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ebon
(encz) | ebon,černý jako eben Zdeněk Brož |
ebon
(encz) | ebon,ebenově černý Zdeněk Brož |
ebon
(encz) | ebon,ebenový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ebon
(gcide) | Ebon \Eb"on\, a.
1. Consisting of ebony.
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2. Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.
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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne. --Young.
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Ebon
(gcide) | Ebon \Eb"on\, n.
Ebony. [Poetic] "Framed of ebon and ivory." --Sir W. Scott.
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ebon
(wn) | ebon
adj 1: of a very dark black [syn: ebon, ebony] |
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anklebone
(encz) | anklebone,hlezenní kost Josef Kosek |
bluebonnet
(encz) | bluebonnet,severoamerický druh modře kvetoucí květiny, též symbol státu
Texas n: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebonnet Vladimír Návrat |
debonair
(encz) | debonair,sympatický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
debonaire
(encz) | debonaire,šarmantní Zdeněk Brož |
debonairly
(encz) | debonairly, |
debonairness
(encz) | debonairness, |
debone
(encz) | debone, v: |
deboned
(encz) | deboned, adj: |
debonnaire
(encz) | debonnaire,šarmantní Zdeněk Brož |
ebon
(encz) | ebon,černý jako eben Zdeněk Brožebon,ebenově černý Zdeněk Brožebon,ebenový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ebonise
(encz) | ebonise, v: |
ebonite
(encz) | ebonite,ebonit Zdeněk Brož |
ebonize
(encz) | ebonize, v: |
ebony
(encz) | ebony,eben n: dřevo |
ebony family
(encz) | ebony family, n: |
ebony spleenwort
(encz) | ebony spleenwort, n: |
knucklebones
(encz) | knucklebones, n: |
little ebony spleenwort
(encz) | little ebony spleenwort, n: |
mountain ebony
(encz) | mountain ebony, n: |
whalebone
(encz) | whalebone,kostice n: Zdeněk Brožwhalebone,velrybí kostice n: Zdeněk Brož |
whalebone whale
(encz) | whalebone whale, n: |
ebonit
(czen) | ebonit,ebonite Zdeněk Brož |
Barebone
(gcide) | Barebone \Bare"bone`\ (b[^a]r"b[=o]n`), n.
A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.
--Shak.
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bare-bones
(gcide) | bare-bones \bare"-bones`\ (b[^a]r"b[=o]nz`), a.
having only the absolute minimum necessary; having only the
essential components.
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Bladebone
(gcide) | Bladebone \Blade"bone`\ (-b[=o]n`), n.
The scapula. See Blade, 4.
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Blue-bonnet
(gcide) | Blue bonnet \Blue" bon`net\ or Blue-bonnet \Blue"-bon`net\, n.
1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing
such cap; a Scotchman.
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2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.
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3. (Zool.) The European blue titmouse (Parus c[oe]ruleus);
the bluecap.
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Debonair
(gcide) | Debonair \Deb`o*nair"\, a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire,
debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair,
F. d['e]bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L.
bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.]
Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of
good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
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Was never prince so meek and debonair. --Spenser.
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Debonairity
(gcide) | Debonairity \Deb`o*nair"i*ty\, n. [OF. debonairet['e], F.
d['e]bonnairet['e].]
Debonairness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Debonairly
(gcide) | Debonairly \Deb`o*nair"ly\, adv.
Courteously; elegantly.
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Debonairness
(gcide) | Debonairness \Deb`o*nair"ness\, n.
The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness;
courtesy. --Sterne.
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Ebonies
(gcide) | Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl.
Cf. Ebon.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.
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Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish
the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
Ebenus}), and from the Exc[ae]caria glandulosa.
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Ebonist
(gcide) | Ebonist \Eb"on*ist\, n.
One who works in ebony.
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Ebonite
(gcide) | Ebonite \Eb"on*ite\, n. (Chem.)
A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and
polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and
buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
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Ebonize
(gcide) | Ebonize \Eb"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ebonized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ebonizing.]
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to
ebonize wood.
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Ebonized
(gcide) | Ebonize \Eb"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ebonized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ebonizing.]
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to
ebonize wood.
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Ebonizing
(gcide) | Ebonize \Eb"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ebonized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ebonizing.]
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to
ebonize wood.
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Ebony
(gcide) | Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl.
Cf. Ebon.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.
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Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish
the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
Ebenus}), and from the Exc[ae]caria glandulosa.
[1913 Webster]Ebony \Eb"on*y\, a.
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony
countenance.
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This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.
--Poe.
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edgebone
(gcide) | Aitchbone \Aitch"bone`\, n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf.
Adder. See Natch.]
The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this
bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]
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Same as Aitchbone.
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Edgebone
(gcide) | Aitchbone \Aitch"bone`\, n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf.
Adder. See Natch.]
The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this
bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]
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Same as Aitchbone.
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Green ebony
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
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Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
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Mountain ebony
(gcide) | Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
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2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
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Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
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red ebony
(gcide) | Grenadillo \Gren`a*dil"lo\, n. [Sp. granadillo.]
A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making
flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also {Grenada
cocos}, or cocus, and red ebony.
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Ridgebone
(gcide) | Ridgebone \Ridge"bone`\, n.
The backbone. [Obs.]
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Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone.
--Holland.
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Sharebone
(gcide) | Sharebone \Share"bone`\, n. (Anat.)
The pubic bone.
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Sidebone
(gcide) | Sidebone \Side"bone`\, n. (Far.)
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of
the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. --J. H. Walsh.
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Spadebone
(gcide) | Spadebone \Spade"bone`\ (sp[=a]d"b[=o]n`), n.
Shoulder blade. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed
(gcide) | Cetacea \Ce*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like
ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring
forth living young which they suckle for some time. The
anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are
horizontal. There are two living suborders:
(a) The {Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true
teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of
whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw
on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they
receive the small animals upon which they feed.}
(b) The {Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,
which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is
extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the
Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.}
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Whalebone
(gcide) | Whalebone \Whale"bone`\, n.
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the
upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a
stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other
purposes. See Baleen.
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Note: Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead, or
Greenland, whale, the Biscay whale, and the Antarctic,
or southern, whale. It is prepared for manufacture by
being softened by boiling, and dyed black.
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Whettlebones
(gcide) | Whettlebones \Whet"tle*bones\, n. pl.
The vertebrae of the back. [Prov. Eng.] --Dunglison.
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anklebone
(wn) | anklebone
n 1: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones
to form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal,
astragalus, talus] |
bluebonnet
(wn) | bluebonnet
n 1: low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States
(Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading
cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United
States [syn: bluebonnet, buffalo clover, {Texas
bluebonnet}, Lupinus subcarnosus]
2: a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume
on one side [syn: Balmoral, bluebonnet] |
debonair
(wn) | debonair
adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
[syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave]
2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty] |
debonaire
(wn) | debonaire
adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
[syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave]
2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty] |
debone
(wn) | debone
v 1: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
[syn: bone, debone] |
deboned
(wn) | deboned
adj 1: having had the bones removed; "a boneless rib roast"; "a
boned (or deboned) fish" [syn: boned, deboned] |
debonnaire
(wn) | debonnaire
adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
[syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave] |
ebon
(wn) | ebon
adj 1: of a very dark black [syn: ebon, ebony] |
ebonics
(wn) | Ebonics
n 1: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically
spoken by African Americans in the United States [syn:
African American Vernacular English, AAVE, {African
American English}, Black English, {Black English
Vernacular}, Black Vernacular, {Black Vernacular
English}, Ebonics] |
ebonise
(wn) | ebonise
v 1: stain black to make it look like ebony [syn: ebonize,
ebonise] |
ebonite
(wn) | ebonite
n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite] |
ebonize
(wn) | ebonize
v 1: stain black to make it look like ebony [syn: ebonize,
ebonise] |
ebony
(wn) | ebony
adj 1: of a very dark black [syn: ebon, ebony]
n 1: a very dark black [syn: coal black, ebony, jet black,
pitch black, sable, soot black]
2: hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in
cabinetwork and for piano keys
3: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored
heartwood used in cabinetwork [syn: ebony, ebony tree,
Diospyros ebenum] |
ebony family
(wn) | ebony family
n 1: fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions
including ebony and persimmon [syn: Ebenaceae, {family
Ebenaceae}, ebony family] |
ebony spleenwort
(wn) | ebony spleenwort
n 1: common North American fern with polished black stripes
[syn: ebony spleenwort, Scott's Spleenwort, {Asplenium
platyneuron}] |
ebony tree
(wn) | ebony tree
n 1: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored
heartwood used in cabinetwork [syn: ebony, ebony tree,
Diospyros ebenum] |
knucklebones
(wn) | knucklebones
n 1: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in
various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball [syn:
jacks, jackstones, knucklebones] |
little ebony spleenwort
(wn) | little ebony spleenwort
n 1: fern of tropical America: from southern United States to
West Indies and Mexico to Brazil [syn: {black-stem
spleenwort}, black-stemmed spleenwort, {little ebony
spleenwort}] |
mountain ebony
(wn) | mountain ebony
n 1: small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard
dark wood [syn: mountain ebony, orchid tree, {Bauhinia
variegata}] |
texas bluebonnet
(wn) | Texas bluebonnet
n 1: closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United
States (Texas) [syn: Texas bluebonnet, {Lupinus
texensis}]
2: low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas)
having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of
livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States [syn:
bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Texas bluebonnet, {Lupinus
subcarnosus}] |
whalebone
(wn) | whalebone
n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales;
used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn:
whalebone, baleen] |
whalebone whale
(wn) | whalebone whale
n 1: whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for
filtering plankton from the water [syn: baleen whale,
whalebone whale] |
ebone
(foldoc) | Ebone
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