| slovo | definícia |
bulb
(mass) | bulb
- banka, žiarovka |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,baňka n: [chem.] Cascaval |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,cibule Zdeněk Brož |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,cibulka Zdeněk Brož |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,hlíza Zdeněk Brož |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,žárovka n: Cascaval |
Bulb
(gcide) | Bulb \Bulb\, v. i.
To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulb
(gcide) | Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
bulb
(wn) | bulb
n 1: a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular
underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
2: electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent
glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten)
that emits light when heated by electricity [syn: {light
bulb}, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, {electric
light}, electric-light bulb]
3: a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one
end); "the bulb of a syringe"
4: anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
5: lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal
cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the
medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because
it contains centers controlling breathing and heart
functioning" [syn: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb]
6: a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bulb
(mass) | bulb
- banka, žiarovka |
lightbulb
(mass) | light-bulb
- žiarovkalightbulb
- žiarovka |
bulb
(encz) | bulb,baňka n: [chem.] Cascavalbulb,cibule Zdeněk Brožbulb,cibulka Zdeněk Brožbulb,hlíza Zdeněk Brožbulb,žárovka n: Cascaval |
bulbed
(encz) | bulbed,cibulnatý adj: Zdeněk Brožbulbed,hlíznatý adj: Zdeněk Brožbulbed,mající hlízu Zdeněk Brož |
bulbil
(encz) | bulbil,cibulka n: Zdeněk Brožbulbil,hlízka n: Zdeněk Brož |
bulbous
(encz) | bulbous,baňatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bulbs
(encz) | bulbs,žárovky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
bulbul
(encz) | bulbul,slavík n: Zdeněk Brož |
conjunctival layer of bulb
(encz) | conjunctival layer of bulb, n: |
dry-bulb thermometer
(encz) | dry-bulb thermometer, n: |
electric-light bulb
(encz) | electric-light bulb, n: |
flash bulb
(encz) | flash bulb,bleskovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
flashbulb
(encz) | flashbulb,blesková žárovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
light bulb
(encz) | light bulb,žárovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
light-bulb
(encz) | light-bulb,žárovka n: |
lightbulb
(encz) | lightbulb,žárovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
olfactory bulb
(encz) | olfactory bulb, n: |
retrobulbar neuritis
(encz) | retrobulbar neuritis, n: |
tunica conjunctiva bulbi
(encz) | tunica conjunctiva bulbi, n: |
vena bulbi penis
(encz) | vena bulbi penis, n: |
vena bulbi vestibuli
(encz) | vena bulbi vestibuli, n: |
wet-bulb thermometer
(encz) | wet-bulb thermometer, n: |
Bulb of a hair
(gcide) | Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulb of a tooth
(gcide) | Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulb of the eye
(gcide) | Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
bulb of the spinal cord
(gcide) | Medulla \Me*dul"la\, n. [L.]
1. Marrow; pith; hence, essence. [Obs.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of
an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance,
of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or
branch of a plant; pith.
[1913 Webster]
4. See medulla oblongata.
[PJC]
Medulla oblongata. [L., oblong medulla] (Anat.), the
posterior part of the brain connected with the spinal
cord. It includes all the hindbrain except the cerebellum
and pons, and from it a large part of the cranial nerves
arise. It controls very largely respiration, circulation,
swallowing, and other functions, and is the most vital
part of the brain; -- called also {bulb of the spinal
cord}. See Brain.
[1913 Webster]Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulb of the spinal cord
(gcide) | Medulla \Me*dul"la\, n. [L.]
1. Marrow; pith; hence, essence. [Obs.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of
an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance,
of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or
branch of a plant; pith.
[1913 Webster]
4. See medulla oblongata.
[PJC]
Medulla oblongata. [L., oblong medulla] (Anat.), the
posterior part of the brain connected with the spinal
cord. It includes all the hindbrain except the cerebellum
and pons, and from it a large part of the cranial nerves
arise. It controls very largely respiration, circulation,
swallowing, and other functions, and is the most vital
part of the brain; -- called also {bulb of the spinal
cord}. See Brain.
[1913 Webster]Bulb \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
a corm in not being solid.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
[1913 Webster]
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair
originates.
Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often
called simply bulb.
Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
in the cavity of the tooth.
[1913 Webster]
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
3. a light bulb.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbaceous
(gcide) | Bulbaceous \Bul*ba"ceous\, a. [L. bulbaceus. See Bulb, n.]
Bulbous. --Jonson.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbar
(gcide) | Bulbar \Bulb"ar\, a.
Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining
to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as,
bulbar paralysis.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbed
(gcide) | Bulbed \Bulbed\, a.
Having a bulb; round-headed.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbel
(gcide) | Bulbel \Bulb"el\, n. [Dim., fr. bulb, n.] (Bot.)
A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbiferous
(gcide) | Bulbiferous \Bul*bif"er*ous\, a. [Bulb,n.+ -ferous: cf. F.
bulbif[`e]re.] (Bot.)
Producing bulbs.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbil
(gcide) | Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost
exclusively: An a["e]rial bulb or deciduous bud, produced
in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the
flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated,
of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and
brood bud.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a
small vessel or tube.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
bulblet
(gcide) | Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost
exclusively: An a["e]rial bulb or deciduous bud, produced
in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the
flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated,
of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and
brood bud.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a
small vessel or tube.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Bulblet \Bulb"let\, n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.)
A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some
a["e]rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the
tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulblet
(gcide) | Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost
exclusively: An a["e]rial bulb or deciduous bud, produced
in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the
flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated,
of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and
brood bud.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a
small vessel or tube.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Bulblet \Bulb"let\, n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.)
A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some
a["e]rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the
tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbose
(gcide) | Bulbose \Bul*bose"\, a.
Bulbous.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbo-tuber
(gcide) | Bulbo-tuber \Bul"bo-tu`ber\, n. [Bulb,n.+ tuber.] (Bot.)
A corm.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbous
(gcide) | Bulbous \Bulb"ous\, a. [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See Bulb,
n.]
Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs;
bulblike in shape or structure.
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbul
(gcide) | Bulbul \Bul"bul\, n. [Per.] (Zool.)
The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is
also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the
family Timaliid[ae]. The green bulbuls belong to the
Chloropsis and allied genera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]
[1913 Webster] |
Bulbule
(gcide) | Bulbule \Bul"bule\, n. [L. bulbulus, dim. of bulbus. See Bulb,
n.]
A small bulb; a bulblet.
[1913 Webster] |
Calypso bulbosa
(gcide) | fairy-slipper \fairy-slipper\ n.
a rare north temperate bog orchid (Calypso bulbosa) bearing
a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip
of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
Syn: calypso, Calypso bulbosa.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Carum Bulbocastanum
(gcide) | Earthnut \Earth"nut`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or
on the ground; as to:
(a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants {Bunium
flexuosum} and Carum Bulbocastanum.
(b) The peanut. See Peanut.
[1913 Webster] |
Cicuta bulbifera
(gcide) | Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
hymlic.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and {Cicuta
virosa}, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
maculatum}.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies
Canadensis} or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
[1913 Webster]
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
[1913 Webster]
Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
[1913 Webster] |
Dentaria bulbifera
(gcide) | coralroot \coralroot\ n.
a European bittercress (Dentaria bulbifera) having a
knotted white rootstock.
Syn: coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera,
Dentaria bulbifera.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Dewar bulb
(gcide) | Dewar \Dew"ar\ (d[=u]"[~e]r), Dewar vessel \Dew"ar ves`sel\,
Dewar flask \Dew"ar flask\ [After Sir James Dewar, British
physicist.]
A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid
nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted
so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the
glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; --
called also, according to the particular shape,
Dewar bulb,
Dewar tube, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
End bulb
(gcide) | End \End\ ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D.
einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw.
[aum]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf.
Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]
1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing
considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being
side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part;
termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line,
pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end
to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything
having a first part.
[1913 Webster]
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof. --Eccl. vii.
8.
[1913 Webster]
2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion;
issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive
event; consequence.
[1913 Webster]
My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination;
also, cause of death or destruction.
[1913 Webster]
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Confound your hidden falsehood, and award
Either of you to be the other's end. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I shall see an end of him. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close
and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to
labor for private or public ends.
[1913 Webster]
Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
When every man is his own end, all things will come
to a bad end. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as,
odds and ends.
[1913 Webster]
I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a
Brussels carpet.
[1913 Webster]
An end.
(a) On end; upright; erect; endways. --Spenser
(b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] --Richardson.
End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some
sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and
mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles.
End fly, a bobfly.
End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order.
End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the
extremities of a line of minstrels.
End on (Naut.), bow foremost.
End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber
ends, either peripherally or centrally.
End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which
motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.
End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such
movement.
End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a
timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.
Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth.
In the end, finally. --Shak.
On end, upright; erect.
To the end, in order. --Bacon.
To make both ends meet, to live within one's income.
--Fuller.
To put an end to, to destroy.
[1913 Webster] |
flashbulb
(gcide) | flashbulb \flash"bulb`\ n.
a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a
photograph.
Syn: flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Hot bulb
(gcide) | Hot bulb \Hot bulb\, Hot pot \Hot pot\ (Internal-combustion
Engines)
See Semi-diesel, below.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Incandescent light bulb
(gcide) | Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p.
pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in +
candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red
hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf.
F. incandescent. See Candle.]
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,
incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining;
brilliant.
[1913 Webster]
Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might
say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
Incandescent lamp, Incandescent light, {Incandescent
light bulb} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is
produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now
usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a
vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb,
and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was
inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the
Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and
glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of
electric light, the other being the fluorescent light,
fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
light bulb
(gcide) | lightbulb \lightbulb\, light bulb \light bulb\n.
A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected
to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light
when heated by passage of electricity through the filament;
-- used as the replaceable light-emitting component of an
electric lamp, flashlight, lighting fixture, etc.
Syn: light bulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light,
electric-light bulb.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
lightbulb
(gcide) | lightbulb \lightbulb\, light bulb \light bulb\n.
A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected
to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light
when heated by passage of electricity through the filament;
-- used as the replaceable light-emitting component of an
electric lamp, flashlight, lighting fixture, etc.
Syn: light bulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light,
electric-light bulb.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
Pseudo-bulb
(gcide) | Pseudo-bulb \Pseu"do-bulb`\, n. [Pseudo- + bulb.] (Bot.)
An a["e]rial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic
orchidaceous plants.
[1913 Webster] |
Ranunculus bulbosus
(gcide) | Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.)
A species of Ranunculus (Ranunculus bulbosus); -- called
also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly
Ranunculus bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called
also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the
cuckoobud of Shakespeare.
[1913 Webster] |
soap bulb
(gcide) | Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and
perhaps to AS. s[imac]pan to drip, MHG. s[imac]fen, and L.
sebum tallow. Cf. Saponaceous.]
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by
combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,
palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.
Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar
composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
or not.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
are insoluble and useless.
[1913 Webster]
The purifying action of soap depends upon the
fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
tends to remove it. --Roscoe &
Schorlemmer.
[1913 Webster]
Castile soap, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles
soap} or Venetian soap.
Hard soap, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
different ingredients and color, which are hard and
compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
Lead soap, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
externally in medicine. Called also lead plaster,
diachylon, etc.
Marine soap. See under Marine.
Pills of soap (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
Potash soap, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
Pumice soap, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
mechanically in the removal of dirt.
Resin soap, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
bleaching.
Silicated soap, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
silicate).
Soap bark. (Bot.) See Quillaia bark.
Soap bubble, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
[1913 Webster]
This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
Shairp.
[1913 Webster]
Soap cerate, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
application to allay inflammation.
Soap fat, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
etc., used in making soap.
Soap liniment (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
and alcohol.
Soap nut, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
Soap plant (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum, a California
plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple,
soap bulb, and soap weed.
Soap tree. (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree.
Soda soap, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
are all hard soaps.
Soft soap, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
Toilet soap, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
perfumed.
[1913 Webster] |
Wet-bulb thermometer
(gcide) | Wet-bulb thermometer \Wet-bulb thermometer\ (Physics)
That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer
the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
arethusa bulbosa
(wn) | Arethusa bulbosa
n 1: a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink
blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada [syn: {bog
rose}, wild pink, dragon's mouth, Arethusa bulbosa] |
arteria bulbi penis
(wn) | arteria bulbi penis
n 1: a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that
supplies the bulb of the penis [syn: {artery of the penis
bulb}, arteria bulbi penis] |
arteria bulbi vestibuli
(wn) | arteria bulbi vestibuli
n 1: a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that
supplies the bulb of the vestibule [syn: {artery of the
vestibule bulb}, arteria bulbi vestibuli] |
artery of the penis bulb
(wn) | artery of the penis bulb
n 1: a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that
supplies the bulb of the penis [syn: {artery of the penis
bulb}, arteria bulbi penis] |
artery of the vestibule bulb
(wn) | artery of the vestibule bulb
n 1: a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that
supplies the bulb of the vestibule [syn: {artery of the
vestibule bulb}, arteria bulbi vestibuli] |
bulb
(wn) | bulb
n 1: a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular
underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
2: electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent
glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten)
that emits light when heated by electricity [syn: {light
bulb}, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, {electric
light}, electric-light bulb]
3: a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one
end); "the bulb of a syringe"
4: anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
5: lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal
cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the
medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because
it contains centers controlling breathing and heart
functioning" [syn: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb]
6: a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
bulb-shaped
(wn) | bulb-shaped
adj 1: shaped like a bulb [syn: bulblike, bulbous, {bulb-
shaped}] |
bulbaceous
(wn) | bulbaceous
adj 1: producing or growing from bulbs |
bulbar
(wn) | bulbar
adj 1: involving the medulla oblongata; "bulbar paralysis" |
bulbar conjunctiva
(wn) | bulbar conjunctiva
n 1: the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of
the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea [syn:
bulbar conjunctiva, conjunctival layer of bulb, {tunica
conjunctiva bulbi}] |
bulbed
(wn) | bulbed
adj 1: having a bulb |
bulbil
(wn) | bulbil
n 1: small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil
or in the place of flowers [syn: bulbil, bulblet] |
bulblet
(wn) | bulblet
n 1: small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil
or in the place of flowers [syn: bulbil, bulblet] |
|