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-CN
(gcide) | Nitrile \Ni"trile\ (? or ?), n. [See Nitro-.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of compounds bearing the cyanide radical
(-CN); particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol
radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a
carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as
ammonia.
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Note: The nitriles are named with reference to the acids
produced by their decomposition, thus, hydrocyanic acid
is formic nitrile, methyl cyanide is acetonitrile
(also acetic nitrile), and ethyl cyanide is
propionitrile (from propionic acid).
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CN
(gcide) | Cyanogen \Cy*an"o*gen\ (s?-?n"?-j?n), n. [Gr. ky`anos a dark
blue substance + -gen: cf. F. cyanog[`e]ne. So called because
it produced blue dyes.] (Chem.)
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a
peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue
compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric
cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an
alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is
strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts
itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and
shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also
applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of
cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound
radicals recognized.
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Note: Cyanogen is found in the commercial substances,
potassium cyanide, or prussiate of potash, yellow
prussiate of potash, Prussian blue, Turnbull's blue,
prussic acid, etc.
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cn
(vera) | CN
Communications Network
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Congestion Notification (IEE 802.1Qau, DCB)
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(vera) | CN
Connection Management (mobile-systems)
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cn
(vera) | CN
Coordination Message (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
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cn
(vera) | CN
Copy Network
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(vera) | CN
Corporate Network
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picnic
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acne
(gcide) | acne \ac"ne\ ([a^]k"n[-e]), n. [NL., prob. a corruption of Gr.
'akmh`.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the sebaceous glands that are associated with
hair follicles, leading to visible comedones and pimples,
especially on the face, back, and chest.
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Acnida cannabina
(gcide) | Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine,
Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis ({Cannabis
sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
various other plants yielding fiber.
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2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
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African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and
Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.
Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis ({Galeopsis
Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.
Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
(Crotalaria juncea).
Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina),
related to the amaranth.
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Acnodal
(gcide) | Acnodal \Ac*no"dal\, a.
Pertaining to acnodes.
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Acnode
(gcide) | Acnode \Ac"node\, n. [L. acus needle + E. node.] (Geom.)
An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose co["o]rdinates
satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as
belonging to the curve.
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acnodes
(gcide) | Double \Dou"ble\ (d[u^]b"'l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF.
doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root
of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr.
diplo`os double. See Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma,
Duple.]
1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent;
made twice as large or as much, etc.
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Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2
Kings ii. 9.
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Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden.
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2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set
together; coupled.
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[Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake,
Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth.
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3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the
other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.
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With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2.
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4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably
increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result
of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens
and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants
have their blossoms naturally double.
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Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound
word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number,
quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two.
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Double base, or Double bass (Mus.), the largest and
lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the
contrabasso or violone.
Double convex. See under Convex.
Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or
composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by
setting one of them an octave higher or lower.
Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four
players, two on each side.
Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark ([dag]) next to
the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis.
Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both
ends.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the
value of 20 dollars.
Double entry. See under Bookkeeping.
Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists
support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below.
See Illust. of Double-framed floor.
Double flower. See Double, a., 4.
Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders
into which the binding joists are framed.
Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects.
Double letter.
(a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.
(b) A mail requiring double postage.
Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the
semibreve; a breve. See Breve.
Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves,
or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth.
Double pica. See under Pica.
Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put
out at the same time.
Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in
answer to the declaration, where either of such matters
alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen.
Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two
branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of
a curve are called double points, since they possess most
of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They
are also called acnodes, and those points where the
branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes.
The extremity of a cusp is also a double point.
Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under
Duplex.
Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction.
Double salt. (Chem.)
(a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been
saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the
double carbonate of sodium and potassium,
NaKCO3.6H2O.
(b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as
common alum, which consists of the sulphate of
aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium.
Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance.
Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of
monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver
standard, both of which are made legal tender.
Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as
to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such
stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be
physically connected so that they revolve round their
common center of gravity, and in the latter case are
called also binary stars.
Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick.
Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes
with an air space between them.
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Anthracnose
(gcide) | Anthracnose \An*thrac"nose`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, carbuncle + ?
disease.] (Bot.)
Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic
species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean,
grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the
grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit,
and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.
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Anticness
(gcide) | Anticness \An"tic*ness\, n.
The quality of being antic. --Ford.
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Authenticness
(gcide) | Authenticness \Au*then"tic*ness\, n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] --Hammond.
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Catholicness
(gcide) | Catholicness \Cath"o*lic*ness\, n.
The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.
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Causticness
(gcide) | Causticness \Caus"tic*ness\, n.
The quality of being caustic; causticity.
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CN
(gcide) | Nitrile \Ni"trile\ (? or ?), n. [See Nitro-.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of compounds bearing the cyanide radical
(-CN); particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol
radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a
carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as
ammonia.
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Note: The nitriles are named with reference to the acids
produced by their decomposition, thus, hydrocyanic acid
is formic nitrile, methyl cyanide is acetonitrile
(also acetic nitrile), and ethyl cyanide is
propionitrile (from propionic acid).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Cyanogen \Cy*an"o*gen\ (s?-?n"?-j?n), n. [Gr. ky`anos a dark
blue substance + -gen: cf. F. cyanog[`e]ne. So called because
it produced blue dyes.] (Chem.)
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a
peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue
compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric
cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an
alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is
strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts
itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and
shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also
applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of
cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound
radicals recognized.
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Note: Cyanogen is found in the commercial substances,
potassium cyanide, or prussiate of potash, yellow
prussiate of potash, Prussian blue, Turnbull's blue,
prussic acid, etc.
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Cnemial
(gcide) | Cnemial \Cne"mi*al\, a. [Gr. ? the tibia.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to the shin bone.
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Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end
of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.
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Cnemial crest
(gcide) | Cnemial \Cne"mi*al\, a. [Gr. ? the tibia.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to the shin bone.
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Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end
of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.
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Cneorum tricoccon
(gcide) | Widow-wail \Wid"ow-wail`\, n. (Bot.)
A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon)
found in Southern Europe.
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Cnethocampa processionea
(gcide) | Processionary \Pro*ces"sion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius,
F. processionnaire.]
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as,
processionary service.
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Processionary moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus
Cnethocampa, especially Cnethocampa processionea of
Europe, whose larv[ae] make large webs on oak trees, and
go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with
stinging hairs.
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CnH2n
(gcide) | Ethylene \Eth"yl*ene\ ([e^]th"[i^]l*[=e]n), n. [From Ethyl.]
(Chem.)
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an
important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained
by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It
is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with
chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), --
hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl,
and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.
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Ethylene series (Chem.), the series of unsaturated
hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and
represented by the general formula CnH2n.
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CnH2n2
(gcide) | alkane \alkane\ n. (Chem.)
a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general
formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.
[WordNet 1.5]alkane series \alkane series\ n. (Chem.)
a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with
the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane,
ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn: methane series, alkane series, paraffin
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Cnicus
(gcide) | Cnicus \Cnicus\ n.
a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed
thistle.
Syn: genus Cnicus.
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Cnicus arvensis
(gcide) | Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those
of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name
is often also applied to other prickly plants.
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Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.
Fuller's thistle, the teasel.
Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe,
Melon, etc.
Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.
Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.
Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus.
Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
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Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
Goldfinch.
Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also painted lady.
Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
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Cnicus lanceolatus
(gcide) | Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. spaer, L. sparus.]
1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
sharp head or blade; a lance.
Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear."
--Chaucer.
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3.
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2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
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3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
fish and other animals.
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4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
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5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
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6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
attached; a pump rod.
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Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse.
Spear grass. (Bot.)
(a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1.
(b) meadow grass. See under Meadow.
Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the
right hand. --Crabb.
Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus
lanceolatus}).
[1913 Webster]Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those
of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name
is often also applied to other prickly plants.
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Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.
Fuller's thistle, the teasel.
Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe,
Melon, etc.
Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.
Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.
Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus.
Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
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Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
Goldfinch.
Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also painted lady.
Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
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cnida
(gcide) | Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [Sp.
lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.]
A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used
for catching horses, cattle, etc.
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Lasso cell (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and
offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all
c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. Each of these cells
is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.
[1913 Webster]Cnida \Cni"da\ (n[imac]"d[.a]), n.; pl. Cnid[ae]
(n[imac]"d[=e]). [NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar stinging cells found in C[oe]lenterata; a
nematocyst; a lasso cell.
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Cnida
(gcide) | Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [Sp.
lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.]
A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used
for catching horses, cattle, etc.
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Lasso cell (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and
offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all
c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. Each of these cells
is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.
[1913 Webster]Cnida \Cni"da\ (n[imac]"d[.a]), n.; pl. Cnid[ae]
(n[imac]"d[=e]). [NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar stinging cells found in C[oe]lenterata; a
nematocyst; a lasso cell.
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Cnidae
(gcide) | Cnida \Cni"da\ (n[imac]"d[.a]), n.; pl. Cnid[ae]
(n[imac]"d[=e]). [NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar stinging cells found in C[oe]lenterata; a
nematocyst; a lasso cell.
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Cnidaria
(gcide) | Cnidaria \Cni*da"ri*a\ (n[i^]*d[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL. See
Cnida.] (Zool.)
A comprehensive group equivalent to the true C[oe]lenterata,
i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from
presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See
Coelenterata.
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Cnidoblast
(gcide) | Cnidoblast \Cni"do*blast\, n. [Cnida + -blast.] (Zool.)
One of the cells which, in the C[oe]lenterata, develop into
cnid[ae].
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cnidocell
(gcide) | Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [Sp.
lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.]
A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used
for catching horses, cattle, etc.
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Lasso cell (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and
offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all
c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. Each of these cells
is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.
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Cnidocil
(gcide) | Cnidocil \Cni"do*cil\, n. [Cnida + cilium eyelash.] (Zool.)
The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.
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CNO2Br3
(gcide) | Brompicrin \Brom*pi"crin\, n. [G. brompikrin; brom bromine +
pikrins[aum]ure picric acid.] (Chem.)
A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to
and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin.]
[1913 Webster] Brompton's cocktail
Brompton mixture
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CNOH
(gcide) | Polymeric \Pol`y*mer"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. ? part.] (Chem.)
Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the
same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but
different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus,
cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and
cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.
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Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each
element in a number of polymeric substances are
respectively multiples and factors of each other, or
have some simple common divisor. The relation may be
merely a numerical one, as in the example given above,
or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde,
paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.
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CNS
(gcide) | CNS \CNS\ n.
acronym for central nervous system the portion of the
vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal
cord.
Syn: central nervous system.
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Cycnoches
(gcide) | Cycnoches \Cycnoches\ n.
a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American
orchids.
Syn: genus Cycnoches.
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Dacninae
(gcide) | Dacninae \Dacninae\ n.
a natural family comprising the honeycreepers.
Syn: Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae.
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Edicnemus crepitans
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Elasticness
(gcide) | Elasticness \E*las"tic*ness\, n.
The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
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Fantasticness
(gcide) | Fantasticness \Fan*tas"tic*ness\, n.
Fantasticalness. [Obs.]
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Franticness
(gcide) | Frantic \Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L.
phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See Frenzy, and cf. Frenetic,
Phrenetic.]
Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly;
distracted.
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Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.
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Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay.
-- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. --Shak. --
Fran"tic*ness, n. --Johnson.
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Gastrocnemius
(gcide) | Gastrocnemius \Gas`troc*ne"mi*us\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? the calf
of the leg.] (Anat.)
The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the
leg.
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Graphicness
(gcide) | Graphicness \Graph"ic*ness\, Graphicalness \Graph"ic*al*ness\,
n.
The quality or state of being graphic.
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H2CCHCN
(gcide) | acrylonitrile \acrylonitrile\ n.
1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw
material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
Syn: vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile
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H4CN6Fe
(gcide) | Ferrocyanic \Fer`ro*cy*an"ic\, a. [Ferro- + cyanic: cf. F.
ferrocyanique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.
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ferrocyanic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
H4(CN)6Fe, of strong acid properties, obtained from
potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the
ferrocyanides; -- called also hydro-ferrocyanic acid,
hydrogen ferrocyanide. etc.
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H6CN12Fe2
(gcide) | Ferricyanic \Fer`ri*cy*an"ic\, a. [Ferri- + cyanic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.
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Ferricyanic acid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance,
H6(CN)12Fe2, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and
regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also
hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogen ferricyanide, etc.
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HCN
(gcide) | Hydrocyanic \Hy`dro*cy*an"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + anic: cf. F.
hydrocyanique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen
and cyanogen.
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Hydrocyanic acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile
liquid, HCN, having a characteristic peach-blossom odor.
It is one of the most deadly poisons. It is made by the
action of sulphuric acid on yellow prussiate of potassium
(potassium ferrocyanide), and chemically resembles
hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called also {prussic
acid}, hydrogen cyanide, etc.
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Heroicness
(gcide) | Heroicness \He*ro"ic*ness\, n.
Heroism. [R.] --W. Montagu. Heroicomic |
HgCNO2
(gcide) | fulminate of mercury \ful"mi*nate of mer"cu*ry\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is
used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives,
such as dynamite or TNT.
[PJC]mercury fulminate \mer"cu*ry ful"mi*nate\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
fulminate of mercury. It is an explosive compound prepared
as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for
detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. It is
sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow.
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HOCN
(gcide) | Cyanic \Cy*an"ic\ (s?-?n"?k), a. [Gr. ky`anos a dark blue
substance: cf. F. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.
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2. Of or pertaining to a blue color.
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Cyanic acid (Chem.), an acid, HOCN, derived from
cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in
the free state.
Cyanic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some
tinge of blue; -- opposed to xanthic colors. A color of
either series may pass into red or white, but not into the
opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among
flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other
class.
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HSCN
(gcide) | Sulphocyanic \Sul`pho*cy*an"ic\, a. [See Sulphur, Cyanic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid,
HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless
deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline
taste, and not poisonous.
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Impoliticness
(gcide) | Impoliticness \Im*pol"i*tic*ness\, n.
The quality of being impolitic.
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Isopycnic
(gcide) | Isopycnic \I`so*pyc"nic\, n. (Physics)
A line or surface passing through those points in a medium,
at which the density is the same.
[1913 Webster]Isopycnic \I`so*pyc"nic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. pykno`s dense.]
(Physics)
Having equal density, as different regions of a medium;
passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an
isopycnic line or surface.
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K4CN6Fe
(gcide) | Ferrocyanide \Fer`ro*cy"a*nide\ (? or ?; 104), n. [Ferro- +
cyanide.] (Chem.)
One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron
and some other base.
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Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash;
a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the
starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen
compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate,
prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together
potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen,
as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.
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K6CN12Fe2
(gcide) | Ferricyanide \Fer`ri*cy"a*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.]
(Chem.)
One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and
some other base.
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Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a
dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of
the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it
is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue.
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Lethargicness
(gcide) | Lethargic \Le*thar"gic\ (l[-e]*th[aum]r"j[i^]k), Lethargical
\Le*thar"gic*al\ (-j[i^]*kal), a. [L. lethargicus, Gr.
lhqargiko`s: cf. F. l['e]thargique. See Lethargy.]
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy;
morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, adv. --
Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n.
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Magneticness
(gcide) | Magneticness \Mag*net"ic*ness\, n.
Magneticalness. [Obs.]
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Majesticness
(gcide) | Majesticness \Ma*jes"tic*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being majestic. --Oldenburg.
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Narcoticness
(gcide) | Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [F. narcotique,
Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness,
torpor.] (Med.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
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Neophron percnopterus
(gcide) | Gier-eagle \Gier"-ea`gle\, n. [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and
E. gyrfalcon.] (Zool.)
A bird referred to in the Bible (--Lev. xi. 18and --Deut.
xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture ({Neophron
percnopterus}).
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NH2CNHNH2
(gcide) | Guanidine \Gua"ni*dine\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A strongly alkaline base, NH2.CNH.NH2, formed by the
oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl
in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric
acid, it yields urea and ammonia.
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NH4OCN
(gcide) | Cyanate \Cy"a*nate\ (s?"?-n?t), n. [Cf. F. cuanate. See
Cyanic.] (Chem.)
A salt of cyanic acid.
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Ammonium cyanate (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline
substance, NH4.O.CN, which passes, on standing, to the
organic compound, urea, CO.(NH2)2.
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Ocneria dispar
(gcide) | Gypsy moth \Gyp"sy moth\, or Gipsy moth \Gip"sy moth\ .
A tussock moth (Lymantria dispar or Porthetria dispar or
Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally
introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its
caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and
forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish
brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both
sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule.
The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled
appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red
tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise
to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July
and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree
trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.
Note: By 1980 the range of habitat had advanced as far south
as New Jersey, and by 1995 significant populations were
found as far west as the Mississippi valley. Initial
population surges along the advancing front of the
inhabited area cause great damage due to defoliation of
trees by the caterpillars, but over time predators,
disease and other natural controlling factors tend to
reduce the populations to levels not so injurious to
local foliage. Much money and effort has been expended
trying to control, slow, or limit the spread of gypsy
moths in the United States.
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Picnic
(gcide) | Picnic \Pic"nic\, n. [Cf. F. piquenique. See Pick, v., and cf.
Knickknack.]
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed
some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure
party in which the members partake of a collation or repast
(usually in the open air, and from food carried by
themselves).
[1913 Webster]Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Picnicked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Picnicking.]
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public
fashion.
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Picnicked
(gcide) | Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Picnicked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Picnicking.]
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public
fashion.
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Picnicker
(gcide) | Picnicker \Pic"nick*er\, n.
One who takes part in a picnic.
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Picnicking
(gcide) | Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Picnicked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Picnicking.]
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public
fashion.
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Platycnemic
(gcide) | Platycnemic \Plat`yc*ne"mic\, a. [Platy + Gr. ? leg: cf. F.
platycn['e]mique.] (Anat.)
Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.
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Platycnemism
(gcide) | Platycnemism \Pla*tyc"ne*mism\, n. (Anat.)
Lateral flattening of the tibia.
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Prolificness
(gcide) | Prolificness \Pro*lif"ic*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness;
prolificacy.
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Pterocnemia Darwinii
(gcide) | Rhea \Rhe"a\, n. [L., a proper name.] (Zool.)
Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike
birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the
American ostrich.
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Note: The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges
from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea ({Pterocnemia
Darwinii}), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs
feathered below the knee.
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Pterocnemia pennata
(gcide) | Nandou \Nan"dou\, Nandu \Nan"du\, n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.]
(Zool.)
Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the
genera Rhea and Pterocnemia, especially the smallest,
Pterocnemia pennata (formerly Rhea Americana), called
also the common rhea. They are tall fast-running flightless
birds similar to ostriches but three-toed, found from Peru to
the Straits of Magellan. See Rhea. [Written also nandow.]
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Publicness
(gcide) | Publicness \Pub"lic*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being public, or open to the view
or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as,
the publicness of a sale.
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2. The quality or state of belonging to the community; as,
the publicness of property. --Boyle.
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Pycnaspidean
(gcide) | Pycnaspidean \Pyc`nas*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ? thick, crowded + ?,
?, a shield.] (Zool.)
Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small
irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
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