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goodkinghenry
(mass) | good-king-henry
- Chenopodium bonus-henricus, divoký špenát, mrlík dobrý |
henry
(mass) | Henry
- Henrich |
abhenry
(encz) | abhenry,absolutní henry Zdeněk Brož |
good-king-henry
(encz) | good-king-henry, n: |
henry
(encz) | Henry,Henry n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní jméno,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladHenry,Jindřich n: [mužs. jméno] Zdeněk Brož |
henry morgan
(encz) | Henry Morgan, |
henry viii
(encz) | Henry VIII, |
john henry
(encz) | John Henry, |
millihenry
(encz) | millihenry, n: |
absolutní henry
(czen) | absolutní henry,abhenry Zdeněk Brož |
henry
(czen) | Henry,Henryn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní jméno,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Good King Henry
(gcide) | Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated
by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger
of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and
god of eloquence.
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2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction
from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque,
glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is
used in barometers, thermometers, etc. Specific gravity
13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8.
Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It
was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and
designated by his symbol, [mercury].
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Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many
metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the
backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver
from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in
medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its
compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is
the only metal which is liquid at ordinary
temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg]
Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal.
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3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being
the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is
about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its
diameter 3,000 miles.
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4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also,
a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. "The monthly Mercuries."
--Macaulay.
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5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability;
fickleness. [Obs.]
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He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long
in any friendship, or to any design. --Bp. Burnet.
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6. (Bot.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge
family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for
spinach, in Europe.
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Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to
certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to
the skin, esp. to the Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison
ivy.
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Dog's mercury (Bot.), Mercurialis perennis, a perennial
plant differing from Mercurialis annua by having the
leaves sessile.
English mercury (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used
as a pot herb; -- called Good King Henry.
Horn mercury (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having
a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance.
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good-king-henry
(gcide) | good-king-henry \good-king-henry\ n.
A European plant (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) naturalized
in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.
Syn: good king henry, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach,
Chenopodium bonus-henricus.
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Heathenry
(gcide) | Heathenry \Hea"then*ry\ (-r[y^]), n.
1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
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Your heathenry and your laziness. --C. Kingsley.
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2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
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Henrys
(gcide) | Henry \Hen"ry\, n.; pl. Henrys. [From Joseph Henry, an
American physicist.]
The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit
when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one
volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one
amp[`e]re a second.
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Kitchenry
(gcide) | Kitchenry \Kitch"en*ry\ (k[i^]ch"[e^]n*r[y^]), n.
The body of servants employed in the kitchen; the staff of a
kitchen. [Obs.] --Holland.
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abhenry
(wn) | abhenry
n 1: a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry |
benjamin henry latrobe
(wn) | Benjamin Henry Latrobe
n 1: United States architect (born in England) whose works
include the chambers of the United States Congress and the
Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect
in the United States (1764-1820) [syn: Latrobe, {Benjamin
Henry Latrobe}] |
charles henry harrod
(wn) | Charles Henry Harrod
n 1: English merchant who took over a shop in London that was
expanded by his son into a prestigious department store
(1800-1885) [syn: Harrod, Charles Henry Harrod] |
edward henry harriman
(wn) | Edward Henry Harriman
n 1: United States railway tycoon (1848-1909) [syn: Harriman,
E. H. Harriman, Edward Henry Harriman] |
francis henry compton crick
(wn) | Francis Henry Compton Crick
n 1: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped
discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) [syn:
Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick] |
good-king-henry
(wn) | good-king-henry
n 1: European plant naturalized in North America; often
collected from the wild as a potherb [syn: {good-king-
henry}, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, {Chenopodium
bonus-henricus}] |
henry
(wn) | henry
n 1: a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive
force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at
the rate of one ampere per second [syn: henry, H]
2: English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by
water at different temperatures and under different pressures
(1775-1836) [syn: Henry, William Henry]
3: a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who
spoke out against British rule of the American colonies
(1736-1799) [syn: Henry, Patrick Henry]
4: United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena
(1791-1878) [syn: Henry, Joseph Henry] |
henry alfred kissinger
(wn) | Henry Alfred Kissinger
n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, {Henry
Kissinger}, Henry Alfred Kissinger] |
henry beauclerc
(wn) | Henry Beauclerc
n 1: King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William
the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135) [syn:
Henry I, Henry Beauclerc] |
henry bolingbroke
(wn) | Henry Bolingbroke
n 1: the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413;
deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
[syn: Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke] |
henry cavendish
(wn) | Henry Cavendish
n 1: British chemist and physicist who established that water is
a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the
density of the earth (1731-1810) [syn: Cavendish, {Henry
Cavendish}] |
henry clay
(wn) | Henry Clay
n 1: United States politician responsible for the Missouri
Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn:
Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] |
henry clay frick
(wn) | Henry Clay Frick
n 1: United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the
steel industry (1849-1919) [syn: Frick, {Henry Clay
Frick}] |
henry david thoreau
(wn) | Henry David Thoreau
n 1: United States writer and social critic (1817-1862) [syn:
Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau] |
henry engelhard steinway
(wn) | Henry Engelhard Steinway
n 1: United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a
famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871)
[syn: Steinway, Henry Steinway, {Henry Engelhard
Steinway}, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway] |
henry fielding
(wn) | Henry Fielding
n 1: English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) [syn:
Fielding, Henry Fielding] |
henry fonda
(wn) | Henry Fonda
n 1: United States film actor (1905-1982) [syn: Fonda, {Henry
Fonda}] |
henry ford
(wn) | Henry Ford
n 1: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered
mass production (1863-1947) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford] |
henry ford ii
(wn) | Henry Ford II
n 1: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, {Henry
Ford II}] |
henry graham greene
(wn) | Henry Graham Greene
n 1: English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991) [syn: Greene,
Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene] |
henry hobson richardson
(wn) | Henry Hobson Richardson
n 1: United States architect (1838-1886) [syn: Richardson,
Henry Hobson Richardson] |
henry hubert turner
(wn) | Henry Hubert Turner
n 1: United States endocrinologist (1892-1970) [syn: Turner,
Henry Hubert Turner] |
henry hudson
(wn) | Henry Hudson
n 1: English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610
he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied
and set him adrift to die (1565-1611) [syn: Hudson,
Henry Hudson] |
henry i
(wn) | Henry I
n 1: King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William
the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135) [syn:
Henry I, Henry Beauclerc] |
henry ii
(wn) | Henry II
n 1: king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the
English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of
Charles IX (1519-1559)
2: first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and
financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket
concerning the authority of the Crown over the church
(1133-1189) |
henry iii
(wn) | Henry III
n 1: son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of
France (1551-1589)
2: son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his
incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de
Montfort (1207-1272) |
henry iv
(wn) | Henry IV
n 1: king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of
the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry
III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established
religious freedom in France; [syn: Henry IV, {Henry of
Navarre}, Henry the Great]
2: King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
3: the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413;
deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
[syn: Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke] |
henry james
(wn) | Henry James
n 1: writer who was born in the United States but lived in
England (1843-1916) [syn: James, Henry James] |
henry john heinz
(wn) | Henry John Heinz
n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured and sold
processed foods (1844-1919) [syn: Heinz, {Henry John
Heinz}] |
henry kenneth alfred russell
(wn) | Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
n 1: English film director (born in 1927) [syn: Russell, {Ken
Russell}, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell] |
henry kissinger
(wn) | Henry Kissinger
n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, {Henry
Kissinger}, Henry Alfred Kissinger] |
henry laurens
(wn) | Henry Laurens
n 1: leader of the American Revolution and president of the
Continental Congress (1724-1792) [syn: Laurens, {Henry
Laurens}] |
henry le chatelier
(wn) | Henry le Chatelier
n 1: French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle
(1850-1936) [syn: le Chatelier, Henry le Chatelier] |
henry lee
(wn) | Henry Lee
n 1: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee,
Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee] |
henry louis aaron
(wn) | Henry Louis Aaron
n 1: United States professional baseball player who hit more
home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) [syn: Aaron,
Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron] |
henry louis gehrig
(wn) | Henry Louis Gehrig
n 1: baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(1903-1941) [syn: Gehrig, Lou Gehrig, {Henry Louis
Gehrig}] |
henry louis mencken
(wn) | Henry Louis Mencken
n 1: United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
[syn: Mencken, H. L. Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken] |
henry luce
(wn) | Henry Luce
n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn:
Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] |
henry m. robert
(wn) | Henry M. Robert
n 1: United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876)
of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923) [syn: Robert,
Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert] |
henry m. stanley
(wn) | Henry M. Stanley
n 1: Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to
Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in
Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find
the source of the Nile River (1841-1904) [syn: Stanley,
Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, {John
Rowlands}] |
henry martyn robert
(wn) | Henry Martyn Robert
n 1: United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876)
of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923) [syn: Robert,
Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert] |
henry miller
(wn) | Henry Miller
n 1: United States novelist whose novels were originally banned
as pornographic (1891-1980) [syn: Miller, Henry Miller,
Henry Valentine Miller] |
henry moore
(wn) | Henry Moore
n 1: British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms
(1898-1986) [syn: Moore, Henry Moore, {Henry Spencer
Moore}] |
henry morgan
(wn) | Henry Morgan
n 1: a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West
Indies for the English (1635-1688) [syn: Morgan, {Henry
Morgan}, Sir Henry Morgan] |
henry norris russell
(wn) | Henry Norris Russell
n 1: United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar
evolution (1877-1957) [syn: Russell, Henry Russell,
Henry Norris Russell] |
henry of navarre
(wn) | Henry of Navarre
n 1: king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of
the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry
III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established
religious freedom in France; [syn: Henry IV, {Henry of
Navarre}, Henry the Great] |
henry oscar houghton
(wn) | Henry Oscar Houghton
n 1: United States publisher who founded a printing shop that
became an important book publisher (1823-1895) [syn:
Houghton, Henry Oscar Houghton] |
henry purcell
(wn) | Henry Purcell
n 1: English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many
theatrical pieces (1659-1695) [syn: Purcell, {Henry
Purcell}] |
henry robinson luce
(wn) | Henry Robinson Luce
n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn:
Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] |
henry rowe schoolcraft
(wn) | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
n 1: United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who
discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864)
[syn: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft] |
henry russell
(wn) | Henry Russell
n 1: United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar
evolution (1877-1957) [syn: Russell, Henry Russell,
Henry Norris Russell] |
henry spencer moore
(wn) | Henry Spencer Moore
n 1: British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms
(1898-1986) [syn: Moore, Henry Moore, {Henry Spencer
Moore}] |
henry steinway
(wn) | Henry Steinway
n 1: United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a
famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871)
[syn: Steinway, Henry Steinway, {Henry Engelhard
Steinway}, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway] |
henry sweet
(wn) | Henry Sweet
n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern
phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: Sweet, Henry Sweet] |
henry the great
(wn) | Henry the Great
n 1: king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of
the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry
III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established
religious freedom in France; [syn: Henry IV, {Henry of
Navarre}, Henry the Great] |
henry tudor
(wn) | Henry Tudor
n 1: first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the
house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated
Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king;
married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses
of York and Lancaster (1457-1509) [syn: Henry VII, {Henry
Tudor}] |
henry v
(wn) | Henry V
n 1: son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422;
reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at
Agincourt (1387-1422) |
henry valentine miller
(wn) | Henry Valentine Miller
n 1: United States novelist whose novels were originally banned
as pornographic (1891-1980) [syn: Miller, Henry Miller,
Henry Valentine Miller] |
henry vi
(wn) | Henry VI
n 1: son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and
was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken
prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was
rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured
and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471) |
henry vii
(wn) | Henry VII
n 1: King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
2: first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the
house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard
III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the
daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and
Lancaster (1457-1509) [syn: Henry VII, Henry Tudor] |
henry viii
(wn) | Henry VIII
n 1: son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his
divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with
the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538,
leading to the start of the Reformation in England
(1491-1547) |
henry villard
(wn) | Henry Villard
n 1: United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900)
[syn: Villard, Henry Villard] |
henry wadsworth longfellow
(wn) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
n 1: United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems
(1807-1882) [syn: Longfellow, {Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow}] |
henry ward beecher
(wn) | Henry Ward Beecher
n 1: United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition
of slavery (1813-1887) [syn: Beecher, {Henry Ward
Beecher}] |