English Dictionary: dein Wort in Gottes Ohr | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Amrita \[d8]Am*ri"ta\, n. [Skr. amrita.] (Hind. Myth.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal. | |
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d8Anarthropoda \[d8]An`ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] without joints + -poda. See {Anarthrous}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to {Arthropoda}. | |
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d8Anorthopia \[d8]An`or*tho"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] priv. + ortho- + Gr. [?], [?], the eye.] (Med.) Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent. | |
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d8Emeritus \[d8]E*mer"i*tus\, a. [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.] Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church. | |
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d8Emeritus \[d8]E*mer"i*tus\, n.; pl. {Emeriti}. [L.] A veteran who has honorably completed his service. | |
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d8En route \[d8]En` route"\ [F.] On the way or road. | |
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d8Enarthrodia \[d8]En`ar*thro"di*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] in + [?]. See {Arthrodia}.] (Anat.) See {Enarthrosis}. -- {En`ar*thro"di*al}, a. | |
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d8Enarthrosis \[d8]En`ar*thro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] jointed; [?] in + [?] joint.] (Anat.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See {Articulation}. | |
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d8Mardi gras \[d8]Mar"di` gras"\, n. [F., literally, fat Tuesday.] The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking. | |
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d8Martel de fer \[d8]Mar`tel` de fer"\ [OF., hammer of iron.] A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. --Fairholt. | |
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Merithal \Mer"i*thal\, d8Merithallus \[d8]Mer`i*thal"lus\, n. [NL. merithallus, fr. Gr. [?], or [?], a part + [?] a young shoot.] (Bot.) Same as {Internode}. | |
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d8Moratorium \[d8]Mor`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Moratory}.] (Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law. | |
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d8Mordente \[d8]Mor*den"te\, n. [It.] (Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill. | |
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d8Nardoo \[d8]Nar*doo"\, n. (Bot.) An Australian name for {Marsilea Drummondii}, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food. | |
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d8Narthex \[d8]Nar"thex\, n. [L., giant fennel, Gr. [?].] 1. (Bot.) A tall umbelliferous plant ({Ferula communis}). See {Giant fennel}, under {Fennel}. 2. (Arch.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church. | |
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d8Nerita \[d8]Ne*ri"ta\, n. [L., a sort of sea mussel, gr. [?], [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates. | |
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d8Neritina \[d8]Ner`i*ti"na\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted. | |
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d8Neuritis \[d8]Neu*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?] nerve + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a nerve. | |
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Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant ({Hesperis matronalis}), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also {rocket} and {dame's violet}. --Loudon. | |
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. | |
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Damourite \Dam"our*ite\ (d[acr]m"[oocr]*[imac]t), n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. | |
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. | |
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Damourite \Dam"our*ite\ (d[acr]m"[oocr]*[imac]t), n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. | |
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Danewort \Dane"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder ({Sambucus Ebulus}); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also {Daneweed}, {Dane's weed}, and {Dane's-blood}. Note: [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] | |
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Demerit \De*mer"it\, n. [F. d[82]m[82]rite demerit (in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit (in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See {De}-, and {Merit}.] 1. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.] By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation. --Holland. 2. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of {merit}. They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. --Burke. Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. --Sir W. Temple. 3. The state of one who deserves ill. | |
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Demerit \De*mer"it\, v. t. [Cf. F. d[82]m[82]riter to deserve ill. See {Demerit}, n.] 1. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.] If I have demerited any love or thanks. --Udall. Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. --State Trials (1645). 2. To depreciate or cry down. [R.] --Bp. Woolton. | |
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Demerit \De*mer"it\, v. i. To deserve praise or blame. | |
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Demurity \De*mur"i*ty\ (d[esl]*m[umac]r"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Demur \De*mur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See {Memory}.] 1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.] Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. --Nicols. 2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. 3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement. 4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See {Demurrer}, 2. | |
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Deonerate \De*on"er*ate\, v. t. [L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. See {Onerate}.] To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Diner-out \Din"er-out`\, n. One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. --Byron. | |
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Downhearted \Down"heart`ed\, a. Dejected; low-spirited. | |
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Downward \Down"ward\, Downwards \Down"wards\, adv. [AS. ad[?]nweard. See {Down}, adv., and {-ward}.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. [bd]Looking downwards.[b8] --Pope. Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton. 2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton. 3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. --Shak. | |
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Downward \Down"ward\, a. 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. --Dryden. 2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent. 3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Downward \Down"ward\, Downwards \Down"wards\, adv. [AS. ad[?]nweard. See {Down}, adv., and {-ward}.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. [bd]Looking downwards.[b8] --Pope. Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton. 2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton. 3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. --Shak. | |
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Dunreith, IN (town, FIPS 19162) Location: 39.80289 N, 85.43688 W Population (1990): 205 (82 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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downward closed {closure} |