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d8Babiroussa \[d8]Bab`i*rous"sa\, d8Babirussa \[d8]Bab`i*rus"sa\, n. [F. babiroussa, fr. Malay b[be]b[c6] hog + r[umac]sa deer.] (Zo[94]l.) A large hoglike quadruped ({Sus, [or] Porcus, babirussa}) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. | |
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d8Babiroussa \[d8]Bab`i*rous"sa\, d8Babirussa \[d8]Bab`i*rus"sa\, n. [F. babiroussa, fr. Malay b[be]b[c6] hog + r[umac]sa deer.] (Zo[94]l.) A large hoglike quadruped ({Sus, [or] Porcus, babirussa}) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. | |
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d8Babyroussa \[d8]Bab`y*rous"sa\, d8Babyrussa \[d8]Bab`y*rus"sa\ , n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Babyroussa}. | |
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d8Babyroussa \[d8]Bab`y*rous"sa\, d8Babyrussa \[d8]Bab`y*rus"sa\ , n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Babyroussa}. | |
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d8Bavardage \[d8]Ba`var`dage"\, n. [F.] Much talking; prattle; chatter. --Byron. | |
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d8Dapifer \[d8]Dap"i*fer\, n. [L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.] One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household. | |
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d8Epiphora \[d8]E*piph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epifora`, fr. 'epife`rein to bring to or upon; 'epi` + fe`rein to bring.] 1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. | |
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d8Epo94phoron \[d8]Ep`o*[94]ph"o*ron\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + [?] egg + [?] to bear.] (Anat.) See {Parovarium}. | |
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d8Faubourg \[d8]Fau`bourg"\, n. [F.] A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. | |
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d8Fibrilla \[d8]Fi*bril"la\, n.; pl. {Fibrill[92]}. [NL. See {Fibril}.] A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril. | |
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d8Fibroma \[d8]Fi*bro"ma\, n. [NL. See {Fiber}, and {-oma}.] (Med.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue. | |
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d8Fibrospongi91 \[d8]Fi`bro*spon"gi*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a sponge.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges. | |
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d8Hypopharynx \[d8]Hy`po*phar"ynx\, n. [NL. See {Hypo-}, and {Pharynx}.] (Zo[94]l.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects. | |
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d8Ovipara \[d8]O*vip"a*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Oviparous}.] (Zo[94]l.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to {Vivipara}. | |
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d8Papier-mach82 \[d8]Pa`pier"-ma`ch[82]"\, n. [F. papier m[83]ch[82], lit., chewed or mashed paper.] A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds. | |
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d8Pebrine \[d8]Pe`brine"\, n. [F.] An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood. | |
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Peperine \Pep"e*rine\, d8Peperino \[d8]Pep`e*ri"no\, n. [It. peperino, L. piper pepper. So called on account of its color.] (Geol.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc. | |
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d8Piffero \[d8]Pif"fe*ro\, d8Piffara \[d8]Pif"fa*ra\, n. [It. piffero.] (Mus.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir. | |
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d8Piffero \[d8]Pif"fe*ro\, d8Piffara \[d8]Pif"fa*ra\, n. [It. piffero.] (Mus.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir. | |
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d8Piper \[d8]Pi"per\, n. [L.] See {Pepper}. | |
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d8Tubipora \[d8]Tu*bip"o*ra\, n. [NL., from L. tubus tube + porus passage, pore.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. | |
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d8Vibraculum \[d8]Vi*brac"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Vibracula}. [NL., dim. from L. vibrare to vibrate.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia. | |
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d8Vibrio \[d8]Vib"ri*o\, n.; pl. E. {Vibrios}, L. {Vibriones}. [NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.] (Biol.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus. | |
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d8Vibrissa \[d8]Vi*bris"sa\, n.; pl. {Vibriss[91]}. [L. vibrissae, pl., the hairs in the nostrils of man, fr. vibrare to vibrate; -- so called because touching them tickles a person, and causes him to shake his head.] 1. (Anat.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds. | |
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d8Viburnum \[d8]Vi*bur"num\, n. [L., the wayfaring tree.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose. | |
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d8Viperina \[d8]Vi`per*i"na\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) See {Viperoidea}. | |
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d8Viperoidea \[d8]Vi`per*oi"de*a\, Viperoides \Vi`per*oi"des\, n. pl. [NL. See {Viper}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also {Viperina}. | |
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d8Vivarium \[d8]Vi*va"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Vivariums}, L. {Vivaria}. [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See {Vivid}.] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc. | |
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d8Viverra \[d8]Vi*ver"ra\, n. [L., a ferret.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets. | |
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Defibrinate \De*fi"bri*nate\, v. t. To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs. | |
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Defibrination \De*fi`bri*na"tion\, n. The act or process of depriving of fibrin. | |
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Defibrinize \De*fi"bri*nize\, v. t. To defibrinate. | |
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Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Depauperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depauperating}.] [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.] To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. --Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, a. [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. --Gray. | |
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Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Depauperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depauperating}.] [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.] To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. --Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Depauperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depauperating}.] [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.] To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. --Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Depauperize \De*pau"per*ize\, v. t. To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.] | |
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Devaporation \De*vap`o*ra"tion\, n. The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain. |