| slovo | definícia |
album
(encz) | album,album |
album
(czen) | album,alban: Zdeněk Brož |
album
(czen) | album,album |
Album
(gcide) | Album \Al"bum\, n. [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf.
Alb.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A white tablet on which anything was
inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
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2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
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3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs, sketches,
memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
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album
(wn) | album
n 1: one or more recordings issued together; originally released
on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive
record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact
disc [syn: album, record album]
2: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for
organizing photographs or stamp collections etc |
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album
(encz) | album,album |
albumen
(encz) | albumen,albumin n: Zdeněk Brožalbumen,bílek n: Zdeněk Brož |
albumin
(encz) | albumin,albumin n: bílkovina Josef Kosekalbumin,bílkovina n: Zdeněk Brož |
albuminous
(encz) | albuminous,bílkovinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
albums
(encz) | albums,albumy |
concept album
(encz) | concept album, n: |
lactalbumin
(encz) | lactalbumin, n: |
ovalbumin
(encz) | ovalbumin, n: |
phonograph album
(encz) | phonograph album, n: |
photograph album
(encz) | photograph album, n: |
record album
(encz) | record album, n: |
serum albumin
(encz) | serum albumin, n: |
stamp album
(encz) | stamp album, n: |
tribute album
(encz) | tribute album, n: |
album
(czen) | album,alban: Zdeněk Brožalbum,album |
albumin
(czen) | albumin,albumenn: Zdeněk Brožalbumin,albuminn: bílkovina Josef Kosek |
albumy
(czen) | albumy,albums |
Acid albumin
(gcide) | Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.)
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the
serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both
fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the
action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of
alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
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Album Graecum
(gcide) | Album Graecum \Al"bum Gr[ae]"cum\ [L., Greek white.]
Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to
air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in
medicine.
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Albumen
(gcide) | Albumen \Al*bu"men\, n. [L., fr. albus white.]
1. The white of an egg.
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2. (Bot.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments
of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the
embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like
grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in
the cocoanut, etc.
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3. (Chem.) Same as Albumin.
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Albumenize
(gcide) | Albumenize \Al*bu"men*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Albumenized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Albumenizing.]
To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an
albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
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Albumenized
(gcide) | Albumenize \Al*bu"men*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Albumenized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Albumenizing.]
To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an
albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
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Albumenizing
(gcide) | Albumenize \Al*bu"men*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Albumenized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Albumenizing.]
To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an
albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
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Albumin
(gcide) | Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.)
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the
serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both
fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the
action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of
alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
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albuminate
(gcide) | Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.)
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the
serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both
fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the
action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of
alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
[1913 Webster]Albuminate \Al*bu"mi*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin,
and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound
formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
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Albuminate
(gcide) | Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.)
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the
serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both
fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the
action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of
alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
[1913 Webster]Albuminate \Al*bu"mi*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin,
and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound
formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
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Albuminemia
(gcide) | Albuminemia \Al*bu`mi*ne"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. E. albumin.] (Med.)
The level of albumin in the blood.
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Albuminiferous
(gcide) | Albuminiferous \Al*bu`mi*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. albumen + -ferous.]
Supplying albumen.
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Albuminimeter
(gcide) | Albuminimeter \Al*bu`mi*nim"e*ter\, n. [L. albumen, albuminis +
-meter: cf. F. albuminim[`e]tre.]
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a
liquid.
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Albuminin
(gcide) | Albuminin \Al*bu"mi*nin\, n. (Chem.)
The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds'
eggs.
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Albuminiparous
(gcide) | Albuminiparous \Al*bu`mi*nip"a*rous\, a. [L. albumen + parere to
bear, bring forth.]
Producing albumin.
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Albuminoid
(gcide) | Albuminoid \Al*bu"mi*noid\, a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.)
Resembling albumin. -- n. One of a class of organic
principles (called also proteids) which form the main part
of organized tissues. --Brunton.
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Albuminoidal
(gcide) | Albuminoidal \Al*bu`mi*noid"al\, a. (Chem.)
Of the nature of an albuminoid.
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Albuminose
(gcide) | Albuminose \Al*bu"mi*nose`\, n. (Chem.)
A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of
natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
[1913 Webster]Albuminous \Al*bu"mi*nous\, Albuminose \Al*bu"mi*nose`\, a. [Cf.
F. albumineux.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, albumin; having the
properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin; an older
term now replaces by proteinaceous.
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2. proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. --
Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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Albuminosis
(gcide) | Albuminosis \Al*bu`mi*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. E. albumin.] (Med.)
A condition of excessively high blood albumin level.
[obsolescent]
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Albuminous
(gcide) | Albuminous \Al*bu"mi*nous\, Albuminose \Al*bu"mi*nose`\, a. [Cf.
F. albumineux.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, albumin; having the
properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin; an older
term now replaces by proteinaceous.
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2. proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. --
Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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Albuminousness
(gcide) | Albuminous \Al*bu"mi*nous\, Albuminose \Al*bu"mi*nose`\, a. [Cf.
F. albumineux.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, albumin; having the
properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin; an older
term now replaces by proteinaceous.
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2. proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. --
Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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albuminuria
(gcide) | albuminuria \al*bu`mi*nu"ri*a\
([a^]l*b[=u]`m[i^]*n[=u]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. L. albumen
+ Gr. o'y^ron urine.] (Med.)
A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
AS
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Albumose
(gcide) | Albumose \Al"bu*mose`\, n. [From albumin.] (Chem.)
A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by
dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in
combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.
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Alkali albumin
(gcide) | Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.)
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the
serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both
fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the
action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of
alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
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Antialbumid
(gcide) | Antialbumid \An`ti*al*bu"mid\, n. [Pref. anti- + -albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric
digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
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Antialbumose
(gcide) | Antialbumose \An`ti*al"bu*mose`\, n. (Physiol.)
See Albumose.
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bovine serum albumin
(gcide) | Protein \Pro"te*in\, n. [Gr. prw^tos first: cf. prwtei^on the
first place.] (Physiol. Chem.)
any polymer of an amino acid joined by peptide (amide) bonds.
Most natural proteins have alpha-amino acids as the monomeric
constituents. All classical enzymes are composed of protein,
and control most of the biochemical transformations carrie
dout in living cells. They may be soluble, as casein,
albumins, and other globular proteins, or insoluble (e. g.
"structural proteins"), as collagen or keratin. "albumin", an
older term for protein, is now used primarily to refer to
certain specific soluble globular proteins found in eggs or
blood serum, e.g. bovine serum albumin, the main soluble
protein in teh serum of cattle, used as an enzymatically
inert protein in biochemical research.
Note: In the 1913 dictionary, protein was defined as: "A body
now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered
to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence
its name."
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Protein crystal. (Bot.) See Crystalloid, n., 2.
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Chenopodium album
(gcide) | Frost-blite \Frost`-blite"\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. --Gray.
(b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several common weedy European plants of the
Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes
used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and {Atriplex
patulsa}.
Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a
vegetable
Syn: lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium
album.
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Exalbuminous
(gcide) | Exalbuminous \Ex`al*bu"mi*nous\, a. [Pref. ex- + albumen.]
(Bot.)
Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.
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Hemialbumin
(gcide) | Hemialbumin \Hem`i*al*bu"min\, n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Same as Hemialbumose.
[1913 Webster]Hemialbumose \Hem`i*al"bu"mose`\, n. [Hemi- + albumose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by
the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily
convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
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hemialbumin
(gcide) | Hemialbumin \Hem`i*al*bu"min\, n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Same as Hemialbumose.
[1913 Webster]Hemialbumose \Hem`i*al"bu"mose`\, n. [Hemi- + albumose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by
the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily
convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
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Hemialbumose
(gcide) | Hemialbumose \Hem`i*al"bu"mose`\, n. [Hemi- + albumose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by
the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily
convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
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Lamium album
(gcide) | Archangel \Arch`an"gel\, n. [L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos:
cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and
Angel.]
1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
--Milton.
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2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of
plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
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Metalbumin
(gcide) | Metalbumin \Met`al*bu"min\, n. [Pref. met- + albumin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids.
It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
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Nihil album
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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nihil album
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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Ovalbumen
(gcide) | Ovalbumin \O`val*bu"min\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[i^]n), Ovalbumen
\O`val*bu"men\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[e^]n), n. [Ovum + albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in
distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
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Ovalbumin
(gcide) | Ovalbumin \O`val*bu"min\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[i^]n), Ovalbumen
\O`val*bu"men\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[e^]n), n. [Ovum + albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in
distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
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Paralbumin
(gcide) | Paralbumin \Par`al*bu"min\, n. [Pref. para- + albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and
elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance
related to, if not identical with, glycogen.
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Santalum album
(gcide) | Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar.
[,c]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr.
candana. Cf. Sanders.] (Bot.)
(a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian
and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several
other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum
Freycinetianum} and Santalum pyrularium, the Australian
Santalum latifolium, etc. The name is extended to
several other kinds of fragrant wood.
(b) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields
sandalwood.
(c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
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False sandalwood, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
the genus Santalum, as Ximenia Americana, {Myoporum
tenuifolium} of Tahiti.
Red sandalwood, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus
santalinus}, and Adenanthera pavonina); -- called also
red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and
rubywood.
[1913 Webster] SandarachKyaboca wood \Ky`a*bo"ca wood`\n. (Bot.)
(a) Amboyna wood.
(b) Sandalwood (Santalum album).
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Sedum album
(gcide) | Worm \Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D.
worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth.
wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli,
Vermilion, Vermin.]
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1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
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There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his
hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang
on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a
murderer. --Tyndale
(Acts xxviii.
3, 4).
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'T is slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. --Shak.
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When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
--Longfellow.
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2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely
without feet, or with very short ones, including a great
variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
Specifically: (Zool.)
(a) Any helminth; an entozoon.
(b) Any annelid.
(c) An insect larva.
(d) pl. Same as Vermes.
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3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts
one's mind with remorse.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
--Shak.
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4. A being debased and despised.
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I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6.
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5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as:
(a) The thread of a screw.
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The threads of screws, when bigger than can be
made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon.
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(b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double
corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
(c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some
animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
(d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound
to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
(e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which
drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into
its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing,
below.
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Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation
resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the
body.
Worm fence. See under Fence.
Worm gear. (Mach.)
(a) A worm wheel.
(b) Worm gearing.
Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel
working together.
Worm grass. (Bot.)
(a) See Pinkroot, 2
(a) .
(b) The white stonecrop (Sedum album) reputed to have
qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained
from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.
Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
Worm snake. (Zool.) See Thunder snake
(b), under Thunder.
Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried
earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the
spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel
may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also
worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of
Worm gearing, above.
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Seralbumen
(gcide) | Seralbumen \Ser`al*bu"men\, n. (Physiol. CHem.)
Serum albumin.
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Serum albumin
(gcide) | Serum \Se"rum\ (s[=e]"r[u^]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. ???, Skr.
s[=a]ra curd.] (Physiol.)
(a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood,
milk, etc.
(b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin,
secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the
pericardium and peritoneum.
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Blood serum, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the
clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid
portion of the blood, after removal of the blood
corpuscles and the fibrin.
Muscle serum, the thin watery fluid which separates from
the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the
watery portion of the plasma. See Muscle plasma, under
Plasma.
Serum albumin (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely
related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous
fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.
Serum globulin (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin.
Serum of milk (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion
of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.
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Toxalbumin
(gcide) | Toxalbumin \Tox`al*bu"min\, n. [See Toxic; Albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a
toxin.
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vegetable albumin
(gcide) | Zymome \Zy"mome\, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.)
A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling
legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, {vegetable
albumin}, or gluten casein.
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Veratrum album
(gcide) | Jervine \Jer"vine\, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the
poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it
in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also
jervina.
[1913 Webster]Veratric \Ve*ra"tric\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.
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Veratric acid (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with
veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum
album}), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white
crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic
acid.
[1913 Webster]White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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[1913 Webster]Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?;
cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the
Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and
even poisonous qualities. Helleborus niger is the
European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in
winter or earliest spring. Helleborus officinalis was
the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous
liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album
and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore.
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Viscum album
(gcide) | Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[=a]n; mistel mistletoe
+ t[=a]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[=a]n to D.
teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. Missel.]
(Bot.)
A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album),
bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it
is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the
Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] --Lindley.
--Loudon.
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Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
serotinum} (syn. Phoradendron flavescens), having
broader leaves than the European kind. In different
regions various similar plants are called by this name.
The mistletoe is used as a decoration at Christmas
time, and it is a tradition that two persons of the
oposite sex finding each other under a mistletoe sprig
should kiss.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Viscin \Vis"cin\, n. (Chem.)
A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the
mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly,
etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
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album
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n 1: one or more recordings issued together; originally released
on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive
record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact
disc [syn: album, record album]
2: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for
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