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Dys- (gcide) | Dys- \Dys-\
An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek dys- hard, ill, and
signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the
prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-,
Icel. tor-, Ir. do-.
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Antidysenteric (gcide) | Antidysenteric \An`ti*dys`en*ter"ic\, a. (Med.)
Good against dysentery. -- n. A medicine for dysentery.
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atrabilious bilious dyspeptic liverish (gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Dysaesthesia (gcide) | Dysaesthesia \Dys`[ae]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. dys- ill,
bad + ? to perceive, to feel.] (Med.)
Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.
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Dyscrasia (gcide) | Dyscrasia \Dys*cra"si*a\, n. [NL. dyscrasia, fr. Gr. dyskrasi`a;
dys- bad + kra^sis mixture, fr. keranny`nai to mix: cf. F.
dycrasie.] (Med.)
An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly
regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and
humors.
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Dyscrasite (gcide) | Dyscrasite \Dys"cra*site\, n. [Gr. ? bad + ? compound.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.
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Dyscrasy (gcide) | Dyscrasy \Dys"cra*sy\, n.; pl. Discrasies.
Dycrasia.
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Sin is a cause of dycrasies and distempers. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Dysdercus suturellus (gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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Dysenteric (gcide) | Dysenteric \Dys`en*ter"ic\, Dysenterical \Dys`en*ter"ic*al\, a.
[L. dysentericus, Gr. ?; cf. F. dysent['e]rigue.]
Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a
dysenteric patient. "Dysenteric symptoms." --Copland.
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Dysenterical (gcide) | Dysenteric \Dys`en*ter"ic\, Dysenterical \Dys`en*ter"ic*al\, a.
[L. dysentericus, Gr. ?; cf. F. dysent['e]rigue.]
Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a
dysenteric patient. "Dysenteric symptoms." --Copland.
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Dysentery (gcide) | Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. ?; dys- ill,
bad + ?, pl. ?, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. ? in,
akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In.]
(Med.)
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the
colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains,
constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of
mucus and blood.
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Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high
fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be
communicable through the medium of the alvine
discharges.
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dysfunctional (gcide) | dysfunctional \dysfunctional\ adj.
1. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or
organ.
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2. (Psychol.) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; -- of a
trait or condition; as, dysfunctional behavior.
Syn: nonadaptive.
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Dysgenesic (gcide) | Dysgenesic \Dys`ge*nes"ic\, a.
Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be
dysgenesic with respect to another. --Darwin.
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Dysgenesis (gcide) | Dysgenesis \Dys*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. dys- + genesis.] (Biol.)
A condition of not generating or breeding freely;
infertility; a form of homogenesis in which the hybrids are
sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of
either parent race.
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dysgenic (gcide) | dysgenic \dysgenic\ adj.
of or pertaining to dysgenics.
Syn: cacogenic.
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dysgenics (gcide) | dysgenics \dysgenics\ n.
the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in
the type of offspring produced.
Syn: cacogenics.
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dyskinesia (gcide) | dyskinesia \dyskinesia\ n.
an abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements.
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dyslectic (gcide) | dyslectic \dyslectic\ adj.
Suffering from dyslexia; having impaired ability to
comprehend written words; a condition usually associated with
a neurologic disorder.
Syn: dyslexic.
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dyslexia (gcide) | dyslexia \dys*lex"i*a\ (d[i^]s*l[e^]ks"[-e]*[.a]) n.
Any of various reading disorders caused by a damaged or
congenitally faulty structure within the central nervous
system, and causing an impairment of the ability to interpret
spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual
information. A common example is when letter sequences are
interpreted as inverted in order, as in bat/tab. --RHUD
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dyslexic (gcide) | dyslexic \dyslexic\ adj.
1. Of or pertaining to dyslexia.
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2. same as dyslectic.
Syn: dyslectic.
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Dyslogistic (gcide) | Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. dys- ill, bad, + ?
discourse, fr. ? to speak.]
Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.
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There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or
eulogistic epithets may be found. --J. F.
Stephen.
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The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now
almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of
common sense, Jeremy Bentham. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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Dysluite (gcide) | Dysluite \Dys"lu*ite\, n. [Gr. dys- ill, hard + ? to loose,
dissolve.] (Min.)
A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.
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Dyslysin (gcide) | Dyslysin \Dys"ly*sin\, n. [Gr. dys- ill, hard + ? a loosing.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic
acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.
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Dysmenorrhea (gcide) | Dysmenorrhea \Dys*men`or*rhe"a\, n. [Gr. dys- ill, hard + ?
month + ? to flow.] (Med.)
Difficult and painful menstruation.
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Dysnomy (gcide) | Dysnomy \Dys"no*my\, n. [Gr. ?; dys- ill, bad + ? law.]
Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. --Cockeram.
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Dysodile (gcide) | Dysodile \Dys"o*dile\, n. [Gr. ? ill smell, from ? ill-smelling;
dys- ill, bad + ? to smell.] (Min.)
An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid
odor when burning. Dyspepsia |
Dyspepsia (gcide) | Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L.
dyspepsia, Gr. ?, fr. ? hard to digest; dys- ill, hard + ? to
cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-,
and 3d Cook.] (Med.)
A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its
functions are disturbed, without the presence of other
diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor
importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea,
heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or
fullness in the stomach, etc. --Dunglison. Dyspeptic |
Dyspepsy (gcide) | Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L.
dyspepsia, Gr. ?, fr. ? hard to digest; dys- ill, hard + ? to
cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-,
and 3d Cook.] (Med.)
A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its
functions are disturbed, without the presence of other
diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor
importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea,
heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or
fullness in the stomach, etc. --Dunglison. Dyspeptic |
Dyspeptic (gcide) | Dyspeptic \Dys*pep"tic\, Dyspeptical \Dys*pep"tic*al\, a.
Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or
dyspeptical symptom.
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A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
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Dyspeptical (gcide) | Dyspeptic \Dys*pep"tic\, Dyspeptical \Dys*pep"tic*al\, a.
Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or
dyspeptical symptom.
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Dyspeptone (gcide) | Dyspeptone \Dys*pep"tone\, n. [Pref. dys- + peptone.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other
proteid substances by the action of gastric juice.
--Meissner.
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Dysphagia (gcide) | Dysphagia \Dys*pha"gi*a\, Dysphagy \Dys"pha*gy\, n. [NL.
dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + ? to eat.] (Med.)
Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn: aglutition.
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Dysphagy (gcide) | Dysphagia \Dys*pha"gi*a\, Dysphagy \Dys"pha*gy\, n. [NL.
dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + ? to eat.] (Med.)
Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn: aglutition.
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Dysphonia (gcide) | Dysphonia \Dys*pho"ni*a\, Dysphony \Dys"pho*ny\, n. [NL.
dysphonia, Gr. ?; dys- ill, hard + ? sound, voice: cf. F.
dysphonie.] (Med.)
A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved
voice.
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Dysphony (gcide) | Dysphonia \Dys*pho"ni*a\, Dysphony \Dys"pho*ny\, n. [NL.
dysphonia, Gr. ?; dys- ill, hard + ? sound, voice: cf. F.
dysphonie.] (Med.)
A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved
voice.
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Dysphoria (gcide) | Dysphoria \Dys*pho"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? hard to
bear; dys- ill, hard + fe`rein to bear: cf. F. dysphorie.]
(Med.)
Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness;
dissatisfaction; the fidgets.
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Dyspnoea (gcide) | Dyspnoea \Dysp*n[oe]"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? short of
breath; pref. dys- ill, hard + ?, ?, breathing, ? to blow,
breathe: cf. F. dyspn['e]e.] (Med.)
Difficulty of breathing.
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Dyspnoic (gcide) | Dyspnoic \Dysp*no"ic\, a. (Med.)
Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn[oe]a.
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Dysprosium (gcide) | Dysprosium \Dys*pro"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. dyspro`sitos hard
to get at.] (Chem.)
An element of the rare earth-group. Symbol Dy; at. wt.,
162.5.
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Dysteleology (gcide) | Dysteleology \Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy\, n. [Pref. dys- + teleology.]
(Biol.)
The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to
that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs,
in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.
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To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final
causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing
as instinct must necessarily be fatal. --Word
(Dynamic
Sociology).
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Dystocia (gcide) | Dystocia \Dys*to"ci*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; dys- ill, hard +
to`kos delivery.] (Med.)
Difficult delivery pr parturition.
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Dystome (gcide) | Dystome \Dys"tome\, a. [Gr. dys- ill, hard + tomo`s cutting,
diate`mnein to cut.] (Min.)
Cleaving with difficulty.
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Dysuria (gcide) | Dysuria \Dys*u"ri*a\, Dysury \Dys"u*ry\, n. [L. dysuria, Gr. ?;
dys- + ? urine: cf. F. dysurie.] (Med.)
Difficult or painful discharge of urine.
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Dysuric (gcide) | Dysuric \Dys*u"ric\, a. [Gr. dys-: cf. F. dysurique.]
Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury. Dzeren |
Dysury (gcide) | Dysuria \Dys*u"ri*a\, Dysury \Dys"u*ry\, n. [L. dysuria, Gr. ?;
dys- + ? urine: cf. F. dysurie.] (Med.)
Difficult or painful discharge of urine.
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Ecdyses (gcide) | Ecdysis \Ec"dy*sis\, n.; pl. Ecdyses. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis
a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to
enter.] (Biol.)
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular
layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming
out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.
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ecdysiast (gcide) | Stripper \Strip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine
for stripping cards.
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2. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so
that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
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3. (Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from
the stalks of grain plants.
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4. a solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of
paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a
surface.
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5. a person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as
an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease;
-- also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or
strip-teaser.
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Ecdysis (gcide) | Ecdysis \Ec"dy*sis\, n.; pl. Ecdyses. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis
a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to
enter.] (Biol.)
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular
layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming
out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.
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Endyses (gcide) | Endysis \En"dy*sis\, n.; pl. Endyses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
putting on, fr. ? to put on.] (Biol.)
The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of
feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.
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Endysis (gcide) | Endysis \En"dy*sis\, n.; pl. Endyses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
putting on, fr. ? to put on.] (Biol.)
The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of
feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.
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Goodyship (gcide) | Goodyship \Good"y*ship\, n.
The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose]
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Handystroke (gcide) | Handystroke \Hand"y*stroke`\ (h[a^]nd"[y^]*str[=o]k`), n.
A blow with the hand.
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Hedysarum (gcide) | Hedysarum \Hedysarum\ n.
A genus of herbs of Northern temperate regions.
Syn: genus Hedysarum.
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Hendiadys (gcide) | Hendiadys \Hen*di"a*dys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ? ? one by two.]
(Gram.)
A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns
connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting
adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
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Holarrhena antidysenterica (gcide) | kurchee \kurchee\, kurchi \kurchi\n.
A tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena antidysenterica syn.
Holarrhena pubescens) with hard white wood and bark
formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn: ivory tree, conessi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens,
Holarrhena antidysenterica.
[WordNet 1.5]conessi \conessi\ n.
a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or {Holarrhena
antidysenterica}) with hard white wood and bark formerly used
as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn: ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens,
Holarrhena antidysenterica.
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