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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Abgeordnetenhaus \[d8]Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`\, n. [G.] See {Legislature}, Austria, Prussia. | |
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Apocrisiary \Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry\, d8Apocrisiarius \[d8]Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us\, n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. [?] answer, fr. [?] to answer; [?] from + [?] to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. | |
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d8Baccara \[d8]Bac`ca*ra"\, Baccarat \Bac`ca*rat"\, n. [F.] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters. | |
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d8Basso-rilievo \[d8]Bas"so-ri*lie"vo\, Basso-relievo \Bas"so-re*lie"vo\, n. [It. basso-rilievo.] Same as {Bas-relief}. | |
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d8Becard \[d8]Bec"ard\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. ({Tityra inquisetor}). | |
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d8Bichir \[d8]Bi*chir"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A remarkable ganoid fish ({Polypterus bichir}) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See {Brachioganoidei}. | |
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d8Buceros \[d8]Bu"ce*ros\, n. [Gr. boy`kerws horned like an ox; boy^s ox + ke`ras horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills. | |
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d8Bucranium \[d8]Bu*cra"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {Bucrania}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] ox head.] A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc. | |
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d8D82bouchure \[d8]D[82]`bou`chure"\, n. [F.] The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. | |
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d8Epacris \[d8]Ep"a*cris\ ([ecr]p"[adot]*kr[icr]s), n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths. | |
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d8Epicardium \[d8]Ep`i*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] heart.] (Anat.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. | |
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d8Epichirema \[d8]Ep`i*chi*re"ma\, n.; pl. {Epichiremata}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to attempt to prove.] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also {epicheirema}.] | |
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d8Epicranium \[d8]Ep`i*cra"ni*um\, n. [NL. See {Epi-}, and {Cranium}.] 1. (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects. | |
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d8Fiacre \[d8]Fia"cre\, n. [F.] A kind of French hackney coach. | |
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d8Figaro \[d8]Fi`ga`ro"\, n. [From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' [bd]Barber of Seville.[b8]] An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer. | |
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d8Figurine \[d8]Fi`gu`rine"\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., dim. of figure.] A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc. | |
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d8Fissirostres \[d8]Fis`si*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft. | |
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d8Fissurella \[d8]Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also {keyhole limpet}. | |
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d8Fjord \[d8]Fjord\ (fy[ocir]rd), n. See {Fiord}. | |
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d8Fossores \[d8]Fos*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fossor[?] digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [Written also {Fossoria}.] | |
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d8Fossoria \[d8]Fos*so"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Fossores}. | |
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d8Habeas corpus \[d8]Ha"be*as corpus\ [L. you may have the body.] (Law) A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. --Bouvier. | |
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Hypocarp \Hy"po*carp\, d8Hypocarpium \[d8]Hy`po*car"pi*um\, n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + [?] fruit.] (Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of {Cashew}. | |
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d8Observandum \[d8]Ob*ser`van"dum\, n.; pl. {Observanda}. [L.] A thing to be observed. --Swift. | |
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d8Passeres \[d8]Pas"se*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow.] (Zo[94]l.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds. | |
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d8Pecora \[d8]Pec"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pecus. See {Pecuniary}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle. | |
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d8Picari91 \[d8]Pi*ca"ri*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds. | |
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d8Poseur \[d8]Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, d8Poseuse \[d8]Po`seuse"\, n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.] A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally. | |
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d8Psora \[d8]Pso"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch. | |
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d8Psoriasis \[d8]Pso*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] psora.] (Med.) (a) The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.] (b) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin. | |
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Pygarg \Py"garg\, d8Pygargus \[d8]Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr. [?], literally, white rump; [?] the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the hen harrier. (b) The sea eagle. | |
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d8Pygropodes \[d8]Py*grop"o*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back. | |
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d8Vacher \[d8]Va`cher"\, n. [F., from vache a cow. Cf. {Vaquero}.] A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] | |
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d8Vaquero \[d8]Va*que"ro\, n. [Sp., cowherd, fr. vaca a cow, L. vacca. Cf. {Vacher}.] One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] | |
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d8Vigoroso \[d8]Vig`o*ro"so\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force. | |
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d8Viscera \[d8]Vis"ce*ra\, n., pl. of {Viscus}. | |
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d8Vizier-azem \[d8]Vi*zier`-a*zem"\, n. [Ar. azam great. See {Vizier}.] A grand vizier. See under {Vizier}. | |
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d8Voussoir \[d8]Vous`soir"\, n. [F., akin to vo[96]te an arch, a vault.] (Arch.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. | |
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d8Voyageur \[d8]Voy`a`geur"\, n. [F., fr. voyager to travel. See {Voyage}.] A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest. | |
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6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. --Longfellow. 7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. --Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior. 8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! --Shak. 9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. --Chaucer. 10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal. 11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc. 12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton. 13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}. {Act of grace}. See under {Act}. {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. That day of grace fleets fast away. --I. Watts. {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. {Good graces}, favor; friendship. {Grace cup}. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. --Hing. {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc. Brit. {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n., 13. {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and def. 11 above. {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak. {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal. {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. --Macaulay. Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy is kindness or compassion to the suffering or condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}. | |
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Debaser \De*bas"er\, n. One who, or that which, debases. | |
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Debaucher \De*bauch"er\, n. One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness. | |
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Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}. 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. --Burke. 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat. | |
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Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. {Debaucheries}. 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. --Burke. 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat. | |
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Defacer \De*fa"cer\, n. One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures. | |
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Defiguration \De*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. Disfiguration; mutilation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Defigure \De*fig"ure\, v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) + figure.] To delineate. [Obs.] These two stones as they are here defigured. --Weever. | |
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Deposer \De*pos"er\, n. 1. One who deposes or degrades from office. 2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent. | |
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Deviser \De*vis"er\, n. One who devises. | |
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Devisor \De*vis"or\, n. (Law) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee. | |
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Diffuser \Dif*fus"er\, n. One who, or that which, diffuses. | |
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Inclinnometer \In`clin*nom"e*ter\, n. [Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also {inclination compass}, and {dip circle}. | |
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Diphycercal \Diph`y*cer"cal\, a. [Gr. difyh`s double (di- = di`s- twice + fy`ein to produce) + ke`rkos tail.] (Anat.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See {Protocercal}. | |
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Divisor \Di*vi"sor\, n. [L., fr. dividere. See {Divide}.] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided. {Common divisor}. (Math.) See under {Common}, a. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Doub grass \Doub" grass`\(Bot.) Doob grass. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Doub grass \Doub" grass`\(Bot.) Doob grass. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Dove Creek, CO (town, FIPS 21265) Location: 37.76599 N, 108.90523 W Population (1990): 643 (305 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81324 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
divisor A quantity that evenly divides another quantity. Unless otherwise stated, use of this term implies that the quantities involved are integers. (For non-integers, the more general term {factor} may be more appropriate.) Example: 3 is a divisor of 15. Example: 3 is not a divisor of 14. (1997-03-07) | |
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DV cartridge by some games consoles in order to play {MPEG} video material. (1994-11-02) |