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Tose
(gcide) | Tose \Tose\, v. t. [ See Touse ]
To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
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autoservis
(msas) | autoservis
- garage, body shop |
autoservis
(msasasci) | autoservis
- garage, body shop |
acetose
(encz) | acetose,kyselý adj: Zdeněk Brožacetose,octový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cespitose
(encz) | cespitose, adj: |
comatose
(encz) | comatose,komatózní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
comatoseness
(encz) | comatoseness, n: |
crustose
(encz) | crustose, adj: |
crustose thallus
(encz) | crustose thallus, n: |
femtosecond
(encz) | femtosecond,femtosekunda Zdeněk Brož |
fructose
(encz) | fructose,fruktóza n: luke |
galactose
(encz) | galactose,galaktóza n: Zdeněk Brož |
galactosemia
(encz) | galactosemia, n: |
ketose
(encz) | ketose, n: |
lactose
(encz) | lactose,laktóza n: Zdeněk Brožlactose,mléčný cukr Zdeněk Brož |
lactose intolerance
(encz) | lactose intolerance, n: |
maltose
(encz) | maltose,maltóza n: Zdeněk Brožmaltose,sladový cukr Zdeněk Brož |
mitoses
(encz) | mitoses,mitóza n: Zdeněk Brož |
pentose
(encz) | pentose, n: |
photosensitise
(encz) | photosensitise,fotosenzitizovat v: Clock |
photosensitive
(encz) | photosensitive,citlivý na světlo adj: Zdeněk Brožphotosensitive,fotosenzitivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
photosensitivity
(encz) | photosensitivity,citlivost na světlo n: Zdeněk Brož |
photosensitize
(encz) | photosensitize,fotosenzitizovat v: Clock |
semicomatose
(encz) | semicomatose, adj: |
setose
(encz) | setose, adj: |
somatosense
(encz) | somatosense, n: |
somatosensory
(encz) | somatosensory, adj: |
somatosensory system
(encz) | somatosensory system, n: |
tomentose
(encz) | tomentose, adj: |
ventose
(encz) | Ventose, |
autoservis
(czen) | autoservis,body shopn: [amer.] opravna karosérií Pinoautoservis,garagen: autoservis,service centren: car ~ Pinoautoservis,service station |
femtosekunda
(czen) | femtosekunda,femtosecond Zdeněk Brož |
fotosenzitivní
(czen) | fotosenzitivní,photosensitiveadj: Zdeněk Brož |
fotosenzitizovat
(czen) | fotosenzitizovat,photosensitisev: Clockfotosenzitizovat,photosensitizev: Clock |
Acetose
(gcide) | Acetose \Ac"e*tose`\ ([a^]s"[-e]*t[=o]s`), a.
Sour like vinegar; acetous.
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Bisetose
(gcide) | Bisetose \Bi*se"tose\, Bisetous \Bi*se"tous\, a. [Pref. bi- +
setose, setous.]
Having two bristles.
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Caespitose
(gcide) | Caespitose \C[ae]s"pi*tose`\, a.
Same as Cespitose.
[1913 Webster]Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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caespitose
(gcide) | Caespitose \C[ae]s"pi*tose`\, a.
Same as Cespitose.
[1913 Webster]Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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Cespitose
(gcide) | Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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Comatose
(gcide) | Comatose \Co"ma*tose`\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From Coma lethargy.]
Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as,
comatose sleep; comatose fever.
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Cretose
(gcide) | Cretose \Cre"tose\ (kr?"t?s), a. [L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk.]
Chalky; cretaceous. [Obs.] --Ash.
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Cutose
(gcide) | Cutose \Cu"tose\ (k[=u]"t[=o]s), n. [L. cutis skin.] (Chem.)
A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent
membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an
essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to
suberic acid.
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Cystose
(gcide) | Cystose \Cyst"ose\ (s?s"t?s), a.
Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.
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Dumetose
(gcide) | Dumetose \Du"me*tose`\, a. [From L. dumetum a thicket.] (Bot.)
Dumose.
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Edematose
(gcide) | Edematous \E*de"ma*tous\, or Edematose \E*de"ma*tose`\, a.
(Med.)
Same as [oe]dematous.
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Excito-secretory
(gcide) | Excito-secretory \Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry\, a. (Physiol.)
Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by
reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the
various glands are excited to action.
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Fructose
(gcide) | Fructose \Fruc*tose"\ (fr[u^]k*t[=o]s" or fr[u^]k"t[=o]s), n.
[L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.)
Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Levulose \Lev"u*lose`\ (l[e^]v"[-u]*l[=o]s`), n. [See Levo-.]
(Chem.)
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized,
occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence
called also fruit sugar; also called fructose. Chemical
formula: C6H12O6. It is called levulose, because it rotates
the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast
to dextrose, the other product of the hydrolysis of
sucrose. [Written also laevulose.]
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Note: It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of
dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet
sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert
sugar, is often so called. It is fermentable, nearly as
sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.
Cf. Dextrose.
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fructose
(gcide) | Fructose \Fruc*tose"\ (fr[u^]k*t[=o]s" or fr[u^]k"t[=o]s), n.
[L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.)
Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Levulose \Lev"u*lose`\ (l[e^]v"[-u]*l[=o]s`), n. [See Levo-.]
(Chem.)
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized,
occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence
called also fruit sugar; also called fructose. Chemical
formula: C6H12O6. It is called levulose, because it rotates
the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast
to dextrose, the other product of the hydrolysis of
sucrose. [Written also laevulose.]
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Note: It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of
dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet
sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert
sugar, is often so called. It is fermentable, nearly as
sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.
Cf. Dextrose.
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Galactose
(gcide) | Galactose \Ga*lac"tose\, n. (Chem.)
A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with
dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and
also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid.
Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
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Inactose
(gcide) | Inactose \In*ac"tose\, n. (Chem.)
A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically
inactive.
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Isohyetose
(gcide) | Isohyetose \I`so*hy"e*tose`\, a. [Iso- + Gr. "yeto`s rain.]
(Phys. Geog.)
Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's
surface which have the same mean annual rainfall. -- n. An
isohyetose line; called also isohyet.
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Keratose
(gcide) | Keratose \Ker"a*tose`\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition
of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; --
called also keratode.
[1913 Webster]Keratose \Ker"a*tose`\, a. (Zool.)
Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging
to the Keratosa.
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lactose
(gcide) | Galactose \Ga*lac"tose\, n. (Chem.)
A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with
dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and
also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid.
Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
[1913 Webster]lactose \lac"tose`\ (l[a^]k"t[=o]s`), n.
1. (Physiol. Chem.) The main sugar present in milk, called
also sugar of milk or milk sugar. When isolated pure
it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey
by evaporation and crystallization. It is a disaccharide
with the formula C12H22O11, being chemically
4-([beta]-D-galactosido)-D-glucose. It has a slightly
sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in
water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called
lactin. When hydrolyzed it yields glucose and galactose.
In cells it may be hydrolyzed by the enzyme
[beta]-galactosidase.
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2. (Chem.) See Galactose.
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lactose intolerance
(gcide) | lactose intolerance \lac"tose` in*tol"er*ance\ (l[a^]k"t[=o]s`
[i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ans), n.
A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be
hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable
gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a
lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream. The
symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of
beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products.
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Lotos-eater
(gcide) | Lotus-eater \Lo"tus-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[u^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r),
Lotos-eater \Lo"tos-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[o^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r), n.
(Class. Myth.)
One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a
consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one
of the Lotophagi.
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The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. --Tennyson.
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Lutose
(gcide) | Lutose \Lu*tose"\, a. [L. lutosus, fr. lutum mud.]
Covered with clay; miry.
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Maltose
(gcide) | Maltose \Malt"ose`\ (m[add]lt"[=o]s`), n. [From Malt.]
(Biochem.)
A crystalline disaccharide (C12H22O11) formed from starch
by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment
of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and
malt sugar. Chemically it is
4-O-[alpha]-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose. It rotates the plane
of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose
and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
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Mannitose
(gcide) | Mannitose \Man"ni*tose`\, n. (Chem.)
A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of
mannite, and closely resembling levulose.
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Melezitose
(gcide) | Melezitose \Me*lez"i*tose`\, n. [F. m['e]l[`e]ze the larch +
melitose.] (Chem.)
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the
manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.]
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melicitose
(gcide) | Melezitose \Me*lez"i*tose`\, n. [F. m['e]l[`e]ze the larch +
melitose.] (Chem.)
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the
manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.]
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Melitose
(gcide) | Melitose \Mel"i*tose`\, n. [Gr. me`li honey.] (Chem.)
A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from
cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a
secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus).
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Oxalis Acetosella
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Pectose
(gcide) | Pectose \Pec"tose`\ (p[e^]k"t[=o]s`), n. [Pectic + cellulose.]
(Chem.)
An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom,
esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and
is converted into substances of the pectin group.
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Pentose
(gcide) | Pentose \Pen"tose\, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, such as as
arabinose or ribose; -- so called from the five carbon
atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.
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Rumex Acetosella
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
[1913 Webster]Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r
sour. See Sour.] (Bot.)
One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, {Rumex
Acetosella}, etc.
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Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain.
Red sorrel. (Bot.)
(a) A malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid
calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for
making tarts and acid drinks.
(b) A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called
sheep sorrel.
Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called
because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or
Rumex Axetosa.
Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum
arboreum}) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and
have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.
Called also sourwood.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
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Sal acetosellae
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
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Sarmentose
(gcide) | Sarmentose \Sar`men*tose"\ (? or ?), a. [L. sarmentosus: cf. F.
sarmenteux. See Sarment.] (Bot.)
(a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only
leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a
sarmentose stem.
(b) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
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