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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Amorphozoa \[d8]A*mor`pho*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] shapeless; 'a priv. + [?] form + [?] animal.] (Zo[94]l.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. | |
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d8Amour propre \[d8]A"mour` pro"pre\ ([adot]"m[oomac]r` pr[osl]"pr'). [F.] Self-love; self-esteem. | |
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d8Ana89robia \[d8]An*a`[89]r*o"bi*a\, Ana89robes \An*a"[89]r*obes\, n. pl. [NL. anaerobia; an-not + a[89]ro- + Gr.[?] life.] (Bacteriol.) Ana[89]robic bacteria. They are called facultative ana[89]robia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, ana[89]robia when they thrive only in its absence. | |
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d8En rapport \[d8]En` rap`port"\ [F.] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons. | |
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Rapport \Rap*port"\, n. [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. {Report}.] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. 'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. --Sir W. Temple. {[d8]En` rap`port"}[F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication. | |
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d8Maharif \[d8]Ma`ha*rif"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An African antelope ({Hippotragus Bakeri}). Its face is striped with black and white. | |
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d8Marbrinus \[d8]Mar*bri"nus\, n. [LL., fr. OF. & F. marble marble. See {Marble}.] A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. --Beck (Draper's Dict.). | |
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d8Marrubium \[d8]Mar*ru"bi*um\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound. | |
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d8Mirabilis \[d8]Mi*rab"i*lis\, n. [L., wonderful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See {Four-o'clock}. | |
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d8Morbidezza \[d8]Mor`bi*dez"za\, n. [It., softness, delicacy. See {Morbid}.] 1. (Fine Arts) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh. 2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. --Ludden. | |
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d8Morpho \[d8]Mor"pho\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], an epithet of Venus.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus {Morpho}. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots. | |
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d8Morphosis \[d8]Mor*pho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] form, fr. [?] form.] (Biol.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part. | |
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d8Myriapoda \[d8]Myr`i*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] numberless + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracha[91], similar to those of true insects. The larv[91], when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See {Centiped}, {Galleyworm}, {Milliped}. Note: The existing Myriapoda are divided into three orders: Chilopoda, Chilognatha or Diplopoda, and Pauropoda (see these words in the Vocabulary). Large fossil species (very different from any living forms) are found in the Carboniferous formation. | |
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d8Myriopoda \[d8]Myr`i*op"o*da\, n. pl. See {Myriapoda}. | |
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d8Neurapophysis \[d8]Neu`ra*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Neurapophyses}. [NL. See {Neuro-}, and {Apophysis}.] (Anat.) (a) One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch. (b) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process. | |
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d8Neuropodium \[d8]Neu`ro*po"di*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a nerve + [?], dim. of [?], [?], the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium. | |
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d8Neuroptera \[d8]Neu*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [Nl., fr. gr. [?] nerve + [?] a wing, fr. [?] to fly.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera. | |
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d8Neuropteris \[d8]Neu*rop"te*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a nerve + [?] a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation. | |
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d8Nirvana \[d8]Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[be][nsdot]a.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See {Buddhism}. | |
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Dammar \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. {Shorea robusta} and the dammar pine. {Dammar pine}, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis, [or] Dammara, orientalis}), yielding dammar. | |
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Demirep \Dem"i*rep`\, n. [Contr. fr. demi-reputation.] A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [Colloq.] --De Quincey. | |
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Demurrable \De*mur"ra*ble\ (d[esl]*m[ucir]r"r[adot]*b'l), a. That may be demurred to. --Stormonth. | |
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Dimorph \Di"morph`\, n. [Gr. [?] two-formed; di`s- twice (see {Di-}) + [?] form.] (Crystallog.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs. | |
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Mora \Mo"ra\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad ({Dimorphandra excelsa}); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture. | |
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Dimorphic \Di*mor"phic\, a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. | |
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Dimorphism \Di*mor"phism\, n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.] 1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. --Darwin. 2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite. | |
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Dimorphous \Di*mor"phous\, a. [Cf. F. dimorphe.] 1. (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic. 2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DinnerBell An {object-oriented} {dataflow} language with {single assignment}. ["Object-Oriented Load Distribution in DinnerBell", S. Kono (1994-10-31) |