| slovo | definícia |
cuba
(mass) | Cuba
- Kuba |
cuba
(encz) | Cuba,Cuba n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
cuba
(encz) | Cuba,Kuba n: zem. web |
cuba
(czen) | Cuba,Cuban: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Cuba
(gcide) | Cuba \Cuba\ (k[=u]"b[.a]), prop. n.
1. a country on the island of Cuba.
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2. the largest island in the West Indies.
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cuba
(wn) | Cuba
n 1: a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
[syn: Cuba, Republic of Cuba]
2: the largest island in the West Indies |
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incubate
(mass) | incubate
- inkubovať |
scuba diver
(mass) | scuba diver
- potápač |
cuba libre
(encz) | Cuba Libre,Cuba Libre alkoholický nápoj xkomczax |
cubage unit
(encz) | cubage unit, n: |
cuban
(encz) | Cuban,Kubánec n: Petr PrášekCuban,kubánský adj: Petr Prášek |
cubature unit
(encz) | cubature unit, n: |
hecuba
(encz) | Hecuba, |
incubate
(encz) | incubate,inkubovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
incubated
(encz) | incubated,inkuboval v: Zdeněk Brož |
incubating
(encz) | incubating, |
incubation
(encz) | incubation,inkubace n: Zdeněk Brož |
incubation period
(encz) | incubation period,inkubační doba [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
incubator
(encz) | incubator,inkubátor n: Zdeněk Brož |
scuba
(encz) | scuba,akvalung n: Zdeněk Brož |
scuba diver
(encz) | scuba diver,potápěč n: PetrV |
scuba diving
(encz) | scuba diving,potápění n: hloubkové (s kyslíkovou bombou apod.) PetrV |
succuba
(encz) | succuba,sukuba n: [myt.] ženský démon mající sexuální styk se spícími
muži a vysávající jim tak sílu sheeryjay |
cuba libre
(czen) | Cuba Libre,Cuba Libre alkoholický nápoj xkomczax |
Accubation
(gcide) | Accubation \Ac`cu*ba"tion\ ([a^]k*k[-u]*b[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad +
cubare to lie down. See Accumb.]
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by
the ancients at meals.
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Arcubalist
(gcide) | Arcubalist \Ar"cu*ba*list\, n. [See Arbalist.]
A crossbow. --Fosbroke.
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Arcubalister
(gcide) | Arcubalister \Ar`cu*bal"ist*er\, n. [L. arcuballistarius. Cf.
Arbalister.]
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. --Camden.
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Cuba
(gcide) | Cuba \Cuba\ (k[=u]"b[.a]), prop. n.
1. a country on the island of Cuba.
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2. the largest island in the West Indies.
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Cuba grass
(gcide) | Johnson grass \John"son grass`\ [Named after W. Johnson of
Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845.] (Bot.)
A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the
Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The
rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by
swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, {Evergreen
millet}, and Arabian millet.
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Cuban
(gcide) | Cuban \Cu"ban\ (k[=u]"ban), prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. -- n. A native
or an inhabitant of Cuba.
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Cuban vanilla
(gcide) | Vanilla \Va*nil"la\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. vainilla, dim. of Sp.
vaina a sheath, a pod, L. vagina; because its grains, or
seeds, are contained in little pods.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of
tropical America.
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2. The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and
Vanilla claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and
agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil
extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from
the capsules, extensively used in confectionery,
perfumery, etc.
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Note: As a medicine, vanilla is supposed to possess powers
analogous to valerian, while, at the same time, it is
far more grateful.
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Cuban vanilla, a sweet-scented West Indian composite shrub
(Eupatorium Dalea).
Vanilla bean, the long capsule of the vanilla plant.
Vanilla grass. Same as Holy grass, under Holy.
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Cubation
(gcide) | Cubation \Cu*ba"tion\ (k?-b?"sh?n), n. [L. cubatio, fr. cubare
to lie down.]
The act of lying down; a reclining. [Obs.]
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Cubatory
(gcide) | Cubatory \Cu"ba*to*ry\ (k?"b?-t?-r?), a. [L. cubator he who lies
down, fr. cubare.]
Lying down; recumbent. [R.]
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Cubature
(gcide) | Cubature \Cu"ba*ture\ (k?"b?-t?r; 135), n. [L. cubus cube: cf.
F. cubature. See Cube.]
The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a
body.
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Cucubalus bacciferus
(gcide) | Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
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Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus
Behen} or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
See Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
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Cucubalus behen
(gcide) | Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an
herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
(a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
(b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called
Silene inflata.
(c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
[1913 Webster]Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
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Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus
Behen} or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
See Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
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Cucubalus Behen
(gcide) | Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an
herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
(a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
(b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called
Silene inflata.
(c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
[1913 Webster]Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
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Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus
Behen} or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
See Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
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Decubation
(gcide) | Decubation \Dec`u*ba"tion\, n. [From L. decubare; de- + cubare.
See Decumbent.]
Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Excubation
(gcide) | Excubation \Ex`cu*ba"tion\n. [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie
out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.]
A keeping watch. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Humicubation
(gcide) | Humicubation \Hu`mi*cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. humus the ground +
cubare to lie down.]
The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] --Abp.
Bramhall.
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Incubate
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
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2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
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3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
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Incubated
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
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2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
[PJC]
3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
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Incubating
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
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2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
[PJC]
3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
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Incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
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1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
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2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
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3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
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4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
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Incubative
(gcide) | Incubative \In"cu*ba*tive\, a.
Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of
incubation.
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Incubator
(gcide) | Incubator \In"cu*ba`tor\, n.
1. That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of
which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
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2. An apparatus containing an enclosed chamber, used for the
cultivation of micro["o]rganisms or tissue cultures by
maintaining a suitable temperature and atmospheric
composition. Some incubators have no provision for
maintaining a special atmosphere, while in others,
especially for anaerobic organisms and tissue culture, the
moisture level and composition of the gases are also
controlled.
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3. (Med.) An apparatus consisting of enclosed chamber, for
maintaining prematurely born babies in a favorable
environment until able to thrive under normal conditions.
The temperature and level of oxygen in the atmosphere may
be controlled.
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Incubatory
(gcide) | Incubatory \In*cu"ba*to*ry\, a.
Serving for incubation.
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Period of incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
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1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
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2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
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3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
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4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
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Recubation
(gcide) | Recubation \Rec`u*ba"tion\ (r?k`?*b?"sh?n), n. [L. recubare to
lie upon the back.]
Recumbence. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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SCUBA
(gcide) | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the
air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.
[PJC]aqualung \aqualung\ n.
an apparatus containing compressed air or other oxygen-gas
mixture, permitting a person to breathe under water; -- also
called a scuba.
Syn: scuba
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scuba
(gcide) | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the
air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.
[PJC]aqualung \aqualung\ n.
an apparatus containing compressed air or other oxygen-gas
mixture, permitting a person to breathe under water; -- also
called a scuba.
Syn: scuba
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SCUBA apparatus
(gcide) | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the
air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.
[PJC] |
SCUBA gear
(gcide) | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the
air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.
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Solendon Cubanus
(gcide) | Solenodon \So*le"no*don\, n. [Gr. ???? a channel + ????, ???, a
tooth.] (Zool.)
Either one of two species of singular West Indian
insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species ({Solendon
paradoxus}), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta;
the other (Solendon Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called
almique.
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Stage of incubation
(gcide) | Incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
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1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
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2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
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3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
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4. The maintenance (of a living organism, such as
microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate
conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or
atmospheric composition, for growth.
[PJC]
5. The gradual development in some interior environment,
until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing
a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first
discovery.
[PJC]
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an
infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the
time during which an infective agent must grow in the body
before producing overt symptoms of disease.
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Succuba
(gcide) | Succuba \Suc"cu*ba\, n.; pl. Succubae. [NL., fr. L. succubare
to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba,
succubo, one who lies under another.]
A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
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Though seeming in shape a woman natural
Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call. --Mir.
for Mag.
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Succubae
(gcide) | Succuba \Suc"cu*ba\, n.; pl. Succubae. [NL., fr. L. succubare
to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba,
succubo, one who lies under another.]
A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
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Though seeming in shape a woman natural
Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call. --Mir.
for Mag.
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aucuba
(wn) | Aucuba
n 1: hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
[syn: Aucuba, genus Aucuba] |
capital of cuba
(wn) | capital of Cuba
n 1: the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western
Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas [syn:
Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital] |
cubage unit
(wn) | cubage unit
n 1: a unit of measurement of volume or capacity [syn: {volume
unit}, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit,
cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit,
cubature unit] |
cuban
(wn) | Cuban
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people
of Cuba; "Cuban rum"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba |
cuban bast
(wn) | Cuban bast
n 1: erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy
leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a
moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks [syn:
Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, majagua, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus] |
cuban capital
(wn) | Cuban capital
n 1: the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western
Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas [syn:
Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital] |
cuban heel
(wn) | Cuban heel
n 1: a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes |
cuban itch
(wn) | Cuban itch
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
cuban mahogany
(wn) | Cuban mahogany
n 1: mahogany tree of West Indies [syn: true mahogany, {Cuban
mahogany}, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani] |
cuban monetary unit
(wn) | Cuban monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Cuba |
cuban peso
(wn) | Cuban peso
n 1: the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos
[syn: Cuban peso, peso] |
cuban revolution
(wn) | Cuban Revolution
n 1: the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of
guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba;
1956-1959 |
cuban sandwich
(wn) | Cuban sandwich
n 1: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split
lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used
in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy,
Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge,
zep] |
cuban spinach
(wn) | Cuban spinach
n 1: succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb;
grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North
America [syn: winter purslane, miner's lettuce, {Cuban
spinach}, Montia perfoliata] |
cubature unit
(wn) | cubature unit
n 1: a unit of measurement of volume or capacity [syn: {volume
unit}, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit,
cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit,
cubature unit] |
genus aucuba
(wn) | genus Aucuba
n 1: hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
[syn: Aucuba, genus Aucuba] |
incubate
(wn) | incubate
v 1: grow under conditions that promote development
2: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
[syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate] |
incubation
(wn) | incubation
n 1: maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for
its development
2: (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection
between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the
first symptoms appear
3: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
[syn: brooding, incubation] |
incubation period
(wn) | incubation period
n 1: the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms
of the disease |
incubator
(wn) | incubator
n 1: apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a
constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for
chicks or premature infants [syn: incubator, brooder] |
republic of cuba
(wn) | Republic of Cuba
n 1: a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
[syn: Cuba, Republic of Cuba] |
santiago de cuba
(wn) | Santiago de Cuba
n 1: a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center [syn:
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago]
2: a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United
States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape
[syn: Santiago, Santiago de Cuba] |
scuba
(wn) | scuba
n 1: a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe
under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus [syn: aqualung, {Aqua-
Lung}, scuba] |
scuba diver
(wn) | scuba diver
n 1: an underwater diver who uses scuba gear |
scuba diving
(wn) | scuba diving
n 1: skin diving with scuba apparatus |
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