English Dictionary: Dendroica tigrina | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sundrops \Sun"drops`\, n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of {Kneiffia}, esp. {K. fruticosa} (syn. {[d1]nothera fruticosa}), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight. | |
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d8Ametropia \[d8]Am`e*tro"pi*a\, n. [Gr. [?] irregular + [?], [?], eye.] (Med.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. -- {Am`e*trop"ic}, a. | |
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d8Anatron \[d8]An"a*tron\, n. [F. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, fr. Ar. al-natr[umac]n. See {Natron}, {Niter}.] [Obs.] 1. Native carbonate of soda; natron. 2. Glass gall or sandiver. 3. Saltpeter. --Coxe. --Johnson. | |
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d8Andrd2cium \[d8]An*dr[d2]"ci*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + [?] house.] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively. | |
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Android \An"droid\ ([acr]n"droid), d8Androides \[d8]An*droi"des\ ([acr]n*droi"d[emac]z), n. [Gr. 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + e'i^dos form.] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being. | |
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d8Andron \[d8]An"dron\, n. [L. andron, Gr. [?], fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. | |
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d8Androphagi \[d8]An*droph"a*gi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + [?] to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.] | |
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d8Andropogon \[d8]An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is {Sorghum}, including {A. sorghum} and {A. halepensis}, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as {A. nardus} and {A. sch[d2]nanthus}, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery. | |
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d8Antares \[d8]An*ta"res\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] similar to + [?] Mars. It was thought to resemble Mars in color.] The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the {Scorpion's Heart}. | |
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d8Antheridium \[d8]An`ther*id"i*um\, n.; pl. {Antheridia}. [Anther + [?] (a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also {spermary}. -- {An`ther*id"i*al}, a. | |
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d8Anthracosis \[d8]An`thra*co"sis\, n. [NL. See {Anthrax}.] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also {collier's lung} and {miner's phthisis}. | |
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d8Anthrenus \[d8]An*thre"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a hornet.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common [bd]museum pest[b8] is {A. varius}; the carpet beetle is {A. scrophulari[91]}. The larv[91] are commonly confounded with moths. | |
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d8Anthropid91 \[d8]An*throp"i*d[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] man.] (Zo[94]l.) The group that includes man only. | |
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d8Anthropoidea \[d8]An`thro*poid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Anthropoid}.] (Zo[94]l.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man. | |
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d8Anthropomorpha \[d8]An`thro*po*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Anthropomorphism}.] (Zo[94]l.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes. | |
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d8Anthropophagi \[d8]An`thro*poph"a*gi\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. [?] eating men; [?] man + + [?] to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. --Shak. | |
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d8Antrum \[d8]An"trum\, n.; pl. {Antra}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus. --Huxley. | |
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d8Antrustion \[d8]An*trus"tion\, n. [F., fr. LL. antrustio.] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises. | |
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d8Deinotherium \[d8]Dei`no*the"ri*um\ (d[imac]`n[osl]*th[emac]"r[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See {Dinotherium}. | |
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d8Dendrocoela \[d8]Den`dro*c[oe]"la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ndron tree + koi^los hollow.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets. | |
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d8Dentiroster \[d8]Den`ti*ros"ter\, n.; pl. {Dentirostres}. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) A dentirostral bird. | |
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d8Diandria \[d8]Di*an"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?], [?], a man, a male.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having two stamens. | |
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Dinothere \Di"no*there\, d8Dinotherium \[d8]Di`no*the"ri*um\, n. [NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] beast.] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. | |
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d8Donator \[d8]Do*na"tor\, n. [L. Cf. {Donor}.] (Law) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver. | |
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d8Emmetropia \[d8]Em`me*tro"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] in measure, proportioned, suitable ([?] in + [?] measure) + [?], [?], eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism. | |
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d8Enderon \[d8]En"de*ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] in + [?] skin.] (Anat.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- {En`de*ron"ic}, a. | |
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d8Endorhiza \[d8]En`do*rhi"za\, n.; pl. {Endorhiz[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] within + [?] root.] (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo. Note: Endorhiza was proposed by Richard as a substitute for the term endogen, and exorhiza as a substitute for the term exogen; but they have not been generally adopted. | |
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d8Enhydros \[d8]En*hy"dros\, n. [NL. See {Enhydrous}.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony containing water. | |
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d8Enteralgia \[d8]En`ter*al"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an intestine + [?] pain: cf. F. ent[82]ralgie.] (Med.) Pain in the intestines; colic. | |
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d8Enteritis \[d8]En`te*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an intestine + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. --Hoblyn. | |
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d8Enteron \[d8]En"te*ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an intestine, fr. 'ento`s within.] (Anat.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal. | |
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d8Enteropneusta \[d8]En`te*rop*neus"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an intestine + [?] to breathe.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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d8Entourage \[d8]En`tou`rage"\ ([aum]N`t[oomac]`r[adot]zh"), n. [F.] Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates. The entourage and mode of life of the mikados were not such as to make of them able rulers. --B. H. Chamberlain. | |
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d8Entr82e \[d8]En`tr[82]e"\, n. [F. See {Entry}.] 1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entr[82]e of a house. 2. (Cookery) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc. | |
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d8Entr'acte \[d8]En`tr'acte"\, n. [F. Cf. {Interact}.] 1. The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama. 2. A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama. | |
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d8Entremets \[d8]En`tre*mets"\, n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.] 1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner. 2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.] | |
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d8Entrep93t \[d8]En`tre*p[93]t"\, n. [F.] A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep[93]t for shipping goods in transit. | |
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d8Entrepreneur \[d8]En`tre*pre*neur"\, n. [F. See {Enterprise}.] (Polit. Econ.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. --F. A. Walker. | |
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d8Entresol \[d8]En`tre*sol"\, n. [F.] (Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. --Parker. | |
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d8Entropion \[d8]En*tro"pi*on\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as {Entropium}. | |
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d8Entropium \[d8]En*tro"pi*um\, n. [NL. See {Entropy}.] (Med.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids. | |
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d8Hamadryas \[d8]Ha*ma"dry*as\, n. [L., a hamadryad. See {Hamadryad}.] (Zo[94]l.) The sacred baboon of Egypt ({Cynocephalus Hamadryas}). | |
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d8Hematuria \[d8]Hem`a*tu"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Hema-}, and {Urine}.] (Med.) Passage of urine mingled with blood. | |
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d8In transitu \[d8]In` tran"si*tu\ [L.] (Law) In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu. | |
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d8Interambulacrum \[d8]In`ter*am`bu*la"crum\, n.; pl. L. {Interambulacra}, E. {Interambulacrums}. (Zo[94]l.) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of {Ambulacrum}. | |
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d8Intercentrum \[d8]In`ter*cen"trum\, n.; pl. {Intercentra}. (Anat.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebr[91] in some fossil batrachians. | |
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d8Intermaxilla \[d8]In`ter*max*il"la\, n.; pl. {Intermaxill[91]}. (Anat.) See {Premaxilla}. | |
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d8Intermedi91 \[d8]In`ter*me"di*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] (Zo[94]l.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices. | |
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d8Intermezzo \[d8]In`ter*mez"zo\, n. [It. See {Intermede}.] (Mus.) An interlude; an intermede. See {Intermede}. | |
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d8Internuncius \[d8]In`ter*nun"ci*us\, n. [L.] Internuncio. | |
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d8Interoperculum \[d8]In`ter*o*per"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {-la} (-l[adot]). (Anat.) The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes. | |
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d8Intertrigo \[d8]In`ter*tri"go\, n. [L., fr. inter between + terere, tritum, to rub.] (Med.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children. | |
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d8Intervallum \[d8]In`ter*val"lum\, n.; pl. {Intervallums}, L. {Intervalla}. [L.] An interval. [R.] And a' shall laugh without intervallums. --Shak. In one of these intervalla. --Chillingworth. | |
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d8Intra- \[d8]In"tra-\ [L. intra, prep., within, on the inside; akin to inter. See {Inter-}.] A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal. | |
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d8Intransigentes \[d8]In`trans"i*gen*tes\, n. pl. [Sp.] (Spanish Politics) The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables. | |
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d8Intrigante \[d8]In`tri`gante"\, n. [F.] A female intriguer. | |
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d8M82tayer \[d8]M[82]`ta`yer"\ (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F., fr. LL. medietarius, fr. L. medius middle, half. See {Mid}, a.] One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord. [France & Italy] --Milman. | |
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d8M82tier \[d8]M[82]`tier"\, n. [F.] Calling; vocation; business; trade. Not only is it the business of no one to preach the truth but it is the m[82]tier of many to conceal it. --A. R. Colquhoun. | |
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d8Madrague \[d8]Ma`drague"\, n. [R.] A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose. | |
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d8Madrepora \[d8]Mad`re*po"ra\, n. [NL. See {Madre[?]ore}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. -- {Mad`re*po"ral}, a. | |
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d8Madreporaria \[d8]Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Madrepore}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of {Anthozoa}. -- {Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an}, a. & n. | |
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d8Madrina \[d8]Ma*dri"na\, n. [Sp., prop., a godmother.] An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America] | |
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d8Mat82riel \[d8]Ma`t[82]`ri`el"\, n. [F. See {Material}.] That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers. | |
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d8Mater \[d8]Ma"ter\, n. [L., mother. See {Mother}.] See {Alma mater}, {Dura mater}, and {Pia mater}. | |
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d8Materia medica \[d8]Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca\ [L. See {Matter}, and {Medical}.] 1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine. 2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases. | |
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d8Mattoir \[d8]Mat*toir"\, n. [F. matoir.] (Engraving) A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines. | |
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d8Metritis \[d8]Me*tri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] womb + -tis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the womb. | |
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d8Metrorrhagia \[d8]Met`ror*rha"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] womb + [?] to break.] (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period. | |
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d8Metrosideros \[d8]Met`ro*si*de"ros\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] heart of a tree + [?] iron.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood. | |
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d8Midrash \[d8]Mid*rash"\, n.; pl. {Midrashim}, {Midrashoth}. [Heb., explanation.] A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it. | |
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d8Mithras \[d8]Mi"thras\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] The sun god of the Persians. | |
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d8Mitraille \[d8]Mi`traille"\, n. [F. See {Mitrailleur}.] Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon. | |
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d8Mitrailleur \[d8]Mi`tra`illeur"\, n. [F.] (Mil.) One who serves a mitrailleuse. | |
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d8Mitrailleur \[d8]Mi`tra`illeur"\, n. A mitralleuse. | |
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d8Mitrailleuse \[d8]Mi`tra`illeuse"\, n. [F., fr. mitrailler to fire grapeshot, fr. mitraille old iron, grapeshot, dim. of OF. mite a mite.] (Mil.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly. | |
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d8Moderato \[d8]Mod`e*ra"to\, a. & adv. [It. See {Moderate}.] (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. {Allegro moderato}, a little slower than allegro. {Andante moderato}, a little faster than andante. | |
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d8Moodir \[d8]Moo"dir\, n. [Ar. mud[c6]r.] The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. [Written also {mudir}.] | |
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d8Mudar \[d8]Mu"dar\, n. [Hind. mad[be]r.] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs ({Calotropis gigantea}, and {C. procera}), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally. | |
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d8Mydriasis \[d8]My*dri"a*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Physiol. & Med.) A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye. | |
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d8Nitrum \[d8]Ni"trum\, n. [L., natron. See {Niter}.] (Old Chem.) Niter. {[d8]Nitrum flammans} [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagerates when suddenly heated. | |
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d8Nitrum \[d8]Ni"trum\, n. [L., natron. See {Niter}.] (Old Chem.) Niter. {[d8]Nitrum flammans} [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagerates when suddenly heated. | |
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d8Notornis \[d8]No*tor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the south, or southwest + [?] bird.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. {Notornis Mantelli} was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct. | |
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d8Notturno \[d8]Not*tur"no\, n. [It.] (Mus.) Same as {Nocturne}. | |
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d8Ouanderoo \[d8]Ouan`der*oo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The wanderoo. | |
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d8Tendre \[d8]Ten"dre\, n. [F.] Tender feeling or fondness; affection. You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre. --Thackeray. | |
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d8Tenthredinides \[d8]Ten`thre*din"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of wasp.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies. | |
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d8Tentorium \[d8]Ten*to"ri*um\, n. [L., a tent.] (Anat.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium. | |
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d8Thaumaturgus \[d8]Thau`ma*tur"gus\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] wonder-working; [?] a wonder + [?] work.] A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints. | |
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d8Tundra \[d8]Tun"dra\, n. [Russ.] One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered. | |
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d8Tundra \[d8]Tun"dra\, n. [Russ., from a native name.] A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia. | |
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Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. {Daintier}; superl. {Daintiest}.] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.] Full many a deynt[82] horse had he in stable. --Chaucer. Note: Hence the proverb [bd]dainty maketh dearth,[b8] i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. 2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. --Shak. 3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton. I would be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson. 4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. --Shak. {To make dainty}, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. --Shak. | |
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Daintrel \Dain"trel\, n. [From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier.] Adelicacy. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Damnatory \Dam"na*to*ry\ (d[acr]m"n[adot]*t[osl]*r[ycr]), a. [L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner.] Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. [bd]Damnatory invectives.[b8] --Hallam. | |
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Dander \Dan"der\, n. [Corrupted from dandruff.] 1. Dandruff or scurf on the head. 2. Anger or vexation; rage. [Low] --Halliwell. | |
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Dander \Dan"der\, v. i. [See {Dandle}.] To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Dandriff \Dan"driff\, n. See {Dandruff}. --Swift. | |
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Dandruff \Dandruff\, n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr[?]f dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. [root]240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also {dandriff}.] | |
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Dandriff \Dan"driff\, n. See {Dandruff}. --Swift. | |
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Dandruff \Dandruff\, n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr[?]f dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. [root]240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also {dandriff}.] | |
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Dandruff \Dandruff\, n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr[?]f dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. [root]240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also {dandriff}.] | |
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Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}. 3. A dandy roller. See below. {Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush. {Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}. {Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. {Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper. | |
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Daunter \Daunt"er\, n. One who daunts. | |
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Dematerialize \De`ma*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t. To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. --Milman. | |
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Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denaturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F. d[82]naturaliser.] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.] They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. --Prescott. | |
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Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denaturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F. d[82]naturaliser.] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.] They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. --Prescott. | |
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Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denaturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F. d[82]naturaliser.] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.] They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. --Prescott. | |
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Denature \De*na"ture\, v. t. [De- + nature.] To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of. | |
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Dendrachate \Den"dra*chate\, n. [L. dendrachates; Gr. de`ndron a tree + [?] agate: cf. F. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Grouse \Grouse\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegri[8a]che shrike.] (Zo[94]l.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family {Tetraonid[91]}, and subfamily {Tetraonin[91]}, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans ({Lagopus}), having feathered feet. Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}) and the hazel grouse ({Bonasa betulina}). See {Capercaidzie}, {Ptarmigan}, and {Heath grouse}. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa umbellus}); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse ({Dendragapus obscurus}) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D. Canadensis}). See also {Prairie hen}, and {Sage cock}. The Old World sand grouse ({Pterocles}, etc.) belong to a very different family. See {Pterocletes}, and {Sand grouse}. | |
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Dendriform \Den"dri*form\, a. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -form.] Resembling in structure a tree or shrub. | |
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Dendrite \Den"drite\, n. [Gr. dendri`ths, fem. dendri^tis, of a tree, fr. de`ndron a tree: cf. F. dendrite.] (Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization. | |
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Dendritic \Den*drit"ic\, Dendritical \Den*drit"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent. | |
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Dendritic \Den*drit"ic\, Dendritical \Den*drit"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent. | |
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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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Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); -- called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie}, {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump borer}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Hickwall \Hick"wall`\, Hickway \Hick"way`\, n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from {Whistle}, v. {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. {Whistling coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American black scoter. {Whistling Dick}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. {Whistling eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian eagle ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk}, and {little swamp eagle}. {Whistling plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. {Whistling snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the American woodcock. {Whistling swan}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan}, and {elk}. (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}. {Whistling teal} (Zo[94]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna awsuree} of India. {Whistling thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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d8Boomdas \[d8]Boom"das\, n. [D. boom tree + das badger.] (Zo[94]l.) A small African hyracoid mammal ({Dendrohyrax arboreus}) resembling the daman. | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. {Golden age}. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict. {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup. {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year is the {ring-tailed eagle}. {Golden fleece}. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also {Toison d'Or}. {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}. {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8]) written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.] {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope. {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}. {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}. {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C. apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow, black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called {frostbird}, and {bullhead}. {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab. {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. {Golden rule}. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe. {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet places in early spring. {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}. {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are golden, blue, and green. {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}. | |
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Blackburnian warbler \Black*bur"ni*an war"bler\ [Named from Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady.] (Zo[94]l.) A beautiful warbler of the United States ({Dendroica Blackburni[91]}). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast. | |
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Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
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Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}. | |
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Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay ({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M. Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M. acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M. purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. {Magnolia warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash. | |
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Hermit \Her"mit\, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. [?], fr. [?] lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] [bd]We rest your hermits.[b8] --Shak. {Hermit crab} (Zo[94]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family {Pagurid[91]}. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also {soldier crab}. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of {Commensal}. {Hermit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. {Hermit warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a California wood warbler ({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks. | |
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Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {[92]giothus}), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species ({A. linarius}) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also {redpoll linnet}. See Illust. under {Linnet}. (b) The common European linnet. (c) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum}). | |
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Blackpoll \Black"poll`\, n. [Black + poll head.] (Zo[94]l.) A warbler of the United States ({Dendroica striata}). | |
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Warbler \War"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. --Tickell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see under {Sedge}) are well-known species. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}). {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to {Parula}, {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia}). {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S. Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}). {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G. Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see {Yellowthroat}). {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D. tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}. | |
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Dendroid \Den"droid\, Dendroidal \Den*droid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] treelike; de`ndron tree + [?] form: cf. F. dendro[8b]de.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike. | |
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Dendroid \Den"droid\, Dendroidal \Den*droid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] treelike; de`ndron tree + [?] form: cf. F. dendro[8b]de.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike. | |
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Dendrolite \Den"dro*lite\, n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. | |
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Dendrologist \Den*drol"o*gist\, n. One versed in the natural history of trees. | |
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Dendrologous \Den*drol"o*gous\, a. Relating to dendrology. | |
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Dendrology \Den*drol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees. | |
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Dendrometer \Den*drom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -meter: cf. F. dendrom[8a]tre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees. | |
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. {Mandarin duck} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck ({Dendronessa galericulata}), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection. {Mandarin language}, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. {Mandarin yellow} (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline. | |
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
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Tree \Tree\ (tr[emac]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[a2], tre[a2]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[emac], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[emac], Dan. tr[91], Sw. tr[84], tr[84]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru tree, wood, d[be]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad}, {Germander}, {Tar}, n., {Trough}.] 1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case, is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree, fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc. 2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. 3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like. 4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts x. 39. 5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 20). 6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}. {Tree bear} (Zo[94]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.] {Tree beetle} (Zo[94]l.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. {Tree bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma}, {Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera. {Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus musang}). {Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus alba}). See {Melilot}. {Tree crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}. {Tree creeper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris}, and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3. {Tree cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}. {Tree crow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth. {Tree dove} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit. {Tree duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of ducks belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. {Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most of the existing species are tropical. {Tree fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California market fish ({Sebastichthys serriceps}). {Tree frog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Tree toad}. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied genera of the family {Ranid[91]}. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under {Flying}) is an example. {Tree goose} (Zo[94]l.), the bernicle goose. {Tree hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. {Tree jobber} (Zo[94]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] {Tree kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}. {Tree lark} (Zo[94]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] {Tree lizard} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the chameleons. {Tree lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above. {Tree louse} (Zo[94]l.), any aphid; a plant louse. {Tree moss}. (Bot.) (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees. (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree. {Tree mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[91]}. They have long claws and habitually live in trees. {Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}. {Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame. {Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor. {Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vit[91]. {Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers. {Tree oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; -- called also {raccoon oyster}. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the magpie. {Tree pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga}, and allied genera. {Tree pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pipit}. {Tree porcupine} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera {Ch[91]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus}) is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is called also {c[oe]ndou}. {Tree rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera {Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the porcupines. {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), a tree snake. {Tree shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bush shrike. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among the branches of trees, and are not venomous. {Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria}) which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and Teneriffe. {Tree sparrow} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of small arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow ({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species ({Passer montanus}). {Tree swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia. {Tree swift} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swifts of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. {Tree tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a leopard. {Tree toad} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the family {Hylid[91]}. They are related to the common frogs and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog}, under {Cricket}. {Tree warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied genera. {Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of pine trees. | |
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Denitration \Den`i*tra"tion\, n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Denitrification \De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Denitrify \De*ni"tri*fy\, v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dentary \Den"ta*ry\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dentirostral \Den`ti*ros"tral\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under {Beak}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dentirostrate \Den`ti*ros"trate\, a. Dentirostral. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Dentiroster \[d8]Den`ti*ros"ter\, n.; pl. {Dentirostres}. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) A dentirostral bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Denture \Den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.] (Dentistry) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Denutrition \De`nu*tri"tion\, n. (Physiol.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diameter \Di*am"e*ter\, n. [F. diam[8a]tre, L. diametros, fr. Gr. [?]; dia` through + [?] measure. See {Meter}.] 1. (Geom.) (a) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve. (b) A diametral plane. 2. The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock. Note: In an elongated object the diameter is usually taken at right angles to the longer axis. 3. (Arch.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See {Module}. {Conjugate diameters}. See under {Conjugate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam[82]tral.] Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. {Diametral curve}, {Diametral surface} (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. {Diametral planes} (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, n. A diameter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam[82]tral.] Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. {Diametral curve}, {Diametral surface} (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. {Diametral planes} (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pitch \Pitch\, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling [bd]Heads or tails;[b8] hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to be careless or trust to luck about it. [bd]To play pitch and toss with the property of the country.[b8] --G. Eliot. {Pitch farthing}. See {Chuck farthing}, under 5th {Chuck}. 2. (Cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. 3. A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound. Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down Into this deep. --Milton. Enterprises of great pitch and moment. --Shak. To lowest pitch of abject fortune. --Milton. He lived when learning was at its highest pitch. --Addison. The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends. --Sharp. 4. Height; stature. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 5. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. 6. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof. 7. (Mus.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low. Note: Musical tones with reference to absolute pitch, are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet; with reference to relative pitch, in a series of tones called the scale, they are called one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight is also one of a new scale an octave higher, as one is eight of a scale an octave lower. 8. (Mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. 9. (Mech.) (a) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch. (b) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller. (c) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. {Concert pitch} (Mus.), the standard of pitch used by orchestras, as in concerts, etc. {Diametral pitch} (Gearing), the distance which bears the same relation to the pitch proper, or circular pitch, that the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference; it is sometimes described by the number expressing the quotient obtained by dividing the number of teeth in a wheel by the diameter of its pitch circle in inches; as, 4 pitch, 8 pitch, etc. {Pitch chain}, a chain, as one made of metallic plates, adapted for working with a sprocket wheel. {Pitch line}, [or] {Pitch circle} (Gearing), an ideal line, in a toothed gear or rack, bearing such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear, with which the former works, that the two lines will have a common velocity as in rolling contact; it usually cuts the teeth at about the middle of their height, and, in a circular gear, is a circle concentric with the axis of the gear; the line, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured. {Pitch of a roof} (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30[f8], of 45[f8], etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span form an equilateral triangle. {Pitch of a plane} (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron. {Pitch pipe}, a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune. {Pitch point} (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam[82]tral.] Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. {Diametral curve}, {Diametral surface} (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. {Diametral planes} (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam[82]tral.] Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. {Diametral curve}, {Diametral surface} (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. {Diametral planes} (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametrally \Di*am"e*tral*ly\, adv. Diametrically. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametric \Di*am"e*tric\, Diametrical \Di*am"e*tric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a diameter. 2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametric \Di*am"e*tric\, Diametrical \Di*am"e*tric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a diameter. 2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diametrically \Di*am"e*tric*al*ly\, adv. In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diandrian \Di*an"dri*an\, a. Diandrous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diandrous \Di*an"drous\, n. [Cf. F. diandre.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Water willow \Wa"ter wil`low\ (Bot.) An American aquatic plant ({Dianthera Americana}) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dimeter \Dim"e*ter\, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dimetric \Di*met"ric\, a. [See {Dimeter}, a.] (Crystallog.) Same as {Tetragonal}. --Dana. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dinothere \Di"no*there\, d8Dinotherium \[d8]Di`no*the"ri*um\, n. [NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] beast.] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Donatary \Don"a*ta*ry\, n. See {Donatory}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Donatory \Don"a*to*ry\, n. (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Down \Down\, a. 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.] 2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. {Down draught}, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. {Down in the mouth}, chopfallen; dejected. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Down tree} (Bot.), a tree of Central America ({Ochroma Lagopus}), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Downthrow \Down"throw`\, n. (Geol.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See {Throw}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Downtrod \Down"trod`\, Downtrodden \Down"trod`den\, a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Downtrod \Down"trod`\, Downtrodden \Down"trod`den\, a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dummador \Dum"ma*dor`\, n. A dumbledor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunder \Dun"der\, n. [Cf. Sp. redundar to overflow.] The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum. [West Indies] The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour. --B. Edwards. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunderhead \Dun"der*head`\, n. [Prov. Eng. also dunderpoll, from dunder, same as thunder.] A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunder-headed \Dun"der-head`ed\, a. Thick-headed; stupid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunderpate \Dun"der*pate`\, n. See {Dunderhead}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunter \Dun"ter\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A porpoise. [Scott.] {Dunter goose} (Zo[94]l.) the eider duck. --J. Brand. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunter \Dun"ter\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A porpoise. [Scott.] {Dunter goose} (Zo[94]l.) the eider duck. --J. Brand. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dandridge, TN (town, FIPS 19380) Location: 36.02311 N, 83.41872 W Population (1990): 1540 (625 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37725 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dendron, VA (town, FIPS 22160) Location: 37.03460 N, 76.92422 W Population (1990): 305 (128 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23839 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dentro /den'troh/ [{demoscene}] Combination of {demo} (sense 4) and {intro}. Other name mixings include intmo, dentmo etc. and are used usually when the authors are not quite sure whether the program is a {demo} or an {intro}. Special-purpose coinages like wedtro (some member of a group got married), invtro (invitation intro) etc. have also been sighted. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Demeter A {CASE} tool developed mainly by Karl Lieberherr. ["Contributions to Teaching Object-Oriented Design and Programming" Aug/Sep 1988 issue of JOOP, OOPSLA '89 Proceedings]. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
diameter The diameter of a {graph} is the maximum value of the minimum distance between any two nodes. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Demetrius (1.) A silversmith at Ephesus, whose chief occupation was to make "silver shrines for Diana" (q.v.), Acts 19:24,i.e., models either of the temple of Diana or of the statue of the goddess. This trade brought to him and his fellow-craftsmen "no small gain," for these shrines found a ready sale among the countless thousands who came to this temple from all parts of Asia Minor. This traffic was greatly endangered by the progress of the gospel, and hence Demetrius excited the tradesmen employed in the manufacture of these shrines, and caused so great a tumult that "the whole city was filled with confusion." (2.) A Christian who is spoken of as having "a good report of all men, and of the truth itself" (3 John 1:12). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Demetrius, belonging to corn, or to Ceres |