Muscicapa grisola : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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English Dictionary: Muscicapa grisola	by the DICT Development Group
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magic spell n a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" Synonym(s): spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
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make as if v begin or appear to begin an action; "He made as if to shake my hand"
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makeshift adj done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury- rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" Synonym(s): improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift n something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency Synonym(s): makeshift, stopgap, make-do
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massage parlor n a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage a business establishment that offers therapeutic massage
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megacephaly n an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical Synonym(s): macrocephaly, megacephaly, megalocephaly
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megascopic adj visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) Synonym(s): megascopic, gross
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megasporangium n a plant structure that produces megaspores [syn: megasporangium, macrosporangium]
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megaspore n larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte Synonym(s): megaspore, macrospore
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megasporophyll n in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia
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mesosphere n the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
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message pad n a pad of paper on which messages can be written [syn: message pad, writing pad]
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messiahship n the position of messiah
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mezzo-soprano n a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto [syn: mezzo-soprano, mezzo] the female singing voice between contralto and soprano Synonym(s): mezzo-soprano, mezzo
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Mickey Spillane n United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918) Synonym(s): Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane
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Mississippi n a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico Synonym(s): Mississippi, Mississippi River a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War Synonym(s): Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS
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Mississippi River n a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico Synonym(s): Mississippi, Mississippi River
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Mississippian n from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects Synonym(s): Mississippian, Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period a native or resident of Mississippi
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mocha coffee n a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia [syn: mocha, mocha coffee]
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moo goo gai pan n a Cantonese dish of chicken and sauteed vegetables
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mossy-cup oak n medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood Synonym(s): bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
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mossycup oak n medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood Synonym(s): bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
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Muscicapa n type genus of the Muscicapidae [syn: Muscicapa, {genus Muscicapa}]
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Muscicapa grisola n common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage Synonym(s): spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola
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Muscicapa striata n common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage Synonym(s): spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola
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Muscicapidae n Old World (true) flycatchers [syn: Muscicapidae, {family Muscicapidae}]
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music box n produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate Synonym(s): music box, musical box
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music of the spheres n an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
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music paper n paper with lines appropriate for writing music [syn: {music paper}, score paper]
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Myxocephalus n grubby Synonym(s): Myxocephalus, genus Myxocephalus
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Myxocephalus aenaeus n small sculpin of the coast of New England [syn: grubby, Myxocephalus aenaeus]
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Myxosporidia n an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia [syn: Myxosporidia, order Myxosporidia]
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myxosporidian n mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Makeshift \Make"shift`\, n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. --James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Megacephalic \Meg`acephal"ic\, Megacephalous \Meg`aceph"alous\, a. [Mega- + Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.
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Maleo \Ma"le*o\, n. [From its native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of Celebes ({megacephalon maleo}), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.
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Megacephalic \Meg`acephal"ic\, Megacephalous \Meg`aceph"alous\, a. [Mega- + Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Megascope \Meg"a*scope\, n. [Mega- + -scope: cf. F. m[82]gascope.] A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Megascopic \Meg`ascop"ic\, Megascopical \Meg`ascop"ic*al\, a. 1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the megascope or the projection upon a screen of images of opaque objects. (b) Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of photographic pictures, etc. 2. (Geol.) Large enough to be seen; -- said of the larger structural features and components of rocks which do not require the use of the microscope to be perceived. Opposed to {microscopic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Megascopic \Meg`ascop"ic\, Megascopical \Meg`ascop"ic*al\, a. 1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the megascope or the projection upon a screen of images of opaque objects. (b) Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of photographic pictures, etc. 2. (Geol.) Large enough to be seen; -- said of the larger structural features and components of rocks which do not require the use of the microscope to be perceived. Opposed to {microscopic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Owlet \Owl"et\, n. [Dim. of owl. Cf. {Howlet}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small owl; especially, the European species ({Athene noctua}), and the California flammulated owlet ({Megascops flammeolus}). {Owlet moth} (Zo[94]l.), any noctuid moth.
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Mesocephalic \Mes`ocephal"ic\, a. [Meso- + cephalic.] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure. (b) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. (c) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.
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Mesocephalous \Mes`oceph"alous\, a. (Anat.) Mesocephalic.
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Mesoscapular \Mes`oscap"ular\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.
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Mesosperm \Mes"o*sperm\, n. [Meso- + Gr. [?] seed: cf. F. m[82]sosperme.] (Bot.) A membrane of a seed. See {Secundine}.
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Messiahship \Messi"ahship\, n. The state or office of the Messiah.
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Mezzo-soprano \Mez"zo-so*pra"no\, a. (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n. (a) A mezzo-soprano voice. (b) A person having such a voice.
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Misacceptation \Misac`cepta"tion\, n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.
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Misexplanation \Misex`plana"tion\, n. An erroneous explanation.
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Misexplication \Misex`plica"tion\, n. Wrong explication.
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Misexposition \Misex`posi"tion\, n. Wrong exposition.
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Misexpound \Mis`ex*pound"\, v. t. To expound erroneously.
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Misexpression \Mis`ex*pres"sion\, n. Wrong expression.
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Mishcup \Mish*cup"\, n. [See {Scup}.] (Zo[94]l.) The scup. [Local, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mucous \Mu"cous\, a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance. 2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane. {Mucous membrane}. (Anat.) See under {Membrane}. {Mucous patches} (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. {Mucous tissue} (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Musa \[d8]Mu"sa\, n.; pl. {Mus[91]}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain ({M. paradisiaca} of Linn[91]us, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian ({M. Ensete}), the Philippine Island ({M. textilis}, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of {Banana} and {Plantain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banana \Ba*na"na\, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size ({Musa sapientum}); also, its edible fruit. See {Musa}. Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food. {Banana bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small American bird ({Icterus leucopteryx}), which feeds on the banana. {Banana quit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus {Certhiola}, allied to the creepers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European flycatcher ({Muscicapa gricola}), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family {Muscicapid[91]}, as the spotted flycatcher ({Muscicapa grisola}). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family {Tyrannid[91]}, as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher ({Myiarchus crinitus}), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family {Sylvicolid[91]} are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher ({S. mitrata}). See {Tyrant flycatcher}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muscicapine \Muscic"apine\, a. [L. musca a fly + capere to catch.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Muscicapid[91]}, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muscicapine \Muscic"apine\, a. [L. musca a fly + capere to catch.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Muscicapid[91]}, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}. {Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments. {Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. {Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. {Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. {Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. {Music shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. {To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}. {Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments. {Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. {Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. {Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. {Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. {Music shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. {To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[8a]re, L. sphaera,. Gr. [?][?][?] a sphere, a ball.] 1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center. 2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth. Of celestial bodies, first the sun, A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it. (b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions. 4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied. 5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence. To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in 't. --Shak. Taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself. --Hawthorne. Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble. 6. Rank; order of society; social positions. 7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak. {Armillary sphere}, {Crystalline sphere}, {Oblique sphere},. See under {Armillary}, {Crystalline},. {Doctrine of the sphere}, applications of the principles of spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth, and the right ascension and declination, altitude and azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies; spherical geometry. {Music of the spheres}. See under {Music}. Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See {Globe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}. {Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments. {Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. {Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. {Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. {Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. {Music shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. {To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}. {Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments. {Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. {Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. {Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. {Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. {Music shell} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. {To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
magic bullet (Or "silver bullet" from vampire legends) A term widely used in software engineering for a supposed quick, simple cure for some problem. E.g. "There's no silver bullet for this problem". (1999-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Magic Paper An early interactive {symbolic mathematics} system. [Sammet 1969, p. 510]. (1995-01-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Maxis Software The developers of {SimCity} and {SimCity 2000}. {Home (http://www.maxis.com/)}. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS. (1995-02-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
message passing One of the two techniques for communicating between parallel processes (the other being {shared memory}). A common use of message passing is for communication in a {parallel computer}. A process running on one processor may send a message to a process running on the same processor or another. The actual transmission of the message is usually handled by the {run-time support} of the language in which the processes are written, or by the {operating system}. Message passing scales better than {shared memory}, which is generally used in computers with relatively few processors. This is because the total communications {bandwidth} usually increases with the number of processors. A message passing system provides primitives for sending and receiving messages. These primitives may by either {synchronous} or {asynchronous} or both. A synchronous send will not complete (will not allow the sender to proceed) until the receiving process has received the message. This allows the sender to know whether the message was received successfully or not (like when you speak to someone on the telephone). An asynchronous send simply queues the message for transmission without waiting for it to be received (like posting a letter). A synchronous receive primitive will wait until there is a message to read whereas an asynchronous receive will return immediately, either with a message or to say that no message has arrived. Messages may be sent to a named process or to a named {mailbox} which may be readable by one or many processes. Transmission involves determining the location of the recipient and then choosing a route to reach that location. The message may be transmitted in one go or may be split into {packet}s which are transmitted independently (e.g. using {wormhole routing}) and reassembled at the receiver. The message passing system must ensure that sufficient memory is available to buffer the message at its destination and at intermediate nodes. Messages may be typed or untyped at the programming language level. They may have a priority, allowing the receiver to read the highest priority messages first. Some message passing computers are the {MIT J-Machine (http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/cva/cva_j_machine.html)}, the {Illinois Concert Project (http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/projects/concert.html)} and {transputer}-based systems. {Object-oriented programming} uses message passing between {object}s as a metaphor for procedure call. (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Message Passing Interface A {de facto standard} for communication among the {nodes} running a {parallel program} on a {distributed memory system}. MPI is a {library} of {routines} that can be called from {Fortran} and{ C} programs. MPI's advantage over older message passing libraries is that it is both {portable} (because MPI has been implemented for almost every distributed memory {architecture}) and fast (because each implementation is {optimised} for the {hardware} it runs on). [Address?] (1997-06-09)