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Tophi
(gcide) | Tophus \To"phus\, n.; pl. Tophi. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral
concretion in the joint. See Toph.] [Written also tofus.]
1. (Med.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints,
and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty
persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when
occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of
phosphate of calcium.
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2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa.
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photophilic organism
(encz) | photophilic organism,fotofilní organismus [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
phytophilous
(encz) | phytophilous, adj: |
Haematophilina
(gcide) | Haematophilina \H[ae]m`a*to*phi*li"na\
(-t[-o]*f[i^]*l[imac]"n[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma,
a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love.] (Zool.)
A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats.
See Vampire.
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Hematophilia
(gcide) | Hematophilia \Hem`a*to*phil"i*a\
(h[=e]`m[.a]*t[-o]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.)
Same as hemophilia; -- an obsolete term. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Hemophilia \Hem`o*phil"i*a\ (h[=e]`m[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a] or
h[e^]m`[.a]*f[i^]l"[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, blood
+ filei^n to love.] (Med.)
A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and
uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is
caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in
the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the
X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males;
there are several specific forms. It may be treated by
administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly
termed Hematophilia.
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Nyctophile
(gcide) | Nyctophile \Nyc"to*phile\, n. [Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, night + ? to
love.] (Zool.)
Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very
simple nasal appendage.
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Photophilous
(gcide) | Photophilous \Pho*toph"i*lous\, n. [Photo- + Gr. ? loving.]
(Phytogeog.)
Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants.
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Scotophilus ornatus
(gcide) | Harlequin \Har"le*quin\ (h[aum]r"l[-e]*k[i^]n or -kw[i^]n), n.
[F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It,
arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf,
which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell.
Cf. Hell, Kin.]
A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays
tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or
an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of
Italian comedy. --Percy Smith.
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As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters.
--Johnson.
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Harlequin bat (Zool.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus
ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots.
Harlequin beetle (Zool.), a very large South American
beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and
antenn[ae]. The elytra are curiously marked with red,
black, and gray.
Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zool.) See Calicoback.
Harlequin caterpillar. (Zool.), the larva of an American
bombycid moth (Euch[ae]tes egle) which is covered with
black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.
Harlequin duck (Zool.), a North American duck
(Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash,
curiously streaked with white.
Harlequin moth. (Zool.) See Magpie Moth.
Harlequin opal. See Opal.
Harlequin snake (Zool.), See harlequin snake in the
vocabulary.
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Scotophis Alleghaniensis
(gcide) | Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake
\Black"snake\, n. (Zool.)
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in
the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer,
sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis,
seven or eight feet long.
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Note: The name is also applied to various other black
serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.
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Sitophilus granarius
(gcide) | Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
because considered equal to the average of grains taken
from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.
A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.
Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.
Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.
Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.
Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.
Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.
Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.
grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.
Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.
Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.
In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.
To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.
To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Sitophilus oryzae
(gcide) | Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi,
akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]
(Bot.)
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
overflowed.
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Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, any species of an American genus
(Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse
(Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zool.), the bobolink.
Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
Rice weevil (Zool.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, or
Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
black weevil.
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Tophin
(gcide) | Tophin \Toph"in\, n. (Min.)
Same as Toph.
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family myctophidae
(wn) | family Myctophidae
n 1: deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes [syn:
Myctophidae, family Myctophidae] |
mycetophilidae
(wn) | Mycetophilidae
n 1: fungus gnats [syn: Mycetophilidae, {family
Mycetophylidae}] |
myctophidae
(wn) | Myctophidae
n 1: deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes [syn:
Myctophidae, family Myctophidae] |
phytophilous
(wn) | phytophilous
adj 1: (of animals) feeding on plants [syn: plant-eating(a),
phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous] |
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