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nii
(foldoc) | National Information Infrastructure
NII
(NII, or "information superhighway") Future
integrated communications in the USA. The NII will be based
on a nationwide network of networks, and will supposedly allow
all Americans to take advantage of the country's information,
communication, and computing resources.
The NII will include current and future public and private
high-speed, interactive, narrow-band and broadband
networks. It is the satellite, terrestrial, and wireless
communications systems that deliver content to homes,
businesses, and other public and private institutions. It is
the information and content that flows over the infrastructure
whether in the form of databases, the written word, a film,
a piece of music, a sound recording, a picture, or computer
software. It is the computers, televisions, telephones,
radios, and other products that people will employ to access
the infrastructure. It is the people who will provide,
manage, and generate new information, and those that will help
others do the same. And it is the individual Americans who
will use and benefit from the NII. The NII is a term that
encompasses all these components and captures the vision of a
nationwide, invisible, seamless, dynamic web of transmission
mechanisms, information appliances, content, and people.
(http://sunsite.unc.edu/nii/NII-Table-of-Contents.html).
(1995-04-08)
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nii
(vera) | NII
National Information Infrastructure [program] (USA, org.)
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dilleniid dicot family
(encz) | dilleniid dicot family, n: |
dilleniid dicot genus
(encz) | dilleniid dicot genus, n: |
genii
(encz) | genii,génius n: Zdeněk Brož |
order ciconiiformes
(encz) | order Ciconiiformes, n: |
pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
(encz) | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, n: |
saturniid
(encz) | saturniid, n: |
saturniid moth
(encz) | saturniid moth, n: |
subclass dilleniidae
(encz) | subclass Dilleniidae, n: |
subfamily cetoniidae
(encz) | subfamily Cetoniidae, n: |
tettigoniid
(encz) | tettigoniid, n: |
město v kalifornii
(czen) | město v Kalifornii,San Bernadino Zdeněk Brož |
nii nuclear installations inspectorate
(czen) | NII Nuclear Installations Inspectorate,Nuclear Installations
Inspectorate[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nuclear installations inspectorate nii
(czen) | Nuclear Installations Inspectorate NII,Nuclear Installations
Inspectorate[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
oblast v kalifornii
(czen) | oblast v Kalifornii,Silicon Valley Zdeněk Brož |
příbuzný v ženské linii
(czen) | příbuzný v ženské linii,matrilineal Zdeněk Brož |
vytvořit unii
(czen) | vytvořit unii,unionize Zdeněk Brož |
Acacia Adansonii
(gcide) | Gonakie \Go"na*kie\, n. (Bot.)
An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).
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Astragalus Hornii
(gcide) | Loco \Lo"co\, n. [Sp. loco insane.]
1. (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the
Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses
and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also
given vaguely to several other species of the same genus.
Called also loco weed.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds
besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to
cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. {Oxytropis
Lambertii}.
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Blenniid
(gcide) | Blennioid \Blen"ni*oid\, Blenniid \Blen"ni*id\, a. [Blenny +
-oid] (Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.
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Chauliodus Sloanii
(gcide) | viper \vi"per\ (v[imac]"p[~e]r), n. [F. vip[`e]re, L. vipera,
probably contr. fr. vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring
forth, because it was believed to be the only serpent that
brings forth living young. Cf. Quick, a., Parent,
Viviparous, Wivern, Weever.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous
snakes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and
other genera of the family Viperidae.
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There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on
his hand. --Acts xxviii.
3.
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Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder
(Pelias berus), the European asp (Vipera aspis),
the African horned viper (Vipera cerastes), and the
Indian viper (Daboia Russellii).
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2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
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Who committed
To such a viper his most sacred trust
Of secrecy. --Milton.
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3. Loosely, any venomous or presumed venomous snake.
[PJC]
Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
Red viper (Zool.), the copperhead.
Viper fish (Zool.), a small, slender, phosphorescent
deep-sea fish (Chauliodus Sloanii). It has long ventral
and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp
teeth.
Viper's bugloss (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb
(Echium vulgare) having showy purplish blue flowers. It
is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed
in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue
weed}.
Viper's grass (Bot.), a perennial composite herb
(Scorzonera Hispanica) with narrow, entire leaves, and
solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,
carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some
other countries. Called also viper grass.
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Cheloniidae
(gcide) | Cheloniidae \Cheloniidae\ n.
a natural family including the green turtles; hawksbills.
Syn: family Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae.
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Ciconiidae
(gcide) | Ciconiidae \Ciconiidae\ n.
a natural family of birds comprising the storks.
Syn: family Ciconiidae.
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Ciconiiformes
(gcide) | Ciconiiformes \Ciconiiformes\ n.
an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating
wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for
flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks;
spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn: order Ciconiiformes.
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Coniine
(gcide) | Coniine \Co*ni"ine\ (? or ?), n.
See Conine.
[1913 Webster]Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
See Conium, 2.
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coniine
(gcide) | Coniine \Co*ni"ine\ (? or ?), n.
See Conine.
[1913 Webster]Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
See Conium, 2.
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Cybium Commersonii
(gcide) | Seerfish \Seer"fish`\ (s[=e]r"f[i^]sh), n. (Zool.)
A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
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Daubentoniidae
(gcide) | Daubentoniidae \Daubentoniidae\ n.
a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.
Syn: family Daubentoniidae.
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Dilleniidae
(gcide) | Dicotyledonae \Dicotyledonae\ n. (Bot.)
a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce
an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided
into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or
superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered
primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive
offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups:
Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae,
Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida.
[WordNet 1.5]Dilleniidae \Dilleniidae\ n.
a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs
and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas
and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it
contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae
and Malvaceae; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn: subclass Dilleniidae.
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E Gunnii
(gcide) | Eucalyptus \Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from Gr. e'y^ well, good +
? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or
conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them
grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the
height even of the California Sequoia.
Syn: eucalyptus tree, gum tree, eucalypt. [1913 Webster]
Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned
toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,
whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of
great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; {E.
gigantea}, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the
peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree,
yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark
in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,
dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in
Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman
Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting
groves of these trees.
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Eryx Johnii
(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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Genii
(gcide) | Genius \Gen"ius\, n.; pl. E. Geniuses; in sense 1, L. Genii.
[L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is
innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius
of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere,
gignere, to beget, bring forth. See Gender, and cf.
Engine.]
1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients
to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity;
a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
Syn: genie.
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The unseen genius of the wood. --Milton.
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We talk of genius still, but with thought how
changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary
demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on
an altar as a deity. --Tylor.
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2. The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual
is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind
which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for
certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit;
special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius
for history, for poetry, or painting.
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3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a
religion, a language.
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4. Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual
power; especially, superior power of invention or
origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations;
as, a man of genius.
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Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual
intensity of the modifying power. --Coleridge.
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5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of
superior intellectual faculties and creativity; as,
Shakespeare was a rare genius.
Syn: Genius, Talent.
Usage: Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature,
impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental
effort, and producing new combinations of ideas,
imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of
intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded
and directed to specific employments and valuable ends
and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with
the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a
kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high
mental training, and a perfect command of all the
faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we
speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a
talent for business or diplomacy. Among English
orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his
genius; William Pitt for his pre["e]minent talents,
and especially his unrivaled talent for debate.
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Genius loci[L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a
place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or
institution, as of a college, etc.
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geraniin
(gcide) | Geraniine \Ge*ra"ni*ine\, Geranine \Ger"a*nine\, n. [See
Geranium.]
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1. (Med.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the
Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.
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2. (Chem.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill
(Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry
odor. [Written also geraniin.]
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Geraniine
(gcide) | Geraniine \Ge*ra"ni*ine\, Geranine \Ger"a*nine\, n. [See
Geranium.]
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1. (Med.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the
Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.
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2. (Chem.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill
(Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry
odor. [Written also geraniin.]
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Hepar antimonii
(gcide) | Hepar \He"par\, n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. ?.]
1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown
color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing
sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium),
and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called
also hepar sulphuris.
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2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance;
specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also
hepar sulphuris calcareum (?).
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Hepar antimonii(Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown
color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with
alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of
the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.
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Macropus Brunii
(gcide) | Filander \Fil"an*der\, n. (Zool.)
A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New
Guinea.
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Opuntia Dillenii
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Ovis Hodgsonii
(gcide) | Nayaur \Na*yaur"\, n. (Zool.)
A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepal
and Tibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the
neck.
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Porana Richardsonii
(gcide) | Linsang \Lin*sang"\ (l[i^]n*s[aum]ng"), n. (Zool.)
Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the
East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang
(Prionodon gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black
bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown
with black spots.
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Pterocnemia Darwinii
(gcide) | Rhea \Rhe"a\, n. [L., a proper name.] (Zool.)
Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike
birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the
American ostrich.
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Note: The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges
from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea ({Pterocnemia
Darwinii}), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs
feathered below the knee.
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Streptosolen jamesonii
(gcide) | firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
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2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
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Umbilicaria Dillenii
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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X Sabinii
(gcide) | Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
(Elanoides forficatus); -- called also {swallow-tailed
kite}.
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Xema Sabinii
(gcide) | Xeme \Xeme\ (z[=e]m), n. (Zool.)
An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii).
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apis mellifera adansonii
(wn) | Apis mellifera adansonii
n 1: a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as
a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee;
retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread
as far north as Texas [syn: Africanized bee, {Africanized
honey bee}, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata,
Apis mellifera adansonii] |
arctostaphylos andersonii
(wn) | Arctostaphylos andersonii
n 1: erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped
lobes at the base [syn: heartleaf manzanita,
Arctostaphylos andersonii] |
blenniidae
(wn) | Blenniidae
n 1: a family of fish including: combtooth blennies [syn:
Blenniidae, family Blenniidae] |
camassia leichtlinii
(wn) | Camassia leichtlinii
n 1: camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains [syn:
Leichtlin's camas, Camassia leichtlinii] |
cetoniidae
(wn) | Cetoniidae
n 1: considered a separate family in some classification systems
[syn: Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniidae] |
cheilanthes eatonii
(wn) | Cheilanthes eatonii
n 1: lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and
Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds [syn: {southwestern
lip fern}, Cheilanthes eatonii] |
cheiranthus allionii
(wn) | Cheiranthus allionii
n 1: showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated
for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers;
sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus [syn: {Siberian wall
flower}, Erysimum allionii, Cheiranthus allionii] |
cheloniidae
(wn) | Cheloniidae
n 1: green turtles; hawksbills [syn: Cheloniidae, {family
Cheloniidae}, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae] |
ciconiidae
(wn) | Ciconiidae
n 1: storks [syn: Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae] |
ciconiiformes
(wn) | Ciconiiformes
n 1: order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading
birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos)
unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos;
ibises [syn: Ciconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes] |
cirsium flodmanii
(wn) | Cirsium flodmanii
n 1: thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves
[syn: woolly thistle, Cirsium flodmanii] |
clematis baldwinii
(wn) | Clematis baldwinii
n 1: erect clematis of Florida having pink to purple flowers
[syn: pine hyacinth, Clematis baldwinii, {Viorna
baldwinii}] |
dacrydium franklinii
(wn) | Dacrydium franklinii
n 1: Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained
wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed
in genus Dacrydium [syn: huon pine, {Lagarostrobus
franklinii}, Dacrydium franklinii] |
dalbergia stevensonii
(wn) | Dalbergia stevensonii
n 1: Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked
rosewood [syn: Honduras rosewood, {Dalbergia
stevensonii}] |
daubentoniidae
(wn) | Daubentoniidae
n 1: comprising solely the aye-aye [syn: Daubentoniidae,
family Daubentoniidae] |
dilleniid dicot family
(wn) | dilleniid dicot family
n 1: family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and
shrubs and herbs |
dilleniid dicot genus
(wn) | dilleniid dicot genus
n 1: genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and
shrubs and herbs |
dilleniidae
(wn) | Dilleniidae
n 1: a group of families of more or less advanced trees and
shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous
corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the
ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and
Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a
superorder [syn: Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae] |
echinocactus grusonii
(wn) | Echinocactus grusonii
n 1: large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale
yellow flowers and spines [syn: golden barrel cactus,
Echinocactus grusonii] |
eriogonum allenii
(wn) | Eriogonum allenii
n 1: late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia
having flowers in flat-topped clusters [syn: {umbrella
plant}, Eriogonum allenii] |
erysimum allionii
(wn) | Erysimum allionii
n 1: showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated
for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers;
sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus [syn: {Siberian wall
flower}, Erysimum allionii, Cheiranthus allionii] |
eucalypt gunnii
(wn) | Eucalypt gunnii
n 1: small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania [syn: cider gum,
Eucalypt gunnii] |
family blenniidae
(wn) | family Blenniidae
n 1: a family of fish including: combtooth blennies [syn:
Blenniidae, family Blenniidae] |
family cheloniidae
(wn) | family Cheloniidae
n 1: green turtles; hawksbills [syn: Cheloniidae, {family
Cheloniidae}, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae] |
family ciconiidae
(wn) | family Ciconiidae
n 1: storks [syn: Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae] |
family daubentoniidae
(wn) | family Daubentoniidae
n 1: comprising solely the aye-aye [syn: Daubentoniidae,
family Daubentoniidae] |
family laniidae
(wn) | family Laniidae
n 1: shrikes [syn: Laniidae, family Laniidae] |
family peridiniidae
(wn) | family Peridiniidae
n 1: marine and freshwater dinoflagellates [syn: Peridiniidae,
family Peridiniidae] |
family saturniidae
(wn) | family Saturniidae
n 1: important and widely distributed family of moths including
some of the largest insects known [syn: Saturniidae,
family Saturniidae] |
family taeniidae
(wn) | family Taeniidae
n 1: a family of Cestoda [syn: Taeniidae, family Taeniidae] |
family tettigoniidae
(wn) | family Tettigoniidae
n 1: long-horned grasshoppers; katydids [syn: Tettigoniidae,
family Tettigoniidae] |
geranium richardsonii
(wn) | Geranium richardsonii
n 1: geranium of western North America having branched clusters
of white or pale pink flowers [syn: {Richardson's
geranium}, Geranium richardsonii] |
gerbera jamesonii
(wn) | Gerbera jamesonii
n 1: widely cultivated South African perennial having flower
heads with orange to flame-colored rays [syn: {Barberton
daisy}, Transvaal daisy, Gerbera jamesonii] |
helianthus maximilianii
(wn) | Helianthus maximilianii
n 1: tall perennial of central United States to Canada having
golden-yellow flowers [syn: Maximilian's sunflower,
Helianthus maximilianii] |
hygrophorus kauffmanii
(wn) | Hygrophorus kauffmanii
n 1: a fungus with a slightly viscid cap; cap and gills are
reddish brown and the stalk is grey |
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