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aef
(encz) | AEF,Aerospace Engineering Facility [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
aef
(vera) | AEF
Access control Enforcement Function
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schaefer
(encz) | Schaefer,Schaefer n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
schaefer curve.
(encz) | Schaefer Curve.,Schaeferova křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
schaeffer
(encz) | Schaeffer,Schaeffer n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
waef
(encz) | WAEF,When All Else Fails [zkr.] |
schaefer
(czen) | Schaefer,Schaefern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
schaeferova křivka
(czen) | Schaeferova křivka,Schaefer Curve.[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
schaeffer
(czen) | Schaeffer,Schaeffern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia
(gcide) | Ragweed \Rag"weed`\ (r[a^]g"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia)
with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
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Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
[1913 Webster]Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
[1913 Webster]Bitterweed \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia); Roman
worm wood. --Gray.
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Caladium sagittaefolium
(gcide) | Tanier \Tan"i*er\, n. (Bot.)
An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of
which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also
tannier.]
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Carya olivaeformis
(gcide) | Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.]
(Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya oliv[ae]formis), growing in
North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in
Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also,
its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a
half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written
also pacane.]
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Eryngium yuccaefolium
(gcide) | Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
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Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.
Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.
Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.
Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.
Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.
Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).
Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
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lirellaeform
(gcide) | Lirelliform \Li*rel"li*form\ (l[-i]*r[e^]l"l[i^]*f[^o]rm), a.
[Lirella + -form.] (Bot.)
Like a lirella. [Written also lirell[ae]form.]
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Praefloration
(gcide) | Praefloration \Pr[ae]`flo*ra"tion\, n.
Same as Prefloration. --Gray.
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Praefoliation
(gcide) | Praefoliation \Pr[ae]*fo`li*a"tion\, n.
Same as Prefoliation. --Gray.
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Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
(gcide) | Basket \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words
seem to be from the English.]
1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude
baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." --Dyer.
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2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;
as, a basket of peaches.
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3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
[Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.
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4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a
stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.
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5. A container shaped like a basket[1], even if made of solid
material rather than woven; -- the top is often, but not
always, open and without a lid.
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6. a vessel suspended below a balloon, designed to carry
people or measuring instruments for scientific research.
Note: The earliest balloons designed to carry people often
had small vessels of woven flexible vegetable materials
to hold the passengers, which resembled large
baskets[1], from which the name was derived.
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7. (Basketball) A goal[3] consisting of a short cylindrical
net suspended from a circular rim, which itself is
attached at about ten feet above floor level to a
backboard, placed at the end of a basketball court. In
professional basketball, two such baskets are used, one at
each end of the court, and each team may score only by
passing the ball though its own basket. In informal games,
only one such basket is often used.
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8. (Basketball) An instance of scoring points by throwing the
basketball through the basket; as, he threw four baskets
in the first quarter; -- the ball must pass through the
basket from above in order to score points.
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Basket fish (Zool.), an ophiuran of the genus
Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See
Astrophyton.
Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork
to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence,
Basket-hilted, a.
Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.
Basket worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus
Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. {Thyridopteryx
ephemer[ae]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a
bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it
afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult
females.
collection basket, a small basket[1] mounted on the end of
a pole, used in churches to collect donations from those
attending a church service; -- the long pole allows the
collector to hold the basket in front of those at the end
of the pew, while the collector remains in the aisle.
waste basket, a basket[4] used to hold waste matter, such
as discarded paper, commonly shaped like a truncated cone,
with the wide end open and at the top. Vessels of other
shapes, such as oblong containers, are also called waste
baskets.
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carya myristicaeformis
(wn) | Carya myristicaeformis
n 1: hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard
nutmeg-shaped nuts [syn: nutmeg hickory, {Carya
myristicaeformis}, Carya myristiciformis] |
leonotis nepetaefolia
(wn) | Leonotis nepetaefolia
n 1: pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers;
naturalized in United States [syn: lion's-ear, {Leonotis
nepetaefolia}, Leonotis nepetifolia] |
lumpenus lumpretaeformis
(wn) | Lumpenus lumpretaeformis
n 1: found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters [syn:
snakeblenny, Lumpenus lumpretaeformis] |
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}] |
PRAEFECTUS VIGILUM
(bouvier) | PRAEFECTUS VIGILUM, Roman civ. law. The chief officer of the night watch.
His jurisdiction extended to certain offences affecting the public peace;
and even to larcenies. But he could inflict only slight punishments.
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