| slovo | definícia |
pincus
(wn) | Pincus
n 1: United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that
progesterone could block ovulation led to the development
of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967) [syn: Pincus,
Gregory Pincus, Gregory Goodwin Pincus] |
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pincushion
(encz) | pincushion,jehelníček n: Zdeněk Brož |
pincushion flower
(encz) | pincushion flower, n: |
pincushion hakea
(encz) | pincushion hakea, n: |
Pincushion
(gcide) | Pincushion \Pin"cush`ion\, n.
A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
[1913 Webster] Pindal |
Sea pincushion
(gcide) | Sea pincushion \Sea" pin`cush`ion\ (Zool.)
(a) A sea purse.
(b) A pentagonal starfish.
[1913 Webster] |
gregory goodwin pincus
(wn) | Gregory Goodwin Pincus
n 1: United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that
progesterone could block ovulation led to the development
of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967) [syn: Pincus,
Gregory Pincus, Gregory Goodwin Pincus] |
gregory pincus
(wn) | Gregory Pincus
n 1: United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that
progesterone could block ovulation led to the development
of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967) [syn: Pincus,
Gregory Pincus, Gregory Goodwin Pincus] |
pincushion
(wn) | pincushion
n 1: a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for
use |
pincushion flower
(wn) | pincushion flower
n 1: Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson
flower heads; naturalized in United States [syn: {sweet
scabious}, pincushion flower, mournful widow, {Scabiosa
atropurpurea}] |
pincushion hakea
(wn) | pincushion hakea
n 1: tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow
flowers; western Australia [syn: cushion flower,
pincushion hakea, Hakea laurina] |
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