| slovo | definícia |
Conia
(gcide) | Conia \Co*ni"a\ (? or ?), n. [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.)
Same as Conine.
[1913 Webster] Conic |
conia
(gcide) | Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
See Conium, 2.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
coniaci
(msas) | coniaci
- redolent, scented |
coniaci
(msasasci) | coniaci
- redolent, scented |
draconian
(encz) | draconian,drakonický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
laconia
(encz) | Laconia, |
laconian
(encz) | Laconian, |
zirconia
(encz) | zirconia, n: zirconia,oxid zirkoničitý Zdeněk Brož |
Baconian
(gcide) | Baconian \Ba*co"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Lord Francis Bacon, or to his system of
philosophy.
[1913 Webster]Baconian \Ba*co"ni*an\, n.
1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the
works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
[1913 Webster] |
Baconian method
(gcide) | Baconian \Ba*co"ni*an\, n.
1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the
works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
[1913 Webster] |
Bocconia frutescens
(gcide) | Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({Psittacus
erithacus}) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
[1913 Webster]
Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
[1913 Webster] |
Ciconia
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of
the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the
African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn.
Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers
are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but
capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin
fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the
feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Ciconia alba
(gcide) | Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The
European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({Ciconia
nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
[1913 Webster]
Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.
Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
(Leptoptilos Javanica).
Giant stork, the adjutant.
Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See Jabiru.
Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium;
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
Pelargonium.
[1913 Webster] |
Ciconia argala
(gcide) | Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
[1913 Webster]
Adjutant general
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala),
a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane,
and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
[1913 Webster] |
Ciconia nigra
(gcide) | Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The
European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({Ciconia
nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
[1913 Webster]
Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.
Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
(Leptoptilos Javanica).
Giant stork, the adjutant.
Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See Jabiru.
Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium;
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
Pelargonium.
[1913 Webster] |
Conia
(gcide) | Conia \Co*ni"a\ (? or ?), n. [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.)
Same as Conine.
[1913 Webster] ConicConine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
See Conium, 2.
[1913 Webster] |
cubic zirconia
(gcide) | Zirconia \Zir*co"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
The oxide of zirconium (ZrO2), obtained as a white powder,
and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of
its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent,
it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.
[1913 Webster]
cubic zirconia. A colorless form of zirconia similar in
appearance and refractivity to diamond, and used as a
substitute for diamonds in inexpensive jewelry; -- also
known by the acronym CZ.
[PJC] |
Draconian
(gcide) | Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem
excessive for the crime being punished.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Draconian code
(gcide) | Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem
excessive for the crime being punished.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Draconian laws
(gcide) | Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem
excessive for the crime being punished.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Draconian punishment
(gcide) | Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem
excessive for the crime being punished.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Glyconian
(gcide) | Glyconian \Gly*co"ni*an\, a. & n.
Glyconic.
[1913 Webster] |
Heliconia
(gcide) | Heliconia \Hel`i*co"ni*a\, n. [NL. See Helicon.] (Zool.)
One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical
American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked
with green, crimson, and white.
[1913 Webster] |
Heliconia Bihai
(gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
[1913 Webster]
Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
[1913 Webster]
The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
[1913 Webster]
5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
The wild winds howl. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
[1913 Webster]
7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster]
To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
[1913 Webster]
Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
[1913 Webster] |
Heliconian
(gcide) | Heliconian \Hel`i*co"ni*an\, a. [L. Heliconius.]
1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey."
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus
Heliconius.
[1913 Webster] |
Laconian
(gcide) | Laconian \La*co"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece;
Spartan. -- n. An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Laconical |
meconia
(gcide) | Meconin \Mec"o*nin\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]conine.] (Chem.)
A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid,
existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline
substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia,
etc., as though it were an alkaloid.
[1913 Webster] |
Melanconiaceae
(gcide) | Melanconiaceae \Mel`an*co`ni*a"ce*ae\, n. pl. [NL.] (Bot.)
A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --
Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Melanconiaceous
(gcide) | Melanconiaceae \Mel`an*co`ni*a"ce*ae\, n. pl. [NL.] (Bot.)
A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --
Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Melanconiales
(gcide) | Melanconiales \Mel`an*co`ni*a"les\, n. pl. [NL., fr.
Melanconium, name of the typical genus, fr. Gr. me`las black
+ ? dust, in allusion to the dark spores.] (Bot.)
The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti,
including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule
having the spores in cavities without special walls. They
cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Zirconia
(gcide) | Zirconia \Zir*co"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
The oxide of zirconium (ZrO2), obtained as a white powder,
and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of
its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent,
it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.
[1913 Webster]
cubic zirconia. A colorless form of zirconia similar in
appearance and refractivity to diamond, and used as a
substitute for diamonds in inexpensive jewelry; -- also
known by the acronym CZ.
[PJC] |
bocconia
(wn) | bocconia
n 1: herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike
panicles of creamy white flowers [syn: plume poppy,
bocconia, Macleaya cordata]
2: small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-
tinted green flowers [syn: bocconia, tree celandine,
Bocconia frutescens] |
bocconia frutescens
(wn) | Bocconia frutescens
n 1: small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-
tinted green flowers [syn: bocconia, tree celandine,
Bocconia frutescens] |
ciconia
(wn) | Ciconia
n 1: type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks [syn:
Ciconia, genus Ciconia] |
ciconia ciconia
(wn) | Ciconia ciconia
n 1: the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers
and a red bill [syn: white stork, Ciconia ciconia] |
ciconia nigra
(wn) | Ciconia nigra
n 1: Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
[syn: black stork, Ciconia nigra] |
draconian
(wn) | Draconian
adj 1: of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws;
"Draconian measures" |
genus bocconia
(wn) | genus Bocconia
n 1: tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus
Macleaya |
genus ciconia
(wn) | genus Ciconia
n 1: type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks [syn:
Ciconia, genus Ciconia] |
laconia
(wn) | Laconia
n 1: an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern
Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta |
laconian
(wn) | Laconian
n 1: a resident of Laconia |
zirconia
(wn) | zirconia
n 1: a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in
insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes [syn:
zirconium oxide, zirconia, zirconium dioxide] |
|