| slovo | definícia |
yen
(encz) | yen,chuť n: na něco, někoho; chuť něco udělat Petr Kovář |
yen
(encz) | yen,jen n: Zdeněk Brož |
yen
(encz) | yen,touha n: touha po něčem, někom, kdo není přítomen Petr Kovář |
Yen
(gcide) | Ye \Y"["e]\ ([=e]"e), n.; pl. Y["e]n ([=e]"en).
An eye. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
From his y["e]n ran the water down. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] |
Yen
(gcide) | Yen \Yen\, n.
The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to
100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897,
to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In
1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S.
dollar to 120 per dollar.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
yen
(wn) | yen
n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn:
hankering, yen]
2: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
v 1: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
[syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
svalbard and jan mayen
(mass) | Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Jan Mayen |
hyena
(msas) | hyena
- hyaena |
svalbard jan mayen
(msas) | Svalbard Jan Mayen
- SJ, SJM, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
hyena
(msasasci) | hyena
- hyaena |
svalbard jan mayen
(msasasci) | Svalbard Jan Mayen
- SJ, SJM, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
cayenne
(encz) | cayenne,kajenský pepř Zdeněk Brož |
cayenne jasmine
(encz) | cayenne jasmine, n: |
cayenne pepper
(encz) | cayenne pepper,paprika n: Zdeněk Brož |
cheyenne
(encz) | Cheyenne,hl.m. - Wyoming v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladCheyenne,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladCheyenne,Šajen n: indiánský kmen v USA vmikolasek@quick.czCheyenne,Šajeni n: indiánský kmen v USA vmikolasek@quick.czCheyenne,šajenský adj: indiánský kmen v USA vmikolasek@quick.czCheyenne,šajenština n: jazyk indiánského kmene v USA vmikolasek@quick.czCheyenne,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
cheyennes
(encz) | Cheyennes, |
doyen
(encz) | doyen,doyen n: Zdeněk Broždoyen,stařešina n: Zdeněk Brož |
doyenne
(encz) | doyenne,doyenne Zdeněk Broždoyenne,žena v radě starších Zdeněk Brož |
hyena
(encz) | hyena,hyena n: [zoo.] Ritchie |
hyena dog
(encz) | hyena dog, n: |
laughing hyena
(encz) | laughing hyena, n: |
lutyens
(encz) | Lutyens, |
matsyendra
(encz) | matsyendra, n: |
mayence
(encz) | Mayence,Mohuč [zem.] n: |
mayeng
(encz) | mayeng, n: |
mayenne
(encz) | Mayenne, |
myenteric plexus
(encz) | myenteric plexus, n: |
nguyen
(encz) | Nguyen,Nguyen n: [jmén.] (křestní jméno) Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
plexus myentericus
(encz) | plexus myentericus, n: |
spotted hyena
(encz) | spotted hyena, n: |
striped hyena
(encz) | striped hyena, n: |
yenisei
(encz) | Yenisei, |
yenta
(encz) | yenta,drbna n: Zdeněk Brožyenta,klepna n: Zdeněk Brož |
yentl
(encz) | Yentl, |
doyen
(czen) | doyen,doyenn: Zdeněk Brož |
doyenne
(czen) | doyenne,doyenne Zdeněk Brož |
druh hyeny
(czen) | druh hyeny,aardwolf Zdeněk Brož |
hyena
(czen) | hyena,hyaenan: Zdeněk Brožhyena,hyenan: [zoo.] Ritchie |
nguyen
(czen) | Nguyen,Nguyenn: [jmén.] (křestní jméno) Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Ayen
(gcide) | Ayen \A*yen"\, Ayein \A*yein"\, Ayeins \A*yeins"\, adv. & prep.
[OE. ?, ?. See Again.]
Again; back against. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] |
Ayenward
(gcide) | Ayenward \A*yen"ward\, adv.
Backward. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] |
By-end
(gcide) | By-end \By"-end`\, n.
Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
[Written also bye-end.]
[1913 Webster]
"Profit or some other by-end." --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster] |
Cave hyena
(gcide) | Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. Hyenas. [L. hyaena, Gr. ?, orig., a
sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr.
? hog: cf. F. hy[`e]ne. See Sow female hog.] (Zool.)
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike
nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three
living species are known. They are large and strong, but
cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in
their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaena.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The striped hyena (Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits
Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown
hyena (Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena
(Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The
extinct cave hyena (Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited
England and France.
[1913 Webster]
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zool.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon
venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is
smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears,
and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown,
blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
[1913 Webster]Cave \Cave\ (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea
cavity. Cf. Cage.]
1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of
the ear." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a
political party, as from the Liberal party in England in
1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cave bear (Zool.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus
spel[ae]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
common in European caves.
Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
place was a cave. --Tylor.
Cave hyena (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living African spotted hyena.
Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
lion.
Bone cave. See under Bone.
[1913 Webster] |
Cayenne
(gcide) | Cayenne \Cay*enne\, n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in
French Guiana, South America.]
Cayenne pepper.
[1913 Webster]
Cayenne pepper.
(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (Capsicum frutescens)
with small and intensely pungent fruit.
(b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the
fruits or seeds of several species of the genus
Capsicum, esp. Capsicum annuum and {Capsicum
Frutescens}; -- called also red pepper. It is used
chiefly as a condiment.
[1913 Webster] |
Cayenne lapwing
(gcide) | Terutero \Ter`u*ter"o\, n. [Probably so named from its city.]
(Zool.)
The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its
wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also {Cayenne
lapwing}.
[1913 Webster] |
Cayenne pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the
whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper
is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has
been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of
the peculiar properties of the plant than the black
pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative
stimulant.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]
African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.
Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.
Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.
Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.
Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.
Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic
seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the
Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer,
etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.
Red pepper. See Capsicum.
Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.
Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with
a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on
food, etc.
Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.
Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
Pepper moth (Zool.), a European moth (Biston betularia)
having white wings covered with small black specks.
Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.
pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.
Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.
[1913 Webster]Cayenne \Cay*enne\, n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in
French Guiana, South America.]
Cayenne pepper.
[1913 Webster]
Cayenne pepper.
(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (Capsicum frutescens)
with small and intensely pungent fruit.
(b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the
fruits or seeds of several species of the genus
Capsicum, esp. Capsicum annuum and {Capsicum
Frutescens}; -- called also red pepper. It is used
chiefly as a condiment.
[1913 Webster] |
cheyenne
(gcide) | Cheyennes \Chey*ennes"\, n. pl.; sing. cheyenne. (Ethnol.)
A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet,
formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on
reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for
their horsemanship.
[1913 Webster] |
Cheyennes
(gcide) | Cheyennes \Chey*ennes"\, n. pl.; sing. cheyenne. (Ethnol.)
A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet,
formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on
reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for
their horsemanship.
[1913 Webster] |
Doyen
(gcide) | Doyen \Doy`en"\ (dw[aum]`y[aum]N"), n. [F. See Dean.]
Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the
doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." --A.
R. Colquhoun.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
doyenne
(gcide) | doyenne \doy`enne"\ n. f.
a female doyen.
[PJC] |
Elaeolite syenite
(gcide) | Elaeolite \E*l[ae]"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? olive oil, oil + -lite.]
(Min.)
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster,
and gray to reddish color.
[1913 Webster]
El[ae]olite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the
presence of el[ae]olite.
[1913 Webster] |
Eyen
(gcide) | Eyen \Ey"en\, n. pl.
Eyes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Eyne \Eyne\, or Eyen \Ey"en\, n.
Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
With such a plaintive gaze their eyne
Are fastened upwardly on mine. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster] |
Fayence
(gcide) | Fayence \Fa`y*ence"\ (f[aum]`[-e]*y[aum]Ns"), n.
See Fa["i]ence.
[1913 Webster] |
Hyen
(gcide) | Hyen \Hy"en\, n. [F. hy[`e]ne.]
A hyena. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
Hyena
(gcide) | Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. Hyenas. [L. hyaena, Gr. ?, orig., a
sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr.
? hog: cf. F. hy[`e]ne. See Sow female hog.] (Zool.)
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike
nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three
living species are known. They are large and strong, but
cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in
their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaena.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The striped hyena (Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits
Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown
hyena (Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena
(Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The
extinct cave hyena (Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited
England and France.
[1913 Webster]
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zool.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon
venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is
smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears,
and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown,
blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
[1913 Webster] |
Hyena dog
(gcide) | Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. Hyenas. [L. hyaena, Gr. ?, orig., a
sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr.
? hog: cf. F. hy[`e]ne. See Sow female hog.] (Zool.)
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike
nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three
living species are known. They are large and strong, but
cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in
their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaena.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The striped hyena (Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits
Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown
hyena (Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena
(Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The
extinct cave hyena (Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited
England and France.
[1913 Webster]
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zool.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon
venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is
smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears,
and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown,
blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
[1913 Webster] |
Hyenas
(gcide) | Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. Hyenas. [L. hyaena, Gr. ?, orig., a
sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr.
? hog: cf. F. hy[`e]ne. See Sow female hog.] (Zool.)
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike
nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three
living species are known. They are large and strong, but
cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in
their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaena.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The striped hyena (Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits
Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown
hyena (Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena
(Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The
extinct cave hyena (Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited
England and France.
[1913 Webster]
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zool.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon
venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is
smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears,
and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown,
blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
[1913 Webster] |
Jacquinia keyensis
(gcide) | joewood \joewood\ n.
A West Indian shrub or small tree (Jacquinia keyensis)
having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
Syn: barbasco, Jacquinia keyensis.
[WordNet 1.5]barbasco \barbasco\ n.
a West Indian shrub or small tree (Jacquinia keyensis)
having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
Syn: joewood.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Laughing hyena
(gcide) | Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n.
from Laugh, v. i.
[1913 Webster]
Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk
(Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes,
which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called
hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called
from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes
produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an
anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in
dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea
crow}.
(b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant
kingfisher}, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
[1913 Webster] |
leucite syenite
(gcide) | Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
and now called granite.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or {leucite
syenite}.
[1913 Webster] |
Lyencephala
(gcide) | Lyencephala \Ly`en*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to loose +
? the brain.] (Zool.)
A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes;
-- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
[1913 Webster] |
Lyencephalous
(gcide) | Lyencephalous \Ly`en*ceph"a*lous\, a. (Zool.)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
[1913 Webster] |
mayeng
(gcide) | maple-leaved bayur \maple-leaved bayur\ n. (Bot.)
An Indian tree (Pterospermum acerifolium) having fragrant
nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for
planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Called
also mayeng.
[WordNet 1.5] |
nephelite elaeolite syenite
(gcide) | Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
and now called granite.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or {leucite
syenite}.
[1913 Webster] |
Nyentek
(gcide) | Nyentek \Ny*en"tek\, n. (Zool.)
A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or {Helictis
orientalis}), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a
dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It
has a strong musky odor.
[1913 Webster] |
Payen
(gcide) | Payen \Pay"en\, n. & a.
Pagan. [F.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] |
pyenate
(gcide) | Pianet \Pi"a*net`\, n. [Cf. Pie magpie.] (Zool.)
(a) The magpie. [Written also pianate, and pyenate.]
(b) The lesser woodpecker. [Obs.] --Bailey.
[1913 Webster] |
Seyen
(gcide) | Seye \Seye\, Seyen \Seyen\, obs.
imp. pl. & p. p. of See.
[1913 Webster] |
Syenite
(gcide) | Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
and now called granite.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or {leucite
syenite}.
[1913 Webster] |
Syenitic
(gcide) | Syenitic \Sy`e*nit"ic\, a. [Written also sienitic.]
1. Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
[1913 Webster]
2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
[1913 Webster] |
syenitic gneiss
(gcide) | Gneiss \Gneiss\ (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.)
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,
feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially
the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily
into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the
place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneiss
or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are
also called gneiss.
[1913 Webster] |
Syenitic granite
(gcide) | Granite \Gran"ite\ (gr[a^]n"[i^]t), n. [It. granito granite,
adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum
grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.)
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar,
and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red
color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in
planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose
structure.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also
the Note under Mica.
[1913 Webster]
Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
Hornblende granite, or
Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
Granite ware.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite.
[1913 Webster] |
Tetraogallus Himalayensis
(gcide) | Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r,
snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn["o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
sn["e]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[imac]wan to snow, G.
schneien, OHG. sn[imac]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
sticky. [root]172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
forms.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
snow-wrought, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
(argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
flakes.
[1913 Webster]
The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Red snow. See under Red.
[1913 Webster]
Snow bunting. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snow cock (Zool.), the snow pheasant.
Snow flea (Zool.), a small black leaping poduran
(Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow
in vast numbers.
Snow flood, a flood from melted snow.
Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree.
Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zool.), any one of several
species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The
male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
in great numbers.
Snow gnat (Zool.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
genus Chionea found running on snow in winter.
Snow goose (Zool.), any one of several species of arctic
geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose ({Chen
hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and
Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen
coerulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
part of the neck white. Called also white head,
white-headed goose, and bald brant.
Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce.
Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
equator, 16,000 feet.
Snow mouse (Zool.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis)
which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
Snow pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus,
native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow
pheasant (Tetraogallus Himalayensis) in the best-known
species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.
Snow partridge. (Zool.) See under Partridge.
Snow pigeon (Zool.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota) native
of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are
white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
up.
[1913 Webster] |
|