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pith
(encz) | pith,dřeň n: Zdeněk Brož |
pith
(encz) | pith,dužina n: Zdeněk Brož |
pith
(encz) | pith,mícha n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pith
(gcide) | Pith \Pith\, n. [AS. pi?a; akin to D. pit pith, kernel, LG.
peddik. Cf. Pit a kernel.]
1. (Bot.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the
stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the
dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of
cellular tissue.
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2.
(a) (Zool.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
(b) (Anat.) The spinal cord; the marrow.
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3. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital
or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength;
importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
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Enterprises of great pith and moment. --Shak.
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Pith paper. Same as Rice paper, under Rice.
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Pith
(gcide) | Pith \Pith\, v. t. (Physiol.)
To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a
frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the
vertebral canal.
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pith
(wn) | pith
n 1: soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most
flowering plants
2: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, {nitty-
gritty}]
v 1: remove the pith from (a plant) |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
columnar epithelial cell
(encz) | columnar epithelial cell, n: |
cuboidal epithelial cell
(encz) | cuboidal epithelial cell, n: |
dryopithecine
(encz) | dryopithecine, n: |
dryopithecus
(encz) | Dryopithecus, |
epithelia
(encz) | epithelia, |
epithelial
(encz) | epithelial,epiteliální adj: Zdeněk Brožepithelial,epitelový adj: Zdeněk Brožepithelial,výstelkový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
epithelial cell
(encz) | epithelial cell, n: |
epithelial duct
(encz) | epithelial duct, n: |
epithelial tissue
(encz) | epithelial tissue, n: |
epitheliod
(encz) | epitheliod, adj: |
epithelioma
(encz) | epithelioma,epiteliom Zdeněk Brož |
epithelium
(encz) | epithelium,epitel n: Zdeněk Brožepithelium,výstelka n: Zdeněk Brož |
epithet
(encz) | epithet,přídomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
epithetic
(encz) | epithetic,epitetický adj: Zdeněk Brožepithetic,přídomkový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mammal semnopithecus
(encz) | mammal Semnopithecus, n: |
neuroepithelioma
(encz) | neuroepithelioma, n: |
neuroepithelium
(encz) | neuroepithelium, n: |
pith hat
(encz) | pith hat, n: |
pith helmet
(encz) | pith helmet, n: |
pithead
(encz) | pithead,vstup do dolu n: Zdeněk Brož |
pithecanthropus
(encz) | Pithecanthropus, |
pithes
(encz) | pithes, |
pithier
(encz) | pithier, |
pithiest
(encz) | pithiest, |
pithily
(encz) | pithily,obsažně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pithiness
(encz) | pithiness,hutnost n: Zdeněk Brožpithiness,jadrnost n: Zdeněk Brožpithiness,obsažnost n: Zdeněk Brožpithiness,říznost n: Zdeněk Brož |
pithy
(encz) | pithy,jadrný adj: |
rudapithecus
(encz) | rudapithecus, n: |
Aegyptopithecus
(gcide) | Aegyptopithecus \Aegyptopithecus\ n.
1. an extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; --
fossils were found in Egypt.
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Anthropithecus troglodytes
(gcide) | Chimpanzee \Chim*pan"zee\ (ch[i^]m*p[a^]n"z[-e]; 277), n. [From
the native name: cf. F. chimpanz['e], chimpans['e],
chimpanz['e]e.] (Zool.)
An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly {Anthropithecus
troglodytes}, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more
nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is
the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full
grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called
the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently
recognized as a separate species.
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Arctopitheus ai
(gcide) | Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w
slow. See Slow.]
1. Slowness; tardiness.
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These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor
This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak.
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2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
idleness.
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[They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
sloth. --Milton.
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Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
--Franklin.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates
constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder
Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long
prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see
Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are
rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and
Mexico.
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Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus
and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been
described. They have three toes on each foot. The
best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus
tridactylus}), and the ai (Arctopitheus ai). The
two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have
two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
The best-known is the unau (Cholopus didactylus) of
South America. See Unau. Another species ({Cholopus
Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America.
Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as
Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths.
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Australian sloth, or Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
Sloth animalcule (Zool.), a tardigrade.
Sloth bear (Zool.), a black or brown long-haired bear
(Melursus ursinus, or Melursus labiatus), native of
India and Ceylon; -- called also aswail, {labiated
bear}, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be
taught many tricks.
Sloth monkey (Zool.), a loris.
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australopithecine
(gcide) | australopithecine \australopithecine\ n.
1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal
primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed
from 1 to 4 million years ago.
[WordNet 1.5]australopithecine \australopithecine\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus.
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Australopithecus
(gcide) | australopithecine \australopithecine\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus.
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Cercopithecidae
(gcide) | Cercopithecidae \Cercopithecidae\ n.
a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon,
baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey,
patas, and proboscis monkey.
Syn: family Cercopithecidae.
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Cercopithecus
(gcide) | Cercopithecus \Cercopithecus\ n.
type genus of the Cercopithecidae, consisting of one genus
of guenons.
Syn: genus Cercopithecus.
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Cercopithecus callitrichus
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
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Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
[1913 Webster]Guenon \Guenon"\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the
genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly
classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet ({Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis}).
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Cercopithecus cephus
(gcide) | Mustache \Mus*tache"\ (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl.
Mustaches. [Written also moustache.] [F. moustache, It.
mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper
lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp.
mostacho.]
1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair
left growing above the mouth.
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2. (Zool.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It
has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the
nose.
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3. (Zool.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the
head, beneath the eye of a bird.
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4. A stain or discoloration on the upper lip of a person; as,
wearing a milk mustache. [informal]
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Cercopithecus cynosurus
(gcide) | Malbrouck \Mal"brouck\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).
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Cercopithecus Diana
(gcide) | Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess Artemis.
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And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
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Diana monkey (Zool.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of
West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).
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Cercopithecus griseo-viridis
(gcide) | Grivet \Griv"et\ (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zool.)
A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis}), having the upper parts dull green, the
lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was
known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
[1913 Webster]Guenon \Guenon"\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the
genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly
classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet ({Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis}).
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Cercopithecus Lelandii
(gcide) | Vervet \Ver"vet\, n. (Zool.)
A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus syn.
Cercopithecus Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green,
finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish
white.
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Cercopithecus mona
(gcide) | Mona \Mo"na\, n. [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey,
ape.] (Zool.)
A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey
(Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot
of white on the haunches.
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Cercopithecus pluto
(gcide) | Pluto \Plu"to\ (pl[=u]"t[-o]), pr. n. [L., fr. Gr. Plou`twn.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of
Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower
World.
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2. The ninth planet of the Solar System, the smallest (5700
km radius) and most distant from the sun. The suggestion
has been made that it more closely resembles a large close
comet than a planet. Its orbit has an eccentricity of
0.248, larger than that of any other planet; it varies
from 4.44 to 7.37 billion km distance from the sun.
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Pluto is an oddball among its eight sister planets.
It's the smallest in both size and mass, and has the
most elliptical orbit. It moves in a plane tilted
markedly away from the other planets' orbits.
Moreover, Pluto is the only planet made almost
entirely of ice. --Ron Cohen
(Science News,
Feb. 27, 1999,
p. 139)
Pluto monkey (Zool.), a long-tailed African monkey
(Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general
color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is
white.
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Cercopithecus pygerythrus
(gcide) | Vervet \Ver"vet\, n. (Zool.)
A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus syn.
Cercopithecus Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green,
finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish
white.
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Cercopithecus ruber
(gcide) | Patas \Pa*tas"\, n. (Zool.)
A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber);
the red monkey.
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Cercopithecus talapoin
(gcide) | Talapoin \Tal"a*poin\ (t[a^]l"[.a]*poin), n. (Zool.)
A small African monkey (Cercopithecus talapoin or
Miopithecus talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
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Cersopithecus nictitans
(gcide) | Wink \Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Winked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Winking.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G.
winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan.
vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch?n to
waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a
corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]
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1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] "Although I wake or
wink." --Chaucer.
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2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a
quick motion.
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He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer.
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And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
--Shak.
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They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson.
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3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to
blink.
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A baby of some three months old, who winked, and
turned aside its little face from the too vivid
light of day. --Hawthorne.
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4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of
one eye only.
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Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
--Swift.
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5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
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The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts
xvii. 30.
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And yet, as though he knew it not,
His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign.
--Herbert.
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Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
--Locke.
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6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
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Winking monkey (Zool.), the white-nosed monkey
(Cersopithecus nictitans).
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Columnar epithelium
(gcide) | Columnar \Co*lum"nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
like the shaft of a column.
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Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
cover.
Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.
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Epithalamia
(gcide) | Epithalamium \Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. Epithalamiums, L.
Epithalamia. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi`
upon, at + ? bride chamber.]
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
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The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
Jonson.
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Epithalamic
(gcide) | Epithalamic \Ep`i*tha*lam"ic\, a.
Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
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Epithalamies
(gcide) | Epithalamy \Ep`i*thal"a*my\, n.; pl. Epithalamies.
Epithalamium. [R.] --Donne.
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Epithalamium
(gcide) | Epithalamium \Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. Epithalamiums, L.
Epithalamia. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi`
upon, at + ? bride chamber.]
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
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The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
Jonson.
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Epithalamiums
(gcide) | Epithalamium \Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. Epithalamiums, L.
Epithalamia. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi`
upon, at + ? bride chamber.]
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
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The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
Jonson.
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Epithalamy
(gcide) | Epithalamy \Ep`i*thal"a*my\, n.; pl. Epithalamies.
Epithalamium. [R.] --Donne.
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Epitheca
(gcide) | Epitheca \Ep`i*the"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? a case,
box, fr. ? to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers
more or less of the exterior of many corals.
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Epithelia
(gcide) | Epithelium \Ep`i*the"li*um\, n.; pl. E. Epitheliums, L.
Epithelia. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? nipple.] (Anat.)
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal
and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood
vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often
includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial
cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary
canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term
endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood
vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
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Epithelial
(gcide) | Epithelial \Ep`i*the"li*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells;
epithelial cancer.
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epithelial cancer
(gcide) | Epithelioma \Ep`i*the`li*o"ma\, n. [NL. See Epithelium, and
-oma.] (Med.)
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called
also epithelial cancer.
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Epithelial cancer or Epithelioma
(gcide) | Cancer \Can"cer\, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of
the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki`nos, Skr. karka[.t]a crab, and
prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard
shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of
the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America,
as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
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2. (Astron.)
(a) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The
first point is the northern limit of the sun's course
in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See
Tropic.
(b) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
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3. (Med.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended
with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and
progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from
the great veins which surround it, compared by the
ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now
restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of
epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in
the meshes of a trabecular framework.
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Note: Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) {Epithelial
cancer, or Epithelioma}, in which there is no
trabecular framework. See Epithelioma. (2) {Scirrhous
cancer, or Hard cancer}, in which the framework
predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and
slow growth. (3) Encephaloid cancer, {Medullary
cancer}, or Soft cancer, in which the cellular
element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows
rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) Colloid cancer, in
which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The
last three varieties are also called carcinoma.
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Cancer cells, cells once believed to be peculiar to
cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in
no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and
distinguished only by peculiarity of location and
grouping.
Cancer root (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly
parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot,
etc.
Tropic of Cancer. See Tropic.
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Epithelioid
(gcide) | Epithelioid \Ep`i*the"li*oid\, a. [Epithelium + -oid.] (Anat.)
Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
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Epithelioma
(gcide) | Epithelioma \Ep`i*the`li*o"ma\, n. [NL. See Epithelium, and
-oma.] (Med.)
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called
also epithelial cancer.
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Epithelium
(gcide) | Epithelium \Ep`i*the"li*um\, n.; pl. E. Epitheliums, L.
Epithelia. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? nipple.] (Anat.)
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal
and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood
vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often
includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial
cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary
canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term
endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood
vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
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Epitheliums
(gcide) | Epithelium \Ep`i*the"li*um\, n.; pl. E. Epitheliums, L.
Epithelia. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? nipple.] (Anat.)
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal
and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood
vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often
includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial
cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary
canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term
endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood
vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
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Epitheloid
(gcide) | Epitheloid \Ep`i*the"loid\, a. (Anat.)
Epithelioid.
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Epithem
(gcide) | Epithem \Ep"i*them\, n. [L. epithema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to lay or put
on: cf. F. ['e]pith[`e]me. See Epithet.] (Med.)
Any external topical application to the body, except
ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
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Epithema
(gcide) | Epithema \Ep`i*the"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + ? a case,
box, fr. ? to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
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Epithesis
(gcide) | Epithesis \E*pith"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a putting on; 'epi`
upon + ? to place.]
The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without
changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.
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Epithet
(gcide) | Epithet \Ep"i*thet\, n. [L. epitheton, Gr. ?, fr. ? added, fr. ?
to add; 'epi` upon, to + ? to put, place: cf. F.
['e]pith[`e]te. See Do.]
1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or
relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a
person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
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A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet
"worthless" seems best applicable. --Hallam.
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2. Term; expression; phrase. "Stuffed with epithets of war."
--Shak.
Syn: Epithet, Title.
Usage: The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which
give a title or describe character (as the "epithet of
liar"), but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some
rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further,
considering the term epithet as belonging only to a
limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add
nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold
forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as,
the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. But this
restriction does not prevail in general literature.
Epithet is sometimes confounded with application,
which is always a noun or its equivalent.
[1913 Webster]Epithet \Ep"i*thet\, v. t.
To describe by an epithet. [R.]
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Never was a town better epitheted. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Epithetic
(gcide) | Epithetic \Ep`i*thet"ic\, Epithetical \Ep`i*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
? added.]
Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic
measured prose." --Lloyd.
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Epithetical
(gcide) | Epithetic \Ep`i*thet"ic\, Epithetical \Ep`i*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
? added.]
Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic
measured prose." --Lloyd.
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