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-itis
(gcide) | -itis \-i"tis\ ([imac]"t[i^]s), [Gr. 'i`tis, orig, fem.
adjective suffix.]
A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory
disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis, nephritis.
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british
(mass) | British
- britský |
british indian ocean territory
(mass) | British Indian Ocean Territory
- Britské indickooceánske územie |
british virgin islands
(mass) | British Virgin Islands
- Britské Panenské ostrovy |
prioritise
(mass) | prioritise
- preferovať |
rhinitis
(mass) | rhinitis
- nádcha |
Acrocephalus phragmitis
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious herbs, often growing in dense
tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless
stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves
which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There
are several hundred species.
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Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
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2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
[1913 Webster]Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
[1913 Webster]Mockbird \Mock"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).
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Actitis hypoleucus
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
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Actitis macularia
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
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acute anterior poliomyelitis
(gcide) | Infantile paralysis \In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants
and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the
anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It
is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and
muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities.
Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis
and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses,
and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost
completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread
campaign of immunization.
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adenitis
(gcide) | adenitis \ad`e*ni"tis\ ([a^]d`[-e]*n[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [Aden- +
-itis.] (Med.)
Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison. AS
[1913 Webster]Adenitis \Ad`e*ni"tis\, n. [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.)
Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison.
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Adenitis
(gcide) | adenitis \ad`e*ni"tis\ ([a^]d`[-e]*n[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [Aden- +
-itis.] (Med.)
Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison. AS
[1913 Webster]Adenitis \Ad`e*ni"tis\, n. [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.)
Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison.
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Aegialitis hiaticula
(gcide) | 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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Aegialitis meloda
(gcide) | 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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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Aegialitis montana
(gcide) | 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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Aegialitis nivosa
(gcide) | Snowy \Snow"y\, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows." --Shak.
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2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of
cold Olympus." --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
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There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
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Snowy heron (Zool.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea
candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chile; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zool.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus
torquatus}), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zool.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or Nyctea nivea) common all over the northern parts of
the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage
is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or
less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
Snowy plover (Zool.), a small plover (Aegialitis nivosa)
of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of
the head white.
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Aegialitis semipalmata
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] PlowRing \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
[1913 Webster]Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Aegialitis vocifera
(gcide) | Killdee \Kill"dee`\, Killdeer \Kill"deer`\, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zool.)
A small American plover (Charadrius vociferus, formerly
Aegialitis vocifera) of inland waters and fields having a
distinctive cry. The adult has two black bands around the
neck and upper breast, but the young chick has only the
breast band. It ranges from Canada to Mexico and the West
Indies.
Syn: kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus.
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Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black.
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Aegialitis Wilsonia
(gcide) | 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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Anthropomorphitism
(gcide) | Anthropomorphitism \An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism\, n.
Anthropomorphism. --Wordsworth.
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Anti-Semitism
(gcide) | Anti-Semitism \An`ti-Sem"i*tism\, n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is
sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing
antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite, n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic, a.
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Aortitis
(gcide) | Aortitis \A`or*ti"tis\, n. [Aorta + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the aorta.
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Appendicitis
(gcide) | Appendicitis \Ap*pend`i*ci"tis\, n. (Med.)
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
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Arachnitis
(gcide) | Arachnitis \Ar`ach*ni"tis\, n. [Gr. ? + ?.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
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Arteritis
(gcide) | Arteritis \Ar`te*ri"tis\, n. [Artery + -etis.]
Inflammation of an artery or arteries. --Dunglison.
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Arthritis
(gcide) | Arthritis \Ar*thri"tis\ ([aum]r*thr[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'arqri^tis (as if fem. of 'arqri`tis belonging to the
joints, sc. no`sos disease) gout, fr. 'a`rqron a joint.]
(Med.)
Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety
of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as
rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and
arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to
incapacitation and deformity.
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arthritis deformans
(gcide) | Arthritis \Ar*thri"tis\ ([aum]r*thr[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'arqri^tis (as if fem. of 'arqri`tis belonging to the
joints, sc. no`sos disease) gout, fr. 'a`rqron a joint.]
(Med.)
Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety
of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as
rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and
arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to
incapacitation and deformity.
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arthritis nodosa
(gcide) | Arthritis \Ar*thri"tis\ ([aum]r*thr[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'arqri^tis (as if fem. of 'arqri`tis belonging to the
joints, sc. no`sos disease) gout, fr. 'a`rqron a joint.]
(Med.)
Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety
of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as
rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and
arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to
incapacitation and deformity.
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Arthrochondritis
(gcide) | Arthrochondritis \Ar`thro*chon*dri"tis\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Chondritis of a joint.
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Bennettitis
(gcide) | Bennettitis \Bennettitis\ n.
the type genus of the Bennettitales.
Syn: genus Bennettitis.
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Blepharitis
(gcide) | Blepharitis \Bleph`a*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? eyelid +
-ilis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit"ic, a.
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British
(gcide) | British \Brit"ish\, n. pl.
People of Great Britain.
[1913 Webster]British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
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British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.
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British gum
(gcide) | Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
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2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
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3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
log. [Southern U. S.]
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4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under
Black, Blue, etc.
Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in
Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia.
East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
family which bears the elephant apple.
Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning
and in precipitating indigo.
Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus
ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
Gum elemi. See Elemi.
Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
Gum kino. See under Kino.
Gum lac. See Lac.
Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
species of Cistus or rock rose.
Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the
parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae],
Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
mixing other ingredients.
Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
(Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the
Senegal country, West Africa.
Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
[1913 Webster]Dextrin \Dex"trin\, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See
Dexter.] (Chem.)
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless
and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc.,
and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or
diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing
several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective
varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the
plane of polarization to the right; -- called also {British
gum}, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See
Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.
[1913 Webster]British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
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British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.
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British lion
(gcide) | British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
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British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.
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British seas
(gcide) | British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
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British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.
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British thermal unit
(gcide) | Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\ ([-e]*kw[i^]v"[.a]*lent), n.
1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth,
weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage
done.
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He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the
Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . .
During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately
imported from France, was in the mouths of all the
coffeehouse orators. --Macaulay.
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2. (Chem.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element
which possesses the same chemical value as other elements,
as determined by actual experiment and reference to the
same standard. Specifically:
(a) The comparative proportions by which one element
replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as
zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their
equivalents are 32.5 and 1.
(b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or
the number expressing this proportion, in any
particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen
and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in
hydric dioxide 1 and 16.
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Note: This term was adopted by Wollaston to avoid using the
conjectural expression atomic weight, with which,
however, for a time it was practically synonymous. The
attempt to limit the term to the meaning of a
universally comparative combining weight failed,
because of the possibility of several compounds of the
substances by reason of the variation in combining
power which most elements exhibit. The equivalent was
really identical with, or a multiple of submultiple of,
the atomic weight.
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3. (Chem.) A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a
molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid
unite with one or more equivalents of base.
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Mechanical equivalent of heat (Physics), originally defined
as the number of units of work which the unit of heat can
perform, equivalent to the mechanical energy which must be
expended to raise the temperature of a pound of water one
degree Fahrenheit; later this value was defined as one
British thermal unit (B.t.u). Its value was found by
Joule to be 772 foot pounds; later measurements give the
value as 777.65 foot-pounds, equivalent to 107.5
kg-meters. This value was originally called Joule's
equivalent, but the modern Joule is defined differently,
being 10^7 ergs. The B.t.u. is now given as 1,054.35
absolute Joules, and therefore 1 calorie (the amount of
heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree
centigrade) is equivalent to 4.186 Joules.
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Note: The original definition of the Mechanical equivalent of
heat in the 1913 Webster was as below. The difference
between foot pounds and kilogram-meters ("on the
centigrade scale") is puzzling as it should be a factor
of 7.23, and the figure given for kilogram-meters may
be a mistaken misinterpretation of the report. -- PJC:
The number of units of work which the unit of heat can
perform; the mechanical energy which must be expended
to raise the temperature of a unit weight of water from
0[deg] C. to 1[deg] C., or from 32[deg] F. to 33[deg]
F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn.
Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds
upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the
Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often
called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the
symbol J. This is equal to 424 kilogram meters
(Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by
Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram
meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.
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Britisher
(gcide) | Britisher \Brit"ish*er\, n.
An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp.
one in the British military or naval service. [Now used
jocosely]
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Britishism
(gcide) | Britishism \Britishism\ n.
1. an expression that is limited to English as spoken by
Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American
English).
Syn: Anglicism, Briticism.
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2. a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens.
Syn: Anglicism.
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bronchiolitis
(gcide) | bronchiolitis \bronchiolitis\ n.
inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles.
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Bronchitis
(gcide) | Bronchitis \Bron*chi"tis\, n. [Bronchus + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any
part of them.
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Bursitis
(gcide) | Bursitis \Bur*si"tis\, n. [NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of a bursa.
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Canaanitish
(gcide) | Canaanitish \Ca"naan*i`tish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.
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Capsulitis
(gcide) | Capsulitis \Cap`su*li"tis\, n. [NL.; E. capsule + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.
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Carditis
(gcide) | Carditis \Car*di"tis\ (k[aum]r*d[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
kardi`a heart + -itis: cf. F. cardite.] (Med)
Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the
heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis. --Dunglison.
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Cellulitis
(gcide) | Cellulitis \Cel`lu*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis.]
An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of
that lying immediately beneath the skin.
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Cenobitism
(gcide) | Cenobitism \Cen"o*bi*tism\, n.
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a
cenobite. --Milman.
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cephalitis
(gcide) | Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n,
freno`s.]
1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
called also cephalitis.
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2. See Frenzy.
[1913 Webster]Cephalitis \Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head +
-itis.] (Med.)
Same as Phrenitis.
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Cephalitis
(gcide) | Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n,
freno`s.]
1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
called also cephalitis.
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2. See Frenzy.
[1913 Webster]Cephalitis \Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head +
-itis.] (Med.)
Same as Phrenitis.
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Ceratitis capitata
(gcide) | Mediterranean fruit fly \Med`i*ter*ra"ne*an fruit" fly\, n.
A small two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata), a native of
the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in
warm regions, which can cause great damage to citrus and
other succulent fruit crops when present in large numbers. It
is black and white and irregularly banded. It lays eggs in
ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits; when the eggs
hatch into larvae (maggots) inside the fruit, they cause the
fruit to decay and fall, and make the fruit unsaleable. It is
also popularly called the medfly.
Note: The possibility of infestation by this and other crop
pests has caused some states such as California, where
fruit is a major export, to ban the importation of
fruit from other regions. Outbreaks of infestation with
the medfly have caused California to mobilize major
eradication campaigns and have been the subject of
political faultfinding. The eradication tactic, of
releasing sterile males to break the reproductive
cycle, has been used to deal with outbreaks of the
medfly.
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Cerebritis
(gcide) | Cerebritis \Cer`e*bri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. E. cerebrum + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the cerebrum.
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Cerebro-spinal meningitis
(gcide) | Meningitis \Men`in*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See Meninges, and
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
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Cerebro-spinal meningitis. See under Cerebro-spinal.
[1913 Webster]Cerebro-spinal \Cer`e*bro-spi"nal\, a. [Cerebrum + spinal.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of
the brain and spinal cord.
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Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by
the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a
dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease,
characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the
brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches,
tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the
ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous
eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is not
contagious.
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Chondritis
(gcide) | Chondritis \Chon*dri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. cho`ndros cartilage
+ -itis.] (Med.)
An inflammation of cartilage.
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Colitis
(gcide) | Colitis \Co*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + -itis.] (Med.)
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous
membrane; colonitis.
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Colonitis
(gcide) | Colonitis \Col`o*ni"tis\, n. (Med.)
See Colitis.
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Conjunctivitis
(gcide) | Conjunctivitis \Con*junc`ti*vi"tis\ (? or ?), n. (Med.)
Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
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Cosmopolitism
(gcide) | Cosmopolitism \Cos*mop"o*li*tism\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?-t?z'm), n.
The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of
national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
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Cystitis
(gcide) | Cystitis \Cys*ti"tis\ (s?s-t?"t?s), n. [Cyst + -itis: cf. F.
cystite.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the bladder.
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Dactylitis
(gcide) | Dactylitis \Dac`tyl*i"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger +
-itis.] (Med.)
An inflammatory affection of the fingers. --Gross.
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Dermatitis
(gcide) | Dermatitis \Der`ma*ti"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin
+ -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the skin.
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desensitisation
(gcide) | desensitisation \desensitisation\ n.
same as desensitization.
Syn: desensitization.
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desensitise
(gcide) | desensitise \desensitise\ v. t.
same as desensitize.
Syn: deaden.
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Dynamitism
(gcide) | Dynamitism \Dy"na*mi`tism\, n.
The work of dynamiters.
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Ebionitism
(gcide) | Ebionitism \E"bi*o*ni`tism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
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Encephalitis
(gcide) | Encephalitis \En*ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos
the brain + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
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Endocarditis
(gcide) | Endocarditis \En`do*car*di"tis\, n. [NL. See -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the endocardium.
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Endometritis
(gcide) | Endometritis \En`do*me*tri"tis\, n. [NL. See Endometrium, and
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the endometrium.
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Enteritis
(gcide) | Enteritis \En`te*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an
intestine + -itis.] (Med.)
An inflammation of the intestines. --Hoblyn.
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Epidemic parotitis
(gcide) | Parotitis \Par`o*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See Parotid, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the parotid glands.
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Epidemic parotitis or Infectious parotitis, mumps.
[1913 Webster]Mumps \Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump,
Mumble, and Mum.]
1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner.
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2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A
specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a
nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and
sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries;
also called epidemic parotitis or {infectious
parotitis}. It is caused by infection with a
paramyxovirus.
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