English Dictionary: lemonlike | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Laminar \Lam"i*nar\, Laminal \Lam"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. laminaire. See {Lamina}] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Archangel \Arch`an"gel\, n. [L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See {Arch-}, pref., and {Angel}.] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. --Milton. 2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants ({Angelica archangelica}, {Lamium album}, etc.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones. 6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases. {Essential character} (Biol.), the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from another. {Essential disease}, {Essential fever} (Med.), one that is not dependent on another. {Essential oils} (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as {lemon oil} is a terpene, {oil of bitter almonds} an aldehyde, {oil of wintergreen} an ethereal salt, etc.; -- called also {volatile oils} in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leonine \Le"o*nine\ (l[emac]"[osl]*n[imac]n), a. [L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F. l[82]onin. See {Lion}.] Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity. -- {Le"o*nine*ly}, adv. {Leonine verse}, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example: Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum. |