slovodefinícia
Ana-
(gcide)
Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
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ana
(gcide)
ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
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-ana
(gcide)
-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
adjectives in -anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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podobné slovodefinícia
analogous
(mass)
analogous
- podobný, analogický, zodpovedajúci
analogously
(mass)
analogously
- podobne
analyze
(mass)
analyze
- skúmať, previesť
anarchy
(mass)
anarchy
- zmätok
anatomy
(mass)
anatomy
- anatómia
arcana
(mass)
arcana
- tajomstvo
banal
(mass)
banal
- všedné
banana
(mass)
banana
- banán
botswana
(mass)
Botswana
- Botswana
business manager
(mass)
business manager
- manažér
canaan
(mass)
Canaan
- Kanán
canada
(mass)
Canada
- Kanada
canadian
(mass)
Canadian
- kanadský
emanation
(mass)
emanation
- vylučovanie
explanation
(mass)
explanation
- vysvetlenie
explanatory
(mass)
explanatory
- vysvetľujúci
french guiana
(mass)
French Guiana
- Francúzska Guyana
ghana
(mass)
Ghana
- Ghana
guyana
(mass)
Guyana
- Guyana
ljubljana
(mass)
Ljubljana
- Ľubľana
love canal
(mass)
love canal
- pošva
manacle
(mass)
manacle
- putá, spútať
manage
(mass)
manage
- organizovať, riadiť, spravovať
managed
(mass)
managed
- riadený, zariadený, zorganizovaný
management
(mass)
management
- správamanagement
- vedenie (spoločnosti), manažment
manager
(mass)
manager
- manažér, správca
manageress
(mass)
manageress
- riaditeľka
managerial
(mass)
managerial
- riadiaci
managing
(mass)
managing
- riadiaci, správny, zvládnuť
manatarms
(mass)
man-at-arms
- vojak v zbrani
marijuana
(mass)
marijuana
- marihuana
northern mariana islands
(mass)
Northern Mariana Islands
- Severné Mariány
panama
(mass)
Panama
- Panama
pomegranate
(mass)
pomegranate
- granátové jablko
digital-analog converter
(encz)
digital-analog converter, n:
digital-to-analog converter
(encz)
digital-to-analog converter, n:
self-analysis
(encz)
self-analysis,sebeanalýza n: Zdeněk Brož
Abies Canadensis
(gcide)
Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and {Cicuta
virosa}, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
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Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
maculatum}.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies
Canadensis} or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
[1913 Webster]Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of
ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
to preserve them.
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He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
--Ecclus.
xiii. 1.
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2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone.
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Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See
Kauri.

Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.

Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
(Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.

Jew's pitch, bitumen.

Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.

Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.

Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
luster.

Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine,
yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America.
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Acacia Farnesiana
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Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.

Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.


Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.

Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.

Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.

Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.

Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.

Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.

Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.

Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.

Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.

Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.

Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.

To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.

To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.

Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.

Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.

Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.

Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]cassie \cassie\ n.
a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
(Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used
in making perfumery.

Syn: huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana.
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Acacia farnesiana
(gcide)
Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.

Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.


Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.

Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.

Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.

Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.

Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.

Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.

Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.

Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.

Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.

Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.

Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.

To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.

To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.

Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.

Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.

Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.

Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]cassie \cassie\ n.
a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
(Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used
in making perfumery.

Syn: huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana.
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Accompanable
(gcide)
Accompanable \Ac*com"pa*na*ble\, a.
Sociable. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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Aegialitis montana
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Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.

Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.

Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]

Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]

Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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African-American
(gcide)
Hyphenated American \Hyphenated American\
An American who is referred to by a hyphenated term with the
first word indicating an origin in a foreign country, and the
second term being "American", as Irish-American,
Italian-American, African-American, Asian-American.
Used in reference to Americans of foreign birth or ancestry.
When used of Americans of European ancestry, it is often used
to refer to those who have a strong attachment to the
ancestral country or its culture. It implies that the
individual is imperfectly assimilated into American culture,
and is sometimes used derogatively.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. Negroes
(n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L.
niger; perh. akin to E. night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark
persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and
are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and
thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed
African blood, wherever found.
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2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part
from African negroes; in the United States, an
African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered
offensive.]
[PJC]African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer
African.]
Of or pertaining to Africa.
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African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the
Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and
India.

African marigold, a tropical American plant ({Tagetes
erecta}).

African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by
Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
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African violet .

African-American, see African-American.
[1913 Webster]African-American \African-American\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of
African ancestry or their history or culture

Syn: Afro-American
[WordNet 1.5]African-American \African-American\ n.
1. 1 an American whose ancestors were born in Africa,
especially a United States citizen of African descent.

Syn: Afro-American, African, black, negro
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Agave Americana
(gcide)
Sisal grass \Si*sal" grass`\, Sisal hemp \Si*sal" hemp`\,
The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American
aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in
Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
[1913 Webster]Pita \Pi"ta\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
(a) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other
related species, -- used for making cordage and paper.
Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
(b) The plant which yields the fiber.
[1913 Webster]Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
(Bot.)
Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century
plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
Agave.
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2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
cantala.
[WordNet 1.5]Agave \A*ga"ve\ ([.a]*g[=a]"v[-e]), prop. n. [L. Agave, prop.
name, fr. Gr. 'agayh`, fem. of 'agayo`s illustrious, noble.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana),
wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years,
according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a
gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and
perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans;
distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough
paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
[1913 Webster]Amole \A*mo"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent,
as the roots of Agave Americana, {Chlorogalum
pomeridianum}, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Century \Cen"tu*ry\, n.; pl. Centuries. [L. centuria (in
senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See
Cent.]
1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a
hundred things. [Archaic.]
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And on it said a century of prayers. --Shak.
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2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place
over two centuries ago.
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Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used
in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive
years (as, a century of temperance work), usually
signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting
of a period of one hundred years ending with the
hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first
century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh
century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century
(a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting
it with some other system of chronology it is used of
similar division of those eras; as, the first century
of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).
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3. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A division of the Roman people formed according to
their property, for the purpose of voting for civil
officers.
(b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army
was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
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Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly
supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the
name. See Agave.

The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the
first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes,
compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at
Magdeburg.
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Agave sisalana
(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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Aleurites moluccana
(gcide)
Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub ({Aleurites
moluccana}), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is
used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being
strung together. The oil from the nut (

{), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by
the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung
together. The oil from the nut (} or { or ) has many uses,
including as a varnish.

Syn: varnish tree.
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2. The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana).
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Alimentary canal
(gcide)
Alimentary \Al`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum:
cf. F. alimentaire.]
Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of
nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
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Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the
mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through
the body, and the useless parts ejected.
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Alloxanate
(gcide)
Alloxanate \Al*lox"a*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or
positive radical.
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Almanac
(gcide)
Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
origin.]
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
churches, terms of courts, etc.
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Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing
astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
other information useful to mariners.
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Amelanchier Canadensis
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.

Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.

Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.

Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.

Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.

Trout shad, the squeteague.

White shad, the common shad.
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Americana
(gcide)
Americana \Americana\ ([.a]*m[~e]r`[i^]*k[a^]n"[.a]), n.
1. any artifact (such a books or furniture or art) that is
distinctive to America.
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Ammonium cyanate
(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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Amyris Floridana
(gcide)
Torchwood \Torch"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera,
Amyris Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
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Ana-
(gcide)
Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
[1913 Webster]ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
adjectives in -anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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ana
(gcide)
Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
[1913 Webster]ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
adjectives in -anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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Anabaptism
(gcide)
Anabaptism \An`a*bap"tism\, n. [L. anabaptismus, Gr.
'anabaptismo`s: cf. F. anabaptisme. See Anabaptize.]
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
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Anabaptist
(gcide)
Anabaptist \An`a*bap"tist\, n. [LL. anabaptista, fr. Gr. as if
'anabaptisth`s: cf. F. anabaptiste.]
A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that
rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.
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Note: In church history, the name Anabaptists usually
designates a sect of fanatics who greatly disturbed the
peace of Germany, the Netherlands, etc., in the
Reformation period. In more modern times the name has
been applied to those who do not regard infant baptism
as real and valid baptism.
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Anabaptistic
(gcide)
Anabaptistic \An`a*bap*tis"tic\, Anabaptistical
\An`a*bap*tis"tic*al\, a.
Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their
doctrines. --Milton. Bp. Bull.
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Anabaptistical
(gcide)
Anabaptistic \An`a*bap*tis"tic\, Anabaptistical
\An`a*bap*tis"tic*al\, a.
Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their
doctrines. --Milton. Bp. Bull.
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Anabaptistry
(gcide)
Anabaptistry \An`a*bap"tist*ry\, n.
The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.]
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Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was
suppressed in Munster. --Pagitt.
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Anabaptize
(gcide)
Anabaptize \An`a*bap*tize"\, v. t. [Gr. ?, fr. ? again + ? to
baptize. See Baptize.]
To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.]
--Whitlock.
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anabas
(gcide)
anabas \an"a*bas\ ([a^]n"[.a]*b[a^]s), n. [Gr. 'anaba`s, p. p.
of bai`nein to advance.] (Zool.)
A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long
out of water, and of making their way on land for
considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing
fishes.
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anabasis
(gcide)
anabasis \a*nab"a*sis\ ([.a]*n[a^]b"[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr.
'ana`basis, fr. 'anabai`nein to go up; 'ana` up + bai`nein to
go.]
1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of
the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon
in his work called "The Anabasis."
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The anabasis of Napoleon. --De Quincey.
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2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease;
augmentation. [Obs.] AS
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3. (Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family
Chenopodiaceae.
[AS]
Anabatic
(gcide)
Anabatic \An`a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]
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