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cellar
(encz) | cellar,sklep |
cellar
(encz) | cellar,sklepní Zdeněk Brož |
Cellar
(gcide) | Cellar \Cel"lar\, n. [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L.
cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom.
See Cell.]
A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the
surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are
kept.
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cellar
(wn) | cellar
n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below
ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement,
cellar]
2: an excavation where root vegetables are stored [syn: {root
cellar}, cellar]
3: storage space where wines are stored [syn: cellar, {wine
cellar}] |
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beer cellar
(mass) | beer cellar
- pivnica |
beer cellar
(encz) | beer cellar,pivnice |
cellar
(encz) | cellar,sklep cellar,sklepní Zdeněk Brož |
cellarage
(encz) | cellarage,podsklepí Zdeněk Brožcellarage,sklepy Zdeněk Brož |
cellaret
(encz) | cellaret, n: |
cellars
(encz) | cellars,sklepy Jiří Šmoldas |
cyclone cellar
(encz) | cyclone cellar, n: |
order procellariiformes
(encz) | order Procellariiformes, n: |
procellariiform seabird
(encz) | procellariiform seabird, n: |
root cellar
(encz) | root cellar, n: |
salt-cellar
(encz) | salt-cellar,slánka n: Zdeněk Brož |
saltcellar
(encz) | saltcellar,slánka n: Zdeněk Brožsaltcellar,solnička n: Zdeněk Brož |
storm cellar
(encz) | storm cellar, n: |
tornado cellar
(encz) | tornado cellar, n: |
wine cellar
(encz) | wine cellar,vinný sklep n: petr.adamek@bilysklep.cz |
Blennius ocellaris
(gcide) | Butterfly \But"ter*fly`\, n.; pl. Butterflies. [Perh. from the
color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl[=e]ge,
buttor-fle['o]ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See
Butter, and Fly.] (Zool.)
A general name for the numerous species of diurnal
Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite.]
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Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias.
Butterfly fish (Zool.), the ocellated blenny ({Blennius
ocellaris}) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also
applied to the flying gurnard.
Butterfly shell (Zool.), a shell of the genus Voluta.
Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve,
consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to
a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat
resembles a butterfly in shape.
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Cancellarean
(gcide) | Cancellarean \Can`cel*la"re*an\, a.
Cancellarean. [R.]
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Cellarage
(gcide) | Cellarage \Cel"lar*age\, n.
1. The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. --Sir W.
Scott.
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You hear this fellow in the cellarage. --Shak.
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2. Chare for storage in a cellar.
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Cellarer
(gcide) | Cellarer \Cel"lar*er\, n. [LL. cellararius, equiv. to L.
cellarius steward: cf. F. cell['e]rier. See Cellar.]
(Eccl.)
A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has
charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
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Cellaret
(gcide) | Cellaret \Cel`lar*et"\, n. [Dim of cellar.]
A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine
or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep
drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
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Cellarist
(gcide) | Cellarist \Cel"lar*ist\, n.
Same as Cellarer.
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Compsomyia macellaria
(gcide) | Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,
female screw, F. ['e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in
LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a
screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.]
1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it
spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a
continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --
used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or
pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of
the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the
threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being
distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more
usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female
screw, or, more usually, the nut.
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Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of
the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a
right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the
hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the
screw, its base equaling the circumference of the
cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.
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2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a
head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.
Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and {screw
nails}. See also Screw bolt, below.
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3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the
stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal
surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a
screw. See Screw propeller, below.
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4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a
screw steamer; a propeller.
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5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
--Thackeray.
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6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a
student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]
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7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.
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8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and
commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.
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9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite
linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th
Pitch, 10
(b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid
body, which may always be made to consist of a
rotation about an axis combined with a translation
parallel to that axis.
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10. (Zool.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw
(Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
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Archimedes screw, Compound screw, Foot screw, etc. See
under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc.
A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not
done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.
Martineau.
Endless screw, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give
motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads
between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm.
Lag screw. See under Lag.
Micrometer screw, a screw with fine threads, used for the
measurement of very small spaces.
Right and left screw, a screw having threads upon the
opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.
Screw alley. See Shaft alley, under Shaft.
Screw bean. (Bot.)
(a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree
(Prosopis pubescens) growing from Texas to
California. It is used for fodder, and ground into
meal by the Indians.
(b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for
fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.
Screw bolt, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in
distinction from a key bolt. See 1st Bolt, 3.
Screw box, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the
thread on a wooden screw.
Screw dock. See under Dock.
Screw engine, a marine engine for driving a screw
propeller.
Screw gear. See Spiral gear, under Spiral.
Screw jack. Same as Jackscrew.
Screw key, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner
wrench.
Screw machine.
(a) One of a series of machines employed in the
manufacture of wood screws.
(b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of
cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work
successively, for making screws and other turned
pieces from metal rods.
Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus
Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species,
natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --
named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like
leaves.
Screw plate, a device for cutting threads on small screws,
consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of
perforations with internal screws forming dies.
Screw press, a press in which pressure is exerted by means
of a screw.
Screw propeller, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in
the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel
propelled by a screw.
Screw shell (Zool.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod
shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied
genera. See Turritella.
Screw steamer, a steamship propelled by a screw.
Screw thread, the spiral rib which forms a screw.
Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.
Screw tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres,
consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,
with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled
capsules; -- also called twisted-horn, and twisty.
Screw valve, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a
screw.
Screw worm (Zool.), the larva of an American fly
(Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which
sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about
wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.
Screw wrench.
(a) A wrench for turning a screw.
(b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a
screw.
To put the screws on or To put the screw on, to use
pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.
To put under the screw or To put under the screws, to
subject to pressure; to force.
Wood screw, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse
pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of
Wood screw, under Wood.
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Cyclone cellar
(gcide) | Cyclone cellar \Cyclone cellar\ or Cyclone pit \Cyclone pit\ .
A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or
tornado. [Middle U. S.]
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Ocellary
(gcide) | Ocellary \O*cel"la*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to ocelli.
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Oil cellar
(gcide) | Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Olive.]
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water;
as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal,
vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and
they are variously used for food, for solvents, for
anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any
substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
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Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
Petroleum. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
essential oils (see under Essential), and {natural
oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
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Animal oil, Bone oil, Dipple's oil, etc. (Old Chem.), a
complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone.
Drying oils, Essential oils. (Chem.) See under Drying,
and Essential.
Ethereal oil of wine, Heavy oil of wine. (Chem.) See
under Ethereal.
Fixed oil. (Chem.) See under Fixed.
Oil bag (Zool.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
containing oil.
Oil beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the genus Meloe and
allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
vesicating properties, and are used instead of
cantharides.
Oil box, or Oil cellar (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir,
for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath
the journal of a railway-car axle.
Oil cake. See under Cake.
Oil cock, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
cup}.
Oil color.
(a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
(b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
(b) a painting made from such a paint.
Oil cup, a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a
bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick,
wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of
oil.
Oil engine, a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of
petroleum.
Oil gas, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
lighting streets, houses, etc.
Oil gland.
(a) (Zool.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds,
the large gland at the base of the tail.
(b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
Oil green, a pale yellowish green, like oil.
Oil of brick, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
-- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.
Oil of talc, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Oil of vitriol (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
from its oily consistency and from its forming the
vitriols or sulphates.
Oil of wine, [OE]nanthic ether. See under [OE]nanthic.
Oil painting.
(a) The art of painting in oil colors.
(b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
ground in oil.
Oil palm (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
esp. Elaeis Guineensis. See Elaeis.
Oil sardine (Zool.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
scombrina}), valued for its oil.
Oil shark (Zool.)
(a) The liver shark.
(b) The tope.
Oil still, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
Oil test, a test for determining the temperature at which
petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
Oil tree. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ricinus (Ricinus communis), from
the seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
(b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa.
(c) The oil palm.
To burn the midnight oil, to study or work late at night.
Volatle oils. See Essential oils, under Essential.
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Pedicellaria
(gcide) | Pedicellaria \Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pedicellari[ae].
[NL. See Pedicel.] (Zool.)
A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers
upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two
movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite,
sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a
pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Pedicellariae
(gcide) | Pedicellaria \Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pedicellari[ae].
[NL. See Pedicel.] (Zool.)
A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers
upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two
movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite,
sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a
pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Procellaria
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Procellaria pelagica
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
[1913 Webster]Mother \Moth"er\ (m[u^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. moder, AS. m[=o]dor;
akin to D. moeder, OS. m[=o]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar,
Icel. m[=o][eth]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ.
mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr.
m[=a]t[.r]; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure. [root]268. Cf.
Material, Matrix, Metropolis, Father.]
1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a
woman who has borne a child.
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2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of
birth or origin; generatrix.
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Alas! poor country! . . . it can not
Be called our mother, but our grave. --Shak.
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I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother
of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand
years. --Landor.
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3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar]
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4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
abbess, etc.
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5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Mother Carey's chicken (Zool.), any one of several species
of small petrels, as the stormy petrel ({Procellaria
pelagica}), and Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa),
both of the Atlantic, and Oceanodroma furcata of the
North Pacific.
Mother Carey's goose (Zool.), the giant fulmar of the
Pacific. See Fulmar.
Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a
birthmark; a naevus.
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Procellarian
(gcide) | Procellarian \Pro`cel*la"ri*an\, n. [L. procella a storm.]
(Zool.)
One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellarid[ae])
including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are
often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.
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Saltcellar
(gcide) | Saltcellar \Salt"cel*lar\, n. [OE. saltsaler; salt + F.
sali[`e]re saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf.
Salary.]
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other
material, used for holding salt on the table.
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Subcellar
(gcide) | Subcellar \Sub*cel"lar\, n.
A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground;
usually, a cellar under a cellar.
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cellar
(wn) | cellar
n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below
ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement,
cellar]
2: an excavation where root vegetables are stored [syn: {root
cellar}, cellar]
3: storage space where wines are stored [syn: cellar, {wine
cellar}] |
cellarage
(wn) | cellarage
n 1: a charge for storing goods in a cellar
2: a storage area in a cellar |
cellaret
(wn) | cellaret
n 1: sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn:
minibar, cellaret] |
cyclone cellar
(wn) | cyclone cellar
n 1: an underground shelter where you can go until a storm
passes [syn: storm cellar, cyclone cellar, {tornado
cellar}] |
family procellariidae
(wn) | family Procellariidae
n 1: petrels; fulmars; shearwaters; [syn: Procellariidae,
family Procellariidae] |
genus procellaria
(wn) | genus Procellaria
n 1: type genus of the Procellariidae [syn: Procellaria,
genus Procellaria] |
order procellariiformes
(wn) | order Procellariiformes
n 1: petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels [syn:
Procellariiformes, order Procellariiformes] |
procellaria
(wn) | Procellaria
n 1: type genus of the Procellariidae [syn: Procellaria,
genus Procellaria] |
procellaria aequinoctialis
(wn) | Procellaria aequinoctialis
n 1: large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on
the chin [syn: white-chinned petrel, {Procellaria
aequinoctialis}] |
procellariidae
(wn) | Procellariidae
n 1: petrels; fulmars; shearwaters; [syn: Procellariidae,
family Procellariidae] |
procellariiform seabird
(wn) | procellariiform seabird
n 1: large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular
nostrils that wanders the open seas |
procellariiformes
(wn) | Procellariiformes
n 1: petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels [syn:
Procellariiformes, order Procellariiformes] |
root cellar
(wn) | root cellar
n 1: an excavation where root vegetables are stored [syn: {root
cellar}, cellar] |
saltcellar
(wn) | saltcellar
n 1: a small container for holding salt at the dining table |
storm cellar
(wn) | storm cellar
n 1: an underground shelter where you can go until a storm
passes [syn: storm cellar, cyclone cellar, {tornado
cellar}] |
tornado cellar
(wn) | tornado cellar
n 1: an underground shelter where you can go until a storm
passes [syn: storm cellar, cyclone cellar, {tornado
cellar}] |
wine cellar
(wn) | wine cellar
n 1: storage space where wines are stored [syn: cellar, {wine
cellar}] |
CANCELLARIA CURIA
(bouvier) | CANCELLARIA CURIA. The name formerly given to the court of chancery.
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