petri

• In cities, municipal sewage systems are giant petri-dishes of diluted antibiotics and human-dwelling bacteria. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
• Congealing within, he soon petri-fied, to sink into arctic waters as his client expressed not only profound displeasure that the marquess had been apprised in such detail of her private affairs, but also an adamant refusal to accept his lordship's charity. —  Chase, Loretta - Knave's Wager
• We can talk about community till our laptop batteries run out, but people need a place to be together … and somehow these places end up being like a petri dish for creative inspiration. —  Exit133.com
• Showtime does have the advantage of already having a petri-dish to base its operations on (its services are well known in atleast two of its operational areas in Mumbai that I know of (Bandra-Andheri)), but faces tough competition from the recently de-cloaked Big Flix, Moser Baer, SeventyMM, Bit-torrent and my pirated DVD cornershop (who also does home delivery and movie reviews). —  contentSutra
• Ocean would make the cell game look exactly like a petri dish with all these to-scale animals and Will would say, 'That's the greatest thing I've ever seen!' and some of us were thinking, —  SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

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