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bleb
(encz) | bleb,bublinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
bleb
(encz) | bleb,puchýřek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bleb
(gcide) | Bleb \Bleb\, n. [Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister.
This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and
perh. blow to puff.]
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid;
a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.
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Arsenic abounds with air blebs. --Kirwan.
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bleb
(wn) | bleb
n 1: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous
fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb] |
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ablebodied
(mass) | able-bodied
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bumblebee
(encz) | bumblebee,čmelák n: Zdeněk Brož |
cuckoo-bumblebee
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humblebee
(encz) | humblebee,čmelák n: Zdeněk Brož |
stableboy
(encz) | stableboy,stájník n: Zdeněk Brož |
stumblebum
(encz) | stumblebum, n: |
thimbleberry
(encz) | thimbleberry, n: |
tumblebug
(encz) | tumblebug, n: |
Able-bodied
(gcide) | Able-bodied \A`ble-bod"ied\, a.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
"Able-bodied vagrant." --Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
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Able-bodiedness
(gcide) | Able-bodied \A`ble-bod"ied\, a.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
"Able-bodied vagrant." --Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
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Bibble-babble
(gcide) | Bibble-babble \Bib"ble-bab"ble\, n. [A reduplication of babble.]
Idle talk; babble. --Shak.
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Bleb
(gcide) | Bleb \Bleb\, n. [Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister.
This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and
perh. blow to puff.]
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid;
a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.
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Arsenic abounds with air blebs. --Kirwan.
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blebbed
(gcide) | blebbed \blebbed\ adj.
marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign
material; -- of glass or quartzite.
Syn: blebby.
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Blebby
(gcide) | Blebby \Bleb"by\, a.
Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby
glass.
Syn: blebbed.
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bumblebee
(gcide) | Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster] beebalmBumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zool.)
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called
humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
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Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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Bumblebee
(gcide) | Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster] beebalmBumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zool.)
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called
humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
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Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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bumblebees
(gcide) | Apidae \Apidae\ n.
1. 1 a family of insects comprising the bees; examples are:
honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees.
Syn: family Apidae.
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contrabass double-bass
(gcide) | low-pitched \low-pitched\ adj.
1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of high-pitched. [Narrower terms: {alto,
contralto ; {baritone ; {bass, deep ; {contrabass,
double-bass ; {throaty ]
Syn: low.
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2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch;
as, a low-pitched roof.
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cuckoo-bumblebee
(gcide) | cuckoo-bumblebee \cuckoo-bumblebee\ n.
1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees.
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Double-bank
(gcide) | Double-bank \Dou"ble-bank"\, v. t. (Naut.)
To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or
thwart.
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To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.
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Double-banked
(gcide) | Double-banked \Dou"ble-banked`\, a.
Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by
side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or
thwart. Double-barreled |
Double-barreled
(gcide) | Double-barreled \Dou"ble-bar`reled\, or -barrelled \-bar`relled\
, a.
Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
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Double-beat valve
(gcide) | Valve \Valve\, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door:
cf. F. valve.]
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1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one
of the leaves of such a door.
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Swift through the valves the visionary fair
Repassed. --Pope.
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Heavily closed, . . . the valves of the barn doors.
--Longfellow.
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2. A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by
its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling,
sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the
aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
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Note: A valve may act automatically so as to be opened by the
effort of a fluid to pass in one direction, and closed
by the effort to pass in the other direction, as a
clack valve; or it may be opened or closed by hand or
by mechanism, as a screw valve, or a slide valve.
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3. (Anat.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or
folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a
vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the
flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral,
and semilunar valves.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally
separates when it bursts.
(b) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a
diatom.
(c) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a
trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the
barberry.
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5. (Zool.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or
multivalve shells.
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Air valve, Ball valve, Check valve, etc. See under
Air. Ball, Check, etc.
Double-beat valve, a kind of balance valve usually
consisting of a movable, open-ended, turban-shaped shell
provided with two faces of nearly equal diameters, one
above another, which rest upon two corresponding seats
when the valve is closed.
Equilibrium valve.
(a) A balance valve. See under Balance.
(b) A valve for permitting air, steam, water, etc., to
pass into or out of a chamber so as to establish or
maintain equal pressure within and without.
Valve chest (Mach.), a chamber in which a valve works;
especially (Steam Engine), the steam chest; -- called in
England valve box, and valve casing. See {Steam
chest}, under Steam.
Valve face (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve
which comes in contact with the valve seat.
Valve gear, or Valve motion (Steam Engine), the system of
parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for
the distribution of steam in the cylinder. For an
illustration of one form of valve gear, see Link motion.
Valve seat. (Mach.)
(a) The fixed surface on which a valve rests or against
which it presses.
(b) A part or piece on which such a surface is formed.
Valve stem (Mach.), a rod attached to a valve, for moving
it.
Valve yoke (Mach.), a strap embracing a slide valve and
connecting it to the valve stem.
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See under Valve.
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Double-breasted
(gcide) | Double-breasted \Dou"ble-breast`ed\, a.
Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons
and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
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Hobblebush
(gcide) | Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.)
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling
branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern
United States. Called also shinhopple.
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Hubble-bubble
(gcide) | Hubble-bubble \Hub"ble-bub`ble\, n.
A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through
water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India,
the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell. It
is a simple type of hookah.
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Humblebee
(gcide) | Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D.
hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh.
akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. Bumblebee.] (Zool.)
The bumblebee. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zool.)
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called
humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
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Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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humblebee
(gcide) | Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D.
hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh.
akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. Bumblebee.] (Zool.)
The bumblebee. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zool.)
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called
humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
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Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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Stableboy
(gcide) | Stableboy \Sta"ble*boy`\ (-boi`), Stableman \Sta"ble*man\
(-m[a^]n), n.
A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
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Tablebook
(gcide) | Tablebook \Ta"ble*book`\ (t[=a]"b'l b[oo^]k`), n.
A tablet; a notebook.
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Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy.
--Dryden.
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Thimbleberry
(gcide) | Thimbleberry \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in
America.
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To double-bank an oar
(gcide) | Double-bank \Dou"ble-bank"\, v. t. (Naut.)
To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or
thwart.
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To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.
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Tumblebug
(gcide) | Tumblebug \Tum"ble*bug`\, n.
See Tumbledung.
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blebbed
(wn) | blebbed
adj 1: (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small
particles of foreign material [syn: blebbed, blebby] |
blebby
(wn) | blebby
adj 1: covered with small blisters [syn: blebby, blistery]
2: (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small
particles of foreign material [syn: blebbed, blebby] |
bumblebee
(wn) | bumblebee
n 1: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn:
bumblebee, humblebee] |
cuckoo-bumblebee
(wn) | cuckoo-bumblebee
n 1: a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
humblebee
(wn) | humblebee
n 1: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn:
bumblebee, humblebee] |
stableboy
(wn) | stableboy
n 1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
[syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler,
ostler] |
stumblebum
(wn) | stumblebum
n 1: a second-rate prize fighter [syn: stumblebum, palooka]
2: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum,
goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk] |
thimbleberry
(wn) | thimbleberry
n 1: shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy
rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped
fruit [syn: flowering raspberry, {purple-flowering
raspberry}, Rubus odoratus, thimbleberry]
2: white-flowered raspberry of western North America and
northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries [syn:
salmonberry, salmon berry, thimbleberry, {Rubus
parviflorus}]
3: raspberry native to eastern North America having black
thimble-shaped fruit [syn: black raspberry, blackcap,
blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis] |
tumblebug
(wn) | tumblebug
n 1: any of various dung beetles |
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