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noes
(encz) | noes,ne pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Noes
(gcide) | No \No\ (n[=o]), n.; pl. Noes (n[=o]z).
1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
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2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to
call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
noesis
(mass) | noesis
- poznanie, poznávanie |
canoes
(encz) | canoes,kánoe pl. Jiří Šmoldas |
dominoes
(encz) | dominoes,kostky domina n: Zdeněk Brož |
genoese
(encz) | Genoese, adj: |
junoesque
(encz) | Junoesque, adj: |
monoestrous
(encz) | monoestrous, adj: |
noes
(encz) | noes,ne pl. Zdeněk Brož |
noesis
(encz) | noesis, n: |
volcanoes
(encz) | volcanoes,sopky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
anoestrus
(gcide) | anestrus \anestrus\ n.
A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods
of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals. [Also spelled
anoestrus.]
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Canoes
(gcide) | Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. Canoes. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean
can['a]oa.]
1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape.
It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by
sail, and has no rudder.
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Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
canoe. --Raleigh.
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2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
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A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
water. --Longfellow.
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3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It
it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a
temporary mast.
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Dominoes
(gcide) | Domino \Dom"i*no\, n.; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a
game) Dominoes. [F. domino, or It. domin[`o], or Sp.
domin['o], fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood
worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a
sort of amice. --Kersey.
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2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
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3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at
masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face.
Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
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4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of
a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
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5. A person wearing a domino.
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6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with
twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat,
oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided
by a line in the middle, and either left blank or
variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is
played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched
half of a domino already played --Hoyle.
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7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is
played. --Hoyle.
fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one
object in a line, by falling against the next object,
causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a
third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an
indefinite number of times.
Note: The phrase is derived from an entertainment using
dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and
therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made
to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which
ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have
arranged such sequences involving thousands of
dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns. |
fall like dominoes
(gcide) | Domino \Dom"i*no\, n.; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a
game) Dominoes. [F. domino, or It. domin[`o], or Sp.
domin['o], fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood
worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a
sort of amice. --Kersey.
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2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
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3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at
masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face.
Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
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4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of
a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
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5. A person wearing a domino.
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6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with
twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat,
oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided
by a line in the middle, and either left blank or
variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is
played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched
half of a domino already played --Hoyle.
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7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is
played. --Hoyle.
fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one
object in a line, by falling against the next object,
causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a
third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an
indefinite number of times.
Note: The phrase is derived from an entertainment using
dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and
therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made
to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which
ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have
arranged such sequences involving thousands of
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Genoese
(gcide) | Genoese \Gen`o*ese"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy; as, the Genoese
sailor we call Columbus. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or
inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.
Syn: Genovese.
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Hurricanoes
(gcide) | Hurricano \Hur`ri*ca"no\, n.; pl. Hurricanoes.
A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] --Drayton. "You cataracts
and hurricanoes, spout." --Shak.
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Junoesque
(gcide) | Junoesque \Junoesque\ prop. a.
suggestive of a statue.
Syn: statuesque.
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Volcanoes
(gcide) | Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano,
fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.]
(Geol.)
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form,
from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like,
are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
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Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and
lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy
(4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.),
Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which
are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a
volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great
size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length
of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside
the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of
subordinate craters.
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anoestrous
(wn) | anoestrous
adj 1: of or relating to anestrus [syn: anestrous, anestric,
anoestrous] |
anoestrum
(wn) | anoestrum
n 1: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual
inactivity between two periods of estrus [syn: anestrus,
anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum] [ant: estrus,
heat, oestrus, rut] |
anoestrus
(wn) | anoestrus
n 1: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual
inactivity between two periods of estrus [syn: anestrus,
anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum] [ant: estrus,
heat, oestrus, rut] |
dominoes
(wn) | dominoes
n 1: any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
[syn: dominoes, dominos] |
genoese
(wn) | Genoese
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its
inhabitants; "the Genoese sailor we call Columbus" [syn:
Genoese, Genovese]
n 1: a native or resident of Genoa |
hawaii volcanoes national park
(wn) | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
n 1: a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes |
junoesque
(wn) | Junoesque
adj 1: suggestive of a statue [syn: Junoesque, statuesque] |
monoestrous
(wn) | monoestrous
adj 1: having one estrous cycle per year [syn: monestrous,
monoestrous] |
noesis
(wn) | noesis
n 1: the psychological result of perception and learning and
reasoning [syn: cognition, knowledge, noesis] |
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