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fula
(encz) | Fula, |
fula
(wn) | Fula
n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim
faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
2: a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used
as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to
Chad; the best known of the West African languages [syn:
Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul] |
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fulah
(encz) | Fulah, |
fulani
(encz) | Fulani, |
scrofula
(encz) | scrofula,skrofulóza n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fulah
(gcide) | Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, Fulani \Fu"la*ni\, n.
pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah. (Ethnol.)
A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct
from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of
Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze.
They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and
Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as,
Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language.
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Fulahs
(gcide) | Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, Fulani \Fu"la*ni\, n.
pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah. (Ethnol.)
A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct
from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of
Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze.
They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and
Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as,
Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language.
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Fulani
(gcide) | Fulani \Fu"la*ni\ n.
The language of the Fulani people, a member of the
Niger-Congo family of languages. --RHUD
[PJC]Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, Fulani \Fu"la*ni\, n.
pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah. (Ethnol.)
A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct
from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of
Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze.
They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and
Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as,
Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language.
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Infula
(gcide) | Infula \In"fu*la\, n.; pl. Infule. [L.]
A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others
among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
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Scrofula
(gcide) | Scrofula \Scrof"u*la\, n. [L. scrofulae, fr. scrofa a breeding
sow, because swine were supposed to be subject to such a
complaint, or by a fanciful comparison of the glandular
swellings to little pigs; perhaps akin to Gr. ? an old sow:
cf. F. scrofules. Cf. Scroyle.] (Med.)
A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially
manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of
the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and
marked by a tendency to the development of chronic
intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane,
bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the
power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for
recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in
character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis
(consumption).
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fulah
(wn) | Fulah
n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim
faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe] |
fulani
(wn) | Fulani
n 1: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western
Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim
faith [syn: Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe]
2: a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used
as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to
Chad; the best known of the West African languages [syn:
Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul] |
gyromitra infula
(wn) | Gyromitra infula
n 1: a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown
fertile part is relatively even [syn: Gyromitra infula,
saddled-shaped false morel] |
scrofula
(wn) | scrofula
n 1: a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the
lymphatic glands [syn: scrofula, struma, king's evil] |
barfulation
(foldoc) | barfulation
/bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the
Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing
some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation!
Who wrote this, Quux?"
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barfulation
(jargon) | barfulation
/bar`fyoo·lay'sh@n/, interj.
Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation,
expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim,
“Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?”
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