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cones
(encz) | cones,čípky n: pl. [bio.] buňky oční sítnice Ritchie |
cones
(encz) | cones,kornouty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
cones
(encz) | cones,kužely n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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conessi
(encz) | conessi, n: |
conestoga
(encz) | Conestoga,vůz dobyvatelů Ameriky Zdeněk Brož |
conestoga wagon
(encz) | Conestoga wagon,vůz dobyvatelů Ameriky Zdeněk Brož |
deaconess
(encz) | deaconess, n: |
Ancones
(gcide) | Ancon \An"con\ ([a^][ng]"k[o^]m), n.; L. pl. Ancones. [L., fr.
Gr. 'agkw`n the bent arm, elbow; any hook or bend.] (Anat.)
The olecranon, or the elbow.
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Ancon sheep (Zool.), a breed of sheep with short crooked
legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in
1791; -- called also the otter breed.
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conessi
(gcide) | conessi \conessi\ n.
a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or {Holarrhena
antidysenterica}) with hard white wood and bark formerly used
as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn: ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens,
Holarrhena antidysenterica.
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conessine
(gcide) | Wrightine \Wright"ine\, n. (Chem.)
A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian
apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted
as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used
as a remedy for diarrh[oe]a. Called also conessine, and
neriine.
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Conestoga wagon
(gcide) | Conestoga wagon \Con`es*to"ga wag`on\ or Conestoga wain
\Con`es*to"ga wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.]
A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for
traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
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Conestoga wain
(gcide) | Conestoga wagon \Con`es*to"ga wag`on\ or Conestoga wain
\Con`es*to"ga wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.]
A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for
traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
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Deaconess
(gcide) | Deaconess \Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.)
A female deacon; as:
(a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties
resembled those of deacons.
(b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for
church work by a bishop.
(c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the
Congregationalists.
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Rincones
(gcide) | Rincon \Rin*con"\, n.; pl. Rincones. [Sp. rinc['o]n.]
An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or
hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, or the like.
[Western & Southern U. S.] --D. S. Jordan.
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Rods and cones
(gcide) | Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender
bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Specifically:
(a) An instrument of punishment or correction;
figuratively, chastisement.
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
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(b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,
figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
"The rod, and bird of peace." --Shak.
(c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.
(d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for
sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and
compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,
etc.; a connecting bar.
(e) An instrument for measuring.
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2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also perch, and pole.
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Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.
Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of
the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are
cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
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Sycones
(gcide) | Sycones \Sy*co"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fig.] (Zool.)
A division of calcareous sponges.
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Note: They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a
fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in
ampullae connected with radial tubes in the thickened
walls of the body.
[1913 Webster] Syconium |
conessi
(wn) | conessi
n 1: tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly
used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea [syn: {ivory
tree}, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, {Holarrhena
pubescens}, Holarrhena antidysenterica] |
conestoga
(wn) | Conestoga
n 1: a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top;
used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in
the 19th century [syn: covered wagon, Conestoga wagon,
Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner] |
conestoga wagon
(wn) | Conestoga wagon
n 1: a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top;
used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in
the 19th century [syn: covered wagon, Conestoga wagon,
Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner] |
deaconess
(wn) | deaconess
n 1: a woman deacon |
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