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mural (encz) | mural,nástěnná malba n: |
mural (encz) | mural,nástěnný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mural (gcide) | Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
"Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
precipice.
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Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
there lodged a standard.
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mural (wn) | mural
adj 1: of or relating to walls; "mural painting"
n 1: a painting that is applied to a wall surface [syn: mural,
wall painting] |
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intramural (mass) | intramural
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extramural (encz) | extramural,dálkové např. studium Zdeněk Brož |
extramural study (encz) | extramural study,dálkové studium Josef Pinc |
intermural (encz) | intermural, adj: |
intramural (encz) | intramural,intramurální adj: Zdeněk Brožintramural,vnitřní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mural painting (encz) | mural painting,nástěnná malba |
muralist (encz) | muralist,malíř nástěnných maleb n: Zdeněk Brož |
Anomural (gcide) | Anomural \An`o*mu"ral\, Anomuran \An`o*mu"ran\, a.
Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the
anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural,
anomouran.]
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Antemural (gcide) | Antemural \An`te*mu"ral\, n. [L. antemurale: ante + murus wall.
See Mural.]
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of
the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the
entrance.
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Extramural (gcide) | Extramural \Ex`tra*mu"ral\, a.
1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
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2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that
involve representatives from more than one school.
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Intermural (gcide) | Intermural \In`ter*mu"ral\, a.
1. Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.
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2. Taking place between two different institutions or cities;
as, an intermural soccer match between two schools.
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Intramural (gcide) | Intramural \In`tra*mu"ral\, a.
1. Being within the walls, as of a city.
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2. Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring
within a single institution or organization, such as
intramural sports involving students of a single school;
an intramural debate within a professional society.
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3. (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of
an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.
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Lacerta muralis (gcide) | Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. ? a nail. Cf. Interval.]
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1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
raised to some height, and intended for defense or
security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
inclosing parts of a building or a room.
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The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
v. 5.
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2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
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The waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22.
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In such a night,
Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak.
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To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
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3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
of a steam-engine cylinder.
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4. (Mining)
(a) The side of a level or drift.
(b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
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Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
formation of compounds, usually of obvious
signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
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Blank wall, Blind wall, etc. See under Blank, Blind,
etc.
To drive to the wall, to bring to extremities; to push to
extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
To go to the wall, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
To take the wall. to take the inner side of a walk, that
is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
"I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's."
--Shak.
Wall barley (Bot.), a kind of grass (Hordeum murinum)
much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
Squirrel.
Wall box. (Mach.) See Wall frame, below.
Wall creeper (Zool.), a small bright-colored bird
(Tichodroma muraria) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
at the base and black distally, some of them with white
spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
catcher}.
Wall cress (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
Mouse-ear.
Wall frame (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
wall; -- called also wall box.
Wall fruit, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
Wall gecko (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the
vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means
of suckers on the feet.
Wall lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt.
Wall louse, a wood louse.
Wall moss (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
Wall newt (Zool.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
Wall paper, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
hangings.
Wall pellitory (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
medicinal.
Wall pennywort (Bot.), a plant (Cotyledon Umbilicus)
having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
Western Europe.
Wall pepper (Bot.), a low mosslike plant (Sedum acre)
with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
Wall pie (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
Wall piece, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
Wall plate (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
See Illust. of Roof.
Wall rock, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
S.] --Bartlett.
Wall rue (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
Wall spring, a spring of water issuing from stratified
rocks.
Wall tent, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
the walls of a house.
Wall wasp (Zool.), a common European solitary wasp
(Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices
of walls.
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Mural (gcide) | Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
"Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
precipice.
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Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
there lodged a standard.
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Mural circle (gcide) | Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
"Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
precipice.
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Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
there lodged a standard.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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mural circle (gcide) | Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
"Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
precipice.
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Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
there lodged a standard.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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Mural crown (gcide) | Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
"Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
precipice.
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Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
there lodged a standard.
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chenopodium murale (wn) | Chenopodium murale
n 1: European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in
United States and southern Canada [syn: {nettle-leaved
goosefoot}, nettleleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium murale] |
diplotaxis muralis (wn) | Diplotaxis muralis
n 1: yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and
in waste places; an adventive weed in North America [syn:
wall rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, {Diplotaxis
tenuifolia}] |
extramural (wn) | extramural
adj 1: carried on outside the bounds of an institution or
community; "extramural sports" [ant: intramural] |
intermural (wn) | intermural
adj 1: between two or more institutions etc; "an intermural
track meet" |
intramural (wn) | intramural
adj 1: carried on within the bounds of an institution or
community; "most of the students participated actively in
the college's intramural sports program" [ant:
extramural] |
muralist (wn) | muralist
n 1: a painter of murals |
MURAL MONUMENTS (bouvier) | MURAL MONUMENTS. Monuments made in walls.
2. Owing to the difficulty or impossibility of removing them, secondary
evidence may be given of inscriptions on walls, fixed tables, gravestones,
and the like. 2 Stark. Rep. 274.
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