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pif
(foldoc) | Program Information File
pif
Under Windows, a file providing information on
how a non-Windows application program should be run,
including how much memory should be allocated to it and what
graphics interface it requires.
Filename extension: .pif
(1997-10-11)
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pif
(vera) | PIF
Parity Inner Failure (DVD)
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piffle
(mass) | piffle
- nezmysel, kecať, kecať |
piffle
(encz) | piffle,kecat v: Zdeněk Brožpiffle,nesmysl n: Zdeněk Brožpiffle,nesmysly n: Zdeněk Brožpiffle,tlachy n: Zdeněk Brožpiffle,žvanit v: Zdeněk Brožpiffle,žvást n: Zdeněk Brož |
piffling
(encz) | piffling,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spiff
(encz) | spiff, n: |
spiff up
(encz) | spiff up, v: |
spiffed up
(encz) | spiffed up, adj: |
spiffing
(encz) | spiffing, adj: |
spiffy
(encz) | spiffy,nablejskaný adj: [hovor.] [amer.] Jakub Kalousek |
typification
(encz) | typification,zosobnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
typified
(encz) | typified,reprezentovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožtypified,typizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožtypified,typový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
typifies
(encz) | typifies, |
typify
(encz) | typify,symbolizovat v: Zdeněk Brožtypify,typizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
epifenomén
(czen) | epifenomén,epiphenomenonn: Zdeněk Brož |
epifora
(czen) | epifora,epiphora Zdeněk Brož |
epifyt
(czen) | epifyt,epiphyten: Zdeněk Brož |
epifytický
(czen) | epifytický,epiphyticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
epifytocie
(czen) | epifytocie,epiphytoty[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
epifyzeální
(czen) | epifyzeální,epiphyseal Zdeněk Brož |
epifýza
(czen) | epifýza,epiphysisn: Zdeněk Brožepifýza,pineal gland[med.] Ondřej Šeda |
Dapifer
(gcide) | Dapifer \Dap"i*fer\, n. [L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.]
One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries,
the official title of the grand master or steward of the
king's or a nobleman's household.
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dressed-up dressed to the ninespredicate dressed to killpredicate dolled up spruced up spiffed up
(gcide) | clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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Hippocrepiform
(gcide) | Hippocrepiform \Hip`po*crep`i*form\, a. [Gr. "i`ppos horse + ?
shoe + -form.] (Bot.)
Shaped like a horseshoe.
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Liriodendron tulipifera
(gcide) | Liriodendron \Lir`i*o*den"dron\
(l[i^]r`[i^]*[-o]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.; pl. Liriodendra
(-dr[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America,
having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike
flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood.
Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but
there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
[1913 Webster]Tulip \Tu"lip\ (t[=u]"l[i^]p), n. [F. tulipe, OF. also tulipan,
It. tulipano, tulipa, from Turk. tulbend, dulbend, literally,
a turban, Per. dulband; -- so called from the resemblance of
the form of this flower to a turban. See Turban.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties
are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
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Tulip tree.
(a) A large American tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) of the
magnolia family (Magnoliaceae) bearing tuliplike
flowers. See Liriodendron.
(b) A West Indian malvaceous tree (Paritium tiliaceum syn.
Hibiscus tiliaceum).
[1913 Webster + PJC]Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
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Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
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Lobelia coronopifolia
(gcide) | Buck's-horn \Buck's"-horn`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn
(Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.
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Lythrum Hyssopifolia
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
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Napiform
(gcide) | Napiform \Na"pi*form\, a. [L. napus turnip + -form: cf. F.
napiforme. Cf. Navew.] (Bot.)
Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very
slender below.
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Ophrys apifera
(gcide) | Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
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Opiferous
(gcide) | Opiferous \O*pif"er*ous\, a. [L. opifer; ops, opis, help + ferre
to bear.]
Bringing help. [R.]
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Opifice
(gcide) | Opifice \Op"i*fice\, n. [L. opificium, fr. opifex workman. See
Office.]
Workmanship. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Opificer
(gcide) | Opificer \O*pif"i*cer\, n.
An artificer; a workman. [Obs.] "The almighty opificer."
--Bentley.
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Palpifer
(gcide) | Palpifer \Pal"pi*fer\, n. [Palpus + L. ferre to bear.] (Zool.)
Same as Palpiger.
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Palpiform
(gcide) | Palpiform \Pal"pi*form\, a. [Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme.]
(Zool.)
Having the form of a palpus.
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Pappiform
(gcide) | Pappiform \Pap"pi*form\, a. (Bot.)
Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
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Piffara
(gcide) | Piffero \Pif"fe*ro\, Piffara \Pif"fa*ra\, n. [It. piffero.]
(Mus.)
A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an
inflated skin for reservoir.
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Piffero
(gcide) | Piffero \Pif"fe*ro\, Piffara \Pif"fa*ra\, n. [It. piffero.]
(Mus.)
A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an
inflated skin for reservoir.
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Piffle
(gcide) | Piffle \Pif"fle\, n.
Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle.
[Dial. or Slang] "Futile piffle." --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about
trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]
Syn: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack,
maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.
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2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.
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Piffled
(gcide) | Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about
trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]
Syn: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack,
maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.
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Piffling
(gcide) | Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about
trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]
Syn: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack,
maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.
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Polypifera
(gcide) | Polypifera \Pol`y*pif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
The Anthozoa.
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Polypiferous
(gcide) | Polypiferous \Pol*y*pif"er*ous\, a. [Polypus + -ferous.] (Zool.)
Bearing polyps, or polypites.
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Pretypified
(gcide) | Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pretypified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Pretypifying.]
To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson.
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Pretypify
(gcide) | Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pretypified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Pretypifying.]
To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson.
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Pretypifying
(gcide) | Pretypify \Pre*typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pretypified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Pretypifying.]
To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. --Bp. Pearson.
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Scapiform
(gcide) | Scapiform \Sca"pi*form\, a. (Bot.)
Resembling a scape, or flower stem.
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Scopiferous
(gcide) | Scopiferous \Sco*pif"er*ous\, a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.]
(Zool.)
Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
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Scopiform
(gcide) | Scopiform \Sco"pi*form\, a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.]
Having the form of a broom or besom. "Zeolite, stelliform or
scopiform." --Kirwan.
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stupifacient
(gcide) | Stupefacient \Stu`pe*fa"cient\, a. [L. stupefaciens, p. pr. of
stupefacere to stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to
make. Cf. Stupefy.] [Written also stupifacient.]
Producing stupefaction; stupefactive. -- n. (Med.) Anything
promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
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stupifaction
(gcide) | Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
Stupefacient.]
The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
[Written also stupifaction.]
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Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
hardness and stupefaction upon it. --South.
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stupifactive
(gcide) | Stupefactive \Stu`pe*fac"tive\, a. & n. [Cf. F. stup['e]factif,
LL. stupefactivus.]
Same as Stupefacient. [Written also stupifactive.]
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stupify
(gcide) | Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied; p. pr. &
vb. n. Stupefying.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.] [Written also
stupify, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
to make torpid.
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The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
--South.
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2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
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It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
See Stupefy.
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Stupify
(gcide) | Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied; p. pr. &
vb. n. Stupefying.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.] [Written also
stupify, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
to make torpid.
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The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
--South.
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2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
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It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
See Stupefy.
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Torpified
(gcide) | Torpify \Tor"pi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torpified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Torpifying. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.]
To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.
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Torpify
(gcide) | Torpify \Tor"pi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torpified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Torpifying. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.]
To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.
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Torpifying
(gcide) | Torpify \Tor"pi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torpified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Torpifying. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.]
To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.
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Typification
(gcide) | Typification \Typ`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act of typifying, or representing by a figure.
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Typified
(gcide) | Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
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Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to
be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family
Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.
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Typifier
(gcide) | Typifier \Typ"i*fi`er\, n.
One who, or that which, typifies. --Bp. Warburton.
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Typify
(gcide) | Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
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Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to
be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family
Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.
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Typifying
(gcide) | Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Typifying.] [Type + -fy.]
1. To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
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Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that
was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to
be the type of; as, the genus Rosa typifies the family
Rosaceae, which in turn typifies the series Rosales.
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cotula coronopifolia
(wn) | Cotula coronopifolia
n 1: South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads;
naturalized in moist areas along coast of California;
cultivated as an ornamental [syn: brass buttons, {Cotula
coronopifolia}] |
liriodendron tulipifera
(wn) | Liriodendron tulipifera
n 1: tall North American deciduous timber tree having large
tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit;
yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
[syn: tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar,
canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera] |
lythrum hyssopifolia
(wn) | Lythrum hyssopifolia
n 1: annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of
Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas [syn: {grass
poly}, hyssop loosestrife, Lythrum hyssopifolia] |
ophrys apifera
(wn) | Ophrys apifera
n 1: European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape
and color [syn: bee orchid, Ophrys apifera] |
piffle
(wn) | piffle
n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle,
piffle]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, {tittle-
tattle}, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
2: act in a trivial or ineffective way |
piffling
(wn) | piffling
adj 1: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at
war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over
niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises";
"piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal
may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune
infraction" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian,
little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty,
picayune, trivial] |
spiff
(wn) | spiff
n 1: attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner; "he gets
by largely on pure spiff" |
spiff up
(wn) | spiff up
v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for
Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce,
titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, {spiff
up}] |
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