| slovo | definícia |
kg
(mass) | KG
- Kirgizsko |
kg
(encz) | kg, n: |
kg
(wn) | kg
n 1: one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under
the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is
approximately 2.2 pounds" [syn: kilogram, kg, kilo] |
kg
(foldoc) | kg
The country code for Kyrgyzstan.
(1999-01-27)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
backgammon
(mass) | backgammon
- backgammon |
background
(mass) | background
- pozadie |
hkg
(mass) | HKG
- Hongkong |
kgz
(mass) | KGZ
- Kirgizsko |
backgammon
(msas) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(msasasci) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(encz) | backgammon,vrhcáby Zdeněk Brož |
background
(encz) | background,grafické pozadí n: Zdeněk Brožbackground,minulost n: "něčí" background,okolnosti n: Zdeněk Brožbackground,pozadí n: background,prostředí n: web |
backgrounds
(encz) | backgrounds,pozadí pl. Zdeněk Brož |
blackguard
(encz) | blackguard,lump n: Zdeněk Brož |
class ginkgopsida
(encz) | class Ginkgopsida, n: |
cosmic background radiation
(encz) | cosmic background radiation, n: |
cosmic microwave background
(encz) | cosmic microwave background, n: |
cosmic microwave background radiation
(encz) | cosmic microwave background radiation, n: |
dkg
(encz) | dkg, n: |
ginkgo
(encz) | ginkgo,jinan dvoulaločný n: [bot.] Jirka Daněk |
ginkgo family
(encz) | ginkgo family, n: |
kgb
(encz) | KGB,sovětská tajná policie [zkr.] dříve NKVD, GPU a ČEKA Petr Prášek |
order ginkgoales
(encz) | order Ginkgoales, n: |
quackgrass
(encz) | quackgrass, n: |
screen background
(encz) | screen background, n: |
silkgrass
(encz) | silkgrass, n: |
subdivision ginkgophytina
(encz) | subdivision Ginkgophytina, n: |
ekg
(czen) | EKG,cardiograph Josef KosekeKG,electrocardiograph Zdeněk Brož |
backgammon
(gcide) | backgammon \back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from
E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are
often set back.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
"board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points".
Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of
which from point to point are determined by throwing dice.
Formerly called tables.
[1913 Webster]
backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two "tables".
[1913 Webster]backgammon \back`gam"mon\, v. t.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before
the loser is clear of his first "table". When played for
betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three
times the wagered amount.
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backgammon board
(gcide) | backgammon \back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from
E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are
often set back.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
"board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points".
Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of
which from point to point are determined by throwing dice.
Formerly called tables.
[1913 Webster]
backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two "tables".
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background
(gcide) | background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.]
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1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as
opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
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2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a
portrait or group of figures.
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Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into
foreground, middle distance, and background.
--Fairholt.
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3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a
background of red hangings.
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4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
[1913 Webster]
I fancy there was a background of grinding and
waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly
finished . . . performance. --Mrs.
Alexander.
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A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place,
including the social and physical conditions as well as
the psychological states of the participants; as, within
the background of the massive budget deficits of the
1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage
by the congress.
[PJC]
6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action,
such as the social and historical precedents for the
event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against
the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire
of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though
regrettable.
[PJC]
7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a
measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being
studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a
greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics)
Electronic noise present in a system using electronic
measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system,
which may hide and which must be differentiated from the
desired signal; also called background noise or noise.
[PJC]
8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an
interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be
quoted in any publication, although the substance of the
remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on
background". Compare deep background.
[PJC]
To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive,
inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview
which must not be quoted in a publication, even without
attribution. Compare background[8].
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backgrounding
(gcide) | backgrounding \back"ground*ing\ n. (Computers)
The execution of low priority programs while higher priority
programs are not using the processing system.
Syn: background processing
[WordNet 1.5] |
Blackguard
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
[1913 Webster]Blackguard \Black"guard\, a.
Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard
language.
[1913 Webster]Blackguard \Black"guard\ (bl[a^]g"g[aum]rd), n. [Black + guard.]
1. The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a
nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence
to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being
smutted by them, were jocularly called the "black guard";
also, the servants and hangers-on of an army. [Obs.]
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A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard
in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping
pans. --Webster
(1612).
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2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or
community, collectively. [Obs.]
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3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses
scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a
scoundrel; a rough.
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A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly
below those of his class deserves to be called a
blackguard. --Macaulay.
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4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
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Blackguarded
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguarding
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguardism
(gcide) | Blackguardism \Black"guard*ism\, n.
The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.
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Blackguardly
(gcide) | Blackguardly \Black"guard*ly\, adv. & a.
In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive;
scurrilous; ruffianly.
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dark-green
(gcide) | dark-green \dark-green\ adj.
similar to the color of fresh grass.
Syn: green, greenish, light-green.
[WordNet 1.5] |
deep background
(gcide) | background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as
opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a
portrait or group of figures.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into
foreground, middle distance, and background.
--Fairholt.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a
background of red hangings.
[1913 Webster]
4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
[1913 Webster]
I fancy there was a background of grinding and
waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly
finished . . . performance. --Mrs.
Alexander.
[1913 Webster]
A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place,
including the social and physical conditions as well as
the psychological states of the participants; as, within
the background of the massive budget deficits of the
1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage
by the congress.
[PJC]
6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action,
such as the social and historical precedents for the
event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against
the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire
of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though
regrettable.
[PJC]
7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a
measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being
studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a
greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics)
Electronic noise present in a system using electronic
measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system,
which may hide and which must be differentiated from the
desired signal; also called background noise or noise.
[PJC]
8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an
interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be
quoted in any publication, although the substance of the
remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on
background". Compare deep background.
[PJC]
To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive,
inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview
which must not be quoted in a publication, even without
attribution. Compare background[8].
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
dkg
(gcide) | dkg \dkg\ n.
ten grams. [abbr.]
Syn: dekagram, decagram, dag.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Ginkgo
(gcide) | Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the maidenhair tree.
[1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
Ginkgophytamaidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n.
A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ({Ginkgo
biloba}) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds,
also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in
cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.
[WordNet 1.5] |
ginkgo
(gcide) | Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the maidenhair tree.
[1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
Ginkgophytamaidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n.
A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ({Ginkgo
biloba}) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds,
also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in
cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Ginkgo biloba
(gcide) | Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the maidenhair tree.
[1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
GinkgophytaSalisburia \Sal`is*bu"ri*a\, n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an
English botanist.] (Bot.)
The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or {Salisburia
adiantifolia}).
[1913 Webster]maidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n.
A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ({Ginkgo
biloba}) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds,
also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in
cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Ginkgoes
(gcide) | Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the maidenhair tree.
[1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
Ginkgophyta |
Ginkgophyta
(gcide) | Ginkgophyta \Ginkgophyta\, Ginkgophytina \Ginkgophytina\,
Ginkgopsida \Ginkgopsida\n. (Bot.)
A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems
it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a
subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some
classifications for one of five subdivisions of
Gymnospermophyta.
Syn: Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision
Ginkgophytina.
[WordNet 1.5] ginmill |
Ginkgophytina
(gcide) | Ginkgophyta \Ginkgophyta\, Ginkgophytina \Ginkgophytina\,
Ginkgopsida \Ginkgopsida\n. (Bot.)
A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems
it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a
subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some
classifications for one of five subdivisions of
Gymnospermophyta.
Syn: Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision
Ginkgophytina.
[WordNet 1.5] ginmill |
Ginkgopsida
(gcide) | Ginkgophyta \Ginkgophyta\, Ginkgophytina \Ginkgophytina\,
Ginkgopsida \Ginkgopsida\n. (Bot.)
A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems
it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a
subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some
classifications for one of five subdivisions of
Gymnospermophyta.
Syn: Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision
Ginkgophytina.
[WordNet 1.5] ginmill |
green greenish light-green dark-green
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5] |
lock-gate
(gcide) | lock-gate \lock-gate\ n.
a gate that can be locked.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Stack-guard
(gcide) | Stack-guard \Stack"-guard`\ (-g[aum]rd`), n.
A covering or protection, as of canvas, for a stack.
[1913 Webster] |
To keep in the background
(gcide) | background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as
opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a
portrait or group of figures.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into
foreground, middle distance, and background.
--Fairholt.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a
background of red hangings.
[1913 Webster]
4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
[1913 Webster]
I fancy there was a background of grinding and
waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly
finished . . . performance. --Mrs.
Alexander.
[1913 Webster]
A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place,
including the social and physical conditions as well as
the psychological states of the participants; as, within
the background of the massive budget deficits of the
1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage
by the congress.
[PJC]
6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action,
such as the social and historical precedents for the
event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against
the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire
of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though
regrettable.
[PJC]
7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a
measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being
studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a
greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics)
Electronic noise present in a system using electronic
measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system,
which may hide and which must be differentiated from the
desired signal; also called background noise or noise.
[PJC]
8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an
interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be
quoted in any publication, although the substance of the
remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on
background". Compare deep background.
[PJC]
To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive,
inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview
which must not be quoted in a publication, even without
attribution. Compare background[8].
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
To place in the background
(gcide) | background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as
opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a
portrait or group of figures.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into
foreground, middle distance, and background.
--Fairholt.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a
background of red hangings.
[1913 Webster]
4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
[1913 Webster]
I fancy there was a background of grinding and
waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly
finished . . . performance. --Mrs.
Alexander.
[1913 Webster]
A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place,
including the social and physical conditions as well as
the psychological states of the participants; as, within
the background of the massive budget deficits of the
1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage
by the congress.
[PJC]
6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action,
such as the social and historical precedents for the
event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against
the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire
of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though
regrettable.
[PJC]
7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a
measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being
studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a
greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics)
Electronic noise present in a system using electronic
measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system,
which may hide and which must be differentiated from the
desired signal; also called background noise or noise.
[PJC]
8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an
interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be
quoted in any publication, although the substance of the
remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on
background". Compare deep background.
[PJC]
To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive,
inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview
which must not be quoted in a publication, even without
attribution. Compare background[8].
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backgammon
(wn) | backgammon
n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice |
backgammon board
(wn) | backgammon board
n 1: the board on which backgammon is played |
background
(wn) | background
n 1: a person's social heritage: previous experience or
training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
2: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in
the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling
hills" [syn: background, ground]
3: information that is essential to understanding a situation or
problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the
incident" [syn: background, background knowledge]
4: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon
to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and
could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
[syn: background, background signal]
5: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying
situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of
thunder in the background"
6: the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
"you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting,
background, scope]
7: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user
interfaces against which icons and windows appear [syn:
background, desktop, screen background]
8: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: backdrop, background,
backcloth]
v 1: understate the importance or quality of; "he played down
his royal ancestry" [syn: background, play down,
downplay] [ant: foreground, highlight, play up,
spotlight] |
background knowledge
(wn) | background knowledge
n 1: information that is essential to understanding a situation
or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of
the incident" [syn: background, background knowledge] |
background level
(wn) | background level
n 1: the amplitude level of the undesired background noise [syn:
noise level, background level] |
background noise
(wn) | background noise
n 1: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that
cannot be separated from the desired signal [syn:
background noise, ground noise] |
background processing
(wn) | background processing
n 1: the execution of low priority programs while higher
priority programs are not using the processing system [syn:
background processing, backgrounding] |
background radiation
(wn) | background radiation
n 1: radiation coming from sources other than those being
observed |
background signal
(wn) | background signal
n 1: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon
to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and
could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
[syn: background, background signal] |
backgrounder
(wn) | backgrounder
n 1: a press conference or interview in which a government
official explains to reporters the background of an action
or policy; "the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public
health issues" |
backgrounding
(wn) | backgrounding
n 1: the execution of low priority programs while higher
priority programs are not using the processing system [syn:
background processing, backgrounding] |
blackguard
(wn) | blackguard
n 1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the
policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother
shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw,
blackguard, shout] |
blackguardly
(wn) | blackguardly
adj 1: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble";
"the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M.
Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish
crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
blackguardly] |
class ginkgophytina
(wn) | class Ginkgophytina
n 1: ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in
others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for
one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta [syn:
Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, Ginkgophytina, {class
Ginkgophytina}, subdivision Ginkgophytina, {subdivision
Ginkgophyta}] |
class ginkgopsida
(wn) | class Ginkgopsida
n 1: ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in
others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for
one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta [syn:
Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, Ginkgophytina, {class
Ginkgophytina}, subdivision Ginkgophytina, {subdivision
Ginkgophyta}] |
cosmic background radiation
(wn) | cosmic background radiation
n 1: (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that
fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an
average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin [syn: {cosmic
background radiation}, CBR, {cosmic microwave background
radiation}, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, CMB] |
cosmic microwave background
(wn) | cosmic microwave background
n 1: (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that
fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an
average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin [syn: {cosmic
background radiation}, CBR, {cosmic microwave background
radiation}, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, CMB] |
cosmic microwave background radiation
(wn) | cosmic microwave background radiation
n 1: (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that
fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an
average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin [syn: {cosmic
background radiation}, CBR, {cosmic microwave background
radiation}, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, CMB] |
dkg
(wn) | dkg
n 1: 10 grams [syn: dekagram, decagram, dkg, dag] |
ekg
(wn) | EKG
n 1: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an
electrocardiograph [syn: electrocardiogram, cardiogram,
EKG, ECG] |
family ginkgoaceae
(wn) | family Ginkgoaceae
n 1: constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus
Ginkgo and extinct forms [syn: Ginkgoaceae, {family
Ginkgoaceae}, ginkgo family] |
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