| slovo | definícia |
una
(vera) | UNA
Universal Network Architecture
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communal
(mass) | communal
- verejný |
communally
(mass) | communally
- spoločne |
fortunate
(mass) | fortunate
- šťastný |
fortunately
(mass) | fortunately
- chvalabohu, vďakabohu, našťastie |
importunate
(mass) | importunate
- obtiažny |
lacuna
(mass) | lacuna
- medzera |
lacunae
(mass) | lacunae
- medzera |
lunate
(mass) | lunate
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
lunatic
(mass) | lunatic
- šialený, blázon |
semilunar
(mass) | semilunar
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
tsunami
(mass) | tsunami
- cunami |
unabridged
(mass) | unabridged
- kompletný |
unalterable
(mass) | unalterable
- nezmeniteľný |
unambiguous
(mass) | unambiguous
- nedvojzmyselný, jednoznačný |
unavailable
(mass) | unavailable
- nedosiahnuteľný, neprístupný, nedostupný |
unavailing
(mass) | unavailing
- zbytočný |
unaware
(mass) | unaware
- netušiaci, neuvedomujúci si |
unfortunately
(mass) | unfortunately
- nanešťastie |
wallis and futuna
(mass) | Wallis and Futuna
- Wallis a Futuna |
Abuna
(gcide) | Abuna \A*bu"na\ ([.a]*b[=oo]"n[.a]), n. [Eth. and Ar., our
father.]
The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
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Actias luna
(gcide) | Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n.,
and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
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2. (Alchemy) Silver.
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Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
from its resemblance to horn.
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
(Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with
a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
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Adunation
(gcide) | Adunation \Ad`u*na"tion\, n. [L. adunatio; ad + unus one.]
A uniting; union. --Jer. Taylor.
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Alcelaphus lunata
(gcide) | Sassaby \Sas"sa*by\, Sassabye \Sas"sa*bye\, n. (Zool.)
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to
the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
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Ara ararauna
(gcide) | Ara \A"ra\, n. [Native Indian name.] (Zool.)
A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna),
native of South America.
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At unaware
(gcide) | Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv.
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without
premeditation, unexpectedly. "Mercies lighting unawares."
--J. H. Newman.
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Lest unawares we lose
This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
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At unaware, or At unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise.
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He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
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So we met
In this old sleepy town at unaware. --R. Browning.
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At unawares
(gcide) | Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv.
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without
premeditation, unexpectedly. "Mercies lighting unawares."
--J. H. Newman.
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Lest unawares we lose
This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
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At unaware, or At unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise.
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He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
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So we met
In this old sleepy town at unaware. --R. Browning.
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Avifauna
(gcide) | Avifauna \A`vi*fau"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. avis bird + E. fauna.]
(Zool.)
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
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Becuna
(gcide) | Becuna \Be*cu"na\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyr[ae]na spet). See
Barracuda.
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bluefin tuna
(gcide) | Tuna \Tu"na\, n. [Cf. Tunny.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes
belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially
the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly {Orcynus
thynnus} or Albacora thynnus), called also the {common
tunny} or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea
and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes
weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught
commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also
called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of
the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing
sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England,
it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another
well-known species is the yellowfin tuna ({Thunnus
albacares}) of warm seas. the See Illust. of {Horse
mackerel}, under Horse.
Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albacore (Thunnus alalunga) (see
Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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2. The bonito, 2.
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3. the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called {tuna
fish}.
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Botrychium Lunaria
(gcide) | Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.)
(a) The herb moonwort or "honesty".
(b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate
segments of the leaf or frond.
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(a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
(b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. {Botrychium
Lunaria}; -- so named from the crescent-shaped
segments of its frond.
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Buna
(gcide) | Buna \Buna\ n. [trademark.]
a synthetic rubber made by copolymerizing butadiene with
another substance such as acrylonitrile or styrene.
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Calluna
(gcide) | Calluna \Calluna\ n.
a genus having only one species.
Syn: genus Calluna.
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Calluna vulgaris
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]Ling \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.]
(Bot.)
Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
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Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of
the heather. --Holland.
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Cassumunar
(gcide) | Cassumunar \Cas`su*mu"nar\, Cassumuniar \Cas`su*mu"ni*ar\, n.
[Hind.] (Med.)
A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from
the East Indies.
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chauna
(gcide) | Chaja \Cha"ja\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn.
Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; --
called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often
domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See
Kamichi.
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Chauna chavaria
(gcide) | Chaja \Cha"ja\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn.
Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; --
called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often
domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See
Kamichi.
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Chunam
(gcide) | Chunam \Chu*nam"\ (ch[=oo]*n[a^]m"), n. [Hind. ch[=u]n[=a], from
Skr. c[=u]r[.n]a powder, dust; or a Dravidian word.]
Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] --Whitworth.
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Coadunate
(gcide) | Coadunate \Co*ad"u*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. coadunatus, p. p. of
coadunare to unite. See Adunation.] (Bot.)
United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.
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Coadunation
(gcide) | Coadunation \Co*ad`u*na"tion\, n. [L. coadunatio.]
Union, as in one body or mass; unity. --Jer. Taylor.
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The coadunation of all the civilized provinces.
--Coleridge.
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Commission of lunacy
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Common lunar year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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Communal
(gcide) | Communal \Com"mu*nal\ (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. communal.]
1. Pertaining to a commune.
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2. resembling a commune[4] or the practises of a commune[4];
as, communal living.
Syn: collectivist.
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Communalism
(gcide) | Communalism \Com"mu*nal*ism\, n.
A French theory of government which holds that commune should
be a kind of independent state, and the national government a
confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It
is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should
not be confounded with communism.
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Communalist
(gcide) | Communalist \Com"mu*nal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. communaliste.]
An advocate of communalism.
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Communalistic
(gcide) | Communalistic \Com`mu*nal*is"tic\, a.
Pertaining to communalism.
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Cunabula
(gcide) | Cunabula \Cu*nab"u*la\ (k[-u]*n[a^]b"[-u]*l[.a]), n. pl. [L., a
cradle, earliest abode, fr. cunae cradle.]
1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals;
as, the cunabula of the human race.
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2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest
printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th
century.
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Damaliscus lunatus
(gcide) | Damaliscus \Damaliscus\ n.
a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby,
Damaliscus lunatus.
Syn: genus Damaliscus.
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Dipterix formerly Coumarouna odorata
(gcide) | Coumarin \Cou"ma*rin\ (k[=oo]"m[.a]*r[i^]n), n. [F., fr.
coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.)
The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of
Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting
essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline
substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an
anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin
in also made artificially.
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dunair
(gcide) | Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zool.)
(a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or
dun-curre.
(b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
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Fauna
(gcide) | Fauna \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zool.)
The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of
America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
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Faunal
(gcide) | Faunal \Fau"nal\, a.
Relating to fauna.
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Fortuna
(gcide) | Fortuna \Fortuna\ prop. n.
the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek
Tyche.
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Fortunate
(gcide) | Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of
fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See
Fortune, n.]
1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some
good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness;
auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence
of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
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2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good
which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts;
favored with good forune; lucky.
Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored;
happy.
Usage: Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. A man is
fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has
unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he
gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in
those things which men commonly desire. One may be
fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful;
he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in
the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that
reason fail to be prosperous.
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Fortunately
(gcide) | Fortunately \For"tu*nate*ly\, adv.
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
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Fortunateness
(gcide) | Fortunateness \For"tu*nate*ness\, n.
The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck;
success; happiness.
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Funafuti
(gcide) | Funafuti \Funafuti\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Tuvalu. Population (2000) = 3,839.
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Funambulate
(gcide) | Funambulate \Fu*nam"bu*late\, v. i. [See Funambulo.]
To walk or to dance on a rope.
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Funambulation
(gcide) | Funambulation \Fu*nam"bu*la`tion\, n.
Ropedancing.
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Funambulatory
(gcide) | Funambulatory \Fu*nam"bu*la`to*ry\, a.
1. Performing like a ropedancer. --Chambers.
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2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.
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This funambulatory track. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Funambulist
(gcide) | Funambulist \Fu*nam"bu*list\, n.
A ropewalker or ropedancer. Funambulo |
Funambulo
(gcide) | Funambulo \Fu*nam"bu*lo\, Funambulus \Fu*nam"bu*lus\n. [Sp.
funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope
(perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See Amble, and
cf. Funambulist.]
A ropewalker or ropedancer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Funambulus
(gcide) | Funambulo \Fu*nam"bu*lo\, Funambulus \Fu*nam"bu*lus\n. [Sp.
funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope
(perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See Amble, and
cf. Funambulist.]
A ropewalker or ropedancer. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Guna
(gcide) | Guna \Gu"na\ (g[=oo]"n[.a]), n. [Skr. guna quality.]
In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i,
e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to
denote the same vowel change in other languages.
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Gunarchy
(gcide) | Gunarchy \Gu"nar*chy\, n.
See Gynarchy.
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Hague Tribunal
(gcide) | Hague Tribunal \Hague Tribunal\ (h[=a]g).
The permanent court of arbitration created by the
"International Convention for the Pacific Settle of
International Disputes.", adopted by the International Peace
Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known
competency in questions of international law, nominated by
the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration
tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted
to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly
on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire
is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers
selected by the parties.
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Importunable
(gcide) | Importunable \Im*por"tu*na*ble\, a.
Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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Importunacy
(gcide) | Importunacy \Im*por"tu*na*cy\, n. [From Importunate.]
The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
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Importunate
(gcide) | Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\ ([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[See Importune.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
importunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
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2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
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Importunately
(gcide) | Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\ ([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[See Importune.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
importunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
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2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
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Importunateness
(gcide) | Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\ ([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[See Importune.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
importunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
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2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
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Importunator
(gcide) | Importunator \Im*por"tu*na`tor\
([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[=a]`t[~e]r), n.
One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
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Incunabula
(gcide) | Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula. [L.
incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and
Cunabula.]
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch;
especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
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Incunabulum
(gcide) | Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula. [L.
incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and
Cunabula.]
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch;
especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
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Infortunate
(gcide) | Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\ ([i^]n*f[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[L. infortunatus.]
Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak. "A most infortunate
chance." --Howell.
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Infortunately
(gcide) | Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\ ([i^]n*f[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[L. infortunatus.]
Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak. "A most infortunate
chance." --Howell.
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Intercalary lunar year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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Interlunar
(gcide) | Interlunar \In`ter*lu"nar\, Interlunary \In`ter*lu"na*ry\, a.
[Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near
its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. --Milton.
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Interlunary
(gcide) | Interlunar \In`ter*lu"nar\, Interlunary \In`ter*lu"na*ry\, a.
[Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near
its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. --Milton.
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Jejunal
(gcide) | Jejunal \Je*ju"nal\, a.
Pertaining to the jejunum.
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