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utile (encz) | utile, adj: |
Utile (gcide) | Utile \U"tile\, a. [L. utilis, fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile. See
Use, v. t.]
Profitable; useful. [Obs.]
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utile (wn) | utile
adj 1: being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and
useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
[syn: useful, utile] [ant: useless] |
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futile (mass) | futile
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futile (encz) | futile,bezvýsledný adj: Zdeněk Brožfutile,bezvýznamný adj: Zdeněk Brožfutile,jalový adj: Zdeněk Brožfutile,marný futile,neúčinný adj: Zdeněk Brožfutile,nicotný adj: Zdeněk Brožfutile,zbytečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
futilely (encz) | futilely,bezvýsledně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
inutile (encz) | inutile,neužitečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rutile (encz) | rutile,rutil Zdeněk Brož |
utile (encz) | utile, adj: |
zarputile (czen) | zarputile,doggedlyadv: Zdeněk Brožzarputile,dourlyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
Beautiless (gcide) | Beautiless \Beau"ti*less\, a.
Destitute of beauty. --Hammond.
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Futile (gcide) | Futile \Fu"tile\ (?; 277), a. [L. futilis that easily pours out,
that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of
fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See Fuse, v. t.]
1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.]
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Talkers and futile persons. --Bacon.
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2. Of no importance; having no useful purpose; useless; vain;
worthless; pointless. "Futile theories." --I. Taylor.
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His reasoning . . . was singularly futile.
--Macaulay.
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Futilely (gcide) | Futilely \Fu"tile*ly\, adv.
In a futile manner.
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Galactodendron utile (gcide) | Cow tree \Cow" tree`\ (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron)
of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing
fluid, resembling milk.
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Inutile (gcide) | Inutile \In*u"tile\, a. [L. inutilis: cf. F. inutile. See In-
not, Utile.]
Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Pteroxylon utile (gcide) | Neishout \Neis"hout\, n. [From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood.]
(Bot.)
The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree {Pteroxylon
utile}, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence
the name). Also called sneezewood.
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Rutile (gcide) | Rutile \Ru"tile\ (r[udd]"t[i^]l), n. [L. rutilus red, inclining
to golden yellow.] (Min.)
A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant
metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals.
In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and
brookite.
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Sutile (gcide) | Sutile \Su"tile\, a. [L. sutilis, fr. suere to sew: cf. F.
sutile.]
Done by stitching. [R.] --Boswell.
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futile (wn) | futile
adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual,
otiose, unavailing]
2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, futile,
sleeveless, vain] |
futilely (wn) | futilely
adv 1: in a futile and unproductive manner |
inutile (wn) | inutile
adj 1: not worth using |
rutile (wn) | rutile
n 1: a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline
form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a
major source of titanium |
utile (wn) | utile
adj 1: being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and
useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
[syn: useful, utile] [ant: useless] |
QUADRIENNIUM UTILE (bouvier) | QUADRIENNIUM UTILE, Scotch law. The four years of a minor between his age of
twenty-one and twenty-five years, are so called.
2. During this period he is permitted to impeach contracts made against
his interest previous to his arriving at the age of twenty-one years. Ersk.
Prin. B. 1, t. 7, n. 19; 1 Bell's Com. 135, 5th ed.; Ersk. Inst. B. 1, t. 7,
s. 35.
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