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Reis
(gcide) | Reis \Re`is\ (r?"?s or r?z), n. [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient
Portuguese coin.]
The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of
account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to
eleven cents.
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Reis
(gcide) | Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra["i]s head, chief, prince.]
A common title in the East for a person in authority,
especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and
ras.]
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Reis
(gcide) | Rei \Rei\ (r?), n.;pl. Reis (r?"?s or r?z). [Pg. real, pl.
reis. See Real a coin.]
A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a
cent. [Spelt also ree.]
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dreiser
(encz) | Dreiser, |
greisen
(encz) | greisen, n: |
kreisler
(encz) | Kreisler, |
preisolate
(encz) | preisolate, v: |
reissue
(encz) | reissue,dotisk n: Zdeněk Brožreissue,dotisknout v: Zdeněk Brožreissue,reeditovat v: Zdeněk Brožreissue,znovu vydat Zdeněk Brož |
reissued
(encz) | reissued,reeditoval v: Zdeněk Brožreissued,znovu vydal Zdeněk Brož |
reissuing
(encz) | reissuing, |
whoreish
(encz) | whoreish, |
epikureismus
(czen) | epikureismus,epicureanism Zdeněk Brož |
Dreissena
(gcide) | Dreissena \Dreis"se*na\, prop. n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a
Belgian physician.] (Zool.)
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species ({Dreissena
polymorpha}) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome
in the fresh waters of Europe.
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Dreissena polymorpha
(gcide) | Dreissena \Dreis"se*na\, prop. n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a
Belgian physician.] (Zool.)
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species ({Dreissena
polymorpha}) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome
in the fresh waters of Europe.
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Greisen
(gcide) | Greisen \Grei"sen\, n. (Min.)
A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in
the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
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Heteronereis
(gcide) | Heteronereis \Het`e*ro*ne*re"is\, n. [NL. See Hetero-, and
Nereis.] (Zool.)
A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of
Nereis.
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Note: In this state the head and its appendages are changed
in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of
the parapodia are highly modified by the development of
finlike lobes, and branchial lamell[ae], and their
set[ae] become longer and bladelike.
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Mareis
(gcide) | Mareis \Mar"eis\, n.
A Marsh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Millreis
(gcide) | Millrea \Mill"rea`\ (m[i^]l"r[=e]`), Millree \Mill"ree`\,
Millreis \Mill"reis`\ (m[i^]l"r[=e]s`), n.
See Milreis.
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Milreis
(gcide) | Milreis \Mil"reis`\, n. [Pg. mil reis, i. e., one thousand reis;
mil a thousand + reis, pl. of real a rei.]
A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury
department of the United States at one dollar and eight
cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four
cents and six mills (1913).
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Nereis
(gcide) | Nereis \Ne"re*is\ (? or ?), prop. n.; pl. Nereides. [L.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See Nereid.
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2. (Zool.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine
chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two
pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a
protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.
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Ogreish
(gcide) | Ogreish \O"gre*ish\, a.
Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an
ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity."
--Dickens.
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Ogreism
(gcide) | Ogreism \O"gre*ism\, Ogrism \O"grism\, n.
The character or manners of an ogre.
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pre-isolate
(gcide) | pre-isolate \pre-isolate\, preisolate \preisolate\v. t.
(chemistry)
To isolate[3] (a substance) beforehand.
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preisolate
(gcide) | pre-isolate \pre-isolate\, preisolate \preisolate\v. t.
(chemistry)
To isolate[3] (a substance) beforehand.
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Reis Effendi
(gcide) | Reis Effendi \Reis` Ef*fen"di\ (r?s` ?f*f?n"d?). [See 2d Reis,
and Effendi.]
A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers
of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
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Reisenrad
(gcide) | Ferris wheel \Fer"ris wheel\
An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven
vertically oriented steel wheel, revolvable on its horizontal
stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger
cars or open seats around its rim; the seats are suspended so
as to remain horizontal as the wheel rotates, and, depending
on the size of the wheel, the passengers when they reach the
top may have a grand vista of the surrounding area; -- so
called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected
the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893.
Note: Ferris wheels are often found at traveling fairs and at
permanent amusement parks. The Reisenrad in Vienna is
one of the world's largest and most famous Ferris
wheels.
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