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slovo definícia Hards (gcide) Hards \Hards\ (h[aum]rdz), n. pl. [OE. herdes, AS. heordan; akin to G. hede.] The refuse or coarse part of flax; tow. [1913 Webster]

podobné slovo definícia hardscrabble (mass) hardscrabble - biedny hardscrabble (encz) hardscrabble,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožhardscrabble,nuzácký adj: Zdeněk Brož hardship (encz) hardship,utrpení n: Zdeněk Brož hardships (encz) hardships,nesnáze n: Zdeněk Brož hardstand (encz) hardstand, hardstem bulrush (encz) hardstem bulrush, n: hardstemmed bulrush (encz) hardstemmed bulrush, n: orchards (encz) orchards,sady n: pl. Zdeněk Brož pilchards (encz) pilchards,sardinky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož richards (encz) Richards,Richards n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad richardson (encz) Richardson,Richardson n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad shards (encz) shards,úlomky n: pl. jak168 richards (czen) Richards,Richardsn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad richardson (czen) Richardson,Richardsonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad hardscrabble marginal (gcide) Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous] [Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil." --Dryden. Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty. [1913 Webster] Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] His education had been but meager. --Motley. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. [1913 Webster] 4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping. [WordNet 1.5] Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. [1913 Webster] Meager Hard-shell (gcide) Hard-shell \Hard"-shell`\ (h[aum]rd"sh[e^]l`), a. Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [Colloq., U.S.] [1913 Webster] Hard-shelled clam (gcide) Hard \Hard\ (h[aum]rd), a. [Compar. Harder (-[~e]r); superl. Hardest.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[eth]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty`s strong, ka`rtos, kra`tos, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, k[.r] to do, make. Cf. Hardy.] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. [1913 Webster] 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. [1913 Webster] The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex. xviii. 26. [1913 Webster] In which are some things hard to be understood. --2 Peter iii. 16. [1913 Webster] 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. [1913 Webster] 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. [1913 Webster] The stag was too hard for the horse. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] A power which will be always too hard for them. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. [1913 Webster] I never could drive a hard bargain. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. [1913 Webster] 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. [1913 Webster] Figures harder than even the marble itself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. [1913 Webster] 9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. [1913 Webster] 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. [1913 Webster] 11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. [1913 Webster] Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc. Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zool.), the quahog. Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from {bituminous coal} (soft coal). Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast. Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. Hard oyster (Zool.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. Hard rubber. See under Rubber. Hard solder. See under Solder. Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3. Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles; -- said of race horses. Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous. [1913 Webster] Hardship (gcide) Hardship \Hard"ship\ (h[aum]rd"sh[i^]p), n. That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Hardspun (gcide) Hardspun \Hard"spun`\, a. Firmly twisted in spinning. [1913 Webster] hard-surfaced (gcide) hard-surfaced \hard-surfaced\ adj. paved; -- of roads. Opposite of unpaved. [WordNet 1.5] Hardtack Porana Richardsonii (gcide) Linsang \Lin*sang"\ (l[i^]n*s[aum]ng"), n. (Zool.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (Prionodon gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots. [1913 Webster] Richardsonia scabra (gcide) Ipecacuanha \Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\ ([i^]p`[-e]*k[a^]k`[-u]*[a^]n"[.a]), n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ({Cepha["e]lis Ipecacuanha}), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra). [1913 Webster]Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.] The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon. [1913 Webster] Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food. [1913 Webster] Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha. [1913 Webster] Uranidea Richardsoni (gcide) Blob \Blob\ (bl[o^]b), n. [See Bleb.] 1. Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. --Wright. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb. [1913 Webster]Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb. (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout. (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead. (b) The golden plover. [1913 Webster] 3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips. [1913 Webster] Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus). [1913 Webster] with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (gcide) babassu \babassu\ n. 1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil ({Orbignya barbosiana}) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil () and a kind of vegetable ivory. Syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana. [WordNet 1.5] babbiting citellus richardsoni (wn) Citellus richardsoni n 1: of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada [syn: flickertail, {Richardson ground squirrel}, Citellus richardsoni] geranium richardsonii (wn) Geranium richardsonii n 1: geranium of western North America having branched clusters of white or pale pink flowers [syn: {Richardson's geranium}, Geranium richardsonii] gerhard gerhards (wn) Gerhard Gerhards n 1: Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536) [syn: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts] hardscrabble (wn) hardscrabble adj 1: barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life" hardship (wn) hardship n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn: adversity, hardship, hard knocks] 2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness] 3: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life" hardstem bulrush (wn) hardstem bulrush n 1: widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems [syn: hardstem bulrush, {hardstemmed bulrush}, Scirpus acutus] hardstemmed bulrush (wn) hardstemmed bulrush n 1: widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems [syn: hardstem bulrush, {hardstemmed bulrush}, Scirpus acutus] henry hobson richardson (wn) Henry Hobson Richardson n 1: United States architect (1838-1886) [syn: Richardson, Henry Hobson Richardson] i. a. richards (wn) I. A. Richards n 1: English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) [syn: Richards, I. A. Richards, {Ivor Armstrong Richards}] ivor armstrong richards (wn) Ivor Armstrong Richards n 1: English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) [syn: Richards, I. A. Richards, {Ivor Armstrong Richards}] microtus richardsoni (wn) Microtus richardsoni n 1: of western North America [syn: water vole, {Richardson vole}, Microtus richardsoni] ralph richardson (wn) Ralph Richardson n 1: British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) [syn: Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson] richards (wn) Richards n 1: English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) [syn: Richards, I. A. Richards, {Ivor Armstrong Richards}] richardson (wn) Richardson n 1: United States architect (1838-1886) [syn: Richardson, Henry Hobson Richardson] 2: British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) [syn: Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson] richardson ground squirrel (wn) Richardson ground squirrel n 1: of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada [syn: flickertail, {Richardson ground squirrel}, Citellus richardsoni] richardson vole (wn) Richardson vole n 1: of western North America [syn: water vole, {Richardson vole}, Microtus richardsoni]