| slovo | definícia |
Mal-
(gcide) | Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-,
as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
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Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
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abysmal
(mass) | abysmal
- nezmerateľný, bez limitu |
abysmally
(mass) | abysmally
- nezmerateľne |
animal
(mass) | animal
- zvierací |
animals hair
(mass) | animal
- zvierací |
anomalous
(mass) | anomalous
- zvláštny |
baptismal
(mass) | baptismal
- krstný |
decimal
(mass) | decimal
- desatinný, desiatkový, desatina |
dismal
(mass) | dismal
- skľúčený |
female
(mass) | female
- ženský, samičí, žena, samička |
formally
(mass) | formally
- formálne |
guatemala
(mass) | Guatemala
- Guatemala |
hexadecimal
(mass) | hexadecimal
- hexadecimálny |
informal
(mass) | informal
- neformálny |
malachite
(mass) | malachite
- malachit |
malady
(mass) | malady
- choroba |
malarkey
(mass) | malarkey
- nezmysel |
malawi
(mass) | Malawi
- Malawi |
malay
(mass) | Malay
- malajský, Malajec |
malayalam
(mass) | Malayalam
- malajalamský jazyk |
malaysia
(mass) | Malaysia
- Malajzia |
malaysian
(mass) | Malaysian
- malajzijský, Malajzijčan, malajzisjký jazyk |
maldives
(mass) | Maldives
- Maldivy |
male
(mass) | male
- mužský, samčí, muž, samec |
malefactor
(mass) | malefactor
- páchateľ |
malformed
(mass) | malformed
- zdeformovaný, znetvorený |
malfunction
(mass) | malfunction
- poškodenie, porucha, zlyhať |
mali
(mass) | Mali
- Mali |
malicious
(mass) | malicious
- ľstivý, zákerný, zlomyseľný |
malta
(mass) | Malta
- Malta |
maltese
(mass) | Maltese
- maltézsky |
maximally
(mass) | maximally
- maximálne |
minimally
(mass) | minimally
- minimálne |
normal
(mass) | normal
- obyčajný, prirodzený, bežný, normálny |
normalization
(mass) | normalization
- normalizácia |
normalize
(mass) | normalize
- normalizovať |
normally
(mass) | normally
- normálne, obvykle |
optimal
(mass) | optimal
- optimálny |
primal
(mass) | primal
- pôvodný |
proximal
(mass) | proximal
- blízky |
semiformal
(mass) | semi-formal
- polo formálny |
small
(mass) | small
- malý |
smaller
(mass) | smaller
- menší |
smallest
(mass) | smallest
- najmenší |
smallpox
(mass) | smallpox
- ovčie kiahne |
somalia
(mass) | Somalia
- Somálsko |
somalian
(mass) | Somalian
- somálsky |
Abnormal
(gcide) | Abnormal \Ab*nor"mal\, a. [For earlier anormal, F. anormal, LL.
anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. abnormis. See
Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.]
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. " --Froude.
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abnormalcy
(gcide) | abnormalcy \abnormalcy\ n.
1. an abnormal condition.
Syn: abnormality
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Abnormalities
(gcide) | Abnormality \Ab`nor*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Abnormalities.
1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation;
irregularity. --Darwin.
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2. Something abnormal.
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Abnormality
(gcide) | Abnormality \Ab`nor*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Abnormalities.
1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation;
irregularity. --Darwin.
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2. Something abnormal.
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Abnormally
(gcide) | Abnormally \Ab*nor"mal*ly\, adv.
In an abnormal manner; irregularly. --Darwin.
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Abysmal
(gcide) | Abysmal \A*bys"mal\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending;
profound.
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Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that
astronomy does of space. --Carlyle.
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Abysmally
(gcide) | Abysmally \A*bys"mal*ly\, adv.
To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." --G.
Eliot.
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Age of mammals
(gcide) | Mammal \Mam"mal\, n.; pl. Mammals. [L. mammalis belonging to
the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.]
(Zool.)
One of the Mammalia.
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Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
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amalgam
(gcide) | amalgam \a*mal"gam\ ([.a]*m[a^]l"gam), n. [F. amalgame, prob.
fr. L. malagma, Gr. ma`lagma, emollient, plaster, poultice,
fr. mala`ssein to make soft, fr. malako`s soft.]
1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an
amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
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Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
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2. A mixture or compound of different things.
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3. (Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
[1913 Webster]amalgam \a*mal"gam\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. amalgamer]
To amalgamate. --Boyle. --B. Jonson.
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Amalgama
(gcide) | Amalgama \A*mal"ga*ma\, n.
Same as Amalgam.
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They divided this their amalgama into a number of
incoherent republics. --Burke.
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Amalgamate
(gcide) | Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to
unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
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2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or
combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one
race with another.
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Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues
compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. i.
1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as
quicksilver.
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2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a
uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts
amalgamate.
[1913 Webster] AmalgamateAmalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, Amalgamated \A*mal"ga*ma`ted\, a.
Coalesced; united; combined.
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Amalgamated
(gcide) | Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to
unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
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2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or
combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one
race with another.
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Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues
compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, Amalgamated \A*mal"ga*ma`ted\, a.
Coalesced; united; combined.
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Amalgamating
(gcide) | Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to
unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
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2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or
combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one
race with another.
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Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues
compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.
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Amalgamation
(gcide) | Amalgamation \A*mal`ga*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. amalgamation.]
1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another
metal; -- applied particularly to the process of
separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them
with mercury. --Ure.
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2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races,
societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or
blending; a homogeneous union. --Macaulay.
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Amalgamative
(gcide) | Amalgamative \A*mal"ga*ma*tive\, a.
Characterized by amalgamation.
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Amalgamator
(gcide) | Amalgamator \A*mal"ga*ma`tor\, n.
One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine
for separating precious metals from earthy particles by
bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which
they form an amalgam.
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Amalgamize
(gcide) | Amalgamize \A*mal"ga*mize\, v. t.
To amalgamate. [R.]
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aneurismal
(gcide) | aneurismal \an`eu*ris"mal\, Aneurysmal
\An`eu*rys"mal\([a^]n`[-u]*r[i^]z"mal), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor;
aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal.
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aneurysmal
(gcide) | aneurismatic \aneurismatic\ aneurysmal \aneurysmal\ aneurysmatic
\aneurysmatic\adj.
1. of or pertaining to an aneurysm.
Syn: aneurismal
[WordNet 1.5]aneurismal \an`eu*ris"mal\, Aneurysmal
\An`eu*rys"mal\([a^]n`[-u]*r[i^]z"mal), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor;
aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal.
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Aneurysmal
(gcide) | aneurismatic \aneurismatic\ aneurysmal \aneurysmal\ aneurysmatic
\aneurysmatic\adj.
1. of or pertaining to an aneurysm.
Syn: aneurismal
[WordNet 1.5]aneurismal \an`eu*ris"mal\, Aneurysmal
\An`eu*rys"mal\([a^]n`[-u]*r[i^]z"mal), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor;
aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal.
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Animal
(gcide) | Animal \An"i*mal\, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F.
animal. See Animate.]
1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the
power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by
taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for
digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking
oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in
motive power or active aggressive force with progress to
maturity.
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2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as
distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
[1913 Webster]Animal \An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
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2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
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3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
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Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some
animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zool.), a name given to certain marine
animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with
animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
and the principal classes under them, generally
recognized at the present time:
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or
Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes,
Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia
(Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and
Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa,
including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida,
Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and
Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).
Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera,
Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina,
Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. |
animal charcoal
(gcide) | Bone \Bone\ (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to
Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf.
Icel. beinn straight.]
1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of
vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium
carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and
bone.
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Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute
cavities containing living matter and connected by
minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals
through which blood vessels ramify.
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2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a
rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any
fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of
the body.
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3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
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4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers
and struck together to make a kind of music.
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5. pl. Dice.
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6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a
corset.
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7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
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A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute.
A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's
self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).
Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for
making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into
which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;
-- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a
decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,
and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or
recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones
of man. --Am. Cyc.
Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a
fertilizer.
Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the
calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of
calcium.
Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because
woven with bobbins of bone.
Bone oil, an oil obtained by heating bones (as in the
manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing
the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their
derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil.
Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.
Bone shark (Zool.), the basking shark.
Bone spavin. See under Spavin.
Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue
color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.
Bone whale (Zool.), a right whale.
To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.]
To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate.
[Low]
To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over
a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Charcoal \Char"coal`\, n. [See Char, v. t., to burn or to
reduce to coal, and Coal.]
1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal
substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln,
retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for
fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical
processes.
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2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used
as a drawing implement.
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Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining
bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in
sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.
Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt
ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.
Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal.
See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material
has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline,
etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with
it.
Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use in an
electric light apparatus.
Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of
charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous
coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.
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Animal charcoal
(gcide) | Bone \Bone\ (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to
Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf.
Icel. beinn straight.]
1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of
vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium
carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and
bone.
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Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute
cavities containing living matter and connected by
minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals
through which blood vessels ramify.
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2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a
rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any
fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of
the body.
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3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
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4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers
and struck together to make a kind of music.
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5. pl. Dice.
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6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a
corset.
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7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
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A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute.
A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's
self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).
Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for
making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into
which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;
-- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a
decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,
and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or
recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones
of man. --Am. Cyc.
Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a
fertilizer.
Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the
calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of
calcium.
Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because
woven with bobbins of bone.
Bone oil, an oil obtained by heating bones (as in the
manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing
the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their
derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil.
Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.
Bone shark (Zool.), the basking shark.
Bone spavin. See under Spavin.
Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue
color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.
Bone whale (Zool.), a right whale.
To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.]
To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate.
[Low]
To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over
a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Charcoal \Char"coal`\, n. [See Char, v. t., to burn or to
reduce to coal, and Coal.]
1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal
substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln,
retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for
fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical
processes.
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2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used
as a drawing implement.
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Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining
bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in
sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.
Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt
ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.
Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal.
See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material
has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline,
etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with
it.
Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use in an
electric light apparatus.
Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of
charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous
coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.
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Animal electricity
(gcide) | Animal \An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
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2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
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3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
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Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some
animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zool.), a name given to certain marine
animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with
animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
and the principal classes under them, generally
recognized at the present time:
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or
Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes,
Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia
(Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and
Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa,
including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida,
Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and
Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).
Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera,
Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina,
Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. |
Animal flower
(gcide) | Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur,
flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. Blossom,
Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour,
Flourish.]
1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the
showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and
texture from the foliage.
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2. (Bot.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and
hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ
or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether
inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete
flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and
the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and
callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special
leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia.
See Blossom, and Corolla.
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Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a
geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an
outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes
consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly,
an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more
or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is
sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate
leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens,
consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther,
in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower,
and consists generally of three principal parts; one or
more compartments at the base, each containing one or
more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which
in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must
find its way in order to fertilize the flower. --Sir J.
Lubbock.
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3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as,
the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time
of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is,
youth.
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The choice and flower of all things profitable the
Psalms do more briefly contain. --Hooker.
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The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. --Southey.
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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms. --Tennyson.
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4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
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The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a
sort of glue. --Arbuthnot.
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5. pl. (Old Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder,
especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the
flowers of sulphur.
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6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
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7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders
around pages, cards, etc. --W. Savage.
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8. pl. Menstrual discharges. --Lev. xv. 24.
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Animal flower (Zool.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a
bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of
flowers.
Flower beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers,
esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus
Meligethes, family Nitidulid[ae], some of which are
injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zool.), an Australian bird of the genus
Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close
at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the
florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of
the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zool.), one of a family (Dic[ae]id[ae]) of
small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming
birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a) A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem
that supports the flower or fructification.
[1913 Webster]Animal \An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
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2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
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3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
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Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some
animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zool.), a name given to certain marine
animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with
animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
and the principal classes under them, generally
recognized at the present time:
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or
Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes,
Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia
(Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and
Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa,
including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida,
Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and
Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).
Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera,
Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina,
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