| podobné slovo | definícia |
scarlet wisteria tree
(encz) | scarlet wisteria tree, n: |
silky wisteria
(encz) | silky wisteria, n: |
supertwister
(encz) | supertwister, n: |
tongue twister
(encz) | tongue twister,jazykolam n: Zdeněk Brož |
tongue-twister
(encz) | tongue-twister,jazykolam n: Zdeněk Brož |
twister
(encz) | twister,tornádo n: [meteo.] Petr Prášek |
wisteria
(encz) | wisteria,wisterie n: Zdeněk Brož |
wisterie
(czen) | wisterie,wisterian: Zdeněk Brož |
Twister
(gcide) | Twister \Twist"er\, n.
1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation
is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of
another, in weaving.
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2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
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He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the
twine. --Wallis.
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3. (Carp.) A girder. --Craig.
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4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to
rest upon when on horseback. --Craig.
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Wisteria
(gcide) | Wistaria \Wis*ta"ri*a\, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar,
an American anatomist.] (Bot.)
A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous
clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled
Wisteria.
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Note: The species commonest in cultivation is the {Wistaria
Sinensis} from Eastern Asia. Wistaria fruticosa grows
wild in the southern parts of the United States.
[1913 Webster]Wisteria \Wis*te"ri*a\, n.
Same as Wistaria.
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american wisteria
(wn) | American wisteria
n 1: an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated
Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers [syn:
American wistaria, American wisteria, {Wisteria
frutescens}] |
genus wisteria
(wn) | genus Wisteria
n 1: Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes
of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety
pods; widely grown as an ornamental |
owen wister
(wn) | Owen Wister
n 1: United States writer (1860-1938) [syn: Wister, {Owen
Wister}] |
scarlet wisteria tree
(wn) | scarlet wisteria tree
n 1: a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink
flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in
southern Florida and West Indies [syn: {scarlet wisteria
tree}, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora] |
silky wisteria
(wn) | silky wisteria
n 1: a wisteria of China having white flowers [syn: {silky
wisteria}, Wisteria venusta] |
supertwister
(wn) | supertwister
n 1: the most powerful tornado which can create enormously
devastating damage; "supertwisters are fortunately rare" |
tongue twister
(wn) | tongue twister
n 1: an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly;
"`rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister" |
twister
(wn) | twister
n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring
over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending
toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister]
2: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer
than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister] |
wisteria
(wn) | wisteria
n 1: any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria [syn: wisteria,
wistaria] |
wisteria chinensis
(wn) | Wisteria chinensis
n 1: having deep purple flowers [syn: Chinese wistaria,
Wisteria chinensis] |
wisteria floribunda
(wn) | Wisteria floribunda
n 1: having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue [syn:
Japanese wistaria, Wisteria floribunda] |
wisteria frutescens
(wn) | Wisteria frutescens
n 1: an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated
Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers [syn:
American wistaria, American wisteria, {Wisteria
frutescens}] |
wisteria venusta
(wn) | Wisteria venusta
n 1: a wisteria of China having white flowers [syn: {silky
wisteria}, Wisteria venusta] |