English Dictionary: Dame Margot Fonteyn | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}. Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91] upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M. Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap suckers. See also {Carpintero}. {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in color. | |
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d8Amenorrhd2a \[d8]A*men`or*rh[d2]"a\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] month + [?] to flow: cf. F. am[82]norrh[82]e.] (Med.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. | |
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d8Anomura \[d8]An`o*mu"ra\, d8Anomoura \[d8]An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] lawless + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example. | |
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d8Anomura \[d8]An`o*mu"ra\, d8Anomoura \[d8]An`o*mou"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] lawless + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example. | |
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d8Haminura \[d8]Ham`i*nu"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible river fish ({Erythrinus macrodon}) of Guiana. | |
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d8Inamorato \[d8]In*a`mo*ra"to\, n.; pl. {Inamoratos}. [See {Inamorata}.] A male lover. | |
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d8Memorabilia \[d8]Mem`o*ra*bil"i*a\, n. pl. [L., fr. memorabilis memorable. See {Memorable}.] Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. | |
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d8Memoria \[d8]Me*mo"ri*a\, n. [L.] Memory. {Memoria technica}, technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory. | |
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d8Memoriter \[d8]Me*mor"i*ter\, adv. [L., fr. memor mindful. See {Memorable}.] By, or from, memory. | |
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d8Menorrhagia \[d8]Men`or*rha"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] month + [?] to break.] (Med.) (a) Profuse menstruation. (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia. | |
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d8Minorat \[d8]Mi`no*rat"\, n. [G. Cf. {Minor}, a.] (Law) A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir. | |
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d8Monera \[d8]Mo*ne"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single.] (Zo[94]l.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the am[d2]bas, but are destitute of a nucleus. | |
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d8Moneron \[d8]Mo*ne"ron\, n.; pl. L. {Monera}; E. {Monerons}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Monera. | |
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d8Monerula \[d8]Mo*ner"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of moner. See {Monera}.] (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. --Haeckel. | |
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d8Monorhina \[d8]Mon`o*rhi"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?], [?], nose.] (Zo[94]l.) The Marsipobranchiata. | |
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d8Myomorpha \[d8]My`o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a mouse + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms. | |
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d8Nemertes \[d8]Ne*mer"tes\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?] unerring.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of nemertina. | |
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d8Nemertida \[d8]Ne*mer"ti*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Nemertina. | |
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d8Nemertina \[d8]Nem`er*ti"na\, n. pl. [NL. See {Nemrtes}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also {Nemertea}, {Nemertida}, and {Rhynchoc[d2]la}. Note: The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior and. They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of the species become over one hundred feet long. They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water. the two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla. | |
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Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton. 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray. | |
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Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton. 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray. | |
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Demeanure \De*mean"ure\, n. Behavior. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Demonry \De"mon*ry\, n. Demoniacal influence or possession. --J. Baillie. | |
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Dinumeration \Di*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.] Enumeration. [Obs.] --Bullokar. | |
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Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. | |
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Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. | |
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Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. -- {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. | |
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Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. -- {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Dannemora, NY (village, FIPS 19642) Location: 44.72084 N, 73.71932 W Population (1990): 4005 (484 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
domain architecture design for software systems in a {domain}. The domain architecture contains the designs that are intended to satisfy requirements specified in the {domain model}. A domain architecture can be adapted to create designs for software systems within a domain and also provides a framework for configuring {assets} within individual software systems. (1997-12-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Domain Architecture Model a {domain} that define organising frameworks for constructing new application designs and implementations within the domain, consistent with the domain requirements model. (1997-12-26) |