English Dictionary: Anfangsgehlter | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ambient \Am"bi*ent\, a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.] Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. [bd]Ambient air.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Ambient clouds.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Ambient \Am"bi*ent\, n. Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Amboyna button \Am*boy"na but"ton\ (Med.) A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics. | |
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Amboyna pine \Amboyna pine\ (Bot.) The resiniferous tree {Agathis Dammara}, of the Moluccas. | |
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Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. [?].] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America. | |
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Amboyna wood \Am*boy"na wood\ A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the {Pterocarpus Indicus} of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. | |
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Amebean \Am`e*be"an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) See {Am[?]bean}. | |
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Amphimacer \Am*phim"a*cer\, n. [L. amphimacru[?], Gr. [?]; [?] on both sides + [?] long.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in c[be]st[?]t[be]s. --Andrews. | |
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Congo snake \Con"go snake"\ (Zo[94]l.) An amphibian ({Amphiuma means}) of the order {Urodela}, found in the southern United States. See {Amphiuma}. | |
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Anapnograph \A*nap"no*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] respiration + -graph.] A form of spirometer. | |
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Anapnoic \An`ap*no"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] respiration.] (Med.) Relating to respiration. | |
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Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[emac]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[aemac]te; akin to OS. hw[emac]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See {White}.] (Bot.) A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race. Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses. {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}. {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}. {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. {Indian wheat}, [or] {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only half as large. {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. {Wheat aphid}, [or] {Wheat aphis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat. {Wheat beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus Surinamensis}) whose larv[91] feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium paniceum}) whose larv[91] eat the interior of grains of wheat. {Wheat duck} (Zo[94]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.] {Wheat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below. {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum}) somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts of Europe and America. {Wheat jointworm}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jointworm}. {Wheat louse} (Zo[94]l.), any wheat aphid. {Wheat maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a wheat midge. {Wheat midge}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America. The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the larv[91] suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pup[91] in the earth. (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}. {Wheat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larv[91] devour the grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under {Grain}. {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}. {Wheat thrips} (Zo[94]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat. {Wheat weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The grain weevil. (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat. | |
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Deathwatch \Death"watch`\ (?; 224), n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small beetle ({Anobium tessellatum} and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family {Psocid[91]}, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also {deathtick}. She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. --Addison. I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. --Tennyson. 2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ambimouseterous /am-b*-mows'ter-us/ or /am-b*-mows'trus/ adj. [modeled on ambidextrous] Able to use a mouse with either hand. |