supporting stones; there are the same circles of stones hardly less gigantic, with the same mysterious faces, the same silent solemnity. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque Naturally, the stem in this species is globular or slightly egg-shaped, and bears about fourteen ridges, upon which are tufts of short spines, springing from little cushions of whitish wool. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation She took a necklace from the box, composed of a single string of small, beautiful pearls, from which hung an egg-shaped amethyst of pure violet. The Morgesons The nest was egg-shaped, and the aperture on one side near the top. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 It is distinctly ornamental, producing elegant egg-shaped tufts of a silvery-white hue, and is fine for ornamenting bouquets. Gardening for the Million The pinnate--from pinna, Latin for feather' --leaves are composed of from nine to twenty-five leaflets, which are egg-shaped, with a short point, very smooth, light green above and still lighter beneath. Among the Trees at Elmridge By a microscope, the bug will be seen to have eight legs, two feelers, and an abdomen something egg-shaped; colour livid red; and in size no bigger than the point of a small needle. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 It is egg-shaped and is of the finest water. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The nest is more or less egg-shaped, the longer axis vertical, with a circular aperture on one side near the top. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The light of a tallow candle flared into his eyes, and wavered over his egg-shaped head, which was entirely bald save for its queue. The Port of Adventure This was almost egg-shaped, the blunt end being forward, and three inflated fins being placed at the tail as control members. A History of Aeronautics They were egg-shaped, built of stone and plastered smoothly with clay. Arizona Sketches The calculus of the mixed ammoniaco-magnesian variety was egg-shaped, and weighed 19 drams. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Others are still more egg-shaped, with a similar aperture near the top, and others are more purse-like. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 They were dark, long-haired fellows, with spears like his own, and round Eastern caps, and egg-shaped bucklers. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O Make tiny egg-shaped balls of cream cheese moistened with sufficient cream to handle. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies Uterine calculi are described by Cuevas and Harlow; the latter mentions that the calculus he saw was egg-shaped. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The nest is an extremely neat egg-shaped structure, with entrance at side, made of fine grass-stems thickly felted over with the white seeds of a tall flowering grass, which gives it a very pretty appearance. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 As we gazed down as if from a captive balloon, at the line of sitting forms, they looked immense, like giant, newborn birds, with their huge egg-shaped bodies and thin necks. It Happened in Egypt Having beaten the whole very hard, drop it in oval or egg-shaped heaps upon sheets of white paper, smoothing them with the spoon and making them of a handsome and regular form. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Some of the lanterns are egg-shaped, some cylindrical; others four-sided or six-sided; and Japanese characters are beautifully written upon them. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Leaves: Clustered at summit, oblong, or pointed egg-shaped, 1-1/2 in. long or less; those on lower part of shoots scale-like. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing It is more or less egg-shaped, and placed with the longer diameter vertical, the entrance being on one side above the middle. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The town, which was nearly egg-shaped, lay close to the river, which was called the Zwin. By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 Cut a cold ripe cantaloupe into halves, take out the seeds, and with a large vegetable scoop or teaspoon scoop out balls or egg-shaped pieces. Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs The mist condensed itself now to one drop—our globe was one enormous egg-shaped drop; light and warmth operated upon this huge world egg, and hatched, not alone ONE creature, but millions. O. T. a Danish Romance Leaves: 3 to 7 in. long, tapering, pointed, egg-shaped, densely white, downy beneath; lower leaves, or sometimes all, lobed at middle. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing The entrance, which is circular, is at one side; the nest is egg-shaped, the longer diameter being perpendicular, and is placed at a height of about 6 inches from the ground. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 If half-melons are served, with the rind, the host cuts egg-shaped pieces from the fruit, and places it on individual plates for passing by the waitress. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration One day they found in the garden a tiny egg-shaped shell made of gold-coloured lattice work. Anne Severn and the Fieldings Adj. round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It is egg-shaped, and, soft and yielding, fills closely the cavity of the skull. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics The nest was nearly egg-shaped, with a circular entrance near the top. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Then form into egg-shaped balls and fry brown in boiling lard. Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book Each cheek is adorned with an egg-shaped pattern, commencing near the wing of the nose and sloping upward toward the corner of the eye; these lines are also double. Schwatka's Search There are various Bernini saints and seraphs in stucco-sculpture, astride of the tablets and door- tops, backing against their rusty machinery of coppery nimbi and egg-shaped cloudlets. Italian Hours They were big as fowls' eggs, but not egg-shaped: they were flat, and about half-an-inch thick, and being white, looked like little blocks or bricklets made of compressed snow. Far Away and Long Ago In the hope of attaining improved acoustic effects the floor of the orchestra was laid upon an egg-shaped sound-chamber of masonry. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time This Navy expert said the saucer actually looked elliptical, or egg-shaped. The Flying Saucers are Real "Say, you don't mean I'm going to stay thirsty until my egg-shaped dome becomes round again?" The Auction Block Embedded in the bluish earth was a small, egg-shaped piece of light-coloured stone. The Blind Spot Everybody pressed to look at it, while she stood blushing, coy and unwilling to display the small egg-shaped watch of the kind recently invented at Nuremberg. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland They were a nervous, restless people, and their egg-shaped heads, set on the ends of long, thin necks, seemed so grotesque to the strangers that they could scarcely forbear laughing at them. Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies He had an egg-shaped head, bald, with some white hair fluffed about the sides of it. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy Pine gum they rolled into small egg-shaped balls, warmed them and stuck them in dozens all over their heads, where they would be left until they wore off, hairdressings being only an occasional duty. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The ends of the rods began to dissolve into dazzling, diamond rain, atomically minute, that passing through the egg-shaped lights poured upon the periphery of the pedestal. The Metal Monster But the predominant population consists of Cetoniae, or Rosechafers, most of them enclosed in their egg-shaped shells, with earthen walls encrusted with dung. More Hunting Wasps Finally, she entered the King's own sleeping chamber and found the Boolooroo in bed and asleep, with a funny nightcap tied over his egg-shaped head. Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies When Dr. Hall commenced his famous experimentation upon himself, the only appliance available for the purpose was the old-fashioned bulb syringe, which is simply a flexible rubber tube with an egg-shaped receptacle in the center. The Royal Road to Health But I had learnt enough of the world by now to perceive what maggot was stirring in that egg-shaped head. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza High and low throughout flamed the egg-shaped incandescences; floating furnaces both great and small. The Metal Monster Nevertheless, on both sides, there is the same big outlay on a cellarful of egg-shaped pills, whose neat rows call for long and watchful supervision. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography They make a fine quality of jet-black earthenware, producing excellent tobacco-pipes most finely worked in imitation of the small egg-shaped gourd. In the Heart of Africa Leaves: Opposite, compounded of 3 egg-shaped, pointed leaflets on slender petioles. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors She was as close as possible to the green-tile stove, and she was looking very unpleasant; for the egg-shaped darner only slipped through the hole, which was a large one. Long Live the King! On Easter Monday, 1914, when the college had just come back to work, after the fire, the "Freeman Fowls" arranged an egg hunt, with egg-shaped tickets at ten cents, for the fund. The Story of Wellesley I selected an egg-shaped hill, and cut off the top, exactly as we take off the slice from an egg. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs A small well is formed in the centre of the platform, about eighteen inches in depth and diameter, egg-shaped. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon In late summer an egg-shaped, pendulous red-purple berry swings from the summit. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors "Yes," said George, a much leaner and slightly taller man, with dark, blurry, reflective eyes and a thin, largely vanished growth of brownish-black hair which contrasted strangely with the egg-shaped whiteness of his bald head. The Financier, a novel It was a delicately beautiful egg-shaped crystal of pale green. A Voyage to Arcturus Further meditations induced in him the feeling that it would be extremely pleasant to bring something down with a whack on Conrad's egg-shaped head. Secret Adversary Leaves: 3 to 7 in. long, tapering, pointed, egg-shaped, densely white, downy beneath lower leaves, or sometimes all, lobed at middle. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Leaves: Narrow, grass-like with white midvein, fleshy, all from coated, egg-shaped bulb. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Leaves: Clustered at summit, oblong, or pointed egg-shaped, 1 1/2 in. long or less; those on lower part of shoots scale-like. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Leaves: Of flowering stem - opposite, oblong, tapering to a point; of sterile shoots - oblong or egg-shaped, not pointed, 1 to 2 in. long. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Scape: 1 to 2 ft. high, from egg-shaped, nearly black bulb, 1 to 1 1/2 in. long. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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