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   tea family
         n 1: a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales [syn:
               {Theaceae}, {family Theaceae}, {tea family}]

English Dictionary: tea family by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twopenny-halfpenny
adj
  1. of trifling worth [syn: sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny- halfpenny]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.)
      A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor,
      and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alt \Alt\, a. & n. [See {Alto}.] (Mus.)
      The higher part of the scale. See {Alto}.
  
      {To be in alt}, to be in an exalted state of mind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leading \Lead"ing\, a.
      Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading
      motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly},
      adv.
  
      {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to
            be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
            --Abbott.
  
      {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a
            guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a
            marked melodic phrase or short passage which always
            accompanies the reappearance of a certain person,
            situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the
            play; a sort of musical label.
  
      {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the
            ascending major scale; the sensible note.
  
      {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the
            person questioned in making his reply.
  
      {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported
            when beginning to walk.
  
      {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or
            dependence, or under the guidance of others.
  
      {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels
            of a locomotive engine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[icr]k"[etil]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF.
      licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid.
      See {Liquid}, and cf. {Liqueur}.]
      1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice,
            or the like.
  
      2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either
            distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer,
            etc.
  
      3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; --
            distinguished from tincture and aqua.
  
      Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of
               preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in
               which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in
               water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is
               gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[91] or waters.
               --U. S. Disp.
  
      {Labarraque's liquor} (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline
            hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching
            and as a disinfectant.
  
      {Liquor of flints}, [or] {Liquor silicum} (Old Chem.),
            soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from
            powdered flints. See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}.
  
      {Liquor of Libavius}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of
            Libavius}, under {Fuming}.
  
      {Liquor sanguinis} (s[acr]n"gw[icr]n*[icr]s) (Physiol.), the
            blood plasma.
  
      {Liquor thief}, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a
            cask through the bung hole.
  
      {To be in liquor}, to be intoxicated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl[81]ck, Icel.
      lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to
      entice. Cf. 3d {Gleck}.]
      That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill,
      affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed
      casual; a course or series of such events regarded as
      occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's
      habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or
      hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is
      better than skill.
  
               If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure
               to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee
               'gainst the odds.                                    --Shak.
  
      {Luck penny}, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays
            money. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {To be in luck}, to receive some good, or to meet with some
            success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of
            circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Typhomalarial \Ty`pho*ma*la"ri*al\, a. (Med.)
      Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial
      fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and
      typhoid fever.
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