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victoria
(encz) | Victoria,hl.m. - Seychely n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
victoria
(encz) | Victoria,Victoria n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
victoria
(encz) | Victoria,Viktorie n: Zdeněk Brož |
victoria
(czen) | Victoria,Victorian: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Victoria
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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victoria
(wn) | Victoria
n 1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India
from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England
(1819-1901) [syn: Victoria, Queen Victoria]
2: (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek
Nike
3: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between
Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally [syn: Victoria,
Victoria Falls]
4: a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
5: port city and the capital of Seychelles [syn: Victoria,
capital of Seychelles]
6: a state in southeastern Australia
7: capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on
Vancouver Island |
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victoria
(encz) | Victoria,hl.m. - Seychely n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladVictoria,Victoria n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladVictoria,Viktorie n: Zdeněk Brož |
victorian
(encz) | Victorian,Victorian n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladVictorian,viktoriánec Zdeněk BrožVictorian,viktoriánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
victoriana
(encz) | Victoriana, |
victorianism
(encz) | Victorianism, |
victorianize
(encz) | Victorianize, |
victorianizes
(encz) | Victorianizes, |
victorians
(encz) | Victorians, |
victoria
(czen) | Victoria,Victorian: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
victorian
(czen) | Victorian,Victoriann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Goura Victoria
(gcide) | Goura \Gou"ra\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of
the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent
islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the
crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the best known
species.
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Victoria crape
(gcide) | Victoria crape \Victoria crape\
A kind of cotton crape.
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Victoria cross
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria green
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.
1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
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2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
verdant herbage; as, the village green.
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O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton.
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3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
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In that soft season when descending showers
Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
--Pope.
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4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
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5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
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Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
green; -- called also Helvetia green.
Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
emerald green in composition.
Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.
Chrome green. See under Chrome.
Emerald green. (Chem.)
(a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green,
acid green, malachite green, Victoria green,
solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double
chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
(b) See Paris green (below).
Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
of a basic hydrate of chromium.
Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
luster; -- called also light-green.
Mineral green. See under Mineral.
Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, {imperial
green}, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and {mitis
green}.
Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments
called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green,
nereid green, or emerald green.
[1913 Webster]Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria lily
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria pigeon
(gcide) | Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
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2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female
monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of
Scots.
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In faith, and by the heaven's quene. --Chaucer.
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3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of
cities." " Albion, queen of isles." --Cowper.
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4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.
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5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.
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6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.
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Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of
apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries."
--Spenser.
Queen bee (Zool.), a female bee, especially the female of
the honeybee. See Honeybee.
Queen conch (Zool.), a very large West Indian cameo conch
(Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos.
Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone.
Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of
England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.
Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the
reigning king or queen.
Queen of May. See May queen, under May.
Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant
(Spir[ae]a Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.
Queen of the prairie (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[ae]a
lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.
Queen pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of very
large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white,
and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers.
Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and {Victoria
pigeon}.
Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her
own right.
Queen's Bench. See King's Bench.
Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel,
King's evidence, under King.
Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia
sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous
stem and a perennial woody root.
Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter
or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a
slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.
Queen's pigeon. (Zool.) Same as Queen pigeon, above.
Queen's ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color.
Queen's yellow (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder
consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly
called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
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Victoria regia
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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victorian
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
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Victorian
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
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Victorian period
(gcide) | Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
[1913 Webster]Dionysian \Di`o*ny"sian\, a.
Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the
Dionysian, or Christian, era.
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Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the
cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon,
or 19 years; -- sometimes called the {Greek paschal
cycle}, or Victorian period.
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ciudad victoria
(wn) | Ciudad Victoria
n 1: a city in east central Mexico |
great victoria desert
(wn) | Great Victoria Desert
n 1: a desert region in south central Australia to the north of
the Nullarbor Plain |
lake victoria
(wn) | Lake Victoria
n 1: the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water
lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile
River [syn: Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza] |
queen victoria
(wn) | Queen Victoria
n 1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India
from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England
(1819-1901) [syn: Victoria, Queen Victoria] |
victoria
(wn) | Victoria
n 1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India
from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England
(1819-1901) [syn: Victoria, Queen Victoria]
2: (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek
Nike
3: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between
Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally [syn: Victoria,
Victoria Falls]
4: a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
5: port city and the capital of Seychelles [syn: Victoria,
capital of Seychelles]
6: a state in southeastern Australia
7: capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on
Vancouver Island |
victoria clafin woodhull
(wn) | Victoria Clafin Woodhull
n 1: United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was
the first woman to run for the United States presidency
(1838-1927) [syn: Woodhull, Victoria Clafin Woodhull] |
victoria cross
(wn) | Victoria Cross
n 1: a British military decoration for gallantry |
victoria day
(wn) | Victoria Day
n 1: a public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May
24th |
victoria de durango
(wn) | Victoria de Durango
n 1: a city in north central Mexico; mining center [syn:
Durango, Victoria de Durango] |
victoria falls
(wn) | Victoria Falls
n 1: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between
Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally [syn:
Victoria, Victoria Falls]
2: a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
[syn: Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Iguassu, Iguassu Falls,
Victoria Falls] |
victoria land
(wn) | Victoria Land
n 1: a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea
and Wilkes Land |
victoria nyanza
(wn) | Victoria Nyanza
n 1: the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water
lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile
River [syn: Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza] |
victoria plum
(wn) | Victoria plum
n 1: a large red plum served as dessert |
victoria sandwich
(wn) | Victoria sandwich
n 1: a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly
filling in between [syn: Victoria sandwich, {Victoria
sponge}] |
victoria sponge
(wn) | Victoria sponge
n 1: a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly
filling in between [syn: Victoria sandwich, {Victoria
sponge}] |
victorian
(wn) | Victorian
adj 1: of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to
the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"
2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy,
prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced,
strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, {tight-
laced}, victorian]
3: typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen
Victoria
n 1: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria |
victorian age
(wn) | Victorian age
n 1: a period in British history during the reign of Queen
Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral
standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but
gave the era a prudish reputation |
victorian architecture
(wn) | Victorian architecture
n 1: a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of
Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and
elaborate ornamentation |
victoriana
(wn) | Victoriana
n 1: collection of materials of or characteristic of the
Victorian era |
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