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slovo definícia athar (gcide) athar \athar\ n. 1. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. Syn: attar, atar, ottar, otto [WordNet 1.5] athar (wn) athar n 1: essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar]

podobné slovo definícia catharses (encz) catharses,očisty Jiří Šmoldas catharsis (encz) catharsis,katarze Jiří Šmoldascatharsis,očista Jiří Šmoldascatharsis,pročišťování [med.] Jiří Šmoldas cathartic (encz) cathartic,čistící adj: Jiří Šmoldascathartic,čistící lék n: [med.] Jiří Šmoldascathartic,očistný adj: Zdeněk Brož cathartid (encz) cathartid, n: katharevusa (encz) Katharevusa, katharine (encz) Katharine,Kateřina 2 8 n: [female] [jmén.] katharobe (encz) katharobe, n: katharobic (encz) katharobic, adj: katharometer (encz) katharometer, n: katharsis (encz) katharsis, n: anacathartic (gcide) anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\ ([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s, fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; 'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic.] 1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [archaic] [1913 Webster + AS]anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\ ([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [archaic] [1913 Webster + AS] Atharva-Veda (gcide) Veda \Ve"da\ (v[=a]"d[.a]or v[=e]"d[.a]; 277), n. [Skr. v[=e]da, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.] The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature. [1913 Webster] Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called classical Sanskrit. [1913 Webster]Atharva-Veda \Atharva-Veda\ n. 1. (Hinduism) a collection of mantras and formulas. [WordNet 1.5] Catharanthus roseus (gcide) madagascar periwinkle \madagascar periwinkle\ n. (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers. Syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea. [WordNet 1.5] Catharical (gcide) Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [1913 Webster] Catharine wheel (gcide) Catharine wheel \Cath"a*rine wheel`\ See catherine wheel. [1913 Webster]Catherine wheel \Cath"er*ine wheel`\ [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.] 1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. [1913 Webster] 2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [Written also {Catharine wheel}.] [1913 Webster] Catharist (gcide) Catharist \Cath"a*rist\, n. [LL. catharista, fr. Gr. ? clean, pure.] One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses. [1913 Webster] Catharista atrata (gcide) Urubu \U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian bird.] (Zool.) The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture. [1913 Webster]Vulture \Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF. voltour, F. vautour.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae. [1913 Webster] Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor, king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture (Catharista atrata) are well known American species. The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh's chicken, or Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures. [1913 Webster] Cat-harpin (gcide) Cat-harpin \Cat"-harp`in\, n. See Cat-harping. [1913 Webster] Cat-harping (gcide) Cat-harping \Cat"-harp`ing\ n. (Naut.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards. [1913 Webster] catharsis (gcide) katharsis \katharsis\ n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis. Syn: catharsis, abreaction. [WordNet 1.5]Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Cathartic.] (Med.) 1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc. 2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cathartic Catharsis (gcide) katharsis \katharsis\ n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis. Syn: catharsis, abreaction. [WordNet 1.5]Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Cathartic.] (Med.) 1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc. 2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cathartic Cathartes aura (gcide) Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.] (Zool.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America. [1913 Webster] Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American, or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more elegantly colored than the common species. See under Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native. [1913 Webster] Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called turkey's beard. Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and Solanum torvum). Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. [Prov. Eng.] Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard (Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United States. It is so called because its naked and warty head and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture. Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey. Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey. Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.] Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard. [1913 Webster]Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the {turkey vulture} (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture. [PJC] Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and {Buteo lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard. [1913 Webster] Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk. [1913 Webster] 2. A blockhead; a dunce. [1913 Webster] It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Cathartic (gcide) Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [1913 Webster]Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [1913 Webster] Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster] cathartic acid (gcide) cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic acid}, and cathartina. [1913 Webster] Cathartically (gcide) Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [1913 Webster] Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Catharticalness (gcide) Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [1913 Webster] Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster] cathartin (gcide) cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic acid}, and cathartina. [1913 Webster] cathartina (gcide) cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic acid}, and cathartina. [1913 Webster] Cato-cathartic (gcide) Cato-cathartic \Cat`o-ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ? down + ? serving to purge. See Cathartic.] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges. [1913 Webster] Emeto-cathartic (gcide) Emeto-cathartic \Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic\, a. [Gr. ? vomiting + E. cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time. Emeu katharsis (gcide) katharsis \katharsis\ n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis. Syn: catharsis, abreaction. [WordNet 1.5] Linum catharticum (gcide) Purging \Pur"ging\, a. That purges; cleansing. [1913 Webster] Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine. [1913 Webster] Rhamnus catharticus (gcide) French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and cf. Frankish.] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster] French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus vulgaris}). French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear. French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle. French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse. French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes major}); -- called also wood pie. French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above. French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. --Ure. French red rouge. French rice, amelcorn. French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure. French window. See under Window. [1913 Webster]Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. saep; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid, Sapient.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. [1913 Webster] Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. [1913 Webster] 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. [1913 Webster] 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] [1913 Webster] Sap ball (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See Polyporus. Sap green, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus catharticus, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. Sap rot, the dry rot. See under Dry. Sap sucker (Zool.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({Sphyrapicus varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap. [1913 Webster]Rhamnus \Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges. 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