slovodefinícia
dah
(encz)
dah, n:
dah
(wn)
dah
n 1: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
code [syn: dash, dah]
podobné slovodefinícia
amdahl
(encz)
Amdahl,Amdahl n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
dahl
(encz)
Dahl,Dahl n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
dahlia
(encz)
dahlia,jiřina n: Zdeněk Broždahlia,jiřinka n: [bot.]
dahomey
(encz)
Dahomey,Dahomej Jiri Syrovy
herfindahl index.
(encz)
Herfindahl Index.,Herfindahlův index [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
heyerdahl
(encz)
Heyerdahl,
houdah
(encz)
houdah, n:
howdah
(encz)
howdah,
idaho
(encz)
Idaho,Idaho [jmén.] [zem.] okres v USA, stát v USA Martin Ligač
idahoan
(encz)
Idahoan,
intifadah
(encz)
intifadah, n:
judah
(encz)
Judah,Jakubův čtvrtý syn Zdeněk BrožJudah,Judah n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
numdah
(encz)
numdah, n:
numdah rug
(encz)
numdah rug, n:
purdah
(encz)
purdah,oděv Muslimek n: Zdeněk Brožpurdah,parda n: Zdeněk Brož
sea dahlia
(encz)
sea dahlia, n:
shahadah
(encz)
shahadah, n:
verandah
(encz)
verandah,veranda n: Zdeněk Brož
whidah
(encz)
whidah, n:
whydah
(encz)
whydah, n:
amdahl
(czen)
Amdahl,Amdahln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
dahl
(czen)
Dahl,Dahln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
dahomej
(czen)
Dahomej,Dahomey Jiri Syrovy
herfindahlův index
(czen)
Herfindahlův index,Herfindahl Index.[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
hl.m. - idaho v usa
(czen)
hl.m. - Idaho v USA,Boisen: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
idaho
(czen)
Idaho,Idaho[jmén.] [zem.] okres v USA, stát v USA Martin Ligač
judah
(czen)
Judah,Judahn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
Dahabeah
(gcide)
Dahabeah \Da`ha*be"ah\ (d[aum]`h[.a]*b[=e]"[.a]), n. [Ar.]
A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house,
having large lateen sails.
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Dahlia
(gcide)
Dahlia \Dah"lia\ (d[aum]l"y[.a] or d[=a]l"y[.a]; 277, 106), n.;
pl. Dahlias. [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of
the order Composit[ae]; also, any plant or flower of the
genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear
conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
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Dahlias
(gcide)
Dahlia \Dah"lia\ (d[aum]l"y[.a] or d[=a]l"y[.a]; 277, 106), n.;
pl. Dahlias. [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of
the order Composit[ae]; also, any plant or flower of the
genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear
conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
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dahlin
(gcide)
Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the
elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric,
having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units.
It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and
replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called
also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[i^]n), n. [From Dahlia.] (Chem.)
A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also
inulin. See Inulin.
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Dahlin
(gcide)
Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the
elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric,
having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units.
It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and
replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called
also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[i^]n), n. [From Dahlia.] (Chem.)
A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also
inulin. See Inulin.
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Dahoon
(gcide)
Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the
southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft,
white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
dahoon holly
(gcide)
Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[.a]*h[=oo]n"), [Origin unknown.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the
southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft,
white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Houdah
(gcide)
Houdah \Hou"dah\, n.
See Howdah.
[1913 Webster]Howdah \How"dah\, n. [Ar. hawdaj.]
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back
of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also
houdah.]
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houdah
(gcide)
Houdah \Hou"dah\, n.
See Howdah.
[1913 Webster]Howdah \How"dah\, n. [Ar. hawdaj.]
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back
of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also
houdah.]
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Howdah
(gcide)
Howdah \How"dah\, n. [Ar. hawdaj.]
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back
of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also
houdah.]
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Idahoan
(gcide)
Idahoan \Idahoan\ n.
a resident of Idaho.
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Judahite
(gcide)
Judahite \Ju"dah*ite\, n.
One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah;
a Jew. --Kitto. Judaic
Keddah
(gcide)
Keddah \Ked"dah\, n. [Malay kedah, fr. Ar. qadah hole.]
An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an
elephant trap. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
numdah
(gcide)
numdah \numdah\ n.
an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.

Syn: numdah rug, nammad.
[WordNet 1.5]
odahlic
(gcide)
Odalisque \O`da`lisque"\, n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid,
fr. oda chamber, room.]
A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish
sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.]
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Not of those that men desire, sleek
Odalisques, or oracles of mode. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] Odalman
Paradise whidah bird
(gcide)
Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
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1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
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2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
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To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
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It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
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3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
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The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
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Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
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5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.

Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.

Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and
the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The
long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.

Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
(Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.
[Local, U. S.]

Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.
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Purdah
(gcide)
Purdah \Pur"dah\, n. [Per. parda a curtain.]
A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white
stripes, used for curtains. --McElrath.
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Rhamnus Dahuricus
(gcide)
Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar.
[,c]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr.
candana. Cf. Sanders.] (Bot.)
(a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian
and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several
other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum
Freycinetianum} and Santalum pyrularium, the Australian
Santalum latifolium, etc. The name is extended to
several other kinds of fragrant wood.
(b) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields
sandalwood.
(c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
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False sandalwood, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
the genus Santalum, as Ximenia Americana, {Myoporum
tenuifolium} of Tahiti.

Red sandalwood, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus
santalinus}, and Adenanthera pavonina); -- called also
red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and
rubywood.
[1913 Webster] Sandarach
Rimau dahan
(gcide)
Rimau dahan \Ri"mau da"han\ [From the native Oriental name.]
(Zool.)
The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia
and the East Indies.
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Veddahs
(gcide)
Veddahs \Ved"dahs\ (v[e^]d"d[.a]z), n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A primitive people of Ceylon. [Written also Weddars.]
--Encyc Brit.
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Weddahs
(gcide)
Weddahs \Wed"dahs\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
See Veddahs.
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Whidah bird
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
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whidah finch
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
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whydah bird
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
[1913 Webster]Whydah bird \Whyd"ah bird`\, or Whydah finch \Whyd"ah finch`\
(Zool.)
The whidah bird.
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Whydah bird
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
[1913 Webster]Whydah bird \Whyd"ah bird`\, or Whydah finch \Whyd"ah finch`\
(Zool.)
The whidah bird.
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whydah finch
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
[1913 Webster]Whydah bird \Whyd"ah bird`\, or Whydah finch \Whyd"ah finch`\
(Zool.)
The whidah bird.
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Whydah finch
(gcide)
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zool.)
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to
the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding
season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called
also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, {whydah
finch}, widow bird, and widow finch.
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Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,
especially Vidua paradisea, which is dark brownish
above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around
the neck.
[1913 Webster]Whydah bird \Whyd"ah bird`\, or Whydah finch \Whyd"ah finch`\
(Zool.)
The whidah bird.
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al-hudaydah
(wn)
Al-Hudaydah
n 1: an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea [syn: Hodeida,
Al-Hudaydah]
bethlehem-judah
(wn)
Bethlehem-Judah
n 1: a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan
River; early home of David and regarded as the place where
Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, {Bethlehem
Ephrathah}, Bethlehem-Judah]
capital of idaho
(wn)
capital of Idaho
n 1: the capital and largest city of Idaho [syn: Boise,
capital of Idaho]
dahl
(wn)
dahl
n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat
pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea,
pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram,
dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan]
2: small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
[syn: cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl]
dahlia
(wn)
dahlia
n 1: any of several plants of or developed from the species
Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed
variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of
Mexico and Central America and Colombia [syn: dahlia,
Dahlia pinnata]
dahlia pinnata
(wn)
Dahlia pinnata
n 1: any of several plants of or developed from the species
Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed
variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of
Mexico and Central America and Colombia [syn: dahlia,
Dahlia pinnata]
dahna
(wn)
Dahna
n 1: a desert in southern Saudi Arabia [syn: Rub al-Khali, {Ar
Rimsal}, Dahna, Great Sandy Desert]
dahomey
(wn)
Dahomey
n 1: a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French
control [syn: Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey]
dhu al-qadah
(wn)
Dhu al-Qadah
n 1: the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar [syn:
Dhu'l-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Qadah]