| slovo | definícia |
pomp
(encz) | pomp,pompa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pomp
(gcide) | Pomp \Pomp\, n. [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. ? a
sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. ? to send. Cf. Pump
a shoe.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a
pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." --Addison.
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2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
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Syn: Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state;
magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
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Pomp
(gcide) | Pomp \Pomp\, v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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pomp
(wn) | pomp
n 1: cheap or pretentious or vain display [syn: gaudery,
pomp]
2: ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in
a coach drawn by eight white horses" [syn: pomp, eclat] |
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pompadour
(encz) | pompadour,druh účesu n: Zdeněk Brož |
pompano
(encz) | pompano,mořská ryba n: Zdeněk Brož |
pompeian
(encz) | Pompeian, |
pompeii
(encz) | Pompeii,Pompeje n: [zem.] |
pompey
(encz) | Pompey,Pompey n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
pompom
(encz) | pompom, |
pompon
(encz) | pompon,bambule n: Zdeněk Brož |
pomposity
(encz) | pomposity,okázalost n: Zdeněk Brožpomposity,pompéznost n: Zdeněk Brož |
pompous
(encz) | pompous,nabubřelý adj: Zdeněk Brožpompous,nafoukaný adj: Zdeněk Brožpompous,pompézní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pompously
(encz) | pompously,nafoukaně adv: Jaroslav Šedivý |
pompousness
(encz) | pompousness,nafoukanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
psychopomp
(encz) | psychopomp, n: |
unpompous
(encz) | unpompous, adj: |
pompa
(czen) | pompa,pompn: Zdeněk Brož |
pompeje
(czen) | Pompeje,Pompeiin: [zem.] |
pompey
(czen) | Pompey,Pompeyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
pompéznost
(czen) | pompéznost,pomposityn: Zdeněk Brož |
pompézní
(czen) | pompézní,highfalutinadj: Zdeněk Brožpompézní,highfalutingadj: Zdeněk Brožpompézní,large Zdeněk Brožpompézní,orotundadj: Michal Ambrožpompézní,pompousadj: Zdeněk Brožpompézní,spectacular Zdeněk Brožpompézní,turgidadj: Zdeněk Brož |
pompézně
(czen) | pompézně,portentouslyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
California pompano
(gcide) | Palometa \Pa`lo*me"ta\, n. (Zool.)
A type of pompano (Palometa simillima) that is smaller than
the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also
the California pompano.
Syn: California pompano, Palometa simillima.
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Centrolophus pompilus
(gcide) | Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.
1. (Zool.) A small kind of whale, of the genus
Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is
Globicephalus melas. Also sometimes applied to other
whales of larger size.
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2. (Zool.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
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3. (Zool.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of
the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally
called also black Harry.
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4. (Zool.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus
pompilus}) of the Mackerel family.
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5. (Zool.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
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Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
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Pomp
(gcide) | Pomp \Pomp\, n. [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. ? a
sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. ? to send. Cf. Pump
a shoe.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a
pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." --Addison.
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2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
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Syn: Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state;
magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
[1913 Webster]Pomp \Pomp\, v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Pompadour
(gcide) | Pompadour \Pom"pa*dour\, n.
A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and
square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by
drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so
called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also
much used adjectively.
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Pompano
(gcide) | Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
pampano.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the
Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
palometa.
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Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
(Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano
(Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other
species occur on the Pacific coast.
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2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus),
highly valued as a food fish.
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Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
[Florida]
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Pompano shell
(gcide) | Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
pampano.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the
Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
palometa.
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Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
(Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano
(Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other
species occur on the Pacific coast.
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2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus),
highly valued as a food fish.
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Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
[Florida]
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pompanos
(gcide) | carangid \carangid\ n.
any fish of the family Carangidae, including the
cavallas, jacks, pompanos and scads.
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Pompatic
(gcide) | Pompatic \Pom*pat"ic\, a. [L. pompaticus.]
Pompous. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Pompeian
(gcide) | Pompeian \Pom*pe"ian\, a. [L. Pompeianus.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient
city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d.,
and partly uncovered by modern excavations.
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Pompeian red
(gcide) | Pompeian red \Pompeian red\ (Art)
A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated
from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which
were decorated during the last age of the Republic.
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pompelmous
(gcide) | Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large
species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and
pompelmous.
[1913 Webster]Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. Pompelmouses. [D.
pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
pompol['e]on.] (Bot.)
A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
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Pompelmous
(gcide) | Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large
species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and
pompelmous.
[1913 Webster]Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. Pompelmouses. [D.
pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
pompol['e]on.] (Bot.)
A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
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Pompelmouses
(gcide) | Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. Pompelmouses. [D.
pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
pompol['e]on.] (Bot.)
A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
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Pompet
(gcide) | Pompet \Pom"pet\, n. [OF. pompette.] (Print.)
The ball formerly used to ink the type.
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Pompholyx
(gcide) | Pompholyx \Pom"pho*lyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a bubble, the slag on
the surface of smelted ore, from ? a blister.]
1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
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2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of
bull[ae], without inflammation or fever.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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pompholyx
(gcide) | Pompholyx \Pom"pho*lyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a bubble, the slag on
the surface of smelted ore, from ? a blister.]
1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
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2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of
bull[ae], without inflammation or fever.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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Pompillion
(gcide) | Pompillion \Pom*pil"lion\, n.
An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.]
--Cotgrave.
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Pompilus formosus
(gcide) | Tarantula \Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E. Tarantulas, L.
Tarantulae. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now
Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
(Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent
countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also
tarentula.]
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Tarantula killer, a very large wasp (Pompilus formosus),
which captures the Texan tarantula (Mygale Hentzii) and
places it in its nest as food for its young, after
paralyzing it by a sting.
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Pompion
(gcide) | Pompion \Pom"pi*on\, n. [OF. pompon. See Pumpkin.]
See Pumpion.
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Pompire
(gcide) | Pompire \Pom"pire\, n. [L. pomum a fruit, LL. also, an apple +
pirum a pear.]
A pearmain. [Obs.]
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Pompoleon
(gcide) | Pompoleon \Pom*po"le*on\, n. (Bot.)
See Pompelmous.
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Pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
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2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
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3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
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4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
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pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
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3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
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4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
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Pom-pom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
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3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
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4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
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Pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
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3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
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4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
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Pompom girl
(gcide) | Pompom girl \Pom"pom girl\, n.
a female cheerleader, especially one who waves a pompon[5]
while performing a cheering routine.
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Pompon
(gcide) | Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
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3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
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Pomposities
(gcide) | Pomposity \Pom*pos"i*ty\, n.; pl. Pomposities.
The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.
--Thackeray.
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Pomposity
(gcide) | Pomposity \Pom*pos"i*ty\, n.; pl. Pomposities.
The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.
--Thackeray.
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Pomposo
(gcide) | Pomposo \Pom*po"so\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)
Grand and dignified; in grand style.
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Pompous
(gcide) | Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high
presumption." --Chaucer.
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he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
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Pompousness
(gcide) | Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high
presumption." --Chaucer.
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he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
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Pomptine
(gcide) | Pomptine \Pomp"tine\, a.
See Pontine.
[1913 Webster]Pontine \Pon"tine\, a. [L. Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation
given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.]
Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome
and Naples. [Written also Pomptine.]
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Psychopomp
(gcide) | Psychopomp \Psy"cho*pomp\, n. [Gr. ?; psychh` the soul + ? to
send: cf. F. psychopompe.] (Myth.)
A leader or guide of souls . --J. Fiske.
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Rose de Pompadour
(gcide) | Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?,
Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.]
1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of
which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
hemispere
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Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
state have five petals of a color varying from deep
pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
every class.
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2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
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3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
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4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
strainer at the foot of a pump.
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5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
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6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
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7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
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8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
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Cabbage rose, China rose, etc. See under Cabbage,
China, etc.
Corn rose (Bot.) See Corn poppy, under Corn.
Infantile rose (Med.), a variety of roseola.
Jamaica rose. (Bot.) See under Jamaica.
Rose acacia (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
(Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
blossoms.
Rose aniline. (Chem.) Same as Rosaniline.
Rose apple (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch or
more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
roselike perfume.
Rose beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
(Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves
of various plants, and is often very injurious to
rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
rose bug, and rose chafer.
(b) The European chafer.
Rose bug. (Zool.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer.
Rose burner, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
flame.
Rose camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
separates from rose oil.
Rose campion. (Bot.) See under Campion.
Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold.
Rose chafer. (Zool.)
(a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is
often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
rose beetle, and rose fly.
(b) The rose beetle
(a) .
Rose cold (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
Hay fever, under Hay.
Rose color, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
promise.
Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given
to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.
Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n.
Rose ear. See under Ear.
Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
Rose family (Bot.) the Roseceae. See Rosaceous.
Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.
Rose fly (Zool.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
Rose gall (Zool.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar.
Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
resemble a rose; a rosette.
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and
madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
Rose mallow. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers.
(b) the hollyhock.
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose
(b), under China.
Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and
expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection
plant}.
Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
(Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for
some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.
Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
part of attar of roses.
Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
the color of the pigment.
Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
Rose slug (Zool.), the small green larva of a black sawfly
(Selandria rosae). These larvae feed in groups on the
parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often
abundant and very destructive.
Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with
ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and
marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.
Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
said was to be divulged.
Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
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Vanilla Pompona
(gcide) | Vanilloes \Va*nil"loes\, n. pl.
An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.
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california pompano
(wn) | California pompano
n 1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn:
palometa, California pompano, Palometa simillima] |
florida pompano
(wn) | Florida pompano
n 1: found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear
waters of West Indies [syn: Florida pompano, {Trachinotus
carolinus}] |
gnaeus pompeius magnus
(wn) | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
n 1: Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and
fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) [syn:
Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great] |
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