English Dictionary: Dioscorea elephantipes | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Aquarelle \[d8]Aq`ua*relle"\, n. [F., fr. Ital acquerello, fr. acqua water, L. aqua.] A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors. | |
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d8Cerealia \[d8]Ce`re*a"li*a\, n. pl. [L. See {Cereal}.] 1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres. 2. The cereals. --Crabb. | |
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Charlotte \Char"lotte\, n. [F.] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. {Charlotte Russe}, or {[d8]Charlotte [85] la russe} [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake. | |
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d8Coralligena \[d8]Cor`al*lig"e*na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Anthozoa}. | |
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d8Corallum \[d8]Co*ral"lum\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The coral or skeleton of a zo[94]phyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See {Coral}. | |
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d8Escorial \[d8]Es*co"ri*al\, n. [Sp.] See {Escurial}. | |
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d8Grall91 \[d8]Gral"l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr. gradus. See {Grade.}] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also {Grallatores.} | |
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d8Grallatores \[d8]Gral"la*to"res\, n. pl. [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zo”l.) See {Grall[91]}. | |
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d8Grille \[d8]Grille\, a. [F. See {Grill}, v. t.] A lattice or grating. The grille which formed part of the gate. --L. Oliphant. | |
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d8Gryllus \[d8]Gryl"lus\, n. [L., locust.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of insects including the common crickets. | |
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d8Gyrolepis \[d8]Gy*rol"e*pis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] round + [?] scale.] (Paleon.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds. --Agassiz. | |
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d8Jarl \[d8]Jarl\, n. [Icel., nobleman, chief. See {Earl}.] A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions. --Longfellow. | |
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Decrial \De*cri"al\, n. [See {Decry}.] A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure. | |
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Desireless \De*sire"less\, a. Free from desire. --Donne. | |
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Disgarland \Dis*gar"land\, v. t. To strip of a garland. [Poetic] [bd]Thy locks disgarland.[b8] --Drummond. | |
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Disrealize \Dis*re"al*ize\, v. t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\ (?; see {Dis-}), n. 1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. --Burke. 2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. --Milton. | |
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Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope. 2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. --Milton. | |
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Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope. 2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. --Milton. | |
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Disrelish \Dis*rel"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrelished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrelishing}.] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. --Pope. 2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. --Milton. | |
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Disrulily \Dis*ru"li*ly\, adv. In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Disruly \Dis*ru"ly\, a. Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.] | |
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Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer. | |
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Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. -- Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. --Macaulay. | |
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Doggrel \Dog"grel\, a. & n. Same as {Doggerel}. |