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maria
(encz) | maria,mare na Měsíci Zdeněk Brož |
maria
(encz) | maria,měsíční moře Zdeněk Brož |
maria
(encz) | maria,tmavá oblast na Měsíci Zdeněk Brož |
maria
(gcide) | maria \maria\ n. pl.
1. (Astron.) Plural form of mare, a dark region of
considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
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2. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama.
Syn: Calophyllum longifolium.
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maria
(wn) | maria
n 1: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the
moon [syn: mare, maria]
2: valuable timber tree of Panama [syn: Maria, {Calophyllum
longifolium}] |
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northern mariana islands
(mass) | Northern Mariana Islands
- Severné Mariány |
severne mariany
(msasasci) | Severne Mariany
- MNP, MP, Northern Mariana Islands |
grammarian
(encz) | grammarian,gramatik n: Zdeněk Brož |
maria
(encz) | maria,mare na Měsíci Zdeněk Brožmaria,měsíční moře Zdeněk Brožmaria,tmavá oblast na Měsíci Zdeněk Brož |
mariachi
(encz) | mariachi,mexická pouliční kapela n: Zdeněk Brož |
marian
(encz) | Marian,Marian n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
mariana trench
(encz) | Mariana Trench, |
marianne
(encz) | Marianne,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
northern mariana islands
(encz) | Northern Mariana Islands,Severní Mariánské ostrovy n: [jmén.]
[zem.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
samaria
(encz) | Samaria,Samaří n: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
marian
(czen) | Marian,Mariann: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Andromeda Mariana
(gcide) | Staggerbush \Stag"ger*bush`\ (-b[.u]sh`), n. (Bot.)
An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of
nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is
said to poison lambs and calves. --Gray.
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Ave Maria
(gcide) | Ave Maria \A"ve Ma*ri"a\, Ave Mary \A"ve Ma"ry\ [From the first
words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave
hail, Maria Mary.]
1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of
God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.
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To number Ave Maries on his beads. --Shak.
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2. A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the
bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early
dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.
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Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! --Byron.
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Biston prodromaria
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Black Maria
(gcide) | Black Maria \Black" Ma*ri"a\
a paddy wagon.
Syn: patrol wagon, paddy wagon. [PJC]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Clitoria Mariana
(gcide) | Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. Peas (p[=e]z) or Pease (p[=e]z). [OE.
pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum;
cf. Gr. pi`sos, pi`son. The final s was misunderstood in
English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]
1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of
many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
popularly called a pod.
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Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
form peas being used in both senses.
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2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos,
Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
of a different color from the rest of the seed.
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Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
less closely related to the common pea. See the
Phrases, below.
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Beach pea (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.
Black-eyed pea, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
sph[ae]rospermus} and its seed.
Butterfly pea, the American plant Clitoria Mariana,
having showy blossoms.
Chick pea. See Chick-pea.
Egyptian pea. Same as Chick-pea.
Everlasting pea. See under Everlasting.
Glory pea. See under Glory, n.
Hoary pea, any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.
Issue pea, Orris pea. (Med.) See under Issue, and
Orris.
Milk pea. (Bot.) See under Milk.
Pea berry, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
Pea bug. (Zool.) Same as Pea weevil.
Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
Pea crab (Zool.), any small crab of the genus
Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
the European species (Pinnotheres pisum) which lives in
the common mussel and the cockle.
Pea dove (Zool.), the American ground dove.
Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionace[ae]) of
leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
the pea. --G. Bentham.
Pea maggot (Zool.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix
pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
Pea ore (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
Pea starch, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
Pea tree (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
Pea vine. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant which bears peas.
(b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
(Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).
Pea weevil (Zool.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which
destroys peas by eating out the interior.
Pigeon pea. (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.
Sweet pea (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus;
also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
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Cunila Mariana
(gcide) | Dittany \Dit"ta*ny\, n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain,
F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon, di`ktamnos, a
plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf.
Dittander.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a
native of Crete.
(b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
(c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the
Mint family.
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Decumaria barbara
(gcide) | decumary \decumary\ n.
a woody climber of southeastern US (Decumaria barbara)
having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
Syn: Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara.
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Decumaria barbata
(gcide) | decumary \decumary\ n.
a woody climber of southeastern US (Decumaria barbara)
having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
Syn: Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara.
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Fumaria officinalis
(gcide) | Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria
officinalis}).
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Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid,
extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as
by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is
found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also
called lichenic acid.
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Grammarian
(gcide) | Grammarian \Gram*ma"ri*an\, n. [Cf. F. grammairien.]
1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a
philologist.
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Note: "The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of
honorable distinction for all who were considered
learned in any art or faculty whatever." --Brande & C.
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2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.
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Grammarianism
(gcide) | Grammarianism \Gram*ma"ri*an*ism\, n.
The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.
[R.]
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Infirmarian
(gcide) | Infirmarian \In`fir*ma"ri*an\ ([i^]n`f[~e]r*m[=a]"r[i^]*an), n.
A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp.
in a monastic institution.
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Lomaria borealis
(gcide) | Hardfern \Hard"fern`\ (-f[~e]rn`), n. (Bot.)
A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and
Northwestern America.
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Maid Marian
(gcide) | Marian \Ma"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of
England, daughter of Henry VIII.
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Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the
best-born gentleman. --Fuller.
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Maid Marian.
(a) See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary.
(a) A prominent character in the legend of Robin Hood.
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Maidmarian
(gcide) | Maidmarian \Maid`ma"ri*an\, n. [Maid + Marian, relating to Mary,
or the Virgin Mary.]
1. The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a
morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque
character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in
woman's clothes.
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2. A kind of dance. --Sir W. Temple.
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maria
(gcide) | maria \maria\ n. pl.
1. (Astron.) Plural form of mare, a dark region of
considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
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2. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama.
Syn: Calophyllum longifolium.
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Marian
(gcide) | Marian \Ma"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of
England, daughter of Henry VIII.
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Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the
best-born gentleman. --Fuller.
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Maid Marian.
(a) See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary.
(a) A prominent character in the legend of Robin Hood.
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Neogrammarian
(gcide) | Neogrammarian \Ne`o*gram*ma"ri*an\, n. [Neo- + grammarian; a
translation of G. junggrammatiker.]
One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more
widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain
that these laws admit of no real exceptions. --
Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al, a.
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Palmaria
(gcide) | Palmarium \Pal*ma"ri*um\, n.; pl. Palmaria. [NL. See
Palmar.] (Zool.)
One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
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Physemaria
(gcide) | Physemaria \Phys`e*ma"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. fy^shma a
blowing.] (Zool.)
A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the
lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.
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Silybum marianum
(gcide) | Milk \Milk\ (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin
to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel.
mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to
milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr.
'ame`lgein. [root]107. Cf. Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft
roe of fishes.]
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1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
salts. "White as morne milk." --Chaucer.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
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3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
water.
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4. (Zool.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
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Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t.
Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.
Milk fever.
(a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
lactation. It is usually transitory.
(b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
calving.
Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance.
Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
congestion of the mammary glands.
Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
tissue.
Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2.
Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
are shed and replaced by the premolars.
Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
produced by macerating quicklime in water.
Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum
palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and,
usually, twining plants.
Milk sickness (Med.), See milk sickness in the
vocabulary.
Milk snake (Zool.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus
triangulus}, or Ophibolus eximius). It is variously
marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk
adder}, chicken snake, house snake, etc.
Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and {Sugar of
milk} (below).
Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum
marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
whiteness.
Milk thrush. (Med.) See Thrush.
Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the
Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both
of which is wholesome food.
Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
contained. See Latex.
Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
article of diet. See Lactose.
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Spiraea Ulmaria
(gcide) | Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
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2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female
monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of
Scots.
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In faith, and by the heaven's quene. --Chaucer.
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3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of
cities." " Albion, queen of isles." --Cowper.
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4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.
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5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.
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6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.
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Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of
apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries."
--Spenser.
Queen bee (Zool.), a female bee, especially the female of
the honeybee. See Honeybee.
Queen conch (Zool.), a very large West Indian cameo conch
(Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos.
Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone.
Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of
England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.
Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the
reigning king or queen.
Queen of May. See May queen, under May.
Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant
(Spir[ae]a Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.
Queen of the prairie (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[ae]a
lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.
Queen pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of very
large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white,
and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers.
Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and {Victoria
pigeon}.
Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her
own right.
Queen's Bench. See King's Bench.
Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel,
King's evidence, under King.
Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia
sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous
stem and a perennial woody root.
Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter
or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a
slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.
Queen's pigeon. (Zool.) Same as Queen pigeon, above.
Queen's ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color.
Queen's yellow (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder
consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly
called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
[1913 Webster]Meadowsweet \Mead"ow*sweet`\, Meadowwort \Mead"ow*wort`\, n.
(Bot.)
The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially
the white- or pink-flowered Spiraea salicifolia, a low
European and American shrub, and the herbaceous {Spiraea
Ulmaria}, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.
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Stigmaria
(gcide) | Stigmaria \Stig*ma"ri*a\, n. [NL. See Stigma.] (Paleon.)
The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus
Sigillaria.
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Viola Mariana
(gcide) | Mariet \Mar"i*et\, n. [F. mariette, prop. dim. of Marie Mary.]
(Bot.)
A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called
Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.
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alessandro di mariano dei filipepi
(wn) | Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
n 1: Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings
(1444-1510) [syn: Botticelli, Sandro Botticelli,
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi] |
ave maria
(wn) | Ave Maria
n 1: a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
[syn: Ave Maria, Hail Mary] |
baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber
(wn) | Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
n 1: German conductor and composer of romantic operas
(1786-1826) [syn: Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, {Baron
Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber}] |
black maria
(wn) | black Maria
n 1: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: {police
van}, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon,
wagon, black Maria]
2: a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks
containing hearts or the queen of spades [syn: hearts,
Black Maria] |
carl maria von weber
(wn) | Carl Maria von Weber
n 1: German conductor and composer of romantic operas
(1786-1826) [syn: Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, {Baron
Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber}] |
chrysopsis mariana
(wn) | Chrysopsis mariana
n 1: perennial golden aster of southeastern United States [syn:
Maryland golden aster, Chrysopsis mariana] |
clitoria mariana
(wn) | Clitoria mariana
n 1: large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and
central United States having pale blue flowers [syn:
butterfly pea, Clitoria mariana] |
decumaria
(wn) | Decumaria
n 1: small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots;
sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae [syn: Decumaria,
genus Decumaria] |
decumaria barbara
(wn) | Decumaria barbara
n 1: woody climber of southeastern United States having white
flowers in compound terminal clusters [syn: decumary,
Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara] |
decumaria barbata
(wn) | Decumaria barbata
n 1: woody climber of southeastern United States having white
flowers in compound terminal clusters [syn: decumary,
Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara] |
family fumariaceae
(wn) | family Fumariaceae
n 1: erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and
southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches;
fumitory; squirrel corn [syn: Fumariaceae, {family
Fumariaceae}, fumitory family] |
fumaria
(wn) | Fumaria
n 1: annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at
the base [syn: Fumaria, genus Fumaria] |
fumaria claviculata
(wn) | Fumaria claviculata
n 1: annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow
and pink flowers [syn: climbing corydalis, {Corydalis
claviculata}, Fumaria claviculata] |
fumaria fungosa
(wn) | Fumaria fungosa
n 1: vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers;
sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: {climbing
fumitory}, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, {Fumaria
fungosa}] |
fumaria officinalis
(wn) | Fumaria officinalis
n 1: delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of
purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn:
fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis] |
fumaria sempervirens
(wn) | Fumaria sempervirens
n 1: glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada
having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers;
sometimes placed in genus Fumaria [syn: Roman wormwood,
rock harlequin, Corydalis sempervirens, {Fumaria
sempervirens}] |
fumariaceae
(wn) | Fumariaceae
n 1: erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and
southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches;
fumitory; squirrel corn [syn: Fumariaceae, {family
Fumariaceae}, fumitory family] |
genus decumaria
(wn) | genus Decumaria
n 1: small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots;
sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae [syn: Decumaria,
genus Decumaria] |
genus fumaria
(wn) | genus Fumaria
n 1: annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at
the base [syn: Fumaria, genus Fumaria] |
giovanni maria mastai-ferretti
(wn) | Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
n 1: Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary [syn:
Pius IX, Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, {Giovanni Maria
Mastai-Ferretti}] |
grammarian
(wn) | grammarian
n 1: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and
syntax [syn: grammarian, syntactician] |
helen maria fiske hunt jackson
(wn) | Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
n 1: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust
treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: Jackson,
Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson] |
juan carlos victor maria de borbon y borbon
(wn) | Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon
n 1: king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938) [syn: {Juan
Carlos}, Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon] |
lyonia mariana
(wn) | Lyonia mariana
n 1: deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United
States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to
stock [syn: staggerbush, stagger bush, {Lyonia
mariana}] |
maria
(wn) | maria
n 1: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the
moon [syn: mare, maria]
2: valuable timber tree of Panama [syn: Maria, {Calophyllum
longifolium}] |
maria callas
(wn) | Maria Callas
n 1: Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known
for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
[syn: Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas] |
maria luigi carlo zenobio cherubini
(wn) | Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini
n 1: Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)
[syn: Cherubini, Luigi Cherubini, {Maria Luigi Carlo
Zenobio Cherubini}] |
maria magdalene von losch
(wn) | Maria Magdalene von Losch
n 1: United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many
films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful
cabaret star (1901-1992) [syn: Dietrich, {Marlene
Dietrich}, Maria Magdalene von Losch] |
maria meneghini callas
(wn) | Maria Meneghini Callas
n 1: Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known
for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
[syn: Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas] |
maria mitchell
(wn) | Maria Mitchell
n 1: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae
(1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell] |
maria montesorri
(wn) | Maria Montesorri
n 1: Italian educator who developed a method of teaching
mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-
centered approach (1870-1952) [syn: Montessori, {Maria
Montesorri}] |
maria tallchief
(wn) | Maria Tallchief
n 1: United States ballerina who promoted American ballet
through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
[syn: Tallchief, Maria Tallchief] |
mariachi
(wn) | mariachi
n 1: a group of street musicians in Mexico |
marian
(wn) | Marian
adj 1: of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary |
marian anderson
(wn) | Marian Anderson
n 1: United States contralto noted for her performance of
spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson] |
mariana islands
(wn) | Mariana Islands
n 1: a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia
(including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between
New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 [syn:
Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands] |
marianas
(wn) | Marianas
n 1: a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia
(including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between
New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 [syn:
Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands] |
marianne craig moore
(wn) | Marianne Craig Moore
n 1: United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
[syn: Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore] |
marianne moore
(wn) | Marianne Moore
n 1: United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
[syn: Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore] |
northern mariana islands
(wn) | Northern Mariana Islands
n 1: a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana
Islands except Guam [syn: Northern Marianas, {Northern
Mariana Islands}] |
northern marianas
(wn) | Northern Marianas
n 1: a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana
Islands except Guam [syn: Northern Marianas, {Northern
Mariana Islands}] |
picea mariana
(wn) | Picea mariana
n 1: small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America
having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
[syn: black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine] |
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