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ngb
(wn) | NGB
n 1: the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the
Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and
the Air Force and various National Guard units [syn:
National Guard Bureau, NGB] |
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dingbat
(encz) | dingbat,hlupák n: Zdeněk Brož |
dingbusted
(encz) | dingbusted, |
eastern kingbird
(encz) | eastern kingbird, n: |
gangbang
(encz) | gangbang,skupina mužů souložící s jednou osobou n: [sex.] web |
gangbanger
(encz) | gangbanger,člen pouličních gangů n: nadávka -M&N- |
gangboard
(encz) | gangboard, n: |
gangbusters
(encz) | gangbusters, |
gray kingbird
(encz) | gray kingbird, n: |
hangbird
(encz) | hangbird, n: |
herringbone
(encz) | herringbone,druh stehu Zdeněk Brož |
hummingbird
(encz) | hummingbird,kolibřík luke |
hummingbird moth
(encz) | hummingbird moth, n: |
kingbird
(encz) | kingbird, n: |
kingbolt
(encz) | kingbolt, n: |
langbeinite
(encz) | langbeinite, n: |
lingberry
(encz) | lingberry, n: |
longbeard
(encz) | longbeard,dlouhá brada Ivan Masár |
longbearded
(encz) | longbearded,dlouhobradý adj: Ivan Masár |
longboat
(encz) | longboat,největší záchranný člun Zdeněk Brož |
longbow
(encz) | longbow,dlouhý luk n: Ritchie |
longbowman
(encz) | longbowman, n: |
mockingbird
(encz) | mockingbird,druh drozda n: Zdeněk Brož |
prongbuck
(encz) | prongbuck, n: |
ruby-throated hummingbird
(encz) | ruby-throated hummingbird, |
singborg
(encz) | Singborg, |
slingback
(encz) | slingback, n: |
songbird
(encz) | songbird,zpěvný pták Zdeněk Brož |
songbook
(encz) | songbook,zpěvník n: Zdeněk Brož |
springboard
(encz) | springboard,odrazový můstek Zdeněk Brožspringboard,trampolína n: Zdeněk Brož |
springbok
(encz) | springbok,druh antilopy Zdeněk Brož |
springbuck
(encz) | springbuck, n: |
strongbow
(encz) | strongbow,druh luku Zdeněk Brož |
strongbox
(encz) | strongbox,trezor n: Zdeněk Brož |
unfuckingbelievable
(encz) | unfuckingbelievable,skutečně neuvěřitelné [vulg.] evmi |
vegetable hummingbird
(encz) | vegetable hummingbird, n: |
western kingbird
(encz) | western kingbird, n: |
wingback
(encz) | wingback, n: |
colliding-beam accelerator
(gcide) | colliding-beam machine \colliding-beam machine\ n. (Physics)
a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of
particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in
opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; --
called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.
Note: This technique allows the production of collisions of
higher energy than would be possible with a single beam
produced by the same device.
Syn: particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; collider.
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colliding-beam machine
(gcide) | colliding-beam machine \colliding-beam machine\ n. (Physics)
a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of
particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in
opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; --
called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.
Note: This technique allows the production of collisions of
higher energy than would be possible with a single beam
produced by the same device.
Syn: particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; collider.
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Farding-bag
(gcide) | Farding-bag \Far"ding-bag`\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf.
Fardel.]
The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the
rumen.
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gangboard
(gcide) | gangboard \gangboard\, gang board \gang board\n.
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at
dockside.
Syn: gangplank, gang plank, gangway.
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Hang-bies
(gcide) | Hang-by \Hang"-by`\ (-b[imac]`), n.; pl. Hang-bies
(-b[imac]z`).
A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. --B.
Jonson.
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Hangbird
(gcide) | Hangbird \Hang"bird`\ (h[a^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called
because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See
Baltimore oriole.
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Hang-by
(gcide) | Hang-by \Hang"-by`\ (-b[imac]`), n.; pl. Hang-bies
(-b[imac]z`).
A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. --B.
Jonson.
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Herringbone
(gcide) | Herringbone \Her"ring*bone`\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng*b[=o]n`), a.
Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially,
characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel
lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different
directions.
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Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework,
chiefly used in flannel. --Simmonds.
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Herringbone stitch
(gcide) | Herringbone \Her"ring*bone`\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng*b[=o]n`), a.
Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially,
characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel
lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different
directions.
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Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework,
chiefly used in flannel. --Simmonds.
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hummingbird
(gcide) | hummingbird \hummingbird\, humming bird \humming bird\n.
(Zool.),
any bird of the family Trochilid[ae], of which over one
hundred genera are known, including about four hundred
species. They are found only in America and are most abundant
in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size with long
slender bills adapted to sucking nectar from flowers, and are
noted for the very brilliant iridescent colors of their
plumage and their peculiar habit of hovering about flowers
while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming
noise; the wings are specialized for hovering flight, but
they can also dart forward and fly quite rapidly. They feed
both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The
common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United
States is Trochilus colubris. Several other species are
found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and
Ruby-throat.
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Humming-bird moth
(gcide) | Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
hum.
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Hummingale, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
Humming-bird moth (Zool.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth,
under Hawk, the bird.
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Kingbird
(gcide) | Kingbird \King"bird\, n. (Zool.)
1. A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or {Tyrannus
Carolinensis}), noted for its courage in attacking larger
birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they
approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical
tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing.
It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail.
The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It
is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail.
The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright
orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird,
and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of
Tyrannus are also called king birds.
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2. The king tody. See under King.
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Kingbolt
(gcide) | Kingbolt \King"bolt`\, n.
A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of
a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with
the other parts.
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Ling-bird
(gcide) | Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[i^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
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Longbeak
(gcide) | Longbeak \Long"beak`\, n. (Zool.)
The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus);
-- called also long-billed dowitcher.
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longbeard
(gcide) | longbeard \longbeard\ n.
a fat-bellied stoneware drinking jug with a long neck;
decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th
century).
Syn: bellarmine, graybeard.
[WordNet 1.5]Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n.
A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood
of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded
face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a
leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following
the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard.
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long-billed dowitcher
(gcide) | Longbeak \Long"beak`\, n. (Zool.)
The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus);
-- called also long-billed dowitcher.
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Longboat
(gcide) | Longboat \Long"boat`\, n. (Naut.)
Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel,
corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
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Long-boned shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
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Longbow
(gcide) | Longbow \Long"bow`\, n.
The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in
distinction from the crossbow when both were used as
weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the
height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
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To draw the longbow, to tell large stories.
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Long-breathed
(gcide) | Long-breathed \Long"-breathed`\, a.
Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time;
long-winded.
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mockingbird
(gcide) | mockingbird \mockingbird\, mocking bird \mocking bird\n.
(Zool.),
A long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of North America
(Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of
the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and
wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the
outer tail feathers are partly white. Originally its range
was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th
century it had migrated as far north as New York. The name is
also applied to other members of thee same and related
genera, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West
Indies, such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico, {Melanotis
caerulescens}.
Syn: mocker, Mimus polyglottos .
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Prongbuck
(gcide) | Prongbuck \Prong"buck`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The springbuck.
(b) The pronghorn.
[1913 Webster]Pronghorn \Prong"horn`\, n. (Zool.)
An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the
plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly
yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and
throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the
horns is shed annually. Called also cabr['e]e, cabut,
prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
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prongbuck
(gcide) | Prongbuck \Prong"buck`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The springbuck.
(b) The pronghorn.
[1913 Webster]Pronghorn \Prong"horn`\, n. (Zool.)
An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the
plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly
yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and
throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the
horns is shed annually. Called also cabr['e]e, cabut,
prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
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ringbill
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
blackhead}. See Scaup.
[1913 Webster]Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead,
ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.
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Ringbill
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
blackhead}. See Scaup.
[1913 Webster]Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead,
ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.
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ringbill
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
blackhead}. See Scaup.
[1913 Webster]Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead,
ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.
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ringbill shuffler
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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ring-billed blackhead
(gcide) | Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
blackhead}. See Scaup.
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Ringbird
(gcide) | Ringbird \Ring"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called
also ring bunting.
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Ringbolt
(gcide) | Ringbolt \Ring"bolt`\, n.
An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.
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Ringbone
(gcide) | Ringbone \Ring"bone`\, n. (Far.)
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the
small pastern and the great pastern bones. --J. H. Walsh.
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Sounding-board
(gcide) | Sounding-board \Sound"ing-board`\, n.
1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano,
in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
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2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or
rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
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3. pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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Springboard
(gcide) | Springboard \Spring"board`\ (-b[=o]rd`), n.
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often
by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or
in exercising.
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