English Dictionary: mefloquine hydrochloride | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus}, especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting}, and {barb}. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}. (d) The queenfish. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
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Forget-me-not \For*get"-me-not`\, n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.] (Bot.) A small herb, of the genus {Myosotis} ({M. palustris}, {incespitosa}, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity. Note: Formerly the name was given to the {Ajuga Cham[91]pitus}. | |
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Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune; h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.] {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}). {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus}, resembling mint, but not aromatic. | |
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Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}. | |
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. | |
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Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M. bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P. tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and {codling}. | |
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Map \Map\, n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it. Note: There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See {Projection}. 2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map. Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. --Shak. {Map lichen} (Bot.), a lichen ({Lecidea geographica}.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A. rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A. campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}. Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc. {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A. rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A. campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}. Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc. {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation. | |
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Maplike \Map"like`\, a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow. | |
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Mebles \Me"bles\, n. pl. See {Moebles}. [Obs.] | |
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Mobilization \Mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [F. mobilization.] The act of mobilizing. | |
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Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps. | |
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Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps. | |
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Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps. | |
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Mobles \Mo"bles\, n. pl. See {Moebles}. [Obs.] | |
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Moebles \Moe"bles\, n. pl. [OE., fr. OF. moeble, mueble, movable, from L. mobilis.] Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular ({moeble}). [Obs.] | |
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Moveless \Move`less\, a. Motionless; fixed. [bd]Moveless as a tower.[b8] --Pope. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Maple City, KS Zip code(s): 67102 Maple City, MI Zip code(s): 49664 | |
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Maple Glen, PA (CDP, FIPS 47152) Location: 40.17525 N, 75.18051 W Population (1990): 5881 (1816 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19002 | |
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Maple Grove, MN (city, FIPS 40166) Location: 45.10602 N, 93.45996 W Population (1990): 38736 (12968 housing units) Area: 85.1 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55369 | |
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Maple Heights, OH (city, FIPS 47306) Location: 41.40885 N, 81.56284 W Population (1990): 27089 (10791 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44137 | |
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Maple Shade, NJ (CDP, FIPS 43770) Location: 39.95125 N, 74.99570 W Population (1990): 19211 (9073 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08052 | |
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Maplecrest, NY Zip code(s): 12454 | |
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Maplesville, AL (town, FIPS 46504) Location: 32.78572 N, 86.87839 W Population (1990): 725 (286 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36750 | |
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Mobile County, AL (county, FIPS 97) Location: 30.68435 N, 88.19853 W Population (1990): 378643 (151220 housing units) Area: 3194.4 sq km (land), 1063.9 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MPLS {Multiprotocol Label Switching} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MPLS domain that understand {MPLS}. (1999-06-14) |