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stella
(encz) | Stella,Stella n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
stella
(czen) | Stella,Stellan: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
stella
(wn) | Stella
n 1: United States minimalist painter (born in 1936) [syn:
Stella, Frank Stella, Frank Philip Stella] |
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stellar
(mass) | stellar
- hviezdny |
castellated
(encz) | castellated,hradový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
castellated beam
(encz) | castellated beam,prolamovaný nosník [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
castellated girder
(encz) | castellated girder,prolamovaný nosník [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
christella
(encz) | christella, n: |
constellate
(encz) | constellate,prorokovat v: Zdeněk Brožconstellate,předpovědět v: Zdeněk Brož |
constellation
(encz) | constellation,souhvězdí n: |
estella
(encz) | Estella,Estella n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
fenestella
(encz) | fenestella, n: |
interstellar
(encz) | interstellar,mezihvězdný [astr.] běžně např. mezihvězdná hmota (i.
matter) |
interstellar medium
(encz) | interstellar medium, n: |
interstellar space
(encz) | interstellar space, n: |
quasi-stellar radio source
(encz) | quasi-stellar radio source, n: |
stellar
(encz) | stellar,hvězdný adj: Zdeněk Brožstellar,špičkový adj: Pinostellar,týkající se hvězd adj: [astr.] dond |
stellar parallax
(encz) | stellar parallax, n: |
stellate
(encz) | stellate,hvězdicovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožstellate,hvězdicový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stellate venule
(encz) | stellate venule, n: |
stellated
(encz) | stellated,hvězdnatý adj: Zdeněk Brožstellated,hvězdovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
estella
(czen) | Estella,Estellan: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
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Amoroecium stellatum
(gcide) | Sea pork \Sea" pork`\ (Zool.)
An American compound ascidian (Amoroecium stellatum) which
forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
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Botaurus stellaris
(gcide) | Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
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Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
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Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the {sun
bittern}.
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Castellan
(gcide) | Castellan \Cas"tel*lan\, n. [OF. castelain, F. ch[^a]telain, L.
castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste,
LL., a governor of a castle, fr. L. castellum castle,
citadel, dim. of castrum fortified place. See Castle, and
cf. Chatelaine.]
A governor or warden of a castle.
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Castellanies
(gcide) | Castellany \Cas"tel*la*ny\, n.; pl. Castellanies. [LL.
castellania.]
The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction
appertaining to a castle.
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Castellany
(gcide) | Castellany \Cas"tel*la*ny\, n.; pl. Castellanies. [LL.
castellania.]
The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction
appertaining to a castle.
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Castellated
(gcide) | Castellated \Cas"tel*la`ted\, a. [LL. castellatus, fr.
castellare. See Castle.]
1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern
castellated. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle;
built in the style of a castle.
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Castellation
(gcide) | Castellation \Cas`tel*la"tion\, n. [LL. castellation, fr.
castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle.]
The act of making into a castle.
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christella
(gcide) | christella \christella\ n.
any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella
having thin brittle fronds.
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Constellate
(gcide) | Constellate \Con"stel*late\ (? or ?), v. i. [Pref. con- + L.
stellatus, p. p. of stellare to cover with stars, stella
star. See Stellate.]
To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general
light. [R.]
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The several things which engage our affections . . .
shine forth and constellate in God. --Boule.
[1913 Webster]Constellate \Con"stel*late\, v. t.
1. To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars. [R.]
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Whe know how to constellate these lights. --Boyle.
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2. To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as,
constellated heavens. --J. Barlow.
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Constellation
(gcide) | Constellation \Con`stel*la"tion\, n. [F. constellation, L.
constellatio.]
1. A cluster or group of fixed stars, or division of the
heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some
animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose
imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group
is included.
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The constellations seem to have been almost
purposely named and delineated to cause as much
confusion and inconvenience as possible. --Sir J.
Herschel.
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Note: In each of the constellations now recognized by
astronomers (about 90 in number) the brightest stars,
both named and unnamed, are designated nearly in the
order of brilliancy by the letters of the Greek
alphabet; as, [alpha] Tauri (Aldebaran) is the first
star of Taurus, [gamma] Orionis (Bellatrix) is the
third star of Orion.
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2. An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
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The constellations of genius had already begun to
show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the
meridian and close of Philip's reign. --Prescott.
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3. Fortune; fate; destiny. [Obs.]
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It is constellation, which causeth all that a man
doeth. --Gower.
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Costellate
(gcide) | Costellate \Cos*tel"late\ (k?s-t?l"l?t), a. [L. costa rib.]
Finely ribbed or costated.
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Descending constellations
(gcide) | Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is
numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series
arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
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Fenes-tella
(gcide) | Fenes-tella \Fen`es-tel"la\, n. [L., dim. of fenestra ? window.]
(Arch.)
Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the
relics within an altar, or the like.
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Haustella
(gcide) | Haustellum \Haus*tel"lum\ (h[add]s*t[e^]l"l[u^]m), n.; pl.
Haustella (-l[.a]). [NL.] (Zool.)
The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera,
and Diptera.
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Haustellata
(gcide) | Haustellata \Haus`tel*la"ta\ (h[add]s`t[e^]l*l[=a]"t[.a]), n.
pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw
water, to swallow. See Exhaust.] (Zool.)
An artificial division of insects, including all those with a
sucking proboscis.
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Haustellate
(gcide) | Haustellate \Haus"tel*late\ (h[add]s"t[e^]l*l[asl]t or
h[add]s*t[e^]l"l[asl]t), a. [See Haustellata.] (Zool.)
Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n. One
of the Haustellata.
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Incastellated
(gcide) | Incastellated \In*cas"tel*la`ted\, a.
Confined or inclosed in a castle.
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Interstellar
(gcide) | Interstellar \In`ter*stel"lar\, a.
Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. --Bacon.
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Interstellary
(gcide) | Interstellary \In`ter*stel"la*ry\, a.
Interstellar.
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Locustella
(gcide) | Locustella \Lo`cus*tel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. locusta a locust.]
(Zool.)
The European cricket warbler.
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Pleuronectes stellatus
(gcide) | Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder,
Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]
1. (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of
many species.
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Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus.
There are several common American species used as food;
as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or
winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder,
or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast;
and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus).
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2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
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Pseudostella
(gcide) | Pseudostella \Pseu`do*stel"la\, n.; pl. -l[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr.
pseydh`s false + L. stella star.] (Astron.)
Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]
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Rostella
(gcide) | Rostellum \Ros*tel"lum\, n.; pl. Rostella. [L. See Rostel.]
A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small
rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of
the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a
tapeworm.
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Rostellar
(gcide) | Rostellar \Ros*tel"lar\, a.
Pertaining to a rostellum.
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Rostellate
(gcide) | Rostellate \Ros"tel*late\, a. [NL. rostellatus.]
Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.
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Saxifrage stellaris
(gcide) | Kidneywort \Kid"ney*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
(b) The navelwort.
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Silene stellata
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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Silvia locustella
(gcide) | Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied
genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
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Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus;
the common large black crickets of America are {Gryllus
niger}, Gryllus neglectus, and others.
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Balm cricket. See under Balm.
Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella);
-- called also grasshopper warbler.
Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus);
-- so called from its chirping.
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Stellar
(gcide) | Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
stella a star. See Star.]
1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
stellary orbs.
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[These soft fires] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. --Milton.
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2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
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Stellar parallax
(gcide) | Parallax \Par"al*lax\, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual
inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a
little, go aside, deviate; para` beside, beyond + ? to
change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. Parallel.]
1. The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of
an object, as seen from two different stations, or points
of view.
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2. (Astron.) The apparent difference in position of a body
(as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the
earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional
point, as the earth's center or the sun.
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3. (Astron.) The annual parallax. See annual parallax,
below.
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Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric
parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place
of a body as seen from the earth and sun; it is equivalent
to the parallax of an astronomical object which would be
observed by taking observations of the object at two
different points one astronomical unit (the distance of
the Earth from the sun) apart, if the line joining the two
observing points is perpendicular to the direction to the
observed object; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star.
The distance of an astronomical object from the Earth is
inversely proportional to the annual parallax. A star
which has an annual parallax of one second of an arc is
considered to be one parsec (3.26 light years) distant
from the earth; a star with an annual parallax of
one-hundredth second of an arc is 326 light years distant.
See parsec in the vocabulary, and stellar parallax,
below.
Binocular parallax, the apparent difference in position of
an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the
other, the head remaining unmoved.
Diurnal parallax or Geocentric parallax, the parallax of
a body with reference to the earth's center. This is the
kind of parallax that is generally understood when the
term is used without qualification.
Heliocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with
reference to the sun, or the angle subtended at the body
by lines drawn from it to the earth and sun; as, the
heliocentric parallax of a planet.
Horizontal parallax, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly
body when in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the
body by the earth's radius.
Optical parallax, the apparent displacement in position
undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly.
--Brande & C.
Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument),
their apparent displacement when the eye changes its
position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus
of the object glass.
Stellar parallax, the annual parallax of a fixed star.
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Stellaria Holostea
(gcide) | Stichwort \Stich"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). [Written also
stitchwort.]
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Stellaria media
(gcide) | Chickweed \Chick"weed`\ (-w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially
Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a
favorite food of small birds.
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Stellary
(gcide) | Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
stella a star. See Star.]
1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
stellary orbs.
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[These soft fires] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. --Milton.
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2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
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Stellate
(gcide) | Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [L. stellatus,
p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a
star. See Stellar.]
1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of
a star.
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2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a
common center; as, stellate flowers.
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Stellated
(gcide) | Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [L. stellatus,
p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a
star. See Stellar.]
1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of
a star.
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2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a
common center; as, stellate flowers.
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Stellation
(gcide) | Stellation \Stel*la"tion\, n.
Radiation of light. [Obs.]
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Subconstellation
(gcide) | Subconstellation \Sub*con`stel*la"tion\, n. (Astron.)
A subordinate constellation. --Sir T. Browne.
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astropogon stellatus
(wn) | Astropogon stellatus
n 1: found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living
conch [syn: conchfish, Astropogon stellatus] |
botaurus stellaris
(wn) | Botaurus stellaris
n 1: a kind of bittern [syn: European bittern, {Botaurus
stellaris}] |
castellated
(wn) | castellated
adj 1: having or resembling repeated square indentations like
those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn:
embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated] |
christella
(wn) | christella
n 1: any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella
having thin brittle fronds |
constellate
(wn) | constellate
v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud,
constellate]
2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets
constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster,
constellate, flock, clump]
3: form a constellation or cluster |
constellation
(wn) | constellation
n 1: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends
on the configuration of influences at the time" [syn:
configuration, constellation]
2: a configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
fenestella
(wn) | fenestella
n 1: oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or
vault [syn: lunette, fenestella] |
frank philip stella
(wn) | Frank Philip Stella
n 1: United States minimalist painter (born in 1936) [syn:
Stella, Frank Stella, Frank Philip Stella] |
frank stella
(wn) | Frank Stella
n 1: United States minimalist painter (born in 1936) [syn:
Stella, Frank Stella, Frank Philip Stella] |
genus christella
(wn) | genus Christella
n 1: medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of
Old World to Americas |
genus stellaria
(wn) | genus Stellaria
n 1: common chickweed; stitchwort [syn: Stellaria, {genus
Stellaria}] |
interstellar
(wn) | interstellar
adj 1: between or among stars; "the density of hydrogen in
interplanetary and interstellar space" |
interstellar medium
(wn) | interstellar medium
n 1: interstellar space including streams of protons moving from
the stars |
interstellar space
(wn) | interstellar space
n 1: the space between stars |
magnolia stellata
(wn) | Magnolia stellata
n 1: deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white
starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an
ornamental in United States [syn: star magnolia,
Magnolia stellata] |
nymphaea stellata
(wn) | Nymphaea stellata
n 1: blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia [syn: {blue
lotus}, Nymphaea stellata] |
phlox stellaria
(wn) | Phlox stellaria
n 1: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn:
chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, {Phlox
stellaria}] |
quasi-stellar radio source
(wn) | quasi-stellar radio source
n 1: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other
forms of energy; many have large red shifts [syn: quasar,
quasi-stellar radio source] |
quercus stellata
(wn) | Quercus stellata
n 1: small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States
having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough
moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
[syn: post oak, box white oak, brash oak, iron oak,
Quercus stellata] |
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