English Dictionary: dyspeptic | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Capapie \[d8]Cap`*a*pie"\, adv. [OF. ([?]) cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. per foot + caput head.] From head to foot; at all points. [bd]He was armed cap-a-pie.[b8] --Prescott. | |
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Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. {Chapeux}. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See {Chaplet}.] 1. A hat or covering for the head. 2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See {Maintenance}. {[d8]Chapeau bras}[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers. | |
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d8Copepoda \[d8]Co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] an oar + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine. Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes. | |
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d8Eucopepoda \[d8]Eu`co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Eu-} and {Copepoda}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans. | |
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d8Qui vive \[d8]Qui` vive"\ [F., fr. qui who + vive, pres. subj. of vivre to live.] The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: [bd]Who comes there?[b8] {To be on the qui vive}, to be on guard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel. | |
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d8Scaphopda \[d8]Sca*phop"*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also {Prosopocephala}, and {Solenoconcha}. | |
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d8Scyphobranchii \[d8]Scy`pho*bran"chi*i\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a cup + [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families. | |
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d8Scyphophori \[d8]Scy*phoph"o*ri\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cup + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail. | |
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d8Toxiphobia \[d8]Tox`i*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. toxiko`n poison + fo`bos fear.] (Med.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons. | |
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d8Xiphiplastron \[d8]Xiph"i*plas"tron\, n.; pl. {Xiphiplastra}. [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword + plastron.] (Anat.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also {xiphisternum}. | |
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Obligation \Ob"li*ga"tion\, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See {Oblige}.] 1. The act of obligating. 2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty. A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a proson. --Fuller. 3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc. Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. --Whewell. 4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one. 5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things. {Days of obligation}. See under {Day}. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Deceivable \De*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [F. d[82]cevable.] 1. Fitted to deceive; deceitful. [Obs.] The fraud of deceivable traditions. --Milton. 2. Subject to deceit; capable of being misled. Blind, and thereby deceivable. --Milton. | |
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Deceivableness \De*ceiv"a*ble*ness\, n. 1. Capability of deceiving. With all deceivableness of unrighteousness. --2 Thess. ii. 10. 2. Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child. | |
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Deceivably \De*ceiv"a*bly\, adv. In a deceivable manner. | |
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Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. d[82]faveur.] [Written also {disfavour}.] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. The people that deserved my disfavor. --Is. x. 6 (1551). Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. --Gladstone. 2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court. 3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. --Clarendon. | |
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Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfavoring}.] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. --Swift. 2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Disfavorable \Dis*fa"vor*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]favorable.] Unfavorable. [Obs.] --Stow. | |
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Disfavorably \Dis*fa"vor*a*bly\, adv. Unpropitiously. [Obs.] | |
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Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfavoring}.] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. --Swift. 2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Disfavorer \Dis*fa"vor*er\, n. One who disfavors. --Bacon. | |
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Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfavoring}.] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. --Swift. 2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. d[82]faveur.] [Written also {disfavour}.] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. The people that deserved my disfavor. --Is. x. 6 (1551). Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. --Gladstone. 2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court. 3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. --Clarendon. | |
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Dispauper \Dis*pau"per\, v. t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis. | |
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Dispauperize \Dis*pau"per*ize\, v. t. To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Dispeople \Dis*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispeopling}.] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. d[82]peupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. --Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. --Milton. | |
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Dispeople \Dis*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispeopling}.] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. d[82]peupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. --Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. --Milton. | |
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Dispeopler \Dis*peo"pler\, n. One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. --Gay. | |
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Dispeople \Dis*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispeopled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispeopling}.] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. d[82]peupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. --Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. --Milton. | |
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Dispope \Dis*pope"\, v. t. To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. --Tennyson. | |
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Dissipable \Dis"si*pa*ble\, a. [L. dissipabilis.] Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.] The heat of those plants is very dissipable. --Bacon. | |
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Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L. dyspepsia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] hard to digest; [?] ill, hard + [?] to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See {Dys-}, and 3d Cook.] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. --Dunglison. | |
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Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L. dyspepsia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] hard to digest; [?] ill, hard + [?] to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See {Dys-}, and 3d Cook.] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. --Dunglison. | |
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Dyspeptic \Dys*pep"tic\, Dyspeptical \Dys*pep"tic*al\, a. Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom. | |
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Dyspeptic \Dys*pep"tic\, n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia. | |
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Dyspeptic \Dys*pep"tic\, Dyspeptical \Dys*pep"tic*al\, a. Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom. | |
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Dyspeptone \Dys*pep"tone\, n. [Pref. dys- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. --Meissner. |