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n.b.
(wn) | N.B.
n 1: a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that
special attention should be paid to something; "the margins
of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs"
[syn: nota bene, NB, N.B.] |
nb
(vera) | NB
Nota bene (slang, Usenet, IRC)
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downbeat
(mass) | downbeat
- depresie |
gnb
(mass) | GNB
- Guinea-Bissau |
hereinbefore
(mass) | hereinbefore
- výš |
hornbeam
(mass) | hornbeam
- hrab |
inbetween
(mass) | in-between
- medzi |
nonbeliever
(mass) | nonbeliever
- neveriaci |
panbroil
(mass) | pan-broil
- pečený na panvici |
pawnbroker
(mass) | pawnbroker
- majiteľ záložne, založník |
rainbow
(mass) | rainbow
- dúha |
unbeknown
(mass) | unbeknown
- neznámy |
unbelievable
(mass) | unbelievable
- neuveriteľný |
unbeliever
(mass) | unbeliever
- neveriaci |
unbind
(mass) | unbind
- uvolniť |
unbolt
(mass) | unbolt
- uvolniť |
unbosom
(mass) | unbosom
- prezradiť |
unbound
(mass) | unbound
- uvolniť |
yekaterinburg
(mass) | Yekaterinburg
- Jekaterinburg |
adust sunburned burned brown by the sun
(gcide) | brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
with blond. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned
brown by the sun}; black, brown; {black-haired,
dark-haired}; browned, suntanned, tanned; {grizzled,
roan}; nutbrown]
[WordNet 1.5] brunet |
Againbuy
(gcide) | Againbuy \A*gain"buy`\, v. t.
To redeem. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Anbury
(gcide) | Anbury \An"bur*y\, Ambury \Am"bur*y\, n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a
crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with
inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a
fruit.]
1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
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2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also
fingers and toes.
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Barnburner
(gcide) | Barnburner \Barn"burn`er\, n. [So called in allusion to the
fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of
rats.]
1. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in
New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was
hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate
privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for
president in 1848; -- opposed to Hunker. [Political
Cant, U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an impressively successful or unusually good event.
[informal] "The rock concert was a real barnburner."
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beanbag
(gcide) | beanbag \bean"bag`\ n.
a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; it is thrown from
person to person in games.
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beanball
(gcide) | beanball \bean"ball`\ n.
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn: beaner.
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Binbashi
(gcide) | Binbashi \Bin*bash"i\, n. [Turk., prop., chief of a thousand;
bin thousand + bash head.] (Mil.)
A major in the Turkish army.
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Bonbon
(gcide) | Bonbon \Bon"bon`\, n. [F. bonbon, fr. bon bon very good, a
superlative by reduplication, fr. bon good.]
Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
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Bonbonniere
(gcide) | Bonbonniere \Bon`bon`ni[`e]re"\, n.; pl. -ni[`e]res. [F.]
A small fancy box or dish for bonbons.
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boysenberry
(gcide) | boysenberry \boysenberry\ n.
1. a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large
dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor.
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2. a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between
blackberries and raspberries.
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Brandenburg
(gcide) | Brandenburg \Bran"den*burg\, n. [So named after Brandenburg, a
province and a town of Prussia.]
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only
a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged
into a broad horizontal stripe.
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He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs.
--Smollett.
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Brazen-browed
(gcide) | Brazen-browed \Bra"zen-browed`\, a.
Shamelessly impudent. --Sir T. Browne.
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broken-backed
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
[WordNet 1.5]Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
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2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
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Broken-backed
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
[WordNet 1.5]Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
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2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
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broken-backed hogged
(gcide) | bulging \bulging\ adj.
1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
Syn: convex.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
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Broken-bellied
(gcide) | Broken-bellied \Bro"ken-bel`lied\, a.
Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
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brownback
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); --
called also brownback, and grayback.
[1913 Webster]Brownback \Brown"back`\, n. (Zool.)
The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
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Brownback
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); --
called also brownback, and grayback.
[1913 Webster]Brownback \Brown"back`\, n. (Zool.)
The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
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Bullen-bullen
(gcide) | Bullen-bullen \Bul"len-bul"len\, n. [Native Australian name,
from its cry.] (Zool.)
The lyre bird.
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buttonball
(gcide) | Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; --
so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form.
See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.)
Any tree of the genus Platanus.
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Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native
of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching
stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long
pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small
close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and
collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental
plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great
height, is a native of North America, where it is
popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and
buttonball, names also applied to the California
species (Platanus racemosa).
[1913 Webster]Buttonball \But"ton*ball`\, n. (Bot.)
See Buttonwood.
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Buttonball
(gcide) | Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; --
so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form.
See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.)
Any tree of the genus Platanus.
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Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native
of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching
stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long
pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small
close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and
collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental
plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great
height, is a native of North America, where it is
popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and
buttonball, names also applied to the California
species (Platanus racemosa).
[1913 Webster]Buttonball \But"ton*ball`\, n. (Bot.)
See Buttonwood.
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buttonball tree
(gcide) | Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large
tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; --
called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the
United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is
Platanus racemosa.
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Buttonbush
(gcide) | Buttonbush \But"ton*bush`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the
waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers.
See Capitulum.
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buttoned vs unbuttoned
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
[WordNet 1.5]
6. closed with shutters.
[WordNet 1.5]
7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
[WordNet 1.5]
8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
[WordNet 1.5]
9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
[WordNet 1.5]
10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
[WordNet 1.5]
12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
[WordNet 1.5]
13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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Canberra
(gcide) | Canberra \Canberra\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Australia. Population (2000) = 307,700.
[PJC] |
Chicken-breasted
(gcide) | Chicken-breasted \Chick"en-breast`ed\, a.
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward
curvature of the vertebral column.
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congenital inborn innate
(gcide) | noninheritable \noninheritable\ adj.
not capable of transmission by heredity. Opposite of
inheritable. [Narrower terms: acquired, nurtural;
congenital, inborn, innate]
Syn: nonheritable, nonhereditary, nontransmissible.
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congenital inborn innate
(gcide) | nonhereditary \nonhereditary\ adj.
Not inheritable through genetic transmission. Opposite of
inheritable, and heritable. [Narrower terms: {acquired,
nurtural}; {congenital, inborn, innate ]
Syn: nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable.
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Cornball
(gcide) | Cornball \Corn"ball\ (k[^o]rn"b[add]l), n.
1. a corn ball.
[PJC]
2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental.
[informal]
[PJC]
3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [informal]
[PJC]cornball \corn"ball\ (k[^o]rn"b[add]l), a.
same as corny[5].
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cornball
(gcide) | Cornball \Corn"ball\ (k[^o]rn"b[add]l), n.
1. a corn ball.
[PJC]
2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental.
[informal]
[PJC]
3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [informal]
[PJC]cornball \corn"ball\ (k[^o]rn"b[add]l), a.
same as corny[5].
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cornbind
(gcide) | cornbind \corn"bind`\ (k[^o]rn"b[imac]nd`), n. (Bot.)
A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis,
Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
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Cranberries
(gcide) | Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
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Cranberry
(gcide) | Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
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cranberry tree
(gcide) | Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
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cranberry worm
(gcide) | Fireworm \Fire"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of
the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called
also cranberry worm.
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cranberry-tree
(gcide) | cranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
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crownbeard
(gcide) | crownbeard \crownbeard\ n.
any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or
yellow flower heads.
Syn: crown beard.
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Danburite
(gcide) | Danburite \Dan"bu*rite\, n. (Min.)
A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is
near the topaz in form. --Dana.
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Dieffenbachia
(gcide) | Dieffenbachia \Dieffenbachia\ n.
a genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with
lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as
houseplants.
Syn: genus Dieffenbachia.
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Dieffenbachia seguina
(gcide) | Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Downbear
(gcide) | Downbear \Down"bear`\, v. t.
To bear down; to depress.
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downbeat
(gcide) | downbeat \downbeat\ n. (Music)
the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm
moves downward).
[WordNet 1.5] |
downbound
(gcide) | downbound \downbound\ adj.
leading in a downward direction.
Syn: down(prenominal), downward(prenominal).
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down-bow
(gcide) | down-bow \down-bow\ n. (Music)
a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow, in
bowing a stringed instrument. Contrasted with up-bow, when
the bow is moved in the opposite direction.
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drainboard
(gcide) | drainboard \drain"board`\ n.
a board beside a kitchen sink having a surface inclined so as
to drain into the sink.
Syn: draining board.
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dunbird
(gcide) | Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS.
rudig. See Rud, n.]
1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
flame. --Milton.
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They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
7.
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2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
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Ruddy duck (Zool.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida)
having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of
stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red
on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the
head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The
female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish
on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird,
dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail,
hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc.
Ruddy plover (Zool.) the sanderling.
[1913 Webster]Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zool.)
(a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or
dun-curre.
(b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
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Dunbird
(gcide) | Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS.
rudig. See Rud, n.]
1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
flame. --Milton.
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They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
7.
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2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
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Ruddy duck (Zool.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida)
having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of
stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red
on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the
head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The
female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish
on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird,
dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail,
hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc.
Ruddy plover (Zool.) the sanderling.
[1913 Webster]Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zool.)
(a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or
dun-curre.
(b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
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Dushanbe
(gcide) | Dushanbe \Dushanbe\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Tajikistan. Population (2000) = 524,000.
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Enbattled
(gcide) | Enbattled \En*bat"tled\, a.
Embattled. [Obs.]
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Enbibe
(gcide) | Enbibe \En*bibe"\, v. t.
To imbibe. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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Enbroude
(gcide) | Enbroude \En*broud"e\, v. t.
See Embroude.
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