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Calorifacient \Ca*lor`i*fa"cient\, a. (Physiol.) See {Calorificient}. | |
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Calorifere \Ca*lor"i*fere\, n. [F. calorif[8a]re, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. | |
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Calorifiant \Ca*lor`i*fi"ant\, a. (Physiol.) See {Calorificient}. | |
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Calorific \Cal`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. {Calorific rays}, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies. | |
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Calorific \Cal`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. {Calorific rays}, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies. | |
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Calorification \Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion\ (k[adot]*l[ocr]r`[icr]*f[icr]*k[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. calorification.] Production of heat, esp. animal heat. | |
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Calorificient \Ca*lor`i*fi"cient\, a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation. | |
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Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies} (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are {nosology}, {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases. {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function of the body. --Virchow. | |
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Yellowwort \Yel"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous ({Chlora perfoliata}). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow. | |
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Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\, n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. [?], [?], and [?], fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the {Eryther[91]a Centaurium} and the {Chlora perfoliata} of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus {Sabbatia}, and even to the unrelated {Centaurea}. | |
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Chloroform \Chlo"ro*form\, n. [Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded as a trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G. chloroform.] (Chem.) A colorless volatile liquid, {CHCl3}, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce an[91]sthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain. | |
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Chloroform \Chlo"ro*form\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chloroformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chloroforming}.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. | |
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Chloroform \Chlo"ro*form\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chloroformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chloroforming}.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. | |
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Chloroform \Chlo"ro*form\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chloroformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chloroforming}.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. | |
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Chloropal \Chlo*ro"pal\, n. [Gr. [?] light green + E. opal.] (Min.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron. | |
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Chloropeptic \Chlo`ro*pep"tic\, a. [Chlorine + peptic.] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid. | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}. | |
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Chlorophane \Chlo"ro*phane\, n. [Gr. [?] light green + [?] to show: cf. F. chlorophane.] 1. (Min.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light. 2. (Physiol.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See {Chromophane}. | |
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Chlorophyll \Chlo"ro*phyll\, n. [Gr. [?] light green + [?] leaf: cf. F. chlorophylle.] (Bot.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written also {chlorophyl}.] | |
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Chlorophyll \Chlo"ro*phyll\, n. [Gr. [?] light green + [?] leaf: cf. F. chlorophylle.] (Bot.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written also {chlorophyl}.] | |
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Chlorpicrin \Chlor`pi"crin\, n. (Chem.) A heavy, colorless liquid, {CCl3.NO2}, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also {chloropikrin}.] | |
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Chloroplast \Chlo"ro*plast\, n. [Pref. chloro- + Gr. [?] to mold, form.] (Biol.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms. | |
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Chloroplastid \Chlo`ro*plas"tid\, n. [Gr. [?] light green + E. plastid.] (Bot.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called {chloroleucite}. | |
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Chloroplatinic \Chlo`ro*pla*tin"ic\, a. (Chem.) See {Platinichloric}. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Chlorpicrin \Chlor`pi"crin\, n. (Chem.) A heavy, colorless liquid, {CCl3.NO2}, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also {chloropikrin}.] | |
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Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. {Asiatic cholera}, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever. {Cholera bacillus}. See {Comma bacillus}. {Cholera infantum}, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. {Cholera morbus}, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. {Chicken cholera}. See under {Chicken}. {Hog cholera}. See under {Hog}. {Sporadic cholera}, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic. | |
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Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. [?] clause, fr. [?] to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera bacillus}. {Comma butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings. | |
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Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. {Asiatic cholera}, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever. {Cholera bacillus}. See {Comma bacillus}. {Cholera infantum}, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. {Cholera morbus}, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. {Chicken cholera}. See under {Chicken}. {Hog cholera}. See under {Hog}. {Sporadic cholera}, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic. | |
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Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. [?] clause, fr. [?] to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera bacillus}. {Comma butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings. | |
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Choleriform \Chol"er*i*form`\, a. [Cholera + -form.] Resembling cholera. | |
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Clairvoyance \Clair*voy"ance\, n. [F.] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition. | |
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Clairvoyant \Clair*voy"ant\, a. [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See {Clear}, and {Vision}.] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses. | |
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Clairvoyant \Clair*voy"ant\ n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses. | |
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Clare-obscure \Clare"-ob*scure"\, n. [L. clarus clear + obscurus obscure; cf. F. clair-obscur. Cf. {Chiaroscuro}.] (Painting) See {Chiaroscuro}. | |
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Claribella \Clar`i*bel"la\, n. [NL., from L. clarus clear + bellus fine.] (Mus.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ. | |
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Clarification \Clar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification.] 1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine. 2. The act of freeing from obscurities. The clarification of men's ideas. --Whewell. | |
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Clarify \Clar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See {Clear}, and {Fact}.] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. [bd]Boiled and clarified.[b8] --Ure. 2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. --South. 3. To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. --Wyclif (John ii. 28). | |
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Clarifier \Clar"i*fi`er\, n. 1. That which clarifies. 2. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works. --Ure. | |
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Clarify \Clar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See {Clear}, and {Fact}.] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. [bd]Boiled and clarified.[b8] --Ure. 2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. --South. 3. To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. --Wyclif (John ii. 28). | |
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Clarify \Clar"i*fy\, v. i. 1. To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification. 2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up. Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. --Bacon. | |
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Clarify \Clar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See {Clear}, and {Fact}.] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. [bd]Boiled and clarified.[b8] --Ure. 2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. --South. 3. To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. --Wyclif (John ii. 28). | |
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Claro-obscuro \Cla"ro-ob*scu"ro\, n. See {Chiaroscuro}. | |
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Clear \Clear\ (kl[emac]r), a. [Compar. {Clearer} (-[etil]r); superl. {Clearest}.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. {Chanticleer}, {Clairvoyant}, {Claret}, {Clarufy}.] 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. --Denham. Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles vi. 10. 2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope. 3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. --Milton. 4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak. 5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope. 6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. 7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. 8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope. 9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift . 10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. My companion . . . left the way clear for him. --Addison. 11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. --Gay. {Clear breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4. {Clear days} (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. {Clear stuff}, boards, planks, etc., free from knots. Syn: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent; luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent; distinct; perspicuous. See {Manifest}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collar \Col"lar\, n. [OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. {Hals}, n.] 1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog. 2. (Arch.) (a) A ring or cincture. (b) A collar beam. 3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. --Gray. 4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. (b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. 6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars. 7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured. 8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. --Raymond. {Collar beam} (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply {collar}. {Collar of brawn}, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] --Johnson. {Collar day}, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. {To slip the collar}, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collar bone \Col"lar bone`\ (Anat.) The clavicle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collar \Col"lar\, n. [OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. {Hals}, n.] 1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog. 2. (Arch.) (a) A ring or cincture. (b) A collar beam. 3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. --Gray. 4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. (b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. 6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars. 7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured. 8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. --Raymond. {Collar beam} (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply {collar}. {Collar of brawn}, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] --Johnson. {Collar day}, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. {To slip the collar}, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. --Spenser. | |
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Blindness \Blind"ness\, n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. --Darwin. {Color blindness}, inability to distinguish certain color. See {Daltonism}. | |
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Color \Col"or\, n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. Note: The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them. 2. Any hue distinguished from white or black. 3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. Give color to my pale cheek. --Shak. 4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors. 5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. --Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. --Shak. 6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. --Shak. 7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. --Farrow. 8. (Law) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. --Blackstone. Note: Color is express when it is averred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading. {Body color}. See under {Body}. {Color blindness}, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See {Daltonism}. {Complementary color}, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. {Of color} (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; -- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. {Primary colors}, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called {fundamental colors}. {Subjective} [or] {Accidental color}, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regularly subdivided, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See {Accidental colors}, under {Accidental}. | |
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Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. [bd]Colorable pretense for infidelity.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Col"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Col"or*a*bly}, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. --Hooker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. [bd]Colorable pretense for infidelity.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Col"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Col"or*a*bly}, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. --Hooker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. [bd]Colorable pretense for infidelity.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Col"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Col"or*a*bly}, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. --Hooker. | |
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Color-blind \Col"or-blind\, a. Affected with color blindness. See {Color blindness}, under {Color}, n. | |
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Colorific \Col`or*if"ic\ (?; 277), a. [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.] Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies. | |
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Clairfield, TN Zip code(s): 37715 | |
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Claryville, KY (CDP, FIPS 15166) Location: 38.92464 N, 84.40925 W Population (1990): 2038 (678 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Claryville, NY Zip code(s): 12725 | |
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Clear Brook, VA Zip code(s): 22624 | |
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Clear Fork, WV Zip code(s): 24822 | |
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Clearbrook, MN (city, FIPS 11746) Location: 47.69471 N, 95.42835 W Population (1990): 560 (256 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56634 | |
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Clearbrook Park, NJ (CDP, FIPS 13399) Location: 40.30960 N, 74.46503 W Population (1990): 2853 (1864 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Clearfield, IA (city, FIPS 13980) Location: 40.80210 N, 94.47604 W Population (1990): 417 (194 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50840 Clearfield, KY Zip code(s): 40313 Clearfield, PA (borough, FIPS 14064) Location: 41.02138 N, 78.43918 W Population (1990): 6633 (3233 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16830 Clearfield, SD Zip code(s): 57580 Clearfield, UT (city, FIPS 13850) Location: 41.10446 N, 112.02261 W Population (1990): 21435 (6516 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84015 | |
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Clearfield County, PA (county, FIPS 33) Location: 41.00032 N, 78.47417 W Population (1990): 78097 (34300 housing units) Area: 2971.7 sq km (land), 16.8 sq km (water) | |
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Clearview, OK (town, FIPS 15050) Location: 35.39755 N, 96.19041 W Population (1990): 47 (33 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74835 Clearview, WV (village, FIPS 15916) Location: 40.14237 N, 80.69128 W Population (1990): 622 (234 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Clearville, PA Zip code(s): 15535 | |
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Coleharbor, ND (city, FIPS 15140) Location: 47.54239 N, 101.22117 W Population (1990): 88 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58531 | |
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Collierville, TN (town, FIPS 16420) Location: 35.05526 N, 89.67851 W Population (1990): 14427 (4613 housing units) Area: 32.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38017 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Clarify Relationship Management} software. {Nortel Networks} sold Clarify to {Amdocs} in 2002. {Home (http://www.amdocsclarify.com/)}. (2003-06-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clear box testing {white box testing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
colour palette which converts the {logical} colour numbers stored in each {pixel} of {video} memory into {physical} colours, normally represented as {RGB} triplets, that can be displayed on the {monitor}. The palette is simply a block of fast {RAM} which is addressed by the logical colour and whose output is split into the red, green and blue levels which drive the actual display (e.g. {CRT}). The number of entries (logical colours) in the palette is the total number of colours which can appear on screen simultaneously. The width of each entry determines the number of colours which the palette can be set to produce. A common example would be a palette of 256 colours (i.e. addressed by eight-bit pixel values) where each colour can be chosen from a total of 16.7 million colours (i.e. eight bits output for each of red, green and blue). Changes to the palette affect the whole screen at once and can be used to produce special effects which would be much slower to produce by updating pixels. (1997-06-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Culler-Fried System A system for interactive mathematics. [Sammet 1969, p. 253-255]. (1994-11-15) |