English Dictionary: amenorrhoeal | by the DICT Development Group |
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides. {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. | |
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Amenorrhd2al \A*men`or*rh[d2]"al\, a. Pertaining to amenorrh[d2]a. | |
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Menispermic \Men`i*sper"mic\, a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed ({Menispermum}), or other plants of the same family, as the {Anamirta Cocculus}. | |
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Menispermine \Men`i*sper"mine\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]nispermine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of {Anamirta Cocculus}, formerly {Menispermum Cocculus}) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also {menispermina}. | |
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d8Cocculus Indicus \[d8]Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus\, n. [NL. cocculus (dim. of L. coccum kermes berry) + L. Indicus of India.] (Bot.) The fruit or berry of the {Anamirta Cocculus}, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant. | |
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Anamorphism \An`a*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. [?] again + [?] form.] 1. A distorted image. 2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. --Huxley. | |
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Anamorphoscope \An`a*mor"pho*scope\, n. [Anamorphosis + -scope.] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. | |
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Anamorphosis \An`a*mor"pho*sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to form anew; [?] again + [?] to form; [?] form.] 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. 2. (Biol.) Same as {Anamorphism}, 2. 3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. | |
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Anamorphosy \An`a*mor"pho*sy\, n. Same as {Anamorphosis}. | |
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Anemorphilous \An`e*morph"i*lous\, a. [Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover.] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. --Lubbock. | |
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Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A curious South American bird ({Anhima, [or] Palamedea, cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese ({Anseres}). Called also {horned screamer}. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See {Chaja}, and {Screamer}. | |
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Annumerate \An*nu"mer*ate\, v. t. [L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See {Numerate}.] To add on; to count in. [Obs.] --Wollaston. | |
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Annumeration \An*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [L. annumeratio.] Addition to a former number. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Driver \Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. {Driver ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals. | |
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Anomural \An`o*mu"ral\, Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also {anomoural}, {anomouran}.] | |
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Anomural \An`o*mu"ral\, Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also {anomoural}, {anomouran}.] | |
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Anomural \An`o*mu"ral\, Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also {anomoural}, {anomouran}.] | |
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Anomural \An`o*mu"ral\, Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also {anomoural}, {anomouran}.] | |
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Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Anomura. | |
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Anon \A*non"\, adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + [be]n one. See {On} and {One}.] 1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. --Matt. xiii. 20. 2. Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. --Stow. 3. At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. --Shak. {Anon right}, at once; right off. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Ever and anon}, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. --Shak. | |
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More \More\, n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17. 2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount. They that would have more and more can never have enough. --L'Estrange. O! That pang where more than madness lies. --Byron. {Any more}. (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more. (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do not think any more about it. {No more}, not anything more; nothing in addition. {The more and less}, the high and low. [Obs.] --Shak. [bd]All cried, both less and more.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Anna Maria, FL (city, FIPS 1475) Location: 27.52890 N, 82.73302 W Population (1990): 1744 (1315 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) |