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mope (encz) | mope,být sklíčený			Zdeněk Brož |  
Mope (gcide) | Mope \Mope\, v. t.
    To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
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Mope (gcide) | Mope \Mope\, n.
    A dull, spiritless person. --Burton.
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Mope (gcide) | Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped; p. pr. & vb. n.
    Moping.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
    To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to
    mope around the house. "Moping melancholy." --Milton.
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          A sickly part of one true sense
          Could not so mope.                       --Shak.
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mope (wn) | mope
     n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier,
          dilly-dallier, mope, lounger]
     v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: mope, {mope
          around}]
     2: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: mope, moon around,
        moon about] |  
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gamopetalous (encz) | gamopetalous,	adj:		 |  
mope (encz) | mope,být sklíčený			Zdeněk Brož |  
mope around (encz) | mope around,	v:		 |  
moped (encz) | moped,moped	n:		Zdeněk Brožmoped,sklíčený	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  
moper (encz) | moper,			 |  
mopes (encz) | mopes,	n:		 |  
mopey (encz) | mopey,			 |  
moped (czen) | moped,mopedn:		Zdeněk Brož |  
Ammoperdix Bonhami (gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
    Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
    1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
       reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
       grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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             That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
             very small pebbles.                   --Woodward.
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    2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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    3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
       time; the term or extent of one's life.
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             The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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    4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
       Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
       by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
       sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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    5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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    Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
       
 
    Sand bag.
       (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
           purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
       (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
           assassins.
 
    Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
       at the toilet.
 
    Sand bath.
       (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
           vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
       (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
 
    Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
       naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
       sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
       reducing furnace.
 
    Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
       of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
       tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
       
 
    Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
       other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
       steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
       process.
 
    Sand box.
       (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
           paper with sand.
       (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
           the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
           slipping.
 
    Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
       crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
       capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
       report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
 
    Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
       talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
       used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
 
    Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
       coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
       madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
       function.
 
    Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
 
    Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
 
    Sand crab. (Zool.)
       (a) The lady crab.
       (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
 
    Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
       coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
       lameness.
 
    Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
       terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
       allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
       United States.
 
    Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
       Ophidioid.
 
    Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
       ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
       applied locally to other allied species.
 
    Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
       valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
 
    Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
       flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
       especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
       
 
    Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
       sand.
 
    Sand eel. (Zool.)
       (a) A lant, or launce.
       (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
           Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
 
    Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
 
    Sand flea. (Zool.)
       (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
           sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
       (b) The chigoe.
       (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
           orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
 
    Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
       --James Bruce.
 
    Sand fluke. (Zool.)
       (a) The sandnecker.
       (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
           microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
           smear dab, town dab.
 
    Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
       dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
       sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
       States. They are very troublesome on account of their
       biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
       midge.
 
    Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
 
    Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
       sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
       with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
       growing on the Atlantic coast.
 
    Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
       birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
       resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
       grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
       the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
       (Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
       arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
       fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
       alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
       Pterocletes.
 
    Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
 
    Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
       Mexicana}).
 
    Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
 
    Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
 
    Sand lark. (Zool.)
       (a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
       (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
           sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
       (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
           ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
 
    Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
 
    Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
       agilis}).
 
    Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
 
    Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
 
    Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
       arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
 
    Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
 
    Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
 
    Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
       partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
       and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
       Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
       (Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
       also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
 
    Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
       colors on an adhesive surface.
 
    Sand pike. (Zool.)
       (a) The sauger.
       (b) The lizard fish.
 
    Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
       whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
       those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
 
    Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
       several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
       rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
       also sand gall.
 
    Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
       to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
       prey}.
 
    Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
       with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
       
 
    Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
 
    Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
 
    Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
 
    Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
       of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
       has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
       fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
 
    Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
       arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
       Europe and America.
 
    Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
       littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
       United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
       shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
 
    Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
       lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
       sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
 
    Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
 
    Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
 
    Sand snake. (Zool.)
       (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
           snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
           Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
           and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
       (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
           Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
 
    Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
 
    Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
       sea bottoms; a brittle star.
 
    Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
       
 
    Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
 
    Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
       
 
    Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
       layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
       designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
       hitting balls effectively from such a position.
 
    Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
       (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
           lightning; a fulgurite.
       (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
       (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
           particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
           tube with the madreporic plate.
 
    Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
 
    Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
       hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
       Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
       The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
       which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
       for her young.
       [1913 Webster]Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
    pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
    -icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.)
    1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
       the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
       family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
       noted as a game bird.
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             Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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    Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
          cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
          rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
          species.
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    2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
       to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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    Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
          the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
          (Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
          partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
          partridge (Callipepla Californica).
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    3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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    Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus
       Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the
       East Indies.
 
    Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
 
    Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa
       (Francolinus pictus).
 
    Partridge berry. (Bot.)
       (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
           (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
           having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
           flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
           with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
           which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
       (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
           procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
 
    Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under
       Mountain.
 
    Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
       (Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
       Eastern United States.
 
    Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell
       (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
       the partridge.
 
    Partridge wood
       (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
           is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
           it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
           Called also pheasant wood.
       (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
           striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
           walking sticks and umbrella handles.
 
    Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge
       (Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
 
    Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa
       nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia;
       called also jermoonal.
 
    Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
 
    Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small
       Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.
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Ammoperdix Heeji (gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
    Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
    1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
       reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
       grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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             That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
             very small pebbles.                   --Woodward.
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    2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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    3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
       time; the term or extent of one's life.
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             The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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    4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
       Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
       by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
       sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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    5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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    Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
       
 
    Sand bag.
       (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
           purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
       (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
           assassins.
 
    Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
       at the toilet.
 
    Sand bath.
       (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
           vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
       (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
 
    Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
       naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
       sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
       reducing furnace.
 
    Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
       of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
       tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
       
 
    Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
       other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
       steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
       process.
 
    Sand box.
       (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
           paper with sand.
       (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
           the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
           slipping.
 
    Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
       crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
       capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
       report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
 
    Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
       talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
       used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
 
    Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
       coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
       madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
       function.
 
    Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
 
    Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
 
    Sand crab. (Zool.)
       (a) The lady crab.
       (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
 
    Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
       coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
       lameness.
 
    Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
       terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
       allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
       United States.
 
    Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
       Ophidioid.
 
    Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
       ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
       applied locally to other allied species.
 
    Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
       valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
 
    Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
       flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
       especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
       
 
    Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
       sand.
 
    Sand eel. (Zool.)
       (a) A lant, or launce.
       (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
           Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
 
    Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
 
    Sand flea. (Zool.)
       (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
           sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
       (b) The chigoe.
       (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
           orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
 
    Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
       --James Bruce.
 
    Sand fluke. (Zool.)
       (a) The sandnecker.
       (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
           microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
           smear dab, town dab.
 
    Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
       dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
       sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
       States. They are very troublesome on account of their
       biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
       midge.
 
    Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
 
    Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
       sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
       with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
       growing on the Atlantic coast.
 
    Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
       birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
       resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
       grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
       the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
       (Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
       arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
       fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
       alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
       Pterocletes.
 
    Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
 
    Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
       Mexicana}).
 
    Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
 
    Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
 
    Sand lark. (Zool.)
       (a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
       (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
           sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
       (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
           ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
 
    Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
 
    Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
       agilis}).
 
    Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
 
    Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
 
    Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
       arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
 
    Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
 
    Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
 
    Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
       partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
       and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
       Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
       (Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
       also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
 
    Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
       colors on an adhesive surface.
 
    Sand pike. (Zool.)
       (a) The sauger.
       (b) The lizard fish.
 
    Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
       whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
       those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
 
    Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
       several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
       rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
       also sand gall.
 
    Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
       to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
       prey}.
 
    Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
       with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
       
 
    Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
 
    Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
 
    Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
 
    Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
       of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
       has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
       fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
 
    Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
       arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
       Europe and America.
 
    Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
       littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
       United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
       shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
 
    Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
       lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
       sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
 
    Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
 
    Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
 
    Sand snake. (Zool.)
       (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
           snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
           Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
           and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
       (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
           Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
 
    Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
 
    Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
       sea bottoms; a brittle star.
 
    Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
       
 
    Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
 
    Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
       
 
    Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
       layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
       designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
       hitting balls effectively from such a position.
 
    Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
       (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
           lightning; a fulgurite.
       (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
       (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
           particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
           tube with the madreporic plate.
 
    Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
 
    Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
       hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
       Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
       The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
       which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
       for her young.
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Gamopetalous (gcide) | Gamopetalous \Gam`o*pet"al*ous\, a. [Gr. ? marriage + E.
    petalous: cf. F. gamop['e]tale.] (Bot.)
    Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or
    cup; monopetalous.
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Moped (gcide) | Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped; p. pr. & vb. n.
    Moping.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
    To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to
    mope around the house. "Moping melancholy." --Milton.
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          A sickly part of one true sense
          Could not so mope.                       --Shak.
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Mope-eyed (gcide) | Mope-eyed \Mope"-eyed`\, a.
    Shortsighted; purblind.
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Mopeful (gcide) | Mopeful \Mope"ful\, a.
    Mopish. [R.]
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Nomopelmous (gcide) | Nomopelmous \Nom`o*pel"mous\, a. [Gr. no`mos law, custom + ?
    sole of the foot.] (Zool.)
    Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or
    hallux, as do passerine birds.
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gamopetalous (wn) | gamopetalous
     adj 1: having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused
            petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel
            [syn: gamopetalous, sympetalous] |  
mope (wn) | mope
     n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier,
          dilly-dallier, mope, lounger]
     v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: mope, {mope
          around}]
     2: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: mope, moon around,
        moon about] |  
mope around (wn) | mope around
     v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: mope, {mope
          around}] |  
moped (wn) | moped
     n 1: a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered
          gasoline engine |  
mopes (wn) | mopes
     n 1: an informal expression for a mildly depressed state; "in
          the dumps"; "have the mopes" [syn: dumps, mopes] |  
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