English Dictionary: autoclave | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adagial \A*da"gi*al\, a. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. [bd]Adagial verse.[b8] --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adosculation \Ad*os"cu*la"tion\, n. [L. adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See {Osculate}.] (Biol.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Call \Call\, n. 1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the trumpet.[b8] --Shak. I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton. 2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. 3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. 4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity. --Addison. Running into danger without any call of duty. --Macaulay. 5. A divine vocation or summons. St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. --Locke. 6. Vocation; employment. Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.] 7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. The baker's punctual call. --Cowper. 8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. 9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. 10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. 11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. 12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant] 13. See {Assessment}, 4. {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. {Call boy} (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. --Latham. {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Greek calendar \Greek calendar\ 1. Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states. Note: The {Attic calendar} divided the year into twelve months of 29 and 30 days, as follows: 1. Hecatomb[91]on (July-Aug.). 2. Metageitnion (Aug.-Sept.). 3. Bo[89]dromion (Sept.-Oct.). 4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.). 5. M[91]macterion (Nov.-Dec.). 6. Poseideon (Dec.-Jan.). 7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.). 8. Anthesterion (Feb.-Mar.). 9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.). 10. Munychion (Apr.-May). 11. Thargelion (May-June). 12. Scirophorion (June-July). A fixed relation to the seasons was maintained by introducing an intercalary month, [bd]the second Poseideon,[b8] at first in an inexact way, afterward in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned in Olympiads. 2. The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. {Attic faith}, inviolable faith. {Attic purity}, special purity of language. {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n. {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Attical \At"tic*al\, a. Attic. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Autoclastic \Au`to*clas"tic\, a. [See {Auto-}; {Clastic}.] (Geol.) Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Autoclave \Au"to*clave\, n. [F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L. clavis key.] A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead}, {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Atglen, PA (borough, FIPS 3384) Location: 39.94706 N, 75.97527 W Population (1990): 825 (301 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19310 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ADSL {Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line} |