English Dictionary: Alsace | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honeybee \Hon"ey*bee`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis mellifica}), the Italian bee ({A. ligustica}), and the Arabiab bee ({A. fasciata}). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alcahest \Al"ca*hest\, n. Same as {Alkahest}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alcaic \Al*ca"ic\, a. [L. Alca[8b]cus, Gr. [?].] Pertaining to Alc[91]us, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alc[91]us. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moose \Moose\, n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.] (Zo[94]l.) A large cervine mammal ({Alces machlis}, or {A. Americanus}), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zo[94]logists is considered the same species. See {Elk}. {Moose bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jayor whisky jack. See {Whisky jack}. {Moose deer}. Same as {Moose}. {Moose yard} (Zo[94]l.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alecost \Ale"cost`\, n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. {Costmary}.] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. [?][?][?], cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf. {Alecost}.] (Bot.) A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also {alecost}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alecost \Ale"cost`\, n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. {Costmary}.] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. [?][?][?], cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf. {Alecost}.] (Bot.) A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also {alecost}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Algazel \Al"ga*zel`\, n. [Ar. al the + ghaz[be]l.] (Zo[94]l.) The true gazelle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz[?]l a wild goat.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Algazel \Al"ga*zel`\, n. [Ar. al the + ghaz[be]l.] (Zo[94]l.) The true gazelle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz[?]l a wild goat.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Algous \Al"gous\, a. [L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed.] Of or pertaining to the alg[91], or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alias \A"li*as\, n.; pl. {Aliases}. [L., otherwise, at another time.] (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alkahest \Al"ka*hest\, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled [bd]universal solvent[b8] of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- {Al`ka*hes"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alkahest \Al"ka*hest\, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled [bd]universal solvent[b8] of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- {Al`ka*hes"tic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alkazar \Al*ka"zar\ See {Alcazar}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alkekengi \Al`ke*ken"gi\, n. [Cf. F. alk[82]kenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-k[be]kanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family ({Physalis alkekengi}) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called {winter cherry}, {ground cherry}, and {strawberry tomato}. --D. C. Eaton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alliaceous \Al`li*a"ceous\, a. Of or pertaining to the genus {Allium}, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo[94]l.) The European shad ({Clupea alosa}); -- called also {allice shad} or {allis shad}. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad ({Clupea sapidissima}). See {Shad}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dextrin \Dex"trin\, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also {British gum}, {Alsace gum}, {gommelin}, {leiocome}, etc. See {Achro[94]dextrin}, and {Erythrodextrin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alsike \Al"sike\, n. [From Alsike, in Sweden.] A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; {Trifolium hybridum}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alachua County, FL (county, FIPS 1) Location: 29.67603 N, 82.35834 W Population (1990): 181596 (79022 housing units) Area: 2264.4 sq km (land), 245.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alcester, SD (city, FIPS 700) Location: 43.02306 N, 96.62870 W Population (1990): 843 (409 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57001 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alexis, IL (village, FIPS 672) Location: 41.06340 N, 90.55482 W Population (1990): 908 (393 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61412 Alexis, NC Zip code(s): 28006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allakaket, AK (city, FIPS 1860) Location: 66.54517 N, 152.73312 W Population (1990): 170 (76 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99720 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Alexis The input language for the {scanner generator} {Alex}. (1995-04-23) |