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slovo definícia trophy (encz) trophy,trofej Zdeněk Brož trophy (encz) trophy,trofie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač Trophy (gcide) Trophy \Tro"phy\, n.; pl. Trophies. [F. troph['e]e (cf. It. & Sp. trofeo), L. tropaeum, trophaeum, Gr. ?, strictly, a monument of the enemy's defeat, fr.? a turn, especially, a turning about of the enemy, a putting to flight or routing him, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.] 1. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people. [1913 Webster] Note: A trophy consisted originally of some of the armor, weapons, etc., of the defeated enemy fixed to the trunk of a tree or to a post erected on an elevated site, with an inscription, and a dedication to a divinity. The Romans often erected their trophies in the Capitol. [1913 Webster] 2. The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc. [1913 Webster] Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace. [1913 Webster] trophy (wn) trophy n 1: an award for success in war or hunting 2: something given as a token of victory [syn: trophy, prize]

podobné slovo definícia abiotrophy (encz) abiotrophy,abiotrofie n: Zdeněk Brož astrophysical (encz) astrophysical,astrofyzikální adj: Stanislav Horáček astrophysicist (encz) astrophysicist,astrofyzik n: Zdeněk Brož astrophysics (encz) astrophysics,astrofyzika n: Zdeněk Brož atrophy (encz) atrophy,atrofie [med.] Martin M.atrophy,atrofovat v: Zdeněk Brožatrophy,zakrnění Martin M. autotrophy (encz) autotrophy,autotrofie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač chondrodystrophy (encz) chondrodystrophy, n: distal muscular dystrophy (encz) distal muscular dystrophy, n: dystrophy (encz) dystrophy,degenerace n: Zdeněk Broždystrophy,dystrofie n: Zdeněk Brož hypertrophy (encz) hypertrophy,hypertrofický adj: Zdeněk Brožhypertrophy,hypertrofie n: Zdeněk Brož limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (encz) limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, n: lipochondrodystrophy (encz) lipochondrodystrophy, n: mesotrophy (encz) mesotrophy,mezotrofie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač muscular dystrophy (encz) muscular dystrophy,svalová dystrofie Zdeněk Brož myotonic dystrophy (encz) myotonic dystrophy, n: myotonic muscular dystrophy (encz) myotonic muscular dystrophy, n: oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (encz) oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, n: osteodystrophy (encz) osteodystrophy, n: pseudohypertrophic dystrophy (encz) pseudohypertrophic dystrophy, n: trophy (encz) trophy,trofej Zdeněk Brožtrophy,trofie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač trophy case (encz) trophy case, n: trophy wife (encz) trophy wife, Astrophysical (gcide) Astrophysical \As`tro*phys"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science. [1913 Webster] astrophysicist (gcide) astrophysicist \astrophysicist\ n. 1. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies. [WordNet 1.5] astrophysics (gcide) astrophysics \astrophysics\ n. 1. the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies. [WordNet 1.5]Astrophysics \As`tro*phys"ics\, n. [Astro- + physics.] (Astron.) The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy. [1913 Webster] Note: Its observations were traditionally made with the spectroscope, bolometer, etc., usually in connection with the telescope. In modern times, radiotelescopes, infrared telescopes, X-ray and gamma ray detectors and neutrino detection equipment located deep underground are all put into service to observe and test theories about astronomical phenomena. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Astrophysics (gcide) astrophysics \astrophysics\ n. 1. the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies. [WordNet 1.5]Astrophysics \As`tro*phys"ics\, n. [Astro- + physics.] (Astron.) The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy. [1913 Webster] Note: Its observations were traditionally made with the spectroscope, bolometer, etc., usually in connection with the telescope. In modern times, radiotelescopes, infrared telescopes, X-ray and gamma ray detectors and neutrino detection equipment located deep underground are all put into service to observe and test theories about astronomical phenomena. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Astrophyton (gcide) Astrophyton \As*troph"y*ton\, n. [Astro- + Gr. fyton a plant.] (Zool.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched. [1913 Webster] Atrophy (gcide) Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, v. i. To waste away; to dwindle. [1913 Webster]Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, n. [L. atrophia, Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to nourish: cf. F. atrophie.] A wasting away from lack of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. --Milton. [1913 Webster]Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.] To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. [1913 Webster] Electro-physiological (gcide) Electro-physiological \E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism. [1913 Webster] Electro-physiology (gcide) Electro-physiology \E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy\, n. (Physiol.) That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies; it is especially concerned with electrical impulses generated by and conducted between nerves. [1913 Webster +PJC] Eutrophy (gcide) Eutrophy \Eu"tro*phy\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? nourishing, healthy; e'y^ well + ? to nourish.] (Med.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions. [1913 Webster] Exstrophy (gcide) Exstrophy \Ex"stro*phy\, n. [Gr. ? to turn inside out; ? = ? out + ? to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder. [1913 Webster] Hypertrophy (gcide) Hypertrophy \Hy*per"tro*phy\, n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + ? nourishment, fr. ? to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy. [1913 Webster] Orphanotrophy (gcide) Orphanotrophy \Or`phan*ot"ro*phy\, n. [L. orphanotrophium, Gr. ?; ? an orphan + ? to feed, bring up.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hospital for orphans. [R.] --A. Chalmers. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of supporting orphans. [R.] [1913 Webster] Pedotrophy (gcide) Pedotrophy \Pe*dot"ro*phy\ (p[-e]*d[o^]t"r[-o]*f[y^]), n. [Gr. paidotrofi`a, fr. pai^s, paido`s, a child + tre`fein to nourish: cf. F. p['e]dotrophie.] The art of nourishing children properly. [1913 Webster] Progressive muscular atrophy (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Trophy money (gcide) [1913 Webster] Trophy money, a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia. [1913 Webster] Yellow atrophy (gcide) Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. Yellower (y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); superl. Yellowest.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf. Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.] 1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. [1913 Webster] Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. Yellow bark, calisaya bark. Yellow bass (Zool.), a North American fresh-water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish. Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian. Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier. Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Chamaepitys}). Yellow bunting (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer. Yellow cat (Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also copiapite. Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See Chalcopyrite. Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant (Barbarea praecox), sometimes grown as a salad plant. Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock. Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary. Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine, and 3d Flag. Yellow jack. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack. (b) The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine. Yellow jacket (Zool.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite. Yellow lemur (Zool.), the kinkajou. Yellow macauco (Zool.), the kinkajou. Yellow mackerel (Zool.), the jurel. Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal. Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant (Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye daisy. Yellow perch (Zool.), the common American perch. See Perch. Yellow pike (Zool.), the wall-eye. Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. Yellow plover (Zool.), the golden plover. Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot. Yellow rail (Zool.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also yellow crake. Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle, and Rocket. Yellow Sally (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers. Yellow sculpin (Zool.), the dragonet. Yellow snake (Zool.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. Yellow spot. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See Eye. (b) (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5. Yellow tit (Zool.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. Yellow viper (Zool.), the fer-de-lance. Yellow warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {Dendroica aestiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, {summer yellowbird}, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler. Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. Yellow wren (Zool.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. [1913 Webster] abiotrophy (wn) abiotrophy n 1: a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury amyotrophy (wn) amyotrophy n 1: progressive wasting of muscle tissues [syn: amyotrophia, amyotrophy] astrophysical (wn) astrophysical adj 1: of or concerned with astrophysics; "astrophysical sciences" astrophysicist (wn) astrophysicist n 1: an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies astrophysics (wn) astrophysics n 1: the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies astrophyton (wn) Astrophyton n 1: includes many of the basket stars [syn: Astrophyton, genus Astrophyton] astrophyton muricatum (wn) Astrophyton muricatum n 1: a variety of basket star atrophy (wn) atrophy n 1: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse [syn: atrophy, wasting, wasting away] 2: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) [syn: atrophy, withering] v 1: undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" becker muscular dystrophy (wn) Becker muscular dystrophy n 1: a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) chondrodystrophy (wn) chondrodystrophy n 1: an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism [syn: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, {osteosclerosis congenita}, chondrodystrophy] distal muscular dystrophy (wn) distal muscular dystrophy n 1: a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant