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atlantic
(mass) | Atlantic
- Atlantik |
atlantic
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atlantic
(encz) | Atlantic,Atlantik n: Zdeněk Brož |
atlantic
(encz) | Atlantic,atlantský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
atlantic
(encz) | Atlantic,atlantský oceán Zdeněk Brož |
atlantic
(encz) | Atlantic,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Atlantic
(gcide) | Atlantic \At*lan"tic\, a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas
and Atlantes.]
1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied
to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the
east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean
(called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the
Atlantic telegraph.
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2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
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3. Descended from Atlas.
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The seven Atlantic sisters. --Milton.
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atlantic
(wn) | Atlantic
adj 1: relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic
currents"
n 1: the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn:
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean] |
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atlantic ocean
(mass) | Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantický oceán |
atlantický oceán
(msas) | Atlantický oceán
- Atlantic Ocean |
atlanticky ocean
(msasasci) | Atlanticky ocean
- Atlantic Ocean |
atlantic ocean
(encz) | Atlantic Ocean,Atlantický oceán |
atlantic puffin
(encz) | Atlantic Puffin,papuchalk bělobradý n: [zoo.] pták z čeledi rackovitých,
lat. Fratercula arctica Petr Prášek |
mid-atlantic
(encz) | mid-Atlantic, adj: |
middle atlantic
(encz) | middle Atlantic, adj: |
transatlantic
(encz) | transatlantic,transatlantický adj: Zdeněk Brožtransatlantic,zaoceánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
atlantický
(czen) | atlantický,Atlanticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
atlantický oceán
(czen) | Atlantický oceán,Atlantic Ocean |
severoatlantická aliance
(czen) | Severoatlantická aliance,NATO |
severoatlantické aliance
(czen) | Severoatlantické aliance,NATOsadj: |
transatlantický
(czen) | transatlantický,transatlanticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Atlantic
(gcide) | Atlantic \At*lan"tic\, a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas
and Atlantes.]
1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied
to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the
east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean
(called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the
Atlantic telegraph.
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2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
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3. Descended from Atlas.
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The seven Atlantic sisters. --Milton.
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Atlantic croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
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Atlantic stone
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Cisatlantic
(gcide) | Cisatlantic \Cis`at*lan"tic\, a. [Pref. cis- + Atlantic.]
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or
the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.
--Story.
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Megapolis Atlanticus
(gcide) | Tarpum \Tar"pum\, n. (Zool.)
A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes
six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The
scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in
fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla,
silverfish, and jewfish.
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Pistachia Atlantica
(gcide) | Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. ?, fr.
? to chew, because of its being used in the East for
chewing.] [Written also mastich.]
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1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia
(Pistacia Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and
coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable
resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
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2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by
incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent
tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and
an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
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3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and
linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
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Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica.
Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle)
with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree.
West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera
gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part.
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Transatlantic
(gcide) | Transatlantic \Trans`at*lan"tic\ (tr[a^]ns*[a^]t*l[a^]n"t[i^]k),
a. [Pref. trans- + Atlantic: cf. F. transatlantique.]
1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
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Note: When used by a person in Europe or Africa,
transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a
person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe
or Africa, especially the former.
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2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; as, a transatlantic flight.
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allied command atlantic
(wn) | Allied Command Atlantic
n 1: a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the
United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic
Council [syn: Allied Command Atlantic, ACLANT] |
atlantic bonito
(wn) | Atlantic bonito
n 1: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and
Pacific waters; less valued than tuna [syn: skipjack,
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda] |
atlantic bottlenose dolphin
(wn) | Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
n 1: the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and
Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform
[syn: Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus] |
atlantic city
(wn) | Atlantic City
n 1: a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a
resort and gambling center |
atlantic coast
(wn) | Atlantic Coast
n 1: a coast of the Atlantic Ocean |
atlantic cod
(wn) | Atlantic cod
n 1: one of the world's most important commercial fishes [syn:
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua] |
atlantic croaker
(wn) | Atlantic croaker
n 1: a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny
barbels [syn: Atlantic croaker, {Micropogonias
undulatus}] |
atlantic halibut
(wn) | Atlantic halibut
n 1: largest United States flatfish [syn: Atlantic halibut,
Hippoglossus hippoglossus] |
atlantic herring
(wn) | Atlantic herring
n 1: important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the
northern Atlantic [syn: Atlantic herring, {Clupea
harengus harengus}] |
atlantic manta
(wn) | Atlantic manta
n 1: largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide
but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of
United States; primarily oceanic [syn: Atlantic manta,
Manta birostris] |
atlantic moonfish
(wn) | Atlantic moonfish
n 1: any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
[syn: moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish,
horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, {Selene
setapinnis}] |
atlantic ocean
(wn) | Atlantic Ocean
n 1: the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn:
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean] |
atlantic puffin
(wn) | Atlantic puffin
n 1: common puffin of the northern Atlantic [syn: {Atlantic
puffin}, Fratercula arctica] |
atlantic ridley
(wn) | Atlantic ridley
n 1: grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North
America [syn: Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, {bastard
turtle}, Lepidochelys kempii] |
atlantic sailfish
(wn) | Atlantic sailfish
n 1: a kind of sailfish [syn: Atlantic sailfish, {Istiophorus
albicans}] |
atlantic salmon
(wn) | Atlantic salmon
n 1: fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic;
usually marketed fresh
2: found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries;
adults do not die after spawning [syn: Atlantic salmon,
Salmo salar] |
atlantic sea bream
(wn) | Atlantic sea bream
n 1: sea bream of warm Atlantic waters [syn: {Atlantic sea
bream}, Archosargus rhomboidalis] |
atlantic spiny dogfish
(wn) | Atlantic spiny dogfish
n 1: destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of
America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn:
Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias] |
atlantic standard time
(wn) | Atlantic Standard Time
n 1: standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich,
reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime
Provinces [syn: Atlantic Time, Atlantic Standard Time] |
atlantic time
(wn) | Atlantic Time
n 1: standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich,
reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime
Provinces [syn: Atlantic Time, Atlantic Standard Time] |
atlantic tripletail
(wn) | Atlantic tripletail
n 1: tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America
[syn: Atlantic tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis] |
atlantic walrus
(wn) | Atlantic walrus
n 1: a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters [syn:
Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus] |
atlantic white cedar
(wn) | Atlantic white cedar
n 1: slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United
States; resembles American arborvitae [syn: {southern white
cedar}, coast white cedar, Atlantic white cedar, {white
cypress}, white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides] |
cedrus atlantica
(wn) | Cedrus atlantica
n 1: tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green
leaves; widely planted as an ornamental [syn: {Atlas
cedar}, Cedrus atlantica] |
mid-atlantic
(wn) | mid-Atlantic
adj 1: of a region of the United States generally including
Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York;
Pennsylvania; New Jersey; "mid-Atlantic states" [syn:
middle Atlantic, mid-Atlantic] |
mid-atlantic ridge
(wn) | Mid-Atlantic Ridge
n 1: a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs
all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet
Island in the South Atlantic |
mid-atlantic states
(wn) | Mid-Atlantic states
n 1: a region of the eastern United States comprising New York
and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland |
middle atlantic
(wn) | middle Atlantic
adj 1: of a region of the United States generally including
Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York;
Pennsylvania; New Jersey; "mid-Atlantic states" [syn:
middle Atlantic, mid-Atlantic] |
north atlantic
(wn) | North Atlantic
n 1: that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator |
north atlantic council
(wn) | North Atlantic Council
n 1: a council consisting of permanent representatives of all
the member countries of NATO; has political authority and
powers of decision [syn: North Atlantic Council, NAC] |
north atlantic treaty
(wn) | North Atlantic Treaty
n 1: the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established
NATO |
north atlantic treaty organization
(wn) | North Atlantic Treaty Organization
n 1: an international organization created in 1949 by the North
Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security [syn:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO] |
south atlantic
(wn) | South Atlantic
n 1: that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator |
supreme allied commander atlantic
(wn) | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
n 1: commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United
States Army nominated by the President of the United States
and approved by the North Atlantic Council [syn: {Supreme
Allied Commander Atlantic}, SACLANT] |
tarpon atlanticus
(wn) | Tarpon atlanticus
n 1: large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters
especially off Florida [syn: tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus] |
transatlantic
(wn) | transatlantic
adj 1: crossing the Atlantic Ocean; "transatlantic flight" |
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