| slovo | definícia |
urea
(encz) | urea,močovina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Urea
(gcide) | Urea \U"re*a\, a. [NL. See Urine.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief
constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals.
It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids,
lymph, the liver, etc.
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Note: It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis
(katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is
excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a
man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide,
CO(NH2)2, and when heated with strong acids or
alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia.
It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea,
and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate,
with which it is isomeric.
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Urea ferment, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria,
which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their
cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It
causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic
acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this
property, especially Bacterium ureae and {Micrococcus
ureae}, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing
alkaline fermentation.
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urea
(wn) | urea
n 1: the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized
from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and
in animal feed and in plastics [syn: urea, carbamide] |
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bureau
(mass) | bureau
- kancelária |
bureaucracy
(mass) | bureaucracy
- byrokracia |
bureaucratic
(mass) | bureaucratic
- byrokratický |
bureaucratism
(mass) | bureaucratism
- byrokratizmus |
bureaus
(mass) | bureaus
- kancelárie |
bureaux
(mass) | bureaux
- kancelária |
cureall
(mass) | cure-all
- všeliek |
aureate
(encz) | aureate,ozdobný adj: Zdeněk Brožaureate,zlatavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
baccalaureate
(encz) | baccalaureate,bakalářství Zdeněk Brožbaccalaureate,bakalaureát n: Zdeněk Brožbaccalaureate,hodnost bakaláře Zdeněk Brož |
bureau
(encz) | bureau,kancelář n: Zdeněk Brožbureau,úřad n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucracies
(encz) | bureaucracies,byrokracie pl. Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucracy
(encz) | bureaucracy,byrokracie n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucrat
(encz) | bureaucrat,byrokrat n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucratic
(encz) | bureaucratic,byrokratický Pavel Machek |
bureaucratically
(encz) | bureaucratically,byrokraticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucratisation
(encz) | bureaucratisation,byrokratizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucratism
(encz) | bureaucratism,byrokratismus Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucratization
(encz) | bureaucratization,byrokratizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaucrats
(encz) | bureaucrats,byrokrati n: Zdeněk Brož |
bureaux
(encz) | bureaux,kancelář n: Zdeněk Brož |
credit bureau
(encz) | credit bureau, n: |
diethylmalonylurea
(encz) | diethylmalonylurea, n: |
epicurean
(encz) | epicurean,labužnický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
epicureanism
(encz) | epicureanism,epikureismus Zdeněk Brožepicureanism,epikurejský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
european environmental bureau
(encz) | European Environmental Bureau,EEB European Environmental
Bureau [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačEuropean Environmental Bureau,European Environmental Bureau
EEB [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
exchange bureau
(encz) | exchange bureau, |
federal bureau of investigation
(encz) | Federal Bureau of Investigation,americký federální vyšetřovací
úřad [zkr.] Petr Prášek |
laureate
(encz) | laureate,hodný nejvyššího ocenění n: Zdeněk Brožlaureate,laureát n: Zdeněk Brožlaureate,ověnčen vavřínem Zdeněk Brož |
laureateship
(encz) | laureateship, |
malonylurea
(encz) | malonylurea, n: |
phenolic urea
(encz) | phenolic urea, n: |
poet laureate
(encz) | poet laureate,dvorní básník Zdeněk Brož |
service bureau
(encz) | service bureau, n: |
sulfonylurea
(encz) | sulfonylurea, n: |
urea-formaldehyde resin
(encz) | urea-formaldehyde resin, n: |
urease
(encz) | urease, n: |
weather bureau
(encz) | weather bureau, |
eeb european environmental bureau
(czen) | EEB European Environmental Bureau,European Environmental
Bureau[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
european environmental bureau eeb
(czen) | European Environmental Bureau EEB,European Environmental
Bureau[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Aletris aurea
(gcide) | Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n.
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the
leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in
a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called
sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and
unicorn root.
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Aureate
(gcide) | Aureate \Au"re*ate\, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr.
aurum gold.]
Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
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aureate gilded gilt gold golden
(gcide) | 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]
[WordNet 1.5]
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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Baccalaureate
(gcide) | Baccalaureate \Bac"ca*lau"re*ate\, n. [NL. baccalaureatus, fr.
LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as
if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the
bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See Bachelor.]
1. The degree of bachelor of arts (B.A. or A.B.), the first
or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and
colleges.
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2. A baccalaureate sermon. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Baccalaureate \Bac`ca*lau"re*ate\, a.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
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Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon
delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.
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Baccalaureate sermon
(gcide) | Baccalaureate \Bac`ca*lau"re*ate\, a.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
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Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon
delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.
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Baccaurea Malayana
(gcide) | Tampoe \Tam"poe\, n. (Bot.)
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree ({Baccaurea
Malayana}) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an
apple.
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Bacterium ureae
(gcide) | Urea \U"re*a\, a. [NL. See Urine.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief
constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals.
It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids,
lymph, the liver, etc.
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Note: It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis
(katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is
excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a
man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide,
CO(NH2)2, and when heated with strong acids or
alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia.
It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea,
and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate,
with which it is isomeric.
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Urea ferment, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria,
which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their
cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It
causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic
acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this
property, especially Bacterium ureae and {Micrococcus
ureae}, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing
alkaline fermentation.
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blood urea nitrogen
(gcide) | BUN \BUN\ n. [acronym] (Med.)
same as
blood urea nitrogen; the concentration of nitrogen in blood
present in the form of urea; -- used as a measure of
kidney function.
Note: Blood usually contains 10 to 15 mg of nitrogen per 100
ml in the form of urea. --Stedman.
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Bureau
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Bureau system
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Bureau Veritas
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Bureaucracy
(gcide) | Bureaucracy \Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong,
to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of
a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the
officers of government have an associated authority and
responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
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2. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of
nonelected government officials.
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Bureaucrat
(gcide) | Bureaucrat \Bu*reau"crat\, n.
An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a
narrow and arbitrary routine. --C. Kingsley.
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bureaucratese
(gcide) | bureaucratese \bureaucratese\ n.
the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic
of some government officials; officialese; -- it is
characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague
abstractions, and circumlocutions.
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Bureaucratic
(gcide) | Bureaucratic \Bu`reau*crat"ic\, Bureaucratical
\Bu`reau*crat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. bureaucratique.]
Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
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Bureaucratical
(gcide) | Bureaucratic \Bu`reau*crat"ic\, Bureaucratical
\Bu`reau*crat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. bureaucratique.]
Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
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bureaucratism
(gcide) | bureaucratism \bureaucratism\ n.
nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy.
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Bureaucratist
(gcide) | Bureaucratist \Bu*reau"cra*tist\, n.
An advocate for, or supporter of, bureaucracy.
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Bureaus
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Bureaux
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Calliandra purpurea
(gcide) | Soldierwood \Sol"dier*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West
Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
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Calobates sulphurea
(gcide) | Wagtail \Wag"tail`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging
to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family
Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking
their long tails up and down, whence the name.
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Field wagtail, any one of several species of wagtails of
the genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legs
longer, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do
the water wagtails. Most of the species are yellow
beneath. Called also yellow wagtail.
Garden wagtail, the Indian black-breasted wagtail
(Nemoricola Indica).
Pied wagtail, the common European water wagtail ({Motacilla
lugubris}). It is variegated with black and white. The
name is applied also to other allied species having
similar colors. Called also pied dishwasher.
Wagtail flycatcher, a true flycatcher ({Sauloprocta
motacilloides}) common in Southern Australia, where it is
very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often
builds its nest about houses; -- called also {black
fantail}.
Water wagtail.
(a) Any one of several species of wagtails of the restricted
genus Motacilla. They live chiefly on the shores of
ponds and streams.
(b) The American water thrush. See Water thrush.
Wood wagtail, an Asiatic wagtail; (Calobates sulphurea)
having a slender bill and short legs.
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Carpodacus purpurea
(gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Centaurea
(gcide) | Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
and including the cornflower or bluebottle ({Centaurea
Cyanus}) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
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Centaurea behen
(gcide) | Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an
herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
(a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
(b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called
Silene inflata.
(c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
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Centaurea Calcitrapa
(gcide) | Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
and including the cornflower or bluebottle ({Centaurea
Cyanus}) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
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Centaurea Cyanus
(gcide) | Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (k[^o]rn"flou`[~e]r), n. (Bot.)
A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in
grainfields.
[1913 Webster]Bachelor's button \Bach"e*lor's but"ton\, (Bot.)
A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several
species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower ({Centaurea
cyanus}) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).
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Note: Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers
"from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons,
anciently worne in this kingdom," according to
Johnson's --Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other
writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to
carry them in their pockets to divine their success
with their sweethearts." --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, blue-bottle \blue-bottle\, n.
1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant (Centaurea cyanus) which
grows in grain fields; -- called also bachelor's button.
It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
Varieties cultivated in North America have showy heads of
blue or purple or pink or white flowers
Syn: cornflower, bachelor's button.
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2. (Zool.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca
vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.
[1913 Webster]Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See
Blue, a.] (Bot.)
A name given to several different species of plants having
blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the {Centaurea
cyanus} or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
[1913 Webster]Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
and including the cornflower or bluebottle ({Centaurea
Cyanus}) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
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Centaurea cyanus
(gcide) | Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (k[^o]rn"flou`[~e]r), n. (Bot.)
A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in
grainfields.
[1913 Webster]Bachelor's button \Bach"e*lor's but"ton\, (Bot.)
A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several
species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower ({Centaurea
cyanus}) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).
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Note: Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers
"from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons,
anciently worne in this kingdom," according to
Johnson's --Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other
writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to
carry them in their pockets to divine their success
with their sweethearts." --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, blue-bottle \blue-bottle\, n.
1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant (Centaurea cyanus) which
grows in grain fields; -- called also bachelor's button.
It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
Varieties cultivated in North America have showy heads of
blue or purple or pink or white flowers
Syn: cornflower, bachelor's button.
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2. (Zool.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca
vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.
[1913 Webster]Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See
Blue, a.] (Bot.)
A name given to several different species of plants having
blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the {Centaurea
cyanus} or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
[1913 Webster]Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
and including the cornflower or bluebottle ({Centaurea
Cyanus}) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
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