| slovo | definícia |
syria
(mass) | Syria
- Sýria |
syria
(msasasci) | Syria
- SY, SYR, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic |
syria
(encz) | Syria,Syria n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syria
(encz) | Syria,Sýrie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syria
(czen) | Syria,Syrian: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syria
(wn) | Syria
n 1: an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the
Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient
centers of civilization [syn: Syria, {Syrian Arab
Republic}] |
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syrian arab republic
(mass) | Syrian Arab Republic
- Sýria, Sýrska arabská republika |
assyria
(encz) | Assyria,Asýrie n: Zdeněk Brož |
assyrian
(encz) | Assyrian,Asýrijský adj: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,asyrský adj: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,asyrština n: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,Asyřan Zdeněk Brož |
syrian
(encz) | Syrian,obyvatel Sýrie Zdeněk BrožSyrian,syrský adj: Zdeněk BrožSyrian,Syřan Zdeněk BrožSyrian,Syřanka Zdeněk Brož |
syrianize
(encz) | Syrianize, |
syrianizes
(encz) | Syrianizes, |
syrians
(encz) | Syrians, |
Assyrian
(gcide) | Assyrian \As*syr"i*an\, a. [L. Assyrius.]
Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A
native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
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Hibiscus Syriacus
(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.
[1913 Webster]Althaea \Al*th[ae]"a\, Althea \Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.]
(Bot.)
(a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the
officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
(b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow
family.
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Hyrax Syriacus
(gcide) | Hyrax \Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shrew mouse.] (Zool.)
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species
are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best
known species are the daman (Hyrax Syriacus) of Palestine,
and the klipdas (Hyrax capensis) of South Africa. Other
species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris, the
former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa.
See Daman. HyrcanianCony \Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus
cuniculus}).
(b) The chief hare.
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Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
Syriacus}, called also daman, and cherogril. See
Daman.
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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
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3. (Zool.)
(a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus
apua}); the hind of Bermuda.
(b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Daman \Da"man\ (d[aum]"m[.a]n), n. (Zool.)
A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species
found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of
Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko,
dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.
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Syriac
(gcide) | Syriac \Syr"i*ac\, a. [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F.
syriaque.]
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac
version of the Pentateuch. -- n. The language of Syria;
especially, the ancient language of that country.
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Syriacism
(gcide) | Syriacism \Syr"i*a*cism\, n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
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Syrian
(gcide) | Syrian \Syr"i*an\, a. [L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien.]
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. -- n. A native of Syria.
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Syrian bindweed
(gcide) | Bindweed \Bind"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed
(Convolvulus Sepium); lesser bindweed ({Convolvulus
arvensis}); the white bindweed, the blue bindweed, the
Syrian bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called
black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
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The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
--Tennyson.
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Syrianism
(gcide) | Syrianism \Syr"i*an*ism\, n.
A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a
Syriacism. --Paley.
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Syriasm
(gcide) | Syriasm \Syr"i*asm\, n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. --M. Stuart.
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The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms
and Hebraisms. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Ursus Syriacus
(gcide) | Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer,
OHG. bero, pero, G. b[aum]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and
possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla
bear.]
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1. (Zool.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the
closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora,
but they live largely on fruit and insects.
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Note: The European brown bear (Ursus arctos), the white
polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the grizzly bear
(Ursus horribilis), the American black bear, and its
variety the cinnamon bear (Ursus Americanus), the
Syrian bear (Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are
among the notable species.
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2. (Zool.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in
form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear;
ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
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3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern
hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the
Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities
for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the
market.
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Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose
interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to
raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to
the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of
tossing up.
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6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.
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7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to
scour the deck.
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Australian bear. (Zool.) See Koala.
Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs.
Bear caterpillar (Zool.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp.
of the genus Euprepia.
Bear garden.
(a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or
fighting.
(b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or
permitted. --M. Arnold.
Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for
money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of
a young man on his travels.
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assyria
(wn) | Assyria
n 1: an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in
present-day Iraq |
assyrian
(wn) | Assyrian
n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
2: the language of modern Iraq [syn: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic,
Assyrian]
3: an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
[syn: Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian] |
assyrian akkadian
(wn) | Assyrian Akkadian
n 1: an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
[syn: Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian] |
assyrian neo-aramaic
(wn) | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
n 1: the language of modern Iraq [syn: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic,
Assyrian] |
capital of syria
(wn) | capital of Syria
n 1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and
present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the
New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul)
underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
[syn: Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria] |
hibiscus syriacus
(wn) | Hibiscus syriacus
n 1: Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-
shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-
lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America
and Europe [syn: rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus] |
syrian
(wn) | Syrian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its
people or culture; "the Syrian government"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Syria |
syrian arab republic
(wn) | Syrian Arab Republic
n 1: an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the
Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient
centers of civilization [syn: Syria, {Syrian Arab
Republic}] |
syrian bean caper
(wn) | Syrian bean caper
n 1: perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and
southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as
capers [syn: bean caper, Syrian bean caper,
Zygophyllum fabago] |
syrian bear
(wn) | Syrian bear
n 1: yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear [syn: Syrian bear,
Ursus arctos syriacus] |
syrian desert
(wn) | Syrian Desert
n 1: a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq,
southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia |
syrian hamster
(wn) | Syrian hamster
n 1: small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet [syn:
golden hamster, Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus] |
syrian monetary unit
(wn) | Syrian monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Syria |
syrian pound
(wn) | Syrian pound
n 1: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
[syn: Syrian pound, pound] |
ursus arctos syriacus
(wn) | Ursus arctos syriacus
n 1: yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear [syn: Syrian bear,
Ursus arctos syriacus] |
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