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ombu
(encz) | ombu, n: |
ombu
(wn) | ombu
n 1: fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America
having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green
oval leaves [syn: ombu, bella sombra, {Phytolacca
dioica}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
comburant
(encz) | comburant, adj: |
comburent
(encz) | comburent, adj: |
combust
(encz) | combust, v: |
combusted
(encz) | combusted, |
combustibility
(encz) | combustibility,hořlavost n: Zdeněk Brožcombustibility,vznětlivost n: Zdeněk Brožcombustibility,zápalnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
combustible
(encz) | combustible,hořlavina n: Zdeněk Brožcombustible,vznětlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
combustible material
(encz) | combustible material, n: |
combustion
(encz) | combustion,spalovací adj: Zdeněk Brožcombustion,spalování n: Zdeněk Brož |
combustive
(encz) | combustive,hořlavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
external-combustion engine
(encz) | external-combustion engine, n: |
fluidized bed combustion
(encz) | fluidized bed combustion,fluidní spalování [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
(encz) | four-stroke internal-combustion engine, n: |
homburg
(encz) | homburg,plstěný klobouk Zdeněk Brož |
incombustible
(encz) | incombustible,nehořlavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
internal combustion
(encz) | internal combustion, n: |
internal combustion engine
(encz) | internal combustion engine, |
internal-combustion engine
(encz) | internal-combustion engine, |
noncombustible
(encz) | noncombustible,nehořlavý |
ombudsman
(encz) | ombudsman,ombudsman n: Zdeněk Brož |
ombudsmen
(encz) | ombudsmen,ombudsmani n: pl. Jaroslav Šedivý |
ombudsperson
(encz) | Ombudsperson, |
pre-combustion energy
(encz) | pre-combustion energy,energetická náročnost před spalováním n:
[eko.] Množství energie potřebné k vlastnímu vytěžení surového
paliva. RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
rhombus
(encz) | rhombus,kosočtverec n: Zdeněk Brož |
rhombuses
(encz) | rhombuses, |
spontaneous combustion
(encz) | spontaneous combustion, |
thrombus
(encz) | thrombus,sražená krev v cévě Zdeněk Brož |
ombudsman
(czen) | ombudsman,ombudsmann: Zdeněk Brož |
ombudsmani
(czen) | ombudsmani,ombudsmenn: pl. Jaroslav Šedivý |
trapped vortex combustor
(czen) | Trapped Vortex Combustor,TVC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
vortex combustor
(czen) | Vortex Combustor,VC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Bombus
(gcide) | Bombus \Bombus\ n.
1. bumblebees.
Syn: genus Bombus.
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comburant
(gcide) | comburant \comburant\ comburent \comburent\adj.
supporting combustion.
Syn: combustive.
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comburent
(gcide) | comburant \comburant\ comburent \comburent\adj.
supporting combustion.
Syn: combustive.
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Combust
(gcide) | Combust \Com*bust"\, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to
burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin;
cf. bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal,
Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.]
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by
his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight
degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.]
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Planets that are oft combust. --Milton.
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Combustibility
(gcide) | Combustibility \Com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being combustible.
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Combustible
(gcide) | Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Cf. F. combustible.]
1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire;
inflammable.
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Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
--South.
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2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
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Arnold was a combustible character. --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, n.
A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to
take fire and burn.
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All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common
use go under the name of fuel. --Ure.
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Combustibleness
(gcide) | Combustibleness \Com*bus"ti*ble*ness\, n.
Combustibility.
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Combustion
(gcide) | Combustion \Com*bus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F.
combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
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2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter
of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light
and heat.
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Combustion results in common cases from the mutual
chemical action and reaction of the combustible and
the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound
is formed. --Ure.
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Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the
combination of which with a combustible, as coal,
constitutes combustion.
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3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]
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There [were] great combustions and divisions among
the heads of the university. --Mede.
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But say from whence this new combustion springs.
--Dryden.
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Combustion chamber
(gcide) | Combustion chamber \Com*bus"tion cham`ber\ (Mech.)
(a) A space over, or in front of, a boiler furnace where
the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed
and burnt.
(b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal
combustion engine where the charge is compressed and
ignited.
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Combustious
(gcide) | Combustious \Com*bus"tious\, a.
Inflammable. [Obs.] --Shak.
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homburg
(gcide) | homburg \hom"burg\ n. [from Homburg, Germany, the place of first
manufacture.]
A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a
brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.
Syn: fedora, felt hat, trilby.
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Incombustibility
(gcide) | Incombustibility \In`com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
incombustilit['e].]
The quality of being incombustible.
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Incombustible
(gcide) | Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
combustible: cf. F. incombustible.]
Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or
consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an
incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible
gas.
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Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus;
also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. --
In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*bus"ti*bly, adv.
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Incombustible cloth
(gcide) | Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
combustible: cf. F. incombustible.]
Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or
consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an
incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible
gas.
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Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus;
also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. --
In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*bus"ti*bly, adv.
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Incombustibleness
(gcide) | Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
combustible: cf. F. incombustible.]
Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or
consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an
incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible
gas.
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Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus;
also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. --
In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*bus"ti*bly, adv.
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Incombustibly
(gcide) | Incombustible \In`com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
combustible: cf. F. incombustible.]
Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or
consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an
incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible
gas.
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Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus;
also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance. --
In`com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*bus"ti*bly, adv.
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Internal-combustion
(gcide) | Internal-combustion \In*ter"nal-com*bus"tion\, a. (Mach.)
Designating, or pertaining to, any engine (called an |
Internal-combustion engine
(gcide) | Internal-combustion engine \Internal-combustion engine\) in
which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce motion
is developed in the engine cylinder, as by the explosion of a
gas, and not in a separate chamber, as in a steam-engine
boiler. The gas used may be a fixed gas, or one derived from
alcohol, ether, gasoline (petrol), naphtha, oil (petroleum),
etc. There are three main classes: (1) gas engines proper,
using fixed gases, as coal, blast-furnace, or producer gas;
(2) engines using the vapor of a volatile fluid, as the
typical gasoline (petrol) engine; (3) oil engines, using
either an atomized spray or the vapor (produced by heat) of a
comparatively heavy oil, as petroleum or kerosene. In all of
these the gas is mixed with a definite amount of air, the
charge is composed in the cylinder and is then exploded
either by a flame of gas (flame ignition -- now little used),
by a hot tube (tube ignition) or the like, by an electric
spark (electric ignition, the usual method is gasoline
engines, or by the heat of compression, as in the Diesel
engine. Gas and oil engines are chiefly of the stationary
type. Gasoline engines are largely used for automobile
vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use
the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke
cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and
single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the
frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water
jacket (water-cooled) or by air currents (air cooled) to give
the maximum thermodynamic efficiency and to avoid excessive
friction or seizing.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] internalise \internalise\ v.
(Psychology)
Same as internalize. MKChiefly Brit.
Syn: internalize, interiorize, interiorise.
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Machaerium Schomburgkii
(gcide) | Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[imac]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris)
native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
tiger}, and Bengal tiger.
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2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
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3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
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4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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American tiger. (Zool.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.
Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native
of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about
three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet
long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark
markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but
there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending
back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth.
Called also tortoise-shell tiger.
Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar.
Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active
carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They
usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats
of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, {Tigridia
grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or
streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.
Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Chamaerops
Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.
Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of
the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with
black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larvae are called woolly bears.
Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
tigrinus} syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred
or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.
Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
tiger cowrie.
Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of
Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and {Notechis
ater}, which grow up to 5 feet in length.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta).
Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Machaerium
Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
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noncombustible
(gcide) | noncombustible \noncombustible\ adj.
Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made
of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.
Syn: incombustible.
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noncombustible vs combustible incombustible
(gcide) | nonflammable \nonflammable\ adj.
Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.
[Narrower terms: {noncombustible (vs. combustible),
incombustible}] WordNet 1.5]nonexplosive \nonexplosive\ adj.
Not explosive. [Narrower terms: {noncombustible (vs.
combustible), incombustible}] WordNet 1.5]fire-resistant \fire-resistant\ fire-resisting \fire-resisting\
fire-resistive \fire-resistive\adj.
Not able to burn or able to burn only with difficulty.
[Narrower terms: {noncombustible (vs. combustible),
incombustible}]
Syn: fireproof.
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Rhombus
(gcide) | Rhombus \Rhom"bus\, n. [L.]
Same as Rhomb, 1.
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Rhombus levis
(gcide) | Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith
streaked, speckled.] (Zool.)
A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed
in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill.
See Bret.
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Rhombus maximus
(gcide) | Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zool.)
(a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly
esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock
fluke}.
(b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the
diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
(c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
(d) The trigger fish.
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Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
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Rhombus megastoma
(gcide) | Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the
fish.] (Zool.)
A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); --
called also carter, and whiff.
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Spontaneous combustion
(gcide) | Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\ (sp[o^]n*t[=a]"n[-e]*[u^]s), a. [L.
spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.]
1. Proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or
disposition, or from a native internal proneness,
readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a
spontaneous gift or proposition.
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2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy,
or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous
motion; spontaneous growth.
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3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor;
as, a spontaneous growth of wood.
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Spontaneous combustion, combustion produced in a substance
by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of
its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste
matter saturated with oil.
Spontaneous generation. (Biol.) See under Generation.
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Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing.
Usage: Spontaneous, Voluntary. What is voluntary is the
result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore
implies some degree of consideration, and may be the
result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is
spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden
impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a
spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also
applied to things inanimate when they are produced
without the determinate purpose or care of man.
"Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . .
exercise which is but voluntary labor." --J. Seed.
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Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play,
The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] -- Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
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Strombuliform
(gcide) | Strombuliform \Strom*bu"li*form\, a. [NL. strombulus, dim. of
strombus + -form. See Strombus.]
1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top.
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2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
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Strombus
(gcide) | Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer
lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and
handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs.
See Conch.
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Strombus gigas
(gcide) | Fountain \Foun"tain\ (foun"t[i^]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL.
fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d Fount.]
1. A spring of water issuing from the earth.
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2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the
structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or
flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure
water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for
ornament.
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3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be
conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink
fountain in a printing press, etc.
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4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which
anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
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Judea, the fountain of the gospel. --Fuller.
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Author of all being,
Fountain of light, thyself invisible. --Milton.
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Air fountain. See under Air.
Fountain heead, primary source; original; first principle.
--Young.
Fountain inkstand, an inkstand having a continual supply of
ink, as from elevated reservoir.
Fountain lamp, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated
reservoir.
Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which
furnishes a supply of ink.
Fountain pump.
(a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump.
(b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for
watering plants, etc.
Fountain shell (Zool.), the large West Indian conch shell
(Strombus gigas).
Fountain of youth, a mythical fountain whose waters were
fabled to have the property of renewing youth.
[1913 Webster]Conch \Conch\ (k[o^][ng]k), n. [L. concha, Gr. ko`gchh. See
Coach, n.]
1. (Zool.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells;
esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large
size. Strombus gigas is the large pink West Indian
conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the
genus Cassis. See Cameo and cameo conch.
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Note: The conch is sometimes used as a horn or trumpet, as in
fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work.
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2. In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
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3. [often capitalized] One of the white natives of the Bahama
Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys;
-- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or
because they use it for food.
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4. (Arch.) See Concha, n.
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5. The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.
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Supporter of combustion
(gcide) | Combustion \Com*bus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F.
combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
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2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter
of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light
and heat.
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Combustion results in common cases from the mutual
chemical action and reaction of the combustible and
the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound
is formed. --Ure.
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Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the
combination of which with a combustible, as coal,
constitutes combustion.
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3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]
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There [were] great combustions and divisions among
the heads of the university. --Mede.
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But say from whence this new combustion springs.
--Dryden.
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Thrombus
(gcide) | Thrombus \Throm"bus\, n.; pl. Thrombi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lump,
a clot of blood.] (Med.)
(a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and
remaining at the site of coagulation.
(b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the
subcutaneous cellular tissue.
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bombus
(wn) | Bombus
n 1: bumblebees [syn: Bombus, genus Bombus] |
comburant
(wn) | comburant
adj 1: supporting combustion [syn: comburent, comburant,
combustive] |
comburent
(wn) | comburent
adj 1: supporting combustion [syn: comburent, comburant,
combustive] |
combust
(wn) | combust
v 1: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn,
combust]
2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust,
conflagrate]
3: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted
when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary
question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn: {flip one's
lid}, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, {hit the
ceiling}, have kittens, have a fit, combust, {blow
one's stack}, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, {lose
one's temper}, blow a fuse, go ballistic]
4: cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan
after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
5: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn,
combust] |
combustibility
(wn) | combustibility
n 1: the quality of being capable of igniting and burning [syn:
combustibility, combustibleness, burnability] |
combustible
(wn) | combustible
adj 1: capable of igniting and burning [ant: incombustible,
noncombustible]
n 1: a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
[syn: combustible, combustible material] |
combustible material
(wn) | combustible material
n 1: a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
[syn: combustible, combustible material] |
combustibleness
(wn) | combustibleness
n 1: the quality of being capable of igniting and burning [syn:
combustibility, combustibleness, burnability] |
combustion
(wn) | combustion
n 1: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
heat and light [syn: combustion, burning]
2: a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion
grew until revolt was unavoidable"
3: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning,
combustion] |
combustive
(wn) | combustive
adj 1: supporting combustion [syn: comburent, comburant,
combustive] |
external-combustion engine
(wn) | external-combustion engine
n 1: a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber
(cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to
mechanical energy |
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
(wn) | four-stroke internal-combustion engine
n 1: an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture
is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is
compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done
on the third stroke and the products of combustion are
exhausted on the fourth stroke [syn: four-stroke engine,
four-stroke internal-combustion engine] |
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