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vicia
(wn) | Vicia
n 1: widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often
climbing herbs [syn: Vicia, genus Vicia] |
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laviciar
(msasasci) | laviciar
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noviciat
(msasasci) | noviciat
- novice, novitiate |
noviciate
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ordovician
(encz) | Ordovician,ordovik n: [geol.] geologický útvar starších prvohor Pino |
Aphyllon Ludovicianum
(gcide) | Broom rape \Broom" rape`\ (Bot.)
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia.
They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of
leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of
other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The
name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this
genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum.
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Conviciate
(gcide) | Conviciate \Con*vi"ci*ate\, v. i. [L. conviciatus, p. p. of
conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach.]
To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.]
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To conviciate instead of accusing. --Laud.
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Cynomys Ludovicianus
(gcide) | Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.
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From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.
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2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.
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Prairie chicken (Zool.), any American grouse of the genus
Tympanuchus, especially Tympanuchus Americanus
(formerly Tympanuchus cupido), which inhabits the
prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the
sharp-tailed grouse.
Prairie clover (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.
Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.
Prairie dog (Zool.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
Prairie grouse. Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie hare (Zool.), a large long-eared Western hare
(Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon (Zool.), a falcon of Western
North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are
brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under
parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
Prairie hen. (Zool.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called swamp itch,
winter itch.
Prairie marmot. (Zool.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
Prairie mole (Zool.), a large American mole ({Scalops
argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.
Prairie pigeon, Prairie plover, or Prairie snipe
(Zool.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2.
Prairie rattlesnake (Zool.), the massasauga.
Prairie snake (Zool.), a large harmless American snake
(Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.
Prairie squirrel (Zool.), any American ground squirrel of
the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called
also gopher.
Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
Prairie warbler (Zool.), a bright-colored American warbler
(Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a
group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and
the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of
the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer
tail feathers partly white.
Prairie wolf. (Zool.) See Coyote.
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Habia Ludoviciana
(gcide) | Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
vulgaris}.
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Note: Among the best known American species are the
rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue ({Guiraca
c[oe]rulea}); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the
evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and {Cardinal
grosbeak}, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and
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Lanius Ludovicianus
(gcide) | Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.]
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.
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2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat
tar.
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3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat,
over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running
out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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4. (Zool.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys
caretta} syn. Thalassochelys caouana), common in the
warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape
Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
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5. (Zool.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus),
similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
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To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or {To go
to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.
[1913 Webster]butcher bird \butcher bird\, butcher-bird \butcher-bird\,
butcherbird \butcherbird\n.
1. (Zool.) any species of shrike of the genus Lanius, so
called because they impale their prey on thorns.
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2. (Zool.) large carnivorous Australian bird with the
shrikelike habit of impaling prey on thorns.
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Note: The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of
Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called
the lesser butcher bird. The American species are
Lanius borealis, or northern butcher bird, and
Lanius Ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. The name
butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending
its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it.
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Ordovician
(gcide) | Ordovician \Or`do*vi"cian\, a. [From L. Ordovices, a Celtic
people in Wales.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation,
corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most
authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician
formation.
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Thryothorus Ludovicianus
(gcide) | Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
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Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus
rufus}).
Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus.
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Vicia Orobus
(gcide) | Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
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Vicia sativa
(gcide) | Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch
the wild vetch.]
1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged
by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or
darnel.
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Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From
whence then hath it tares? --Matt. xiii.
27.
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The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture,
and is the only deleterious species belonging to the
whole order. --Baird.
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2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous
herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the {Vicia
sativa}, sometimes grown for fodder.
[1913 Webster]Vetch \Vetch\ (v[e^]ch), n. [Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for
veche, OF. veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L.
vicia.] (Bot.)
Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of
which are valuable for fodder. The common species is {Vicia
sativa}.
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Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous
plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of
the genus Lathyrus; the horse vetch, of the genus
Hippocrepis; the kidney vetch ({Anthyllis
vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus
Astragalus; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice
(Abrus precatorius).
[1913 Webster]Vicine \Vic"ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch ({Vicia
sativa}) as a white crystalline substance.
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Viciate
(gcide) | Viciate \Vi"ci*ate\, v. t.
See Vitiate. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Vitiate \Vi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Vitiating.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate,
fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault.] [Written also
viciate.]
1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render
defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to
impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration
vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
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A will vitiated and growth out of love with the
truth disposes the understanding to error and
delusion. --South.
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Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds.
--Burke.
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This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the
taste of readers. --Garth.
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2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to
make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of
an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue
influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud
vitiates a contract.
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viciate
(gcide) | Viciate \Vi"ci*ate\, v. t.
See Vitiate. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Vitiate \Vi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Vitiating.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate,
fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault.] [Written also
viciate.]
1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render
defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to
impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration
vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
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A will vitiated and growth out of love with the
truth disposes the understanding to error and
delusion. --South.
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Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds.
--Burke.
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This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the
taste of readers. --Garth.
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2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to
make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of
an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue
influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud
vitiates a contract.
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anemone ludoviciana
(wn) | Anemone ludoviciana
n 1: short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or
lilac flowers; North America and Siberia [syn: {American
pasqueflower}, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus,
lion's beard, prairie anemone, blue tulip, {American
pulsatilla}, Pulsatilla patens, Anemone ludoviciana] |
artemisia ludoviciana
(wn) | Artemisia ludoviciana
n 1: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
[syn: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, {prairie
sage}, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes] |
cynomys ludovicianus
(wn) | Cynomys ludovicianus
n 1: tail is black tipped [syn: blacktail prairie dog,
Cynomys ludovicianus] |
genus vicia
(wn) | genus Vicia
n 1: widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often
climbing herbs [syn: Vicia, genus Vicia] |
lanius lucovicianus
(wn) | Lanius lucovicianus
n 1: a common shrike of southeastern United States having black
bands around the eyes [syn: loggerhead shrike, {Lanius
lucovicianus}] |
lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
(wn) | Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
n 1: a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white
underparts [syn: white-rumped shrike, {Lanius
ludovicianus excubitorides}] |
lanius ludovicianus migrans
(wn) | Lanius ludovicianus migrans
n 1: a shrike of central North America; winters in Texas and the
southern Mississippi valley [syn: migrant shrike, {Lanius
ludovicianus migrans}] |
noviciate
(wn) | noviciate
n 1: the period during which you are a novice (especially in a
religious order) [syn: novitiate, noviciate] |
onobrychis viciaefolia
(wn) | Onobrychis viciaefolia
n 1: Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved
pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands
on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of
honey in Britain [syn: sainfoin, sanfoin, {holy
clover}, esparcet, Onobrychis viciifolia, {Onobrychis
viciaefolia}] |
ordovician
(wn) | Ordovician
n 1: from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and
ostracods and algae and seaweeds [syn: Ordovician,
Ordovician period] |
ordovician period
(wn) | Ordovician period
n 1: from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and
ostracods and algae and seaweeds [syn: Ordovician,
Ordovician period] |
piranga ludoviciana
(wn) | Piranga ludoviciana
n 1: of western North America; male is black and yellow and
orange-red [syn: western tanager, Piranga ludoviciana] |
thryothorus ludovicianus
(wn) | Thryothorus ludovicianus
n 1: large United States wren with a musical call [syn:
Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus] |
vicia
(wn) | Vicia
n 1: widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often
climbing herbs [syn: Vicia, genus Vicia] |
vicia cracca
(wn) | Vicia cracca
n 1: common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia
and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
[syn: tufted vetch, bird vetch, Calnada pea, {Vicia
cracca}] |
vicia faba
(wn) | Vicia faba
n 1: Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat
edible seeds but also as fodder [syn: broad bean, {broad-
bean}, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean,
field bean, Vicia faba] |
vicia orobus
(wn) | Vicia orobus
n 1: European perennial toxic vetch [syn: bitter betch, {Vicia
orobus}] |
vicia sativa
(wn) | Vicia sativa
n 1: herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-
building [syn: spring vetch, Vicia sativa] |
vicia sepium
(wn) | Vicia sepium
n 1: European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a
weed in hedges [syn: bush vetch, Vicia sepium] |
vicia villosa
(wn) | Vicia villosa
n 1: European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
[syn: hairy vetch, hairy tare, Vicia villosa] |
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