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   Ieoh Ming Pei
         n 1: United States architect (born in China in 1917) [syn:
               {Pei}, {I. M. Pei}, {Ieoh Ming Pei}]

English Dictionary: in one's birthday suit	by the DICT Development Group
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iminazole n an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn: imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline]
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immense adj unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge Synonym(s): huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian
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immensely adv to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator" Synonym(s): vastly, immensely
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immenseness n unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
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immensity n unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
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immensurable adj impossible to measure; "unmeasurable reaches of outer space" Synonym(s): immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured Antonym(s): measurable, mensurable
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immingle v combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" Synonym(s): blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle
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immune carrier n (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others Synonym(s): carrier, immune carrier
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immune gamma globulin n a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response Synonym(s): immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin
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immune globulin n a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response Synonym(s): immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin
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immune serum globulin n a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response Synonym(s): immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin
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immune suppressant drug n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
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immune system n a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
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immunisation n the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) [syn: immunization, immunisation]
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immunise v law: grant immunity from prosecution [syn: immunize, immunise] perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" Synonym(s): immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
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immunised adj having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: immunized, immunised, vaccinated]
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immunization n the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) [syn: immunization, immunisation]
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immunize v law: grant immunity from prosecution [syn: immunize, immunise] perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" Synonym(s): immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
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immunized adj having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: immunized, immunised, vaccinated]
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immunizing agent n any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body Synonym(s): immunogen, immunizing agent
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immunoassay n identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen; "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay" Synonym(s): immunoassay, immunochemical assay
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immunochemical adj of or relating to immunochemistry
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immunochemical assay n identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen; "PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay" Synonym(s): immunoassay, immunochemical assay
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immunochemistry n the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) Synonym(s): immunochemistry, chemoimmunology
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immunocompetence n the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen Antonym(s): immunodeficiency
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immunocompetent adj capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen; "immunocompetent cells" Antonym(s): immunodeficient
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immunocompromised adj unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy
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immunogen n any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body Synonym(s): immunogen, immunizing agent
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immunogenic adj possessing the ability to elicit an immune response
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immunogenicity n the property of eliciting an immune response
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immunoglobulin n a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response Synonym(s): immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin
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immunoglobulin A n one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts Synonym(s): immunoglobulin A, IgA
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immunoglobulin D n one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts Synonym(s): immunoglobulin D, IgD
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immunoglobulin E n one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes Synonym(s): immunoglobulin E, IgE
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immunoglobulin G n one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria Synonym(s): immunoglobulin G, IgG
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immunoglobulin M n one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G Synonym(s): immunoglobulin M, IgM
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immunohistochemistry n an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)
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immunosuppressant n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
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immunosuppressed adj of persons whose immune response is inadequate
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immunosuppression n lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer)
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immunosuppressive adj of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
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immunosuppressive drug n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
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immunosuppressor n a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response [syn: immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug]
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in any case adv used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" Synonym(s): anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" Synonym(s): besides, in any case
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in one case adv on one occasion; "once I ran into her" [syn: once, {one time}, in one case]
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in one's birthday suit adj as naked as at birth [syn: mother-naked, {naked as the day one was born}, naked as the day you were born, in one's birthday suit, in your birthday suit]
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in one's own right adv by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.; "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance"; "an excellent novel in its own right" Synonym(s): in one's own right, in his own right, in her own right, in its own right
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in unison adv speaking or singing at the same time; simultaneously; "they shouted `Yes!' in unison"; "they responded in chorus to the teacher's questions" Synonym(s): in unison, in chorus at the same pitch; "they sang in unison"
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inhomogeneity n the quality of being inhomogeneous
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inhomogeneous adj not homogeneous Synonym(s): inhomogeneous, nonuniform
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inimical adj not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" Synonym(s): unfriendly, inimical
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inning n (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat Synonym(s): inning, frame
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innings n the batting turn of a cricket player or team
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inunct v administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing Synonym(s): anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
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inunction n anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual Synonym(s): unction, inunction
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ion engine n a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field
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Ionian Sea n an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
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Immanacle \Imman"acle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immanacled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immanacling}.] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Immanacle \Imman"acle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immanacled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immanacling}.] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Immanacle \Imman"acle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immanacled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immanacling}.] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Immense \Im*mense"\, a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See {Measure}.] Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. [bd]Immense the power[b8] --Pope. [bd]Immense and boundless ocean.[b8] --Daniel. O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! --Milton. Syn: Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See {Enormous}.
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Immensely \Im*mense"ly\, adv. In immense manner or degree.
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Immenseness \Im*mense"ness\, n. The state of being immense.
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Immensible \Immen"sible\, a. [Immense + -ible.] Immeasurable. [Obs.] --Davies.
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Immensity \Immen"sity\, n.; pl. {Immensities}. [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensit[82].] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. --Blackmore. The immensity of the material system. --I. Taylor.
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Immensity \Immen"sity\, n.; pl. {Immensities}. [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensit[82].] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. --Blackmore. The immensity of the material system. --I. Taylor.
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Immensive \Im*men"sive\, a. Huge. [Obs.] --Herrick.
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Immensurability \Immen`surabil"ity\, n. The quality of being immensurable.
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Immensurable \Immen"sura*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. {Immeasurable}.] Immeasurable. What an immensurable space is the firmament. --Derham.
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Immensurate \Immen"surate\, a. [Pref. im- not + mensurate.] Unmeasured; unlimited. [R.] --W. Montagu.
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Immingle \Im*min"gle\, v. t. To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] --Thomson.
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Immune \Immune"\, a. [L. immunis. See {Immunity}.] Exempt; protected by inoculation. -- {Immu"nize}, v. t.
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Any \A"ny\, a. & pron. [OE. [91]ni[yogh], [91]ni, eni, ani, oni, AS. [d6]nig, fr. [be]n one. It is akin to OS. [c7]nig, OHG. einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See {One}.] 1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be. Note: Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question. No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. --Matt. xi. 27. 2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? [bd]Who will show us any good?[b8] --Ps. iv. 6. Note: It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, . . . and it shall be given him. --Jas. i. 5. That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. --Acts ix. 2. {At any rate}, {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.
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Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit.
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Book \Book\ (b[oocr]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[omac]c; akin to Goth. b[omac]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[omac]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[omac]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[omac]c, b[emac]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.] 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing. Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet. Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott. 2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. --Milton. 3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of [bd]Paradise Lost.[b8] 4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. 5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook. {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a book. {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts. {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. [bd]Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false.[b8] --Burnet. {Book louse} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}. {Book moth} (Zo[94]l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv[91] of which eat books. {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible. {The Book of Books}, the Bible. {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail. {Book scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), one of the false scorpions ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects. {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books. {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}. {In one's books}, in one's favor. [bd]I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp.[b8] --Addison. {To bring to book}. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. [bd]To bring it manifestly to book is impossible.[b8] --M. Arnold. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses. {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness. {Without book}. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority.
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Danger \Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See {Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer. 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See {In one's danger}, below. You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak. Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, [bd]Out of debt out of danger.[b8] Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.
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Employ \Em*ploy"\, n. [Cf. F. emploi.] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. The whole employ of body and of mind. --Pope. {In one's employ}, in one's service.
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
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Unison \U"ni*son\ (?; 277), n. [LL. unisonus having the same sound; L. unus one + sonus a sound: cf. F. unisson, It. unisono. See {One}, and {Sound} a noise.] 1. Harmony; agreement; concord; union. 2. (Mus.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves. Note: If two cords of the same substance have equal length, thickness, and tension, they are said to be in unison, and their sounds will be in unison. Sounds of very different qualities and force may be in unison, as the sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a flute. Unison, then, consists in identity of pitch alone, irrespective of quality of sound, or timbre, whether of instruments or of human voices. A piece or passage is said to be sung or played in unison when all the voices or instruments perform the same part, in which sense unison is contradistinguished from harmony. 3. A single, unvaried. [R.] --Pope. {In unison}, in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
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Inamissible \In`amis"sible\, a. [L. inamissibilis: cf. F. inamissible.] Incapable of being lost. [R.] --Hammond. -- {In`amis"sible*ness}, n. [R.]
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Inamissible \In`amis"sible\, a. [L. inamissibilis: cf. F. inamissible.] Incapable of being lost. [R.] --Hammond. -- {In`amis"sible*ness}, n. [R.]
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Inangular \Inan"gular\, a. Not angular. [Obs.]
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Ineye \In*eye"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ineyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ineyeing}.] [Pref. in- in + eye.] To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate. The arts of grafting and ineying. --J. Philips.
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Inhance \In*hance"\, v. t. See {Enhance}.
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Inimaginable \In`imag"ina*ble\, a. Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] --Bp. Pearson.
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Inimical \Inim"ical\ (?; 277), a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See {Amity}.] 1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity. 2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant. We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments. --Burke.
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Inimicality \Inim`ical"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness. [R.]
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Inimically \Inim"ical*ly\, adv. In an inimical manner.
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Inimicitious \Inim`ici"tious\, a. [L. inimicitia enmity. See {Inimical}.] Inimical; unfriendly. [R.] --Sterne.
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Inimicous \Inim"icous\, a. [L. inimicus.] Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Inn \Inn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inning}.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
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Inning \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.] 1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings. 3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth.
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Inuncted \In*unc"ted\, a. [See {Inunction}.] Anointed. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
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Inunction \In*unc"tion\, n. [L. inunctio, fr. inungere, inunctum, to anoint. See 1st {In-}, and {Unction}.] The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
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Inunctuosity \Inunc`tuos"i*ty\ (?; 135), n. The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. --Kirwan.