English Dictionary: ambulant plague | by the DICT Development Group |
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{Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}. {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}. {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva cross}, under {Geneva}. {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}. {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}. {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}. {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}. {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}. {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}. {Red flag}. See under {Flag}. {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color. {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under {Ptarmigan}. {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See {Eucalyptus}. {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also {Badge of Ulster}. {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked. | |
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Camomile \Cam"o*mile\, Chamomile \Cham"o*mile\, n.[LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. [?], lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See {Humble}, and {Melon}.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs ({Anthemis}) of the Composite family. The common camomile, {A. nobilis}, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative. | |
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Goshawk \Gos"hawk`\, n. [AS. g[?]shafuc, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. g[be]shaukr. See {Goose}, and {Hawk} the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) Any large hawk of the genus {Astur}, of which many species and varieties are known. The European ({Astur palumbarius}) and the American ({A. atricapillus}) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk ({A. Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) is pure white. | |
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Amability \Am`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. amabilitas.] Lovableness. --Jer. Taylor. Note: The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is [bd]usefully distinct from Amiability.[b8] | |
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Ambilevous \Am`bi*le"vous\, a. [L. ambo both + laevus left.] Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to {ambidexter}. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Ambiloquy \Am*bil"o*quy\, n. Doubtful or ambiguous language. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. [?] to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.] 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak. | |
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Amble \Am"ble\, n. 1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. [bd]A fine easy amble.[b8] --B. Jonson. 2. A movement like the amble of a horse. | |
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Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. [?] to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.] 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak. | |
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Ambler \Am"bler\, n. A horse or a person that ambles. | |
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Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. [?] to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.] 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak. | |
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Amblingly \Am"bling*ly\, adv. With an ambling gait. | |
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Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrarchid[91]}, esp. {Ch[91]nobryttus antistius}, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and {Ambloplites rupestris}, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler. | |
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Amblotic \Am*blot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] an abortion.] Tending to cause abortion. | |
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Amblygon \Am"bly*gon\, n. [Gr. [?] obtuse + [?] angle: cf. F. amblygone.] (Geom.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle. [Obs.] | |
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Amblygonal \Am*blyg"o*nal\, a. Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] --Hutton. | |
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Amblyopic \Am"bly*op"ic\, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to amblyopy. --Quain. | |
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Blindfish \Blind"fish`\, n. A small fish ({Amblyopsis spel[91]us}) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name. | |
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d8Amblyopia \[d8]Am`bly*o"pi*a\, Amblyopy \Am"bly*o`py\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] blunt, dim + [?] eye: cf. F. amblyopie.] (Med.) Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis. | |
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Siredon \Si*re"don\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?] a siren.] (Zo[94]l.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl ({Amblystoma Mexicanum}), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also {Axolotl}. | |
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d8Ambulacrum \[d8]Am`bu*la"crum\, n.; pl. {Ambulacra}. [L., an alley or covered way.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays. (b) One of the suckers on the feet of mites. | |
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Ambulacral \Am`bu*la"cral\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. | |
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Ambulacriform \Am`bu*la"cri*form\, a. [Ambulacrum + -form] (Zo[94]l.) Having the form of ambulacra. | |
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Ambulance \Am"bu*lance\, n. [F. ambulance, h[93]pital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See {Amble}.] (Mil.) (a) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps. (b) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital. | |
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Ambulant \Am"bu*lant\, a. [L. ambulans, p. pr. of ambulare to walk: cf. F. ambulant.] Walking; moving from place to place. --Gayton. | |
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Ambulate \Am"bu*late\, v. i. [L. ambulare to walk. See {Amble}.] To walk; to move about. [R.] --Southey. | |
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Ambulation \Am`bu*la"tion\, n. [L. ambulatio.] The act of walking. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Ambulative \Am"bu*la*tive\, a. Walking. [R.] | |
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Ambulator \Am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who walks about; a walker. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle of the genus {Lamia}. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus. 3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also {perambulator}. --Knight. | |
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Ambulatorial \Am`bu*la*to"ri*al\, a. Ambulatory; fitted for walking. --Verrill. | |
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Ambulatory \Am"bu*la*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Ambulatories}. [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] (Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. | |
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Ambulatory \Am"bu*la*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Ambulatories}. [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] (Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. | |
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Ambulatory \Am"bu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. ambulatorius.] 1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal. 2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. --Sir H. Wotton. 4. (Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator. | |
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Amiability \A`mi*a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. Every excellency is a degree of amiability. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Amiable \A"mi*a*ble\, a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. {Amicable}, {Amorous}, {Amability}.] 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.] So amiable a prospect. --Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. 3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. 4. Done out of love. [Obs.] Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. | |
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Amiableness \A`mi*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being amiable; amiability. | |
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Amiably \A"mi*a*bly\, adv. In an amiable manner. | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Marram \Mar"ram\, n. (Bot.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. | |
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Matweed \Mat"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed ({Ammophila arundinacea}) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see {Beach grass}, under {Beach}); also, the {Lygeum Spartum}, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit. | |
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Beach \Beach\ (b[emac]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} (-[ecr]z). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. {Beach flea} (Zo[94]l.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family {Orchestid[91]}, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. {Beach grass} (Bot.), a coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. {Beach wagon}, a light open wagon with two or more seats. {Raised beach}, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions. | |
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Cedar \Ce"dar\, n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar ({Cupressus thyoides}) is now called {Cham[d2]cyparis sph[91]roidea}; American red cedar is the {Juniperus Virginiana}; Spanish cedar, the West Indian {Cedrela odorata}. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. {Cedar bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of chatterer ({Ampelis cedrarum}), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also {cherry bird}, {Canada robin}, and {American waxwing}. | |
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Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See {Bohemian}, n., 2. 2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or [bd]Bohemian[b8] (see {Bohemian}, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. [Modern] Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five and thirty. --Blackw. Mag. Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. --W. Black. {Bohemian chatterer}, [or] {Bohemian waxwing} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of Europe and America ({Ampelis garrulus}); the waxwing. {Bohemian glass}, a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color. | |
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Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n. 1. A prater; an idle talker. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the family {Ampelid[91]} -- so called from its monotonous note. The {Bohemion chatterer} ({Ampelis garrulus}) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the {cedar bird} is a more common species. See {Bohemian chatterer}, and {Cedar bird}. | |
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Ampelite \Am"pe*lite\ ([acr]m"p[esl]*l[imac]t), n. [L. ampelitis, Gr. 'ampeli^tis, fr. 'a`mpelos vine.] (Min.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist. | |
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Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants. There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer. viii. 13. And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds. --2 Kings iv. 89. {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger Williams. {Vine beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the grapevine. Among the more important species are the grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted {Pelidnota} (see {Rutilian}), the vine fleabeetle ({Graptodera chalybea}), the rose beetle (see under {Rose}), the vine weevil, and several species of {Colaspis} and {Anomala}. {Vine borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the branches. (b) A clearwing moth ({[92]geria polistiformis}), whose larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often destructive. {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] --Holland. {Vine forester} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose larv[91] feed on the leaves of the grapevine. {Vine fretter} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that injuries the grapevine. {Vine grub} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of insect larv[91] that are injurious to the grapevine. {Vine hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of leaf hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under {Grape}. {Vine inchworm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine, especially {Cidaria diversilineata}. {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Desmia maculalis}) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white. {Vine louse} (Zo[94]l.), the phylloxera. {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white, delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing stage of an {Erysiphe}. {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut. xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}. {Vine sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the grapevine. The larv[91] stand side by side in clusters while feeding. {Vine slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly. {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida}) related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is found in Florida and the West Indies. {Vine sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of hawk moths. The larv[91] feed on grapevine leaves. {Vine weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer} (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}. | |
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Wound \Wound\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win. [fb]140. Cf. Zounds.] 1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like. --Chaucer. Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen. --Shak. 2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc. 3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity. Note: Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a [bd]capricious novelty.[b8] It is certainly opposed to an important principle of our language, namely, that the Old English long sound written ou, and pronounced like French ou or modern English oo, has regularly changed, when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually written with the same letters ou in modern English, as in ground, hound, round, sound. The use of ou in Old English to represent the sound of modern English oo was borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and Anglo-Saxon spelling with u. It makes no difference whether the word was taken from the French or not, provided it is old enough in English to have suffered this change to what is now the common sound of ou; but words taken from the French at a later time, or influenced by French, may have the French sound. {Wound gall} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil ({Ampeloglypter sesostris}) whose larv[91] inhabit the galls. | |
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Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. {Virginia cowslip} (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}). {Virginia creeper} (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also {woodbine}, and {American ivy}. [U. S.] {Virginia fence}. See {Worm fence}, under {Fence}. {Virginia nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the cardinal bird. See under {Cardinal}. {Virginia quail} (Zo[94]l.), the bobwhite. {Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. {Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}. | |
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Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also {hydroxyacetic acid}. | |
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Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [c6]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. helix}), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. {American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}. {English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper ({Hedera helix}). {German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of {Senecio} ({S. scandens}). {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}). {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}. {Ivy owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson. {Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. {Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. {To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus {Marcgravia}. | |
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White \White\, a. [Compar. {Whiter}; superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[?]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[c6]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[c6]z, hw[c6]z, Icel. hv[c6]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright, Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [?]v[?]ta white, [?]vit to be bright. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Wheat}, {Whitsunday}.] 1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of {black} or {dark}; as, white paper; a white skin. [bd]Pearls white.[b8] --Chaucer. White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow. 2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear. Or whispering with white lips, [bd]The foe! They come! they come![b8] --Byron. 3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden. No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope. 4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this. --Shak. 5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable. On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life. --Sir W. Scott. 6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling. Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer. I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford. Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed. {White alder}. (Bot.) See {Sweet pepper bush}, under {Pepper}. {White ant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of social pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Termes}. These insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form large and complex communities consisting of numerous asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens (or fertile females) often having the body enormously distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous winged males, together with the larv[91] and pup[91] of each kind in various stages of development. Many of the species construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the form of domelike structures rising several feet above the ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable substances of various kinds, including timber, and are often very destructive to buildings and furniture. {White arsenic} (Chem.), arsenious oxide, {As2O3}, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a deadly poison. {White bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water North American bass ({Roccus chrysops}) found in the Great Likes. {White bear} (Zo[94]l.), the polar bear. See under {Polar}. {White blood cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}. {White brand} (Zo[94]l.), the snow goose. {White brass}, a white alloy of copper; white copper. {White campion}. (Bot.) (a) A kind of catchfly ({Silene stellata}) with white flowers. (b) A white-flowered Lychnis ({Lychnis vespertina}). {White canon} (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian. {White caps}, the members of a secret organization in various of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked in white. {White cedar} (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America ({Thuja occidentalis}), also the related {Cupressus thyoides}, or {Cham[91]cyparis sph[91]roidea}, a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to the {Libocedrus decurrens}, the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. --Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a lofty tree ({Icica, [or] Bursera, altissima}) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect. {White cell}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}. {White cell-blood} (Med.), leucocyth[91]mia. {White clover} (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also under {Clover}. {White copper}, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German silver}, under {German}. {White copperas} (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron; coquimbite. {White coral} (Zo[94]l.), an ornamental branched coral ({Amphihelia oculata}) native of the Mediterranean. {White corpuscle}. (Physiol.) See {Leucocyte}. {White cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the tree cricket. {White crop}, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop. {White currant} (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant, having white berries. {White daisy} (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}. {White damp}, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal mines. --Raymond. {White elephant} (Zo[94]l.), a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant. | |
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Amphilogism \Am*phil"o*gism\, Amphilogy \Am*phil"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -logy.] Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.] | |
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Amphilogism \Am*phil"o*gism\, Amphilogy \Am*phil"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -logy.] Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.] | |
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Ample \Am"ple\, a. [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See {Full}, and cf. {Double}.] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. --Spenser. 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice. 3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. --Johnson. Syn: Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent. Usage: {Ample}, {Copious}, {Abundant}, {Plenteous}. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. [bd]Copious matter of my song.[b8] --Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests. | |
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Amplectant \Am*plec"tant\, a. [L. amplecti to embrace.] (Bot.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. --Gray. | |
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Ampleness \Am"ple*ness\, n. The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness. | |
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Amplexation \Am`plex*a"tion\, n. [L. amplexari to embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Amplexicaul \Am*plex"i*caul\, a. [L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule.] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. --Gray. | |
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Ampliate \Am"pli*ate\, v. t. [L. ampliatus, p. p. of ampliare to make wider, fr. amplus. See {Ample}.] To enlarge. [R.] To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire. --Udall. | |
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Ampliate \Am"pli*ate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects. | |
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Ampliation \Am`pli*a"tion\, n. [L. ampliatio: cf. F. ampliation.] 1. Enlargement; amplification. [R.] 2. (Civil Law) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument. | |
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Ampliative \Am"pli*a*tive\, a. (Logic) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. [bd]All bodies possess power of attraction[b8] is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes. --Abp. W. Thomson. | |
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Amplificate \Am*plif"i*cate\, v. t. [L. amplificatus, p. p. of amplificare.] To amplify. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. 2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. --Sir J. Davies. 3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications. | |
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Amplificative \Am*plif"i*ca*tive\, a. Amplificatory. | |
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Amplificatory \Am*plif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. --Morell. | |
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Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See {Ample}, {-fy}.] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. 2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. --Dryden. | |
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Amplifier \Am"pli*fi`er\, n. One who or that which amplifies. | |
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Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See {Ample}, {-fy}.] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. 2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. --Dryden. | |
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Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. i. 1. To become larger. [Obs.] Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify. --Fairfax. 2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. --Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. --South. | |
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Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See {Ample}, {-fy}.] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. 2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. --Dryden. | |
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Amplitude \Am"pli*tude\, n. [L. amplitudo, fr. amplus: cf. F. amplitude. See {Ample}.] 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. --Fuller. 2. Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness. (a) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers. [bd]Amplitude of mind.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Amplitude of comprehension.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) Of extent of means or resources. [bd]Amplitude of reward.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Astron.) (a) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator. (b) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object. 4. (Gun.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. 5. (Physics) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements. 6. (math.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions. {Magnetic amplitude}, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the true or astronomical amplitude (see 3 above) is the [bd]variation of the compass.[b8] | |
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Vibration \Vi*bra"tion\, n. [L. vibratio: cf. F. vibration.] 1. The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string. As a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. --Longfellow. 2. (Physics) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever. Note: Vibration and oscillation are both used, in mechanics, of the swinging, or rising and falling, motion of a suspended or balanced body; the latter term more appropriately, as signifying such motion produced by gravity, and of any degree of slowness, while the former applies especially to the quick, short motion to and fro which results from elasticity, or the action of molecular forces among the particles of a body when disturbed from their position of rest, as in a spring. {Amplitude of vibration}, the maximum displacement of a vibrating particle or body from its position of rest. {Phase of vibration}, any part of the path described by a particle or body in making a complete vibration, in distinction from other parts, as while moving from one extreme to the other, or on one side of the line of rest, in distinction from the opposite. Two particles are said to be in the same phase when they are moving in the same direction and with the same velocity, or in corresponding parts of their paths. | |
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Amply \Am"ply\, adv. In an ample manner. | |
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Ampul \Am"pul\, n. [AS. ampella, ampolla, L. ampulla: cf. OF. ampolle, F. ampoule.] Same as {Ampulla, 2.} | |
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d8Ampulla \[d8]Am*pul"la\, n.; pl. {Ampull[91]}. [L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. 2. (Eccl.) (a) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. (b) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. --Shipley. 3. (Biol.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. | |
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Ampullaceous \Am`pul*la"ceous\, a. [L. ampullaceus, fr. ampulla.] Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. --Kirby. {Ampullaceous sac} (Zo[94]l.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells. | |
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Ampullaceous \Am`pul*la"ceous\, a. [L. ampullaceus, fr. ampulla.] Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. --Kirby. {Ampullaceous sac} (Zo[94]l.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells. | |
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Ampullar \Am"pul*lar\, Ampullary \Am`pul*la*ry\, a. Resembling an ampulla. | |
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Ampullar \Am"pul*lar\, Ampullary \Am`pul*la*ry\, a. Resembling an ampulla. | |
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Ampullate \Am"pul*late\, Ampullated \Am"pul*la`ted\a. Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied. | |
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Ampullate \Am"pul*late\, Ampullated \Am"pul*la`ted\a. Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied. | |
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Ampulliform \Am*pul"li*form\, a. [Ampulla + -form.] Flask-shaped; dilated. | |
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Anabolic \An`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] something heaped up; [?] + [?] a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature. | |
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Metabolism \Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ({anabolism}), or destructive ({katabolism}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anabolism \A*nab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Metabolism \Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ({anabolism}), or destructive ({katabolism}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anabolism \A*nab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enerlasting \En`er*last"ing\, n. 1. Eternal duration, past of future; eternity. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps. xc. 2. 2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. 3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting ({Anaphalis margaritacea}), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc. 4. A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See {Lasting}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anaplastic \An`a*plas"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to anaplasty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anaplasty \An`a*plas`ty\, n. [Gr. [?] again + [?] to form: cf. F. anaplastie.] (Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anaplerotic \An`a*ple*rot"ic\, a. [L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. [?] to fill up; [?] + [?] to fill.] (Med.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. -- n. A remedy which promotes such granulation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Annoyful \An*noy"ful\, a. Annoying. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Beshow \[d8]Be*show"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large food fish ({Anoplopoma fimbria}) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also {candlefish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anoplothere \An*op"lo*there\ ([acr]n*[ocr]p"l[osl]*th[emac]r), d8Anoplotherium \[d8]An`o*plo*the"ri*um\([acr]n`[osl]*pl[osl]*th[emac]"r[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order {Ungulata}, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anvil \An"vil\, n. [OE. anvelt, anfelt, anefelt, AS. anfilt, onfilt; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. anafalz, D. aanbeld.] 1. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. 2. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Specifically (Anat.), the incus. See {Incus}. {To be on the anvil}, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anvil \An"vil\, v. t. To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ambler, AK (city, FIPS 1970) Location: 67.07688 N, 157.91816 W Population (1990): 311 (79 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99786 Ambler, PA (borough, FIPS 2264) Location: 40.15605 N, 75.22195 W Population (1990): 6609 (2629 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Anabel, MO Zip code(s): 63431 | |
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Annabella, UT (town, FIPS 1750) Location: 38.70620 N, 112.05750 W Population (1990): 487 (145 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Annapolis, CA Zip code(s): 95412 Annapolis, IL Zip code(s): 62413 Annapolis, MD (city, FIPS 1600) Location: 38.97165 N, 76.50303 W Population (1990): 33187 (15252 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21403 Annapolis, MO (city, FIPS 1270) Location: 37.35994 N, 90.69828 W Population (1990): 363 (180 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63620 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Annapolis Juncti, MD Zip code(s): 20701 | |
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Annville, KY (city, FIPS 1648) Location: 37.32300 N, 83.96073 W Population (1990): 470 (156 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Annville, PA (CDP, FIPS 2608) Location: 40.33250 N, 76.50655 W Population (1990): 4294 (1442 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17003 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AMPL for {MasPar}'s computers. AMPL and mpl are parallel variants of {C}. Ampl is actually now a {gcc} port. ["AMPL: Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Multiprocessing Language", R. Dannenberg, CMU 1981]. ["Loglan Implementation of the AMPL Message Passing System", J. Milewski SIGPLAN Notices 19(9):21-29 (Sept 1984)]. [Are these the same language?] (1995-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AMPLE 500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the {BBC Microcomputer}. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies, Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s. Many AMPLE programs were published in Acorn User magazine. (1995-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Amplitude Modulation the {amplitude} of a constant {frequency} {carrier}. Contrast {Frequency Modulation}. (2001-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AMPPL-II {Associative Memory Parallel Processing Language} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming {IBM 1800} using a {light pen}. ["AESOP: A Final Report: A Prototype Interactive Information Control System", J.K. Summers et al, in Information System Science and Technology, D. Walker ed, 1967]. [Sammet 1969, p. 703]. (1995-04-04) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Amplias a Roman Christian saluted by Paul (Rom. 16:8). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Anvil the rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isa. 41:7. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Amplias, large; extensive |