English Dictionary: Lunaria annua | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus {Larus} and allied genera. Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull ({Larus argentatus}), the great black-backed gull ({L. murinus}) the laughing gull ({L. atricilla}), and Bonaparte's gull ({L. Philadelphia}). The common European gull is {Larus canus}. {Gull teaser} (Zo[94]l.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Macaco \[d8]Ma*ca"co\, n. [Cf. Pg. macaco.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur ({Lemur macaco}), and the ring-tailed lemur ({L. catta}). | |
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Mongoose \Mon"goose\, n.; pl. {Mongooses}. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ({Lemur mongos}). | |
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d8Macauco \[d8]Ma*cau"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small lemurs, as {Lemur murinus}, which resembles a rat in size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lemuridous \Le*mu"ri*dous\ (l[esl]*m[umac]"r[icr]*d[ucr]s), Lemurine \Lem"u*rine\ (l[ecr]m"[usl]*r[icr]n [or] *r[imac]n), a. (Zo[94]l.) Lemuroid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.] 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! --Shak. 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8] --Shak. 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts. {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black. {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc. {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}). {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}. {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras. {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe. {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}. {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.] {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}. {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See {Cockatoo}. {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}. {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia. {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar. {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward. {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance. {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum}) injurious to turnips. {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C. {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests. The larv[91] are aquatic. (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}). {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest. {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock}, {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}. {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay. {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See {Tupelo}. {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape. {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker. {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the {acoumbo} of the natives. {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See {Blacklist}, v. t. {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, {MnO2}. {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail. {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}. {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See {Tillandsia}. {Black oak}. See under {Oak}. {Black ocher}. See {Wad}. {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar. {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight. {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox. {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses. {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain. {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble. {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}. {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs. {Black tea}. See under {Tea}. {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight. {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}. {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo Harlani}). Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[icr]n"[esl]*[ait]l), a. [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin[82]al. See 3d {Line}.] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to {collateral}; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. --Locke. 2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden. 3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. 4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. {Lineal measure}, the measure of length; -- usually written {linear measure}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Linear measure}, the measurement of length. {Linear numbers} (Math.), such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the linear figure is called a root. {Linear problem} (Geom.), a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone. {Linear transformation} (Alg.), a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[icr]n"[esl]*[ait]l), a. [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin[82]al. See 3d {Line}.] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to {collateral}; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. --Locke. 2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden. 3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. 4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. {Lineal measure}, the measure of length; -- usually written {linear measure}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Linear measure}, the measurement of length. {Linear numbers} (Math.), such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the linear figure is called a root. {Linear problem} (Geom.), a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone. {Linear transformation} (Alg.), a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Linear measure}, the measurement of length. {Linear numbers} (Math.), such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the linear figure is called a root. {Linear problem} (Geom.), a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone. {Linear transformation} (Alg.), a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Linearensate \Lin`e*ar*en"sate\ (-[ecr]n"s[asl]t), a. (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lunar \Lu"nar\, a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See {Luna}, and cf. {Lunary}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations. 2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden. 3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month. 4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon. {Lunar caustic} (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists. {Lunar cycle}. Same as {Metonic cycle}. See under {Cycle}. {Lunar distance}, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the {lunar method}. {Lunar method}, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude. {Lunar month}. See {Month}. {Lunar observation}, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude. {Lunar tables}. (a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax. {Lunar year}, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lunar \Lu"nar\, a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See {Luna}, and cf. {Lunary}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations. 2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden. 3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month. 4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon. {Lunar caustic} (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists. {Lunar cycle}. Same as {Metonic cycle}. See under {Cycle}. {Lunar distance}, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the {lunar method}. {Lunar method}, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude. {Lunar month}. See {Month}. {Lunar observation}, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude. {Lunar tables}. (a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax. {Lunar year}, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Month \Month\, n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. m[d3]n[?], m[d3]na[?]; akin to m[d3]na moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG. m[be]n[d3]d, Icel. m[be]nu[?]r, m[be]na[?]r, Goth. m[c7]n[d3][?]s. [fb]272. See {Moon}.] One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month. Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. --Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's Blackstone. {A month mind}. (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death. --Strype. {Calendar months}, the months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29. {Lunar month}, the period of one revolution of the moon, particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are distinguished, as the {synodical month}, or period from one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the {nodical month}, or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the {sidereal}, or time of revolution from a star to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the {anomalistic}, or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and the {tropical}, or time of passing from any point of the ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7 s. {Solar month}, the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rainbow \Rain"bow`\, n. [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See {Rain}, and {Bow} anything bent,] A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain. Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow, which is formed by two refractions and one reflection, there is also another often seen exterior to it, called the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in the reverse order from those of the latter. {Lunar rainbow}, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the moon. {Marine rainbow}, [or] {Sea bow}, a similar bow seen in the spray of waves at sea. {Rainbow trout} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmoirideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now extensively introduced into the Eastern States. Japan, and other countries; -- called also {brook trout}, {mountain trout}, and {golden trout}. {Rainbow wrasse}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Wrasse}. {Supernumerary rainbow}, a smaller bow, usually of red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them. | |
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Lunarian \Lu*na"ri*an\, n. [See {Lunar}, {Luna}.] An inhabitant of the moon. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lemoore Naval Ai, CA Zip code(s): 93245 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
linear map {vector space} to a vector space which respects the {additive} and {multiplicative} structures of the two: that is, for any two {vectors}, u, v, in the source vector space and any scalar, k, in the {field} over which it is a vector space, a linear map f satisfies f(u+kv) = f(u) + kf(v). (1996-09-30) |