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slovo definícia gens (encz) gens,rodový kmen Zdeněk Brož Gens (gcide) Gens \Gens\ (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.) 1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. [1913 Webster] gens (wn) gens n 1: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens] GENS (bouvier) GENS. A word used by the Romans to represent race and nation. 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 259, n. 13. In the French law, it is used to signify people or nations, as Droit des Gens, the law of nations.

podobné slovo definícia antigens (encz) antigens,antigeny n: pl. bioagens (encz) bioagens,bioagens [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač clostridium perfringens (encz) clostridium perfringens, n: Clostridium perfringens,Clostridium perfringens [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač gegenschein (encz) gegenschein, n: genseric (encz) Genseric, huygens (encz) Huygens, jorgensen (encz) Jorgensen,Jorgensen n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad jorgenson (encz) Jorgenson,Jorgenson n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad volkswagens (encz) Volkswagens, wittgenstein (encz) Wittgenstein, wittgensteinian (encz) Wittgensteinian, adj: agens (czen) agens,agent Zdeněk Brož arkustangens (czen) arkustangens,arctangent Pavel Cvrček bioagens (czen) bioagens,bioagens[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač clostridium perfringens (czen) Clostridium perfringens,Clostridium perfringens[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač jorgensen (czen) Jorgensen,Jorgensenn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad jorgenson (czen) Jorgenson,Jorgensonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad kotangens (czen) kotangens,cotangentn: Zdeněk Brož tangens (czen) tangens,tann: Zdeněk Brož Ailurus fulgens (gcide) panda \pan"da\ (p[a^]n"d[.a]), n. (Zool.) 1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens. [PJC] Albigenses (gcide) Albigenses \Al`bi*gen"ses\, Albigeois \Al`bi`geois"\, n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. [1913 Webster] Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. [1913 Webster] Albigensian (gcide) Albigensian \Al`bi*gen"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. [1913 Webster] Arctostaphylos pungens (gcide) manzanita \man`za*ni"ta\ (m[a^]n`z[.a]*n[=e]"t[.a]), n. [Sp., dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and {Arctostaphylos pungens}, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear. [1913 Webster] Bryophita or Cellular Acrogens (gcide) Cryptogamia \Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. Cryptogami[ae] (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [1913 Webster] Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. {Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens.} These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiace[ae] or Club mosses, Selaginelle[ae], and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. {Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens}. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepatic[ae], or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Charace[ae], the Stoneworts. III. {Alg[ae]}, which are divided into Floride[ae], the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyote[ae], Oospore[ae], Zoospore[ae], Conjugat[ae], Diatomace[ae], and Cryptophyce[ae]. IV. {Fungi}. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. [1913 Webster] Cryptogamic Cryptogamian Callithrix lugens (gcide) Widow \Wid"ow\ (w[i^]d"[-o]), n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw[=o], Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[=a]; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. "hi`qeos a bachelor. [root]248. Cf. Vidual.] A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Card Playing) In various games (such as "hearts"), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Grass widow. See under Grass. Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zool.), the macavahu. Widow monkey (Zool.), a small South American monkey (Callithrix lugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face. Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled. [1913 Webster] Carcharhinus galapagensis (gcide) Shark \Shark\ (sh[aum]rk), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. [1913 Webster] Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of Carcharodon carcharias. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the coast of the United States of moderate size and not dangerous. It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes. [1913 Webster] Note: The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a "smaller blue shark (C. caudatus)", but this species could not be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002). The following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * from "Our Living Oceans 1995" (published by the National Printing Office): NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm. (the following list is found at at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf) (1) Pelagic Sharks Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) Sevengill shark (Heptrachias perlo) Sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) Bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Longfin mako (Isurus paucus) Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) Blue shark (Prionace glauca) (2)Large Coastal Sharks Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus) Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) Ragged-tooth shark (Odontaspis ferox) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) (3) Small Coastal Sharks Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon) Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus) Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae) Caribbean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus) Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) [PJC] 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster] Basking shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. Gray shark, the sand shark. Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont. Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel. Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. [1913 Webster] Cephalous mergens (gcide) Duykerbok \Duy"ker*bok\, n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.] (Zool.) A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo. [1913 Webster] Clostridium perfringens (gcide) clostridium \clostridium\ n. clostridia 1. spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore. Syn: clostridia. [WordNet 1.5] 2. [capitalized] a genus of anaerobic, spore-forming motile bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including several pathogenic species, such as the causative agents of gas gangrene (Clostridium perfringens), botulism (Clostridium botulinum), and tetanus ({Clostridium tetani}). [PJC] gegenschein (gcide) gegenschein \ge"gen*schein`\ (g[=a]"g[i^]n*sh[imac]n`) n. [German: counterglow.] A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space. Syn: counterglow. [WordNet 1.5]Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Gegenschein (gcide) gegenschein \ge"gen*schein`\ (g[=a]"g[i^]n*sh[imac]n`) n. [German: counterglow.] A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space. Syn: counterglow. [WordNet 1.5]Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Gens (gcide) Gens \Gens\ (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.) 1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. [1913 Webster] Gens d'armes (gcide) Gendarme \Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. Gendarmes, or Gens d'armes. [F.] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France] [1913 Webster] 2. An armed policeman in France. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] halogens (gcide) Chlorine \Chlo"rine\, n. [Gr. ? pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See Yellow.] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt (Sodium chloride). It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. [1913 Webster] Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiarities. [1913 Webster] Myristica tingens (gcide) Mace \Mace\, n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. ?; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg. [1913 Webster] Note: Red mace is the aril of Myristica tingens, and white mace that of Myristica Otoba, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree. [1913 Webster] Pteridophyta or Vascular Acrogens (gcide) Cryptogamia \Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. Cryptogami[ae] (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [1913 Webster] Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. {Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens.} These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiace[ae] or Club mosses, Selaginelle[ae], and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. {Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens}. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepatic[ae], or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Charace[ae], the Stoneworts. III. {Alg[ae]}, which are divided into Floride[ae], the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyote[ae], Oospore[ae], Zoospore[ae], Conjugat[ae], Diatomace[ae], and Cryptophyce[ae]. IV. {Fungi}. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. [1913 Webster] Cryptogamic Cryptogamian The Age of Acrogens (gcide) Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster] The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era. [1913 Webster] afropavo congensis (wn) Afropavo congensis n 1: both sexes are brightly colored [syn: afropavo, {Congo peafowl}, Afropavo congensis] ailurus fulgens (wn) Ailurus fulgens n 1: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas [syn: lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens] albigenses (wn) Albigenses n 1: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn: Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari] albigensian (wn) Albigensian adj 1: of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism albigensianism (wn) Albigensianism n 1: a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition [syn: Albigensianism, Catharism] aphrophora saratogensis (wn) Aphrophora saratogensis n 1: feeds on pines in northern United States [syn: {Saratoga spittlebug}, Aphrophora saratogensis] aspalathus cedcarbergensis (wn) Aspalathus cedcarbergensis n 1: South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea [syn: rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, Aspalathus cedcarbergensis] caloscypha fulgens (wn) Caloscypha fulgens n 1: an early spring variety of discomycete with yellow to orange yellow lining of the cup christiaan huygens (wn) Christiaan Huygens n 1: Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) [syn: Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens] christian huygens (wn) Christian Huygens n 1: Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) [syn: Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens] clostridium perfringens (wn) clostridium perfringens n 1: anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin (wn) Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin n 1: a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria [syn: epsilon toxin, Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin] erigeron divergens (wn) Erigeron divergens n 1: well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America [syn: spreading fleabane, Erigeron divergens] euphorbia fulgens (wn) Euphorbia fulgens n 1: Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers [syn: scarlet plume, Euphorbia fulgens] euphorbia ingens (wn) Euphorbia ingens n 1: small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra [syn: naboom, cactus euphorbia, Euphorbia ingens] gazania rigens (wn) Gazania rigens n 1: decumbent South African perennial with short densely leafy stems and orange flower rays with black eyespots at base [syn: treasure flower, Gazania rigens] gegenschein (wn) gegenschein n 1: a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space [syn: counterglow, gegenschein] genseric (wn) Genseric n 1: king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477) [syn: Genseric, Gaiseric] hippodamia convergens (wn) Hippodamia convergens n 1: a variety of ladybug homo heidelbergensis (wn) Homo heidelbergensis n 1: a type of primitive man who lived in Europe [syn: Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis] huygens (wn) Huygens n 1: Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) [syn: Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens]