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oreo
(encz) | oreo, n: |
oreo
(gcide) | oreo \oreo\ n.
A confection consisting of a white cream filling sandwiched
between two chocolate cookies.
Syn: oreo cookie.
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oreo
(wn) | oreo
n 1: chocolate cookie with white cream filling [syn: oreo,
oreo cookie] |
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moreover
(mass) | moreover
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arboreous
(encz) | arboreous,stromovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
choreograph
(encz) | choreograph,choreograf n: Zdeněk Brož |
choreographer
(encz) | choreographer,choreograf n: Zdeněk Brož |
choreographic
(encz) | choreographic,choreografický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
choreographically
(encz) | choreographically, |
choreography
(encz) | choreography,choreografie n: Zdeněk Brož |
coreopsis
(encz) | coreopsis,krásnoočko n: Zdeněk Brož |
foreordain
(encz) | foreordain,předem určit Zdeněk Brož |
foreordained
(encz) | foreordained, adj: |
foreordination
(encz) | foreordination, n: |
giant coreopsis
(encz) | giant coreopsis, n: |
moreover
(encz) | moreover,kromě toho IvČamoreover,mimo to Zdeněk Brožmoreover,mimoto Zdeněk Brožmoreover,nadto Zdeněk Brožmoreover,navíc Zdeněk Brož |
oreo cookie
(encz) | oreo cookie, n: |
choreograf
(czen) | choreograf,choreographn: Zdeněk Brožchoreograf,choreographern: Zdeněk Brož |
choreografický
(czen) | choreografický,choreographicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
choreografie
(czen) | choreografie,choreographyn: Zdeněk Brož |
Arboreous
(gcide) | Arboreous \Ar*bo"re*ous\, a. [L. arboreous, fr. arbor tree.]
1. Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper
tree, in distinction from a shrub. --Loudon.
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2. Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
--Quincy.
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choreography
(gcide) | Choregraphy \Cho*reg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
represented by notes; -- also called choreography.
--Craig. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Choreography \Chor`e*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
represented by notes; -- also called choregraphy.
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2. the art of composing dances for individuals or groups,
including the planning of the movements and steps; also,
the planning of movements and steps for figure skaters,
performed on ice.
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3. the planning and coordination of activities for an event,
especially one to be held in public. [informal]
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Choreography
(gcide) | Choregraphy \Cho*reg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
represented by notes; -- also called choreography.
--Craig. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Choreography \Chor`e*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
represented by notes; -- also called choregraphy.
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2. the art of composing dances for individuals or groups,
including the planning of the movements and steps; also,
the planning of movements and steps for figure skaters,
performed on ice.
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3. the planning and coordination of activities for an event,
especially one to be held in public. [informal]
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Coreopsis
(gcide) | Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k[=o]`r[-e]*[o^]p"s[i^]s), prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes
two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed.
Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest
plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
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Coreopsis tinctoria
(gcide) | Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k[=o]`r[-e]*[o^]p"s[i^]s), prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes
two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed.
Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest
plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
[1913 Webster]Calliopsis \Cal`li*op"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr.
kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
A popular name given to a few species of the genus
Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas.
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Foreordain
(gcide) | Foreordain \Fore`or*dain"\, v. t.
To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to
predestinate; to predetermine. --Hooker.
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Foreordinate
(gcide) | Foreordinate \Fore*or"di*nate\, v. t.
To foreordain.
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Foreordination
(gcide) | Foreordination \Fore*or`di*na"tion\, n.
Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination;
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Imperatoria Oreoselinum
(gcide) | Oreoselin \O`re*os"e*lin\, n. (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly
from the root of an umbelliferous plant ({Imperatoria
Oreoselinum}), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
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Moreover
(gcide) | Moreover \More*o"ver\, adv. [More + over.]
Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition;
furthermore; also; likewise.
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Moreover, he hath left you all his walks. --Shak.
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Syn: Besides, Moreover.
Usage: Of the two words, moreover is the stronger and is
properly used in solemn discourse, or when what is
added is important to be considered. See Besides.
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Nanotragus oreotragus
(gcide) | Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.]
(Zool.)
A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus
oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag
to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
[Written also klippspringer.]
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Oreodaphne Leucoxylon
(gcide) | Sweetwood \Sweet"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.)
(b) The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing
in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of
several other related trees.
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Oreodon
(gcide) | Oreodon \O"re*o*don\, prop. n. [Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain +
'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Paleon.)
A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the
Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less
related to the camel, hog, and deer.
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Oreodont
(gcide) | Oreodont \O"re*o*dont\, a. (Paleon.)
Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.
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Oreodoxa oleracea
(gcide) | Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Oreodoxa regia
(gcide) | Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F.
royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and
cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]
1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable
for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or
prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
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2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
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How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak.
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3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted
by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal
Society.
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Battle royal. See under Battle.
Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.)
Royal eagle. (Zool.) See Golden eagle, under Golden.
Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See
Osmund.
Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast
and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The
royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.
Royal metal, an old name for gold.
Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree
(Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida.
Royal pheasant. See Curassow.
Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.
Royal tern (Zool.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna
maxima}).
Royal tiger. (Zool.) See Tiger.
Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand
of a king, with the view of restoring to health; --
formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the
scrofula, or king's evil.
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Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike;
princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid;
illustrious; noble; magnanimous.
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Oreographic
(gcide) | Oreographic \O`re*o*graph"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to oreography.
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Oreography
(gcide) | Oreography \O`re*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain +
-graphy.]
The science of mountains; orography.
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Oreopteris
(gcide) | Oreopteris \Oreopteris\ prop. n.
A genus of ferns having species, formerly included in genus
Dryopteris or Thelypteris.
Syn: genus Oreopteris.
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Oreortyx
(gcide) | Oreortyx \Oreortyx\ prop. n.
A genus of birds including the mountain quail of the western
U. S.
Syn: genus Oreortyx.
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Oreortyx pictus
(gcide) | Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
-icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
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2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (Callipepla Californica).
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3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus
Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the
East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa
(Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell
(Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
Called also pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa
nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia;
called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.
[1913 Webster]Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
cover with feathers.]
1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
prink.
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Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
Irving.
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2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
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3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed
troop." --Shak.
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4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
plumes himself on his skill. --South.
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Plumed adder (Zool.), an African viper (Vipera cornuta,
syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over
each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African
puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
Plumed partridge (Zool.), the California mountain quail
(Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under
Mountain.
[1913 Webster]Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
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2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
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Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.
Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.
Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.
Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).
Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.
Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
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Oreoselin
(gcide) | Oreoselin \O`re*os"e*lin\, n. (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly
from the root of an umbelliferous plant ({Imperatoria
Oreoselinum}), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
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Oreosoma
(gcide) | Oreosoma \O`re*o*so"ma\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'o`ros, -eos,
mountain + sw^ma body.] (Zool.)
A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large
conical tubercles which cover the under surface.
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orpheoreon
(gcide) | Orpharion \Or*pha"ri*on\, n. (Mus.)
An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also
orpheoreon.]
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Phosphoreous
(gcide) | Phosphoreous \Phos*pho"re*ous\, a.
Phosphorescent. [Obs.]
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Roboreous
(gcide) | Roborean \Ro*bo"re*an\, Roboreous \Ro*bo"re*ous\, a. [L.
roboreus.]
Made of oak. [Obs.]
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arboreous
(wn) | arboreous
adj 1: inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [syn:
arboreal, arboreous, tree-living] [ant:
nonarboreal]
2: abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in
woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" [syn:
arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody]
3: resembling a tree in form and branching structure;
"arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";
"dendriform sponges" [syn: arboreal, arboreous,
arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform,
dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped] |
choreograph
(wn) | choreograph
v 1: compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music;
"Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's
music"
2: plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting
between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed" |
choreographer
(wn) | choreographer
n 1: someone who creates new dances |
choreographic
(wn) | choreographic
adj 1: of or concerned with choreography |
choreography
(wn) | choreography
n 1: a show involving artistic dancing [syn: stage dancing,
choreography]
2: the representation of dancing by symbols as music is
represented by notes
3: a notation used by choreographers |
coreopsis
(wn) | coreopsis
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a
profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over
long periods; North and South America [syn: coreopsis,
tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed] |
coreopsis gigantea
(wn) | Coreopsis gigantea
n 1: large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of
large yellow flower heads; coastal southern California
[syn: giant coreopsis, Coreopsis gigantea] |
coreopsis maritima
(wn) | Coreopsis maritima
n 1: stout herb with flowers one to a stalk; ornamental
developed from a Mexican wildflower [syn: sea dahlia,
Coreopsis maritima] |
coreopsis tinctoria
(wn) | Coreopsis tinctoria
n 1: North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow
flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some
classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis [syn:
calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria] |
dryopteris oreopteris
(wn) | Dryopteris oreopteris
n 1: common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or
balsam scented fronds [syn: mountain fern, {Oreopteris
limbosperma}, Dryopteris oreopteris] |
foreordain
(wn) | foreordain
v 1: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine,
predestinate, foreordain]
2: foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine,
foreordain, preordain] |
foreordained
(wn) | foreordained
adj 1: established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in
history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate
inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the
beginning of the world" [syn: foreordained,
predestinate, predestined] |
foreordination
(wn) | foreordination
n 1: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the
doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has
foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the
final salvation of mankind) [syn: predestination,
foreordination, preordination, predetermination] |
genus coreopsis
(wn) | genus Coreopsis
n 1: genus of American plants widely cultivated for their
flowers |
genus oreopteris
(wn) | genus Oreopteris
n 1: 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or
Thelypteris [syn: Oreopteris, genus Oreopteris] |
genus oreortyx
(wn) | genus Oreortyx
n 1: mountain quail of western United States [syn: Oreortyx,
genus Oreortyx] |
giant coreopsis
(wn) | giant coreopsis
n 1: large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of
large yellow flower heads; coastal southern California
[syn: giant coreopsis, Coreopsis gigantea] |
moreover
(wn) | moreover
adv 1: in addition; "computer chess games are getting cheaper
all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving";
"the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there"; "what
is more, there's no sign of a change" [syn:
furthermore, moreover, what is more] |
oreo cookie
(wn) | oreo cookie
n 1: chocolate cookie with white cream filling [syn: oreo,
oreo cookie] |
oreopteris
(wn) | Oreopteris
n 1: 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or
Thelypteris [syn: Oreopteris, genus Oreopteris] |
oreopteris limbosperma
(wn) | Oreopteris limbosperma
n 1: common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or
balsam scented fronds [syn: mountain fern, {Oreopteris
limbosperma}, Dryopteris oreopteris] |
oreortyx
(wn) | Oreortyx
n 1: mountain quail of western United States [syn: Oreortyx,
genus Oreortyx] |
oreortyx picta palmeri
(wn) | Oreortyx picta palmeri
n 1: California partridge; slightly larger than the California
quail [syn: mountain quail, mountain partridge,
Oreortyx picta palmeri] |
foreordination
(devil) | FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I
consider that pious and learned theologians have spent long lives in
explaining it, and written libraries to explain their explanations;
when I remember the nations have been divided and bloody battles
caused by the difference between foreordination and predestination,
and that millions of treasure have been expended in the effort to
prove and disprove its compatibility with freedom of the will and the
efficacy of prayer, praise, and a religious life, -- recalling these
awful facts in the history of the word, I stand appalled before the
mighty problem of its signification, abase my spiritual eyes, fearing
to contemplate its portentous magnitude, reverently uncover and humbly
refer it to His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and His Grace Bishop Potter.
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