| slovo | definícia |
tn
(mass) | TN
- Tunisko |
tn
(vera) | TN
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btn
(mass) | BTN
- Bhután |
chestnut
(mass) | chestnut
- gaštanový, gaštan |
copartner
(mass) | copartner
- spoločník |
discreetness
(mass) | discreetness
- diskrétnosť, rezervovanosť |
fastness
(mass) | fastness
- tvrdza |
fatness
(mass) | fatness
- hrúbka |
fitness
(mass) | fitness
- schopnosť, spôsobilosť, fitnes |
footnote
(mass) | footnote
- anotácia, poznámka pod čiarou, vysvetlivka |
fortnight
(mass) | fortnight
- štrnásť dní, dvojtýždeň |
greatness
(mass) | greatness
- veľkosť |
intactness
(mass) | intactness
- neporušenosť |
justness
(mass) | justness
- priliehavosť, vhodnosť, správnosť, spravodlivosť |
lightness
(mass) | lightness
- ľahkosť |
lightning
(mass) | lightning
- blesk |
mustnt
(mass) | mustn't
- must not, nesmie |
neatness
(mass) | neatness
- elegancia, vkusnosť |
partner
(mass) | partner
- spolupracovník, partner, spolupracovať |
partnership
(mass) | partnership
- partnerstvo, spolupráca |
sweetness
(mass) | sweetness
- sladkosť, sladidlo, cukor |
tn
(mass) | TN
- Tunisko |
unpleasantness
(mass) | unpleasantness
- nepríjemnosť |
vietnamese
(mass) | Vietnamese
- vietnamský |
wetnurse
(mass) | wet-nurse
- kojiť |
witness
(mass) | witness
- svedok, svedčiť, vidieť |
witnesses
(mass) | witnesses
- svedkovia |
Abjectness
(gcide) | Abjectness \Ab"ject*ness\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt*n[e^]s), n.
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
--Grew.
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Abruptness
(gcide) | Abruptness \Ab*rupt"ness\, n.
1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness;
ruggedness; steepness.
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2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as,
abruptness of style or manner.
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Absentness
(gcide) | Absentness \Ab"sent*ness\, n.
The quality of being absent-minded. --H. Miller.
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Abstractness
(gcide) | Abstractness \Ab"stract`ness\, n.
The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the
ideas." --Locke.
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Accountatn general
(gcide) | Accountant \Ac*count"ant\, n. [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant,
p. pr.]
1. One who renders account; one accountable.
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2. A reckoner.
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3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an
officer in a public office, who has charge of the
accounts.
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Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant
in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in
the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid
into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
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Adaptness
(gcide) | Adaptness \A*dapt"ness\, n.
Adaptedness. [R.]
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Adeptness
(gcide) | Adeptness \A*dept"ness\, n.
The quality of being adept; skill.
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Adroitness
(gcide) | Adroitness \A*droit"ness\, n.
The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.
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Adroitness was as requisite as courage. --Motley.
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Syn: See Skill.
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Adultness
(gcide) | Adultness \A*dult"ness\, n.
The state of being adult.
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Affluentness
(gcide) | Affluentness \Af*flu*ent*ness\, n.
Great plenty. [R.]
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afoulpostnominal foul fouled
(gcide) | entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted,
snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
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2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
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3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
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Alertness
(gcide) | Alertness \A*lert"ness\, n.
The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness;
nimbleness; activity.
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Ancientness
(gcide) | Ancientness \An"cient*ness\, n.
The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old
times.
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anotherprenominal otherprenominal elsepostnominal extra intercalary
(gcide) | added \added\ adj.
1. being in addition [to something else] [Narrower terms:
{accessorial ] additional, further(prenominal),
more(prenominal) --- (used with mass nouns: "takes on
added significance"; "asked for additional help"; "we have
further information"; "there will be further delays";
"kids have more fun than anybody") [Narrower terms:
{another(prenominal), other(prenominal),
else(postnominal), extra, intercalary}] [Narrower terms:
{superimposed ] [Narrower terms: {supplementary,
supplemental ] [Narrower terms: {value-added ]
subtracted
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Apartness
(gcide) | Apartness \A*part"ness\, n.
The quality of standing apart.
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Apertness
(gcide) | Apertness \A*pert"ness\, n.
Openness; frankness. [Archaic]
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Apparentness
(gcide) | Apparentness \Ap*par"ent*ness\, n.
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
[R.] --Sherwood.
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Aptness
(gcide) | Aptness \Apt"ness\, n.
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of
things to their end.
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The aptness of his quotations. --J. R. Green.
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2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of
men to follow example.
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3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning;
docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in
some children than in others.
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4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
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Ardentness
(gcide) | Ardentness \Ar"dent*ness\, n.
Ardency. [R.]
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Arrogantness
(gcide) | Arrogantness \Ar"ro*gant*ness\, n.
Arrogance. [R.]
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Augustness
(gcide) | Augustness \Au*gust"ness\, n.
The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur;
magnificence.
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Ball lightning
(gcide) | Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
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2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
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Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zool.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
[1913 Webster]Fireball \Fire"ball`\, n.
1. (Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles,
intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by
explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them
up, so that movements may be seen.
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2. A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by
lightning, resembling a luminous ball of fire passing
rapidly through the air or along solid objects, then
disappearing, and sometimes exploding. It seldom lasts
more than a few seconds. Also called ball lightning,
globe lightning, globular lightning, or kugelblitz.
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3. A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of
inflammable liquids or a nuclear device. The larger
fireballs, as of nuclear explosions, rise seemingly intact
into the air and may reach high altitudes while still
glowing.
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ball lightning
(gcide) | Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
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2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
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Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zool.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
[1913 Webster]Fireball \Fire"ball`\, n.
1. (Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles,
intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by
explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them
up, so that movements may be seen.
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2. A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by
lightning, resembling a luminous ball of fire passing
rapidly through the air or along solid objects, then
disappearing, and sometimes exploding. It seldom lasts
more than a few seconds. Also called ball lightning,
globe lightning, globular lightning, or kugelblitz.
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3. A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of
inflammable liquids or a nuclear device. The larger
fireballs, as of nuclear explosions, rise seemingly intact
into the air and may reach high altitudes while still
glowing.
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beatnik
(gcide) | beatnik \beat"nik\ n.
a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and
behavior.
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Bluntness
(gcide) | Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n.
1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of
sharpness.
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The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles.
--Holland.
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2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of
speech." --Boyle.
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Blunt-nosed shiner
(gcide) | Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
That which shines. Specifically:
(a) A luminary.
(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote.
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(c) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater
American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or
Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis
megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus
chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely
applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar
fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice,
and the sparada.
(d) (Zool.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
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Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.
[1913 Webster]Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
(c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
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bluntnosed shiner
(gcide) | Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
That which shines. Specifically:
(a) A luminary.
(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote.
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(c) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater
American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or
Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis
megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus
chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely
applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar
fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice,
and the sparada.
(d) (Zool.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
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Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.
[1913 Webster]Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
(c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
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Brightness
(gcide) | Brightness \Bright"ness\, n. [AS. beorhines. See Bright.]
1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster;
brilliancy; clearness.
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A sudden brightness in his face appear. --Crabbe.
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2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
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The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him.
--Prior.
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Syn: Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy;
effulgence; glory; clearness.
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Brilliantness
(gcide) | Brilliantness \Bril"liant*ness\, n.
Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
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Catnip
(gcide) | Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria),
somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used
in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar
fondness for it.
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Centner
(gcide) | Centner \Cent"ner\, n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L.
centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.]
1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a
hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.
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Note: The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred
equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a
centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or
half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each
of these into two drams. But the assayers use different
weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the
other parts are proportioned.
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2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental
countries, varying in different places from 100 to about
112 pounds.
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Chain lightning
(gcide) | Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
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2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
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Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zool.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
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Chestnut
(gcide) | Chestnut \Chest"nut\, n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein,
chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe['a]m
chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne,
both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a
chestnut, Gr. ?, fr. ? a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees
grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into
Europe. Cf. Castanets.]
1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce)
of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
grow in a prickly bur.
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2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
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3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
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4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
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5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
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6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
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Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.
[1913 Webster]Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a.
Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
chestnut curls.
[1913 Webster]colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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chestnut
(gcide) | Chestnut \Chest"nut\, n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein,
chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe['a]m
chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne,
both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a
chestnut, Gr. ?, fr. ? a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees
grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into
Europe. Cf. Castanets.]
1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce)
of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
grow in a prickly bur.
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2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
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3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
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4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
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5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
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6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
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Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.
[1913 Webster]Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a.
Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
chestnut curls.
[1913 Webster]colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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chestnut coal
(gcide) | Nut \Nut\ (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D.
noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan.
n["o]d.]
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1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the
almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting
of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
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2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal),
provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on
a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or
for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st Bolt.
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3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight.
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4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an
anchor, to secure the stock in place.
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5. pl. Testicles. [vulgar slang]
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Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up
tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
Nut buoy. See under Buoy.
Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal.
Nut crab (Zool.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia
as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.
Nut grass (Bot.), See nut grass in the vocabulary.
Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the
corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by
jarring.
Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine.
Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria)
having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in
the United States and many more in tropical regions.
Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts.
Nut weevil (Zool.), any species of weevils of the genus
Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval
state live in nuts.
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Chestnut oak
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
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Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Chestnut tree
(gcide) | Chestnut \Chest"nut\, n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein,
chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe['a]m
chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne,
both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a
chestnut, Gr. ?, fr. ? a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees
grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into
Europe. Cf. Castanets.]
1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce)
of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
grow in a prickly bur.
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2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
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3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
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4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
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5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
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6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
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Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.
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Chutnee
(gcide) | Chutney \Chut"ney\, Chutnee \Chut"nee\, n. [Hind. chatn[imac].]
1. A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India,
compounded of various vegetable substances, such as
chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with
sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger
and spices.
Syn: Indian relish.
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Chutney
(gcide) | Chutney \Chut"ney\, Chutnee \Chut"nee\, n. [Hind. chatn[imac].]
1. A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India,
compounded of various vegetable substances, such as
chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with
sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger
and spices.
Syn: Indian relish.
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Circumspectness
(gcide) | Circumspectness \Cir"cum*spect"ness\, n.
Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter;
caution.
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[Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at
home are nursed in security. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Cold-shortness
(gcide) | Cold-short \Cold"-short`\, a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallsk["o]r; kall
cold + sk["o]r brittle. --Oxf. E. D.] (Metal.)
Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short
iron. -- Cold"-short`ness, n.
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Compactness
(gcide) | Compactness \Com*pact"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts;
density.
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Compartner
(gcide) | Compartner \Com*part"ner\, n.
See Copartner. [Obs.]
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Complaisantness
(gcide) | Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of
complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See
Complacent.]
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a
complaisant gentleman.
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There are to whom my satire seems too bold:
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. --Pope.
Syn: Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite;
well-bred. See Obliging. -- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv.
-- Com"plai*sant`ness, n.
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Concurrentness
(gcide) | Concurrentness \Con*cur"rent*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
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Confidentness
(gcide) | Confidentness \Con"fi*dent*ness\, n.
The quality of being confident.
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Conjointness
(gcide) | Conjointness \Con*joint"ness\, n.
The quality of being conjoint.
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Consonantness
(gcide) | Consonantness \Con"so*nant*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or
consistent.
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