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Definition & Synonyms
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• Labara
- (pl. ) of Labarum
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• Labella
- (pl. ) of Labellum
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• Labra
- (pl. ) of Labrum
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• Lacunaria
- (pl. ) of Lacunar
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• Laquearia
- (pl. ) of Laquear
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• Latibula
- (pl. ) of Latibulum
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• Legumina
- (pl. ) of Legumen
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• Lemmata
- (pl. ) of Lemma
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• Liriodendra
- (pl. ) of Liriodendron
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• Loca
- (pl. ) of Locus
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• Lomata
- (pl. ) of Loma
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• Lophostea
- (pl. ) of Lophosteon
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• Lumina
- (pl. ) of Lumen
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• Lustra
- (pl. ) of Lustrum
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• Lycea
- (pl. ) of Lyceum
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• Manubria
- (pl. ) of Manubrium
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• Marsupia
- (pl. ) of Marsupium
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• Maxima
- (pl. ) of Maximum
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• Medicornua
- (pl. ) of Medicornu
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• Media
- (pl. ) of Medium
- (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
- (n.) pl. of Medium.
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• Melismata
- (pl. ) of Melisma
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• Memoranda
- (pl. ) of Memorandum
Synonyms:
Memorandum,
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• Menaia
- (pl. ) of Menaion
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• Menologia
- (pl. ) of Menology
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• Menstrua
- (pl. ) of Menstruum
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• Mesobronchia
- (pl. ) of Mesobronchium
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• Mesopodialia
- (pl. ) of Mesopodiale
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• Metapodialia
- (pl. ) of Metapodiale
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• Metapodia
- (pl. ) of Metapodium
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• Miasmata
- (pl. ) of Miasma
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• Minima
- (pl. ) of Minimum
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• Momenta
- (pl. ) of Momentum
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• Monera
- (pl. ) of Moneron
- (n. pl.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.
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• Monopodia
- (pl. ) of Monopodium
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• Monoptera
- (pl. ) of Monopteron
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• Mutanda
- (pl. ) of Mutandum
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• Myocommata
- (pl. ) of Myocomma
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• Myxomata
- (pl. ) of Myxoma
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• Nemathecia
- (pl. ) of Nemathecium
- (pl. ) of Nemathecium
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• Nephridia
- (pl. ) of Nephridium
- (pl. ) of Nephridium
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• Neura
- (pl. ) of Neuron
- (pl. ) of Neuron
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• Notanda
- (pl. ) of Notandum
- (pl. ) of Notandum
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• Notopodia
- (pl. ) of Notopodium
- (pl. ) of Notopodium
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• Nota
- (pl. ) of Notum
- (pl. ) of Notum
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• Pulmobranchiata
- (a. & n.) Alt. of Pulmobranchiate
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• Rotunda
- (a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.
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• Natka
- (a.) A species of shrike.
- (a.) A species of shrike.
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• Raca
- (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Saviors time, meaning "worthless."
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• Urea
- (a.) 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.
Synonyms:
Carbamide,
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• Macroura
- (a.) Alt. of Macroural
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• Manila
- (a.) Alt. of Manilla
Synonyms:
Manilla,
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• Thoracostraca
- (a.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.
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• Rodentia
- (a.) An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
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• Tardigrada
- (a.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
- (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
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• Magdala
- (a.) Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
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• Quinquagesima
- (a.) Fiftieth.
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• Pucka
- (a.) Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar.
Synonyms:
Pukka,
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• Mahratta
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas.
- (n.) One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.
- (n.) A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.
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• Virginia
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
- (n.) One of the States of the United States of America.
Synonyms:
Old Dominion,
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• Vigonia
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a; -- said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other purposes.
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• Utica
- (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
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• Salina
- (a.) Salt works.
- (a.) A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
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• Manilla
- (a.) Same as Manila.
- (n.) A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.
- (n.) A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa.
Synonyms:
Manila,
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• Pukka
- (a.) Same as Pucka.
Synonyms:
Pucka,
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• Serpentaria
- (a.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).
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• Prima donna
- (a.) The first or chief female singer in an opera.
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• Sopra
- (adv.) Above; before; over; upon.
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• Oversea
- (adv.) Alt. of Overseas
- (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.
Synonyms:
Overseas,
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• Supra
- (adv.) Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.
Synonyms:
Above,
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• Swa
- (adv.) So.
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• Ya
- (adv.) Yea.
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• Ma
- (conj.) But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
- (n.) A childs word for mother.
- (n.) In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
Synonyms:
Am, Bay State, Mama, Mamma, Mammy, Mater, Milliampere, Mum, Mummy,
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• Qua
- (conj.) In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.
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• Loggia
- (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.
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• Roseola
- (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
Synonyms:
Efflorescence, Rash,
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• Telega
- (n.) A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.
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• Pseudobranchia
- (n.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill.
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• Vodka
- (n.) A Russian drink distilled from rye.
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• Volva
- (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
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• Proa
- (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
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• Wenona
- (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae.
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• sarcoderma
- (n.) A sarcocarp.
- (n.) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.
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• Shama
- (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
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• Squama
- (n.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
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• Sicca
- (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
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• Mocha
- (n.) A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.
- (n.) A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.
- (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
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• Paracorolla
- (n.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
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• Mafia
- (n.) A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods.
Synonyms:
Maffia,
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• Seraphina
- (n.) A seraphine.
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• Pica
- (n.) A service-book. See Pie.
- (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
- (n.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.
- (n.) The genus that includes the magpies.
Synonyms:
Em,
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• Umbrella
- (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
- (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
- (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
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• Theca
- (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
- (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
- (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
- (n.) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
Synonyms:
Sac,
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• Sonatina
- (n.) A short and simple sonata.
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• Toccatina
- (n.) A short or simple toccata.
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• Siesta
- (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
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• Operetta
- (n.) A short, light, musical drama.
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• Pa
- (n.) A shortened form of Papa.
Synonyms:
Dad, Daddy, Keystone State, Papa, Pop,
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• Silicula
- (n.) A silicle.
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• Tuf-taffeta
- (n.) A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.
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• Mantelletta
- (n.) A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.
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• Tetradrachma
- (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
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• Talma
- (n.) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
- (n.) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.
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• Xanthoma
- (n.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma.
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• Madoqua
- (n.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
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• Tegula
- (n.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
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• Panda
- (n.) A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
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• Li bella
- (n.) A small balance.
- (n.) A level, or leveling instrument.
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• Trabecula
- (n.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
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• Sparada
- (n.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.
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• Stela
- (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Synonyms:
Stele,
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• Musca
- (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.
- (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.
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• Phainopepla
- (n.) A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.
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• Meminna
- (n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.
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• Patella
- (n.) A small dish, pan, or vase.
- (n.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
- (n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
- (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
Synonyms:
Kneecap, Kneepan,
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• Madro÷a
- (n.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro÷a apples.
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• Luffa
- (n.) A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. L. Aegyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds.
- (n.) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and womens hats; -- written also loofah.
- (n.) Any plant of this genus, or its fruit.
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• Phylloxera
- (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.
- (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
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• Marikina
- (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.
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• Lacuna
- (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
- (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Synonyms:
Blank, Caisson, Coffer,
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• Tessera
- (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
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• Uva
- (n.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.
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• Spermatheca
- (n.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
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• Rancheria
- (n.) A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians.
- (n.) Formerly, in the Philippines, a political division of the pagan tribes.
- (n.) A dwelling place of a ranchero.
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• Pelta
- (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
- (n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
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• Quica
- (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.
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• Paca
- (n.) A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
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• Sieva
- (n.) A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
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• Oquassa
- (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.
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• Mona
- (n.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.
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• Setula
- (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
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• Trichina
- (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
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• Medulla
- (n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.
- (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence.
- (n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.
Synonyms:
Bulb, Myelin,
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• Quagga
- (n.) A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.
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• Piririgua
- (n.) A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
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• Tayra
- (n.) A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
Synonyms:
Taira,
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• Vicugna
- (n.) A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
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• Llama
- (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
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• Tataupa
- (n.) A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).
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• Libra
- (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
- (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
Synonyms:
Balance,
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• Vara
- (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
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• Peseta
- (n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
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• Seûora
- (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
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• Seûorita
- (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
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• Scintilla
- (n.) A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
Synonyms:
Iota, Shred, Tittle, Whit,
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• Xenelasia
- (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.
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• Spatha
- (n.) A spathe.
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• Yoga
- (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
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• Nyula
- (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.
- (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.
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• Palmyra
- (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
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• Martineta
- (n.) A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.
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• Pathopoela
- (n.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.
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• Marimonda
- (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.
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• Ratafia
- (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.
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• Macula
- (n.) A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
- (n.) A rather large spot or blotch of color.
Synonyms:
Macule,
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• Malma
- (n.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.
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• Spa
- (n.) A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
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• Pseudopupa
- (n.) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.
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• Spica
- (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
- (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
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• Tel-el-Amarna
- (n.) A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the capital of Amenophis IV., whose archive chamber was discovered there in 1887. A collection of tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna, / the Amarna, tablets) was found here, forming the Asiatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III., written in cuneiform characters. It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 b. c..
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• Statua
- (n.) A statue.
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• Sesquialtera
- (n.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
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• Plaga
- (n.) A stripe of color.
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• Salamandrina
- (n.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
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• Pachonta
- (n.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.
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• Partita
- (n.) A suite; a set of variations.
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• Solfanaria
- (n.) A sulphur mine.
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• Mantua
- (n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- (n.) A womans cloak or mantle; also, a womans gown.
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• Latakia
- (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
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• Manna
- (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
- (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.
- (n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
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• Oedema
- (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Synonyms:
Dropsy, Edema,
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• Trilemma
- (n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
- (n.) A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.
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• Swastica
- (n.) A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross. A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max MuLler distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other names for the swastika are fylfot and gammadion.
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• Vedanta
- (n.) A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance.
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• Tabula
- (n.) A table; a tablet.
- (n.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
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• Koala
- (n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.
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• Sapodilla
- (n.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.
Synonyms:
Sapota,
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• Kibitka
- (n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
- (n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.
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• Morbidezza
- (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.
- (n.) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.
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• Micella
- (n.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.
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• Magma
- (n.) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.
- (n.) The glassy base of an eruptive rock.
- (n.) Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.
- (n.) A salve or confection of thick consistency.
- (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
- (n.) The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.
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• Pterostigma
- (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
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• Lamella
- (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
Synonyms:
Gill,
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• Lamina
- (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
- (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
- (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
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• Legatura
- (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
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• Pleurenchyma
- (n.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
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• Trabea
- (n.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
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• Lingua
- (n.) A tongue.
- (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Synonyms:
Clapper, Glossa, Tongue,
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• Ligula
- (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.
- (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.
- (n.) See Ligule.
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• Malacca
- (n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
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• Savanna
- (n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
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• Synovia
- (n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
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• Shastra
- (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
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• Rondeletia
- (n.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
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• Phyma
- (n.) A tubercle on any external part of the body.
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• Osteoma
- (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
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• Lipoma
- (n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.
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• Myoma
- (n.) A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.
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• Melanoma
- (n.) A tumor containing dark pigment.
- (n.) Development of dark-pigmented tumors.
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• Neuroma
- (n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.
- (n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.
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• Papilloma
- (n.) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillae of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.
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• Lymphoma
- (n.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
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• Osteosarcoma
- (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
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• Myxoma
- (n.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.
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• Sarcoma
- (n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.
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• Teratoma
- (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
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• Volta
- (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
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• Norna
- (n.) A tutelary deity; a genius.
- (n.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.
- (n.) A tutelary deity; a genius.
- (n.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.
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• Uncia
- (n.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
- (n.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem.
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• Silesia
- (n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
- (n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
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• Uranometria
- (n.) A uranometry.
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• Maltha
- (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
- (n.) Mortar.
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• Tafia
- (n.) A variety of rum.
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• Trachenchyma
- (n.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.
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• Vena
- (n.) A vein.
Synonyms:
Vein,
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• Tirralirra
- (n.) A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.
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• Sitophobia
- (n.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.
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• Ticpolonga
- (n.) A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.
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• Vesicula
- (n.) A vesicle.
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• Polyorama
- (n.) A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views.
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• Vista
- (n.) A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
Synonyms:
Aspect, Panorama, Prospect, Scene, View,
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• Tulipomania
- (n.) A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.
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• Solfatara
- (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.
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• Verruca
- (n.) A wart.
- (n.) A wartlike elevation or roughness.
Synonyms:
Wart,
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• Tola
- (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
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• Siliqua
- (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.
- (n.) Same as Silique.
Synonyms:
Silique,
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• Koolokamba
- (n.) A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
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• Yacca
- (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
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• Leucoma
- (n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
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• Praetexta
- (n.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
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• Paronychia
- (n.) A whitlow, or felon.
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• Myrica
- (n.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
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• Mentha
- (n.) A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
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• Primipara
- (n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.
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• Unipara
- (n.) A woman who has borne one child.
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• Sassarara
- (n.) A word used to emphasize a statement.
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• Sadda
- (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.
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• Vaishnava
- (n.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
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• Palestra
- (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.
- (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
Synonyms:
Palaestra,
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• Ruga
- (n.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.
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• Peloria
- (n.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.
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• Spermatorrhoea
- (n.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.
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• Uraemia
- (n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.
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• Para-anaesthesia
- (n.) Alt. of -anesthesia
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• Thermoanaesthesia
- (n.) Alt. of -anesthesia
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• Kshatriya
- (n.) Alt. of Kshatruya
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• Lagophthalmia
- (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos
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• Lata
- (n.) Alt. of Latah
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• Lemniscata
- (n.) Alt. of Lemniscate
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• Leucocythaemia
- (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia
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• Linga
- (n.) Alt. of Lingam
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• Maffia
- (n.) Alt. of Mafia
Synonyms:
Mafia,
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• Mahabarata
- (n.) Alt. of Mahabharatam
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• Mastodynia
- (n.) Alt. of Mastodyny
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• Mazama
- (n.) Alt. of Mazame
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• Mazourka
- (n.) Alt. of Mazurka
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• Megalocephalia
- (n.) Alt. of Megalocephaly
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• Melada
- (n.) Alt. of Melado
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• Menopoma
- (n.) Alt. of Menopome
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• Metastoma
- (n.) Alt. of Metastome
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• Microphthalmia
- (n.) Alt. of Microphthalmy
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• Millrea
- (n.) Alt. of Millreis
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• Monodrama
- (n.) Alt. of Monodrame
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• Monomachia
- (n.) Alt. of Monomachy
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• Mozetta
- (n.) Alt. of Mozzetta
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• Nephralgia
- (n.) Alt. of Nephralgy
- (n.) Alt. of Nephralgy
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• Oxyopia
- (n.) Alt. of Oxyopy
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• Panada
- (n.) Alt. of Panade
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• Paraplegia
- (n.) Alt. of Paraplegy
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• Parella
- (n.) Alt. of Parelle
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• Parka
- (n.) Alt. of Parkee
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• Passacaglia
- (n.) Alt. of Passacaglio
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• Peripneumonia
- (n.) Alt. of Peripneumony
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• Phthisipneumonia
- (n.) Alt. of Phthisipneumony
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• Potichomania
- (n.) Alt. of Potichomanie
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• Pozzuolana
- (n.) Alt. of Pozzolana
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• Prunella
- (n.) Alt. of Prunello
- (n.) Angina, or angina pectoris.
- (n.) Thrush.
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• Psychiatria
- (n.) Alt. of Psychiatry
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• Pyaemia
- (n.) Alt. of Pyemia
- (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
Synonyms:
Pyemia,
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• Sanga
- (n.) Alt. of Sangu
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• Serenata
- (n.) Alt. of Serenate
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• Shelfa
- (n.) Alt. of Shilfa
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• Sinopia
- (n.) Alt. of Sinopis
Synonyms:
Sinoper, Sinopis,
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• Siserara
- (n.) Alt. of Siserary
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• Spermatorrhea
- (n.) Alt. of Spermatorrhoea
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• Spirochaeta
- (n.) Alt. of Spirochaete
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• Swastika
- (n.) Alt. of Swastica
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• Taffeta
- (n.) Alt. of Taffety
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• Tapadera
- (n.) Alt. of Tapadero
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• Tarsia
- (n.) Alt. of Tarsiatura
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• Toccatella
- (n.) Alt. of Toccatina
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• Tsarina
- (n.) Alt. of Tsaritsa
Synonyms:
Czarina, Tsaritsa, Tzarina,
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• Tzarina
- (n.) Alt. of Tzaritza
Synonyms:
Czarina, Tsarina, Tsaritsa,
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• Vicuûa
- (n.) Alt. of Vicugna
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• Viscacha
- (n.) Alt. of Viz-cacha
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• Weigela
- (n.) Alt. of Weigelia
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• Xerophthalmia
- (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
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• Phyllomania
- (n.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.
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• Vomica
- (n.) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
- (n.) An abscess cavity in the lungs.
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• Scena
- (n.) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
- (n.) A scene in an opera.
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• Rubella
- (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.
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• Onychia
- (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
- (n.) A whitlow.
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• Photopsia
- (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene.
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• Welwitschia
- (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.
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• Mattowacca
- (n.) An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring.
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• Lucuma
- (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
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• Trehala
- (n.) An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.
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• Tuba
- (n.) An ancient trumpet.
- (n.) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
Synonyms:
Bass horn,
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• Styca
- (n.) An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing.
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• Magenta
- (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
Synonyms:
Fuchsia,
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• Madrina
- (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
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• Palola
- (n.) An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collected for food.
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• Telotrocha
- (n.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
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• Saiga
- (n.) An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
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• Stanza
- (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
- (n.) A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
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• Trica
- (n.) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
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• Phasma
- (n.) An apparition; a phantom; an appearance.
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• Pergola
- (n.) An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure.
- (n.) Lit., an arbor or bower;
Synonyms:
Arbor, Bower,
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• Peba
- (n.) An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; -- called also tatouhou.
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• Lawsonia
- (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.
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• Soja
- (n.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.
Synonyms:
Soy,
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• Vesta
- (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
- (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
- (n.) A wax friction match.
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• Strontia
- (n.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
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• Maasha
- (n.) An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.
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• Melanorrhoea
- (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.
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• Rota
- (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
- (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.
- (n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.
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• Ootheca
- (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.
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• Ulna
- (n.) An ell; also, a yard.
- (n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
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• Neurula
- (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
- (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
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• Rupia
- (n.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
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• Pellagra
- (n.) An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.
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• Necrophobia
- (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.
- (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.
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• Sonata
- (n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethovens sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.
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• Stapelia
- (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
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• Pasha
- (n.) An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.
Synonyms:
Pacha,
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• Pagoda
- (n.) An idol.
- (n.) A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
- (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
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• Utopia
- (n.) An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
- (n.) Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Synonyms:
Zion,
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• Scagliola
- (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
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• Tillandsia
- (n.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
- (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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• Spatula
- (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
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• Misericordia
- (n.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
- (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.
- (n.) An amercement.
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• Ophthalmia
- (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.
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• Phlegmasia
- (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs.
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• Onycha
- (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
- (n.) The precious stone called onyx.
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• Pyromania
- (n.) An insane disposition to incendiarism.
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• Toxiphobia
- (n.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
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• Mandola
- (n.) An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.
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• Remora
- (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places.
- (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance.
- (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.
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• Viola
- (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
- (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
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• Prophragma
- (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
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• Philathea
- (n.) An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young women.
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• Schisma
- (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.
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• Tequila
- (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
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• Lira
- (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
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• Vettura
- (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.
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• Palla
- (n.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
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• Lavolta
- (n.) An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.
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• Toccata
- (n.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.
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• Villanella
- (n.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
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• Pimola
- (n.) An olive stuffed with a kind of sweet red pepper, or pimiento.
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• Piazza
- (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
Synonyms:
Place, Plaza,
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• Vega
- (n.) An open tract of ground; a plain, esp. one which is moist and fertile, as those used for tobacco fields.
- (n.) A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
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• Veranda
- (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.
Synonyms:
Gallery,
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• Rotifera
- (n.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.
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• Tazza
- (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
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• Schema
- (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
Synonyms:
Outline, Scheme,
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• Tortilla
- (n.) An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
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• Myopathia
- (n.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.
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• Plumularia
- (n.) Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms.
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• Skua
- (n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
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• Programma
- (n.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
- (n.) See Programme.
- (n.) A preface.
- (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
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• Psylla
- (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.
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• Mactra
- (n.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.
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• Pleurotoma
- (n.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.
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• Papilla
- (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.
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• Mojarra
- (n.) Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridae, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.
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• Softa
- (n.) Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.
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• Pitta
- (n.) Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true thrushes.
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• Tipula
- (n.) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
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• Thecla
- (n.) Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
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• Myna
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird.
Synonyms:
Mina,
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• Lingula
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
- (n.) A tonguelike process or part.
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• Vorticella
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
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• Tachina
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.
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• Paludina
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.
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• Vanessa
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
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• Voluta
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
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• Vesicularia
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.
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• Natica
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
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• Scalaria
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
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• Pennatula
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches.
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• Pipra
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
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• Rotella
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.
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• Tristoma
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
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• Serpula
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
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• Squilla
- (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
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• Organista
- (n.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.
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• Koba
- (n.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing.
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• Paguma
- (n.) Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
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• Tarantula
- (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
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• Velutina
- (n.) Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
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• Pika
- (n.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare.
Synonyms:
Coney, Cony,
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• Moa
- (n.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich.
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• Rhea
- (n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
- (n.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Synonyms:
Nandu,
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• Sarsaparilla
- (n.) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax.
- (n.) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
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• Podura
- (n.) Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
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• Utia
- (n.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
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• Saxicava
- (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
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• Nassa
- (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
- (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
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• Velella
- (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.
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• Planaria
- (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.
Synonyms:
Planarian,
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• Turritella
- (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
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• Pseudostella
- (n.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.
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• Tacamahaca
- (n.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
- (n.) A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
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• Parrhesia
- (n.) Boldness or freedom of speech.
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• Scoria
- (n.) Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
- (n.) The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
Synonyms:
Dross, Slag,
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• Varicella
- (n.) Chicken pox.
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• Sienna
- (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
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• Vaccinia
- (n.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
Synonyms:
Cowpox,
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• Mora
- (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
- (n.) A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
- (n.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
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• Monomania
- (n.) Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.
Synonyms:
Possession,
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• Oenomania
- (n.) Dipsomania.
- (n.) Delirium tremens.
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• Paralgesia
- (n.) Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence of sensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and abnormal painful results of stimuli.
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• Ursa
- (n.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
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• Macroglossia
- (n.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
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• Mala
- (n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
- (pl. ) of Malum
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• Polydipsia
- (n.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
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• Prosopalgia
- (n.) Facial neuralgia.
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• Pseudo-galena
- (n.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).
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• Pseudaesthesia
- (n.) False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot.
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• Phantasmagoria
- (n.) Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images.
- (n.) The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.
- (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.
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• Lametta
- (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.
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• Melodrama
- (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethovens "Fidelio".
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• Taurocolla
- (n.) Glue made from a bulls hide.
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• Podagra
- (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
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• Omagra
- (n.) Gout in the shoulder.
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• Trachoma
- (n.) Granular conjunctivitis due to a specific micrococcus.
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• Neoplasia
- (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.
- (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.
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• Nostalgia
- (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
- (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
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• Nucleoidioplasma
- (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
- (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
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• Lyssa
- (n.) Hydrophobia.
Synonyms:
Hydrophobia, Madness, Rabies,
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• Xeroderma
- (n.) Ichthyosis.
- (n.) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.
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• Moria
- (n.) Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.
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• Tienda
- (n.) In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.
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• Planula
- (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
- (n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.
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• Pyjama
- (n.) In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress with legs.
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• Residencia
- (n.) In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
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• Nirvana
- (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.
- (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.
Synonyms:
Eden, Heaven, Paradise,
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• Vifda
- (n.) In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted.
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• Lama
- (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
- (n.) See Llama.
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• Sclerema
- (n.) Induration of the cellular tissue.
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• Scleroma
- (n.) Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.
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• Miasma
- (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
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• Pneumonia
- (n.) Inflammation of the lungs.
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• Pleuropneumonia
- (n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.
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• Papaphobia
- (n.) Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
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• Lepra
- (n.) Leprosy.
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• Leukaemia
- (n.) Leucocythaemia.
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• Signora
- (n.) Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.
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• Memoria
- (n.) Memory.
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• Militia
- (n.) Military service; warfare.
- (n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.
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• Signorina
- (n.) Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.
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• Nymphomania
- (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
- (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
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• Nosophobia
- (n.) Morbid dread of disease.
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• Russophobia
- (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
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• Morphia
- (n.) Morphine.
Synonyms:
Morphine,
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• Moya
- (n.) Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
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• Tarantella
- (n.) Music suited to such a dance.
- (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.
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• Myopia
- (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.
Synonyms:
Nearsightedness,
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• Sciatica
- (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
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• Sessa
- (interj.) Hurry; run.
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• Quotha
- (interj.) Indeed; forsooth.
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• Viva
- (interj.) Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc.
- (n.) The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it.
Synonyms:
Oral, Viva voce,
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• Whoa
- (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
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• Subpena
- (n. & v. t.) See Subpoena.
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• Pleura
- (n. fem.) Same as Pleuron.
- (n.) pl. of Pleuron.
- (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
- (pl. ) of Pleuron
- (n. fem.) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
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• Pleuroptera
- (n. pl) A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
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• Sudamina
- (n. pl) Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.
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• Malacopoda
- (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.
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• Reptilia
- (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
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• Merostomata
- (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.
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• Pteridophyta
- (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.
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• Pycnogonida
- (n. pl.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
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• Scaphopda
- (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
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• Pteropoda
- (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.
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• Lamellibranchiata
- (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.
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• Ophiuroidea
- (n. pl.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.
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• Marsipobranchia
- (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.
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• Myriapoda
- (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.
Synonyms:
Diplopoda,
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• Miscellanea
- (n. pl.) A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
Synonyms:
Assortment, Miscellany, Mixture, Motley, Potpourri, Salmagundi, Variety,
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• Metabolia
- (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.
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• Sauropsida
- (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
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• Pectostraca
- (n. pl.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.
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• lucernarida
- (n. pl.) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
- (n. pl.) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.
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• Pennatulacea
- (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.
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• Salamandroidea
- (n. pl.) A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.
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• Laemodipoda
- (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
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• Tetraneumona
- (n. pl.) A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale.
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• Phalangoidea
- (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.
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• Ruminantia
- (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
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• Pseudotetramera
- (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.
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• Longicornia
- (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.
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• Ostracea
- (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.
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• Myaria
- (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
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• Urocerata
- (n. pl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.
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• Trionychoidea
- (n. pl.) A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.
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• Peritricha
- (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.
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• Pedunculata
- (n. pl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
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• Thoracica
- (n. pl.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
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• Tetramera
- (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.
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• Trimera
- (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
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• Parasita
- (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.
- (n. pl.) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
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• Tessellata
- (n. pl.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.
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• Procoelia
- (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front.
- (n.) Same as Procoele.
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• Taeniata
- (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venuss girdle is the most familiar example.
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• Tentaculata
- (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.
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• Pupipara
- (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.
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• Tanystomata
- (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
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• Semaeostomata
- (n. pl.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
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• Regularia
- (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
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• Squamata
- (n. pl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
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• Polythalamia
- (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
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• Monothalama
- (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.
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• Perforata
- (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
- (n. pl.) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.
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• Protoplasta
- (n. pl.) A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.
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• Opisthobranchiata
- (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
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• Placophora
- (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
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• Rhipidoglossa
- (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Ptenoglossa
- (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.
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• Pectinibranchiata
- (n. pl.) A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.
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• Reptantia
- (n. pl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
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• Polycystidea
- (n. pl.) A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.
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• Pneumophora
- (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.
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• Thecophora
- (n. pl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
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• Serrifera
- (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.
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• Terebrantia
- (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
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• Phytophaga
- (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
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• Myxocystodea
- (n. pl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.
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• Ulonata
- (n. pl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.
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• Thysanoptera
- (n. pl.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips.
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• Molluscoidea
- (n. pl.) A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.
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• Rhopalocera
- (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.
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• Placentalia
- (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.
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• Uncinata
- (n. pl.) A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
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• Rhachiglossa
- (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
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• Polyprotodonta
- (n. pl.) A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.
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• Pedimana
- (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
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• Rhizophaga
- (n. pl.) A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type.
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• Tachyglossa
- (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
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• Polybranchia
- (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.
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• Pellibranchiata
- (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.
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• Notobranchiata
- (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
- (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata.
- (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata.
- (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
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• Pygobranchia
- (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.
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• Nudibranchiata
- (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
- (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
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• Saltatoria
- (n. pl.) A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
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• Pediculina
- (n. pl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Rostrifera
- (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.
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• Rhizocephala
- (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.
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• Stomatoda
- (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.
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• Platyptera
- (n. pl.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).
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• Stylommatophora
- (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
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• Prosopulmonata
- (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail.
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• Polycystina
- (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.
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• Polycyttaria
- (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules.
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• Monozoa
- (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.
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• Lepidosauria
- (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.
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• Sauria
- (n. pl.) A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
Synonyms:
Lacertilia,
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• Siphonopoda
- (n. pl.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.
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• Opisthoglypha
- (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.
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• Schizopoda
- (n. pl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
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• Tetractinellida
- (n. pl.) A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.
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• Quadrumana
- (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
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• Polystomata
- (n. pl.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
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• Thaliacea
- (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
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• Tethyodea
- (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.
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• Planarida
- (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.
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• Perissodactyla
- (n. pl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
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• Neomenoidea
- (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.
- (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.
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• Lupercalia
- (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.
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• Terminalia
- (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
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• Lissencephala
- (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.
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• Oreosoma
- (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.
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• Tunicata
- (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.
Synonyms:
Urochorda,
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• Porifera
- (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea.
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• Rhynchophora
- (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.
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• Phocodontia
- (n. pl.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
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• Ornithoscelida
- (n. pl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.
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• Thecodontia
- (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.
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• Tubulibranchiata
- (n. pl.) A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell. Vermetus is an example.
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• Poephaga
- (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies.
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• Pachydermata
- (n. pl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.
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• Pharyngopneusta
- (n. pl.) A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta.
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• Lamellicornia
- (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
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• Lyencephala
- (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
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• Schizonemertea
- (n. pl.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Pupivora
- (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.
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• Radio-flagellata
- (n. pl.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
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• Pteranodontia
- (n. pl.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.
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• Lagemorpha
- (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.
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• Physemaria
- (n. pl.) A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.
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• Strepsiptera
- (n. pl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.
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• Omnivora
- (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.
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• Monocondyla
- (n. pl.) A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.
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• Mesozoa
- (n. pl.) A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.
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• Polyandria
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
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• Monandria
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
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• Pentandria
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having five separate stamens.
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• Tetrandria
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens.
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• Tetradynamia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.
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• Polyadelphia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
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• Monadelphia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.
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• Triandria
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens.
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• Syngenesia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.
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• Monoecia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.
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• Tetragynia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having four styles.
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• Polygynia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having many styles.
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• Trigynia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
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• Siliquosa
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.
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• Pentagynia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having five styles or pistils.
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• Monogamia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.
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• Monogynia
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.
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• Polygamia
- (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.
- (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
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• Spermatophyta
- (n. pl.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a pollen tube emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids.
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• Thallophyta
- (n. pl.) A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the algae, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green algae, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many algae, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.
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• Myxophyta
- (n. pl.) A phylum of the vegetable kingdom consisting of the class Myxomycetes. By some botanists it is not separated from the Thallophyta.
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• Streptobacteria
- (n. pl.) A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.
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• Malacostraca
- (n. pl.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.
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• Monotremata
- (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.
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• Marsupialia
- (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.
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• Plantigrada
- (n. pl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
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• Macrura
- (n. pl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.
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• Proboscidifera
- (n. pl.) A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.
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• Pinnipedia
- (n. pl.) A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.
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• Lernaeacea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Paleocrinoidea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
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• Monopneumona
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus.
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• Nematocera
- (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
- (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
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• Loricata
- (n. pl.) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.
- (n. pl.) The crocodilia.
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• Priapulacea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.
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• Sipunculacea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.
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• Rhynchobdellea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type.
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• Rhizostomata
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Trichoptera
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.
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• Planipennia
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
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• Lemuroidea
- (n. pl.) A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.
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• Proteroglypha
- (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia.
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• Solenoglypha
- (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.
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• Pelicosauria
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.
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• Rhabdocoela
- (n. pl.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
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• Siphonata
- (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.
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• Siphonobranchiata
- (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
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• Microlepidoptera
- (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
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• Scincoidea
- (n. pl.) A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.
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• Vermilinguia
- (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.
- (n. pl.) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.
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• Sciuromorpha
- (n. pl.) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
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• Tylopoda
- (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
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• Solidungula
- (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.
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• Vermiformia
- (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.
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• Tormina
- (n. pl.) acute, colicky pains; gripes.
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• Lamellibranchia
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata
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• Metabola
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Metabolia
- (n.) Alt. of Metabole
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• Ophiurioidea
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Ophiuroidea
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• Opisthobranchia
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Opisthobranchiata
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• Phylactolaema
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Phylactolaemata
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• Phylactolema
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Phylactolemata
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• Viperoidea
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Viperoides
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• Ovipara
- (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.
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• Siphonostomata
- (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.
- (n. pl.) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.
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• Vivipara
- (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
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• Tabulata
- (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
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• Radiata
- (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.
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• Rhizopoda
- (n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.
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• Madreporaria
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.
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• Pentamera
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.
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• Streptoneura
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.
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• Taenioglossa
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water.
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• Tubularida
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.
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• Unguiculata
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata).
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• Spiodea
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
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• Sporozoa
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.
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• Reticularia
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.
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• Pecora
- (n. pl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle.
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• Pulmonata
- (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.
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• Stellerida
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.
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• Mallophaga
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.
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• Malacozoa
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria.
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• Ungulata
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
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• Myomorpha
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.
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• Turbellaria
- (n. pl.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.
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• Trematodea
- (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.
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• Silicoidea
- (n. pl.) An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules.
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• Veneracea
- (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.
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• Rhabdophora
- (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.
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• Tillodontia
- (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
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• Labyrinthodonta
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.
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• Stegocephala
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
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• Trilobita
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
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• Pterosauria
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
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• Sauropoda
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Stegosauria
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.
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• Plesiosauria
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.
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• Theriodontia
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.
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• Orthopoda
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.
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• Paleechinoidea
- (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.
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• Rugosa
- (n. pl.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.
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• Polyactinia
- (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.
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• Urodela
- (n. pl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
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• Oligochaeta
- (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.
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• Proteidea
- (n. pl.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida.
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• Lyopomata
- (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.
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• Podostomata
- (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.
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• Theropoda
- (n. pl.) An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
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• Tetrabranchiata
- (n. pl.) An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.
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• Stomapoda
- (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.
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• Leptostraca
- (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.
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• Petalosticha
- (n. pl.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.
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• Phyllopoda
- (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.
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• Ostracoidea
- (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.
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• Ornithosauria
- (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.
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• Taxeopoda
- (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
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• Phylactolaemata
- (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.
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• Scutibranchiata
- (n. pl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.
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• Nemertina
- (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.
- (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.
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• Ornithopoda
- (n. pl.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Neuroptera
- (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.
- (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.
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• Pedata
- (n. pl.) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.
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• Lepidoptera
- (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.
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• Spatangoidea
- (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
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• Sirenia
- (n. pl.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
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• Proboscidea
- (n. pl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
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• Mosasauria
- (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.
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• Solenogastra
- (n. pl.) An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.
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• Orthoptera
- (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.
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• Pterobranchia
- (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
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• Limuloidea
- (n. pl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.
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• Siphonophora
- (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
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• Thecosomata
- (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.
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• Rhynchocephala
- (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.
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• Testudinata
- (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.
Synonyms:
Chelonia, Testudines,
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• Lacertilia
- (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
Synonyms:
Sauria,
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• Lobosa
- (n. pl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.
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• Symphyla
- (n. pl.) An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.
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• Pauropoda
- (n. pl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.
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• Trachystomata
- (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
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• Ophiomorpha
- (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.
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• Larvalia
- (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.
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• Thysanura
- (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.
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• Linguatulina
- (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
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• Nematoidea
- (n. pl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda.
- (n. pl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda.
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• Tectibranchiata
- (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.
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• Paraphernalia
- (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
- (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
Synonyms:
Gear,
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• Poecilopoda
- (n. pl.) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
- (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea).
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• Pseudoneuroptera
- (n. pl.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.
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• Principia
- (n. pl.) First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newtons Principia.
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• Scybala
- (n. pl.) Hardened masses of feces.
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• Saturnalia
- (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
- (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
Synonyms:
Bacchanal, Bacchanalia, Debauch, Debauchery, Orgy, Riot,
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• Penetralia
- (n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.
- (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
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• Microbacteria
- (n. pl.) In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.
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• Testacea
- (n. pl.) Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.
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• Onychophora
- (n. pl.) Malacopoda.
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• Marginalia
- (n. pl.) Marginal notes.
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• Pseudobacteria
- (n. pl.) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.
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• Nemertida
- (n. pl.) Nemertina.
- (n. pl.) Nemertina.
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• Pantastomata
- (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.
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• Vertebrata
- (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
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• Mollusca
- (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.
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• Polychaeta
- (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
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• Radiolaria
- (n. pl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina.
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• Ostracoda
- (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.
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• Spermophyta
- (n. pl.) Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.
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• Quinquennalia
- (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years.
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• Theorica
- (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.
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• Oozoa
- (n. pl.) Same as Acrita.
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• Tetradecapoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Arthrostraca.
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• Paridigitata
- (n. pl.) Same as Artiodactyla.
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• Palliobranchiata
- (n. pl.) Same as Brachiopoda.
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• Nematophora
- (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata.
- (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata.
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• Thalamophora
- (n. pl.) Same as Foraminifera.
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• Univalvia
- (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.
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• Sipunculoidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Gephyrea.
- (n. pl.) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.
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• Stelmatopoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Gymnolaemata.
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• Scolecida
- (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.
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• Rhynchota
- (n. pl.) Same as Hemiptera.
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• Scytodermata
- (n. pl.) Same as Holothurioidea.
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• Lamnunguia
- (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea.
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• Phytozoaria
- (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.
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• Plegepoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.
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• Lipocephala
- (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.
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• Pelecypoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.
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• Strepsorhina
- (n. pl.) Same as Lemuroidea.
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• Plagiotremata
- (n. pl.) Same as Lepidosauria.
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• Xiphura
- (n. pl.) Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura.
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• Linguatulida
- (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.
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• Pentastomida
- (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.
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• Prototracheata
- (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.
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• Protracheata
- (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.
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• Pilifera
- (n. pl.) Same as Mammalia.
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• Paleocarida
- (n. pl.) Same as Merostomata.
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• Ornithodelphia
- (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.
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• Prototheria
- (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.
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• Pythonomorpha
- (n. pl.) Same as Mosasauria.
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• Nematelmia
- (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
- (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
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• Rhynchocoela
- (n. pl.) Same as Nemertina.
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• Ophiurida
- (n. pl.) Same as Ophiurioidea.
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• Oscillatoria
- (n. pl.) Same as Oscillaria.
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• Saccoglossa
- (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.
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• Percoidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Perciformes.
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• Phenogamia
- (n. pl.) Same as Phaenogamia.
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• Phylactolemata
- (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolaema.
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• Lophopoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolemata.
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• Pinnigrada
- (n. pl.) Same as Pinnipedia.
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• Placodermata
- (n. pl.) Same as Placodermi.
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• Platyhelmia
- (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.
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• Sterelmintha
- (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.
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• Sauropterygia
- (n. pl.) Same as Plesiosauria.
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• Platypoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Prosobranchiata.
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• Plastidozoa
- (n. pl.) Same as Protoza.
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• Pulmogasteropoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
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• Pulmonibranchiata
- (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
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• Pulmonifera
- (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
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• Pantopoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Pycnogonida.
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• Reticulosa
- (n. pl.) Same as Reticularia.
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• Suctoria
- (n. pl.) Same as Rhizocephala.
- (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.
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• Rotatoria
- (n. pl.) Same as Rotifera.
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• Tetracoralla
- (n. pl.) Same as Rugosa.
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• Pneumootoka
- (n. pl.) Same as Sauropsida.
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• Phanerodactyla
- (n. pl.) Same as Saururae.
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• Prosopocephala
- (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.
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• Solenoconcha
- (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.
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• Scolecomorpha
- (n. pl.) Same as Scolecida.
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• Scorpiodea
- (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.
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• Scorpionidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.
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• Scutibranchia
- (n. pl.) Same as Scutibranchiata.
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• Silicea
- (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.
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• Silicioidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.
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• Siphoniata
- (n. pl.) Same as Siphonata.
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• Solpugidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Solifugae.
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• Stomatopoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Stomapoda.
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• Struthioidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Struthiones.
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• Stylommata
- (n. pl.) Same as Stylommatophora.
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• Tentaculifera
- (n. pl.) Same as Suctoria, 1.
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• Taeniada
- (n. pl.) Same as Taenioidea.
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• Tectibranchia
- (n. pl.) Same as Tectibranchiata.
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• Thecata
- (n. pl.) Same as Thecophora.
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• Theriodonta
- (n. pl.) Same as Theriodontia.
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• Physopoda
- (n. pl.) Same as Thysanoptera.
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• Urochorda
- (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.
Synonyms:
Tunicata,
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• Myelencephala
- (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.
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• Osteozoa
- (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.
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• Sedilia
- (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
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• Nucleobranchiata
- (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.
- (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.
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• Labia
- (n. pl.) See Labium.
- (pl. ) of Labium
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• Myriopoda
- (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.
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• Opercula
- (n. pl.) See Operculum.
- (pl. ) of Operculum
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• Ova
- (n. pl.) See Ovum.
- (pl. ) of Ovum
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• Polyplacophora
- (n. pl.) See Placophora.
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• Scuta
- (n. pl.) See Scutum.
- (pl. ) of Scutum
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• Spongiozoa
- (n. pl.) See Sponglae.
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• Spherobacteria
- (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.
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• Spirobacteria
- (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.
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• Theromorpha
- (n. pl.) See Theriodonta.
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• Viperina
- (n. pl.) See Viperoidea.
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• Xiphosura
- (n. pl.) See Xiphura.
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• Talaria
- (n. pl.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.
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• Spongida
- (n. pl.) Spongiae.
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• Regalia
- (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
- (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.
- (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
- (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.
Synonyms:
Array, Finery, Raiment,
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• Synonyma
- (n. pl.) Synonyms.
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• Phanerogamia
- (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.
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• Polypifera
- (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.
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• Vesiculata
- (n. pl.) The campanularian medusae.
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• Phaenogamia
- (n. pl.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
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• Lochia
- (n. pl.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
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• Steganophthalmata
- (n. pl.) The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.
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• Taenioidea
- (n. pl.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
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• Odonata
- (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
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• Pneumonophora
- (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.
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• Pudenda
- (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.
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• Monodelphia
- (n. pl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.
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• Mammalia
- (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
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• Prosobranchiata
- (n. pl.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.
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• Mastigopoda
- (n. pl.) The Infusoria.
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• Microzoa
- (n. pl.) The Infusoria.
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• Monadaria
- (n. pl.) The Infusoria.
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• Polygastrica
- (n. pl.) The Infusoria.
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• Leptocardia
- (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus.
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• Protozoa
- (n. pl.) The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
- (pl. ) of Protozoon
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• Oxyrhyncha
- (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.
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• Monorhina
- (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
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• Neocarida
- (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.
- (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.
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• Panathenaea
- (n. pl.) The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.
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• Mycetozoa
- (n. pl.) The Myxomycetes; -- so called by those who regard them as a class of animals.
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• Proctucha
- (n. pl.) The Nemertina.
- (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.
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• Poriferata
- (n. pl.) The Polifera.
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• Parapherna
- (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
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• Securifera
- (n. pl.) The Serrifera.
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• Sigla
- (n. pl.) The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
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• Podophthalmia
- (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.
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• Sclerodermata
- (n. pl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.
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• Saurobatrachia
- (n. pl.) The Urodela.
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• Myeloneura
- (n. pl.) The Vertebrata.
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• Ramenta
- (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.
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• Memorabilia
- (n. pl.) Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.
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• Rejectamenta
- (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.
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• Notabilia
- (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice.
- (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice.
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• Praecognita
- (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.
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• Metazoa
- (n. pl.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.
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• Perennibranchiata
- (n. pl.) Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus.
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• Stamina
- (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
- (n. pl.) The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
- (pl. ) of Stamen
- (n. pl.) See Stamen.
Synonyms:
Toughness,
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• Maranatha
- (n.) "Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.
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• Tatta
- (n.) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
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• Vitta
- (n.) A band, or stripe, of color.
- (n.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
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• Taenia
- (n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
- (n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
- (n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
Synonyms:
Fillet, Tenia,
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• Succula
- (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.
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• Pelota
- (n.) A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket.
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• Playa
- (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
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• Rosella
- (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
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• Ursula
- (n.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
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• Pandora
- (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
- (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
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• Negrita
- (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.
- (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.
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• Vesica
- (n.) A bladder.
Synonyms:
Bladder,
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• Vendetta
- (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
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• Sutra
- (n.) A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
- (n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
- (n.) A collection of such aphorisms.
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• Redowa
- (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.
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• Premaxilla
- (n.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.
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• Rhachilla
- (n.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
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• Tucuma
- (n.) A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum Tucuma) which furnishes an edible fruit.
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• Sapucaia
- (n.) A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
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• Uzema
- (n.) A Burman measure of twelve miles.
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• Pitahaya
- (n.) A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
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• Palanka
- (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
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• Pileorhiza
- (n.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
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• Mozzetta
- (n.) A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.
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• Quadriga
- (n.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
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• Plea
- (n.) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
- (n.) An urgent prayer or entreaty.
- (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendants answer to the plaintiffs declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendants plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendants formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
- (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
Synonyms:
Supplication,
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• Raghuvansa
- (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
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• Osteocolla
- (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
- (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
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• Tantra
- (n.) A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.
Synonyms:
Tantrism,
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• Modena
- (n.) A certain crimsonlike color.
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• Torula
- (n.) A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.
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• Sankha
- (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.
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• Scandia
- (n.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
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• Pharmacopoeia
- (n.) A chemical laboratory.
- (n.) A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.
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• Parapleura
- (n.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.
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• Paranoia
- (n.) A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency. In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called "cranks." Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration, and many have hallucinations, esp. of sight and hearing.
- (n.) Mental derangement; insanity.
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• Patera
- (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.
- (n.) A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.
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• Malaga
- (n.) A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.
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• Mustaiba
- (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like.
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• Sortita
- (n.) A closing voluntary; a postlude.
- (n.) The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering.
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• Nubecula
- (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
- (n.) A nebula.
- (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
- (n.) A slight spot on the cornea.
- (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
- (n.) A slight spot on the cornea.
- (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
- (n.) A nebula.
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• Tapioca
- (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.
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• Puna
- (n.) A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.
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• Sunna
- (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
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• Sanhita
- (n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
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• Mishna
- (n.) A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
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• Ulema
- (n.) A college or body composed of the hierarchy (the imams, muftis, and cadis). That of Turkey alone now has political power; its head is the sheik ul Islam.
- (n.) A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
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• Scotia
- (n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
- (n.) Scotland
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• Lipaemia
- (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
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• Lithaemia
- (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.
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• Spanaemia
- (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.
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• Neurasthenia
- (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
- (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
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• Totara
- (n.) A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.
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• Scrofula
- (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
Synonyms:
Struma,
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• Synalepha
- (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th army, for the army.
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• Russia
- (n.) A country of Europe and Asia.
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• Villa
- (n.) A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.
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• Phyllobranchia
- (n.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.
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• Lorica
- (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
- (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
- (n.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
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• Patellula
- (n.) A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
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• Parraqua
- (n.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan.
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• Langaha
- (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.
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• Struma
- (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
- (n.) Scrofula.
Synonyms:
Goiter, Goitre, Scrofula,
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• Psora
- (n.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
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• Sima
- (n.) A cyma.
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• Steatoma
- (n.) A cyst containing matter like suet.
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• Ranula
- (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
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• Scylla
- (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
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• Melasma
- (n.) A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addisons melasma, or Addisons disease.
Synonyms:
Chloasma,
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• Rusma
- (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
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• Lacinula
- (n.) A diminutive lacinia.
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• Paleola
- (n.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
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• Squamella
- (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
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• Melaena
- (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.
Synonyms:
Melena,
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• Leucorrhoea
- (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.
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• Ozena
- (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.
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• Leucocythemia
- (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.
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• Scleroderma
- (n.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
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• Osteomalacia
- (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.
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• Synechia
- (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
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• Myxoedema
- (n.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland.
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• Neuralgia
- (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.
- (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.
Synonyms:
Neuralgy,
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• Patina
- (n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
- (n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
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• Plumula
- (n.) A down feather.
- (n.) A plumule.
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• Opera
- (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
- (pl. ) of Opus
- (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.
- (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.
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• Photophobia
- (n.) A dread or intolerance of light.
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• Vidonia
- (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.
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• Tramontana
- (n.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.
Synonyms:
Tramontane,
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• Samara
- (n.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
Synonyms:
Key fruit,
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• Marena
- (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.
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• Nebula
- (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.
- (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.
- (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine.
- (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine.
- (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.
- (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.
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• Procidentia
- (n.) A falling down; a prolapsus.
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• Semita
- (n.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
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• Lacerta
- (n.) A fathom.
- (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.
- (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
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• Olla-podrida
- (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
- (n.) Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.
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• Pluma
- (n.) A feather.
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• Succuba
- (n.) A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
Synonyms:
Succubus,
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• Miliaria
- (n.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
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• Pita
- (n.) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
- (n.) The plant which yields the fiber.
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• Lytta
- (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
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• Raffia
- (n.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.
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• Piassava
- (n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.
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• Piffara
- (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.
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• Parusia
- (n.) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
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• Stria
- (n.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
- (n.) A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
Synonyms:
Band, Striation,
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• Pentalpha
- (n.) A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.
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• Torta
- (n.) a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
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• Pyemia
- (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
- (n.) See PyAemia.
Synonyms:
Pyaemia,
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• Rosalia
- (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.
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• Megalomania
- (n.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
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• Nenia
- (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
- (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
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• Torana
- (n.) A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.
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• Prosenchyma
- (n.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
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• Neritina
- (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
- (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
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• Tradescantia
- (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
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• Lucernaria
- (n.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
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• Pupa
- (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
- (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
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• Nicotiana
- (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.
- (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.
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• Magnolia
- (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
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• Sarracenia
- (n.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
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• Rana
- (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
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• Utricularia
- (n.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
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• Nepa
- (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.
- (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.
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• Nymphaea
- (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
- (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
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• Talegalla
- (n.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
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• Leipoa
- (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.
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• Sarcina
- (n.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
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• Rupicola
- (n.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
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• Philomela
- (n.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.
- (n.) The nightingale; philomel.
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• Upupa
- (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
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• Polygala
- (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
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• Ostrea
- (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
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• Mya
- (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.
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• Orgyia
- (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
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• Waldheimia
- (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.
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• Rhynchonella
- (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil.
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• Terebratula
- (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.
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• Porpita
- (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst.
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• Pedicellina
- (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.
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• Opuntia
- (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
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• Viverra
- (n.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
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• Spirula
- (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
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• Wistaria
- (n.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers.
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• Scrophularia
- (n.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
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• Lactuca
- (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.
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• Madia
- (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
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• Rudbeckia
- (n.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.
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• Picea
- (n.) A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the firs.
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• Sequoia
- (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
Synonyms:
Redwood,
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• Meandrina
- (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.
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• Selaginella
- (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.
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• Pleurobrachia
- (n.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.
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• Oscillaria
- (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.
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• Umbellularia
- (n.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.
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• Sertularia
- (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.
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• Pleurosigma
- (n.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
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• Sarcophaga
- (n.) A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.
- (n. pl.) A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.
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• Maranta
- (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.
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• Xanthorhoea
- (n.) A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves. See Grass tree.
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• Phillyrea
- (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
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• Thuja
- (n.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
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• Melastoma
- (n.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
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• Saxifraga
- (n.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
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• Woodwardia
- (n.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.
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• Perca
- (n.) A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
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• Miliola
- (n.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.
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• Sigillaria
- (n.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
- (n. pl.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
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• Lim naea
- (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.
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• Physa
- (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.
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• Peziza
- (n.) A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.
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• Tremella
- (n.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.
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• Oryza
- (n.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.
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• Poa
- (n.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
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• Laminaria
- (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devils apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.
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• Tubipora
- (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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• Verbena
- (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Synonyms:
Vervain,
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• Phytolacca
- (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
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• Parnassia
- (n.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
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• Millepora
- (n.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores.
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• Tubularia
- (n.) A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles.
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• Vespa
- (n.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
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• Xylocopa
- (n.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter.
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• Vaginicola
- (n.) A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
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• Melissa
- (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).
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• Perilla
- (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.
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• Nepeta
- (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.
- (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.
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• Parkeria
- (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
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• Rytina
- (n.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Stellers sea cow.
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• Muraena
- (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.
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• Turbinella
- (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
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• Pyrula
- (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Physalia
- (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.
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• Urania
- (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
- (n.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
Synonyms:
Venus,
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• Mimosa
- (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).
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• Sophora
- (n.) A genus of leguminous plants.
- (n.) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.
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• Tephrosia
- (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
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• Robinia
- (n.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).
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• Usnea
- (n.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
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• Tringa
- (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.
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• Sida
- (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.
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• Tellina
- (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
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• Xylotrya
- (n.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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• Xylophaga
- (n.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.
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• Rhabdopleura
- (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
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• Noctiluca
- (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.
- (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
- (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.
- (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
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• Terebra
- (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
- (n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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• Nerita
- (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.
- (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.
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• Purpura
- (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.
- (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
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• Valonia
- (n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
- (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.
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• Swietenia
- (n.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.
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• Mycoderma
- (n.) A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother.
- (n.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zooloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.
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• Orbulina
- (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.
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• Malacobdella
- (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.
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• Scyllaea
- (n.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
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• Ophiura
- (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.
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• Peristeria
- (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
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• Ulula
- (n.) A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.
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• Monotropa
- (n.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
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• Trigonia
- (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.
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• Musa
- (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.
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• Thea
- (n.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.
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• Urtica
- (n.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
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• Salsola
- (n.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
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• Salvia
- (n.) A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.
Synonyms:
Sage,
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• Marsdenia
- (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
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• Strelitzia
- (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
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• Ravenala
- (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.
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• Lobelia
- (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
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• Passiflora
- (n.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
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• Reseda
- (n.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
- (n.) A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
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• Syringa
- (n.) A genus of plants; the lilac.
- (n.) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
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• Mandragora
- (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.
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• Oliva
- (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
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• Portulaca
- (n.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
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• Pulsatilla
- (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.
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• Raia
- (n.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
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• Madrepora
- (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.
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• Morinda
- (n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
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• Sula
- (n.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.
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• Phoca
- (n.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.
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• Xanthorhiza
- (n.) A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America, including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots of a deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic.
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• Shepherdia
- (n.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
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• Spiraea
- (n.) A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
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• Spongilla
- (n.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
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• Synapta
- (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Talpa
- (n.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
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• Tinea
- (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
- (n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
Synonyms:
Ringworm, Roundworm,
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• Nucula
- (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
- (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
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• Nebalia
- (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)
- (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)
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• Littorina
- (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.
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• Valvata
- (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
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• Limacina
- (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
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• Theobroma
- (n.) A genus of small trees. See Cacao.
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• Marginella
- (n.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.
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• Petunia
- (n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
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• Maia
- (n.) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
- (n.) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
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• Maclurea
- (n.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
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• Krameria
- (n.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
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• Rafflesia
- (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
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• Vitrina
- (n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.
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• Ulva
- (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
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• Salpa
- (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
Synonyms:
Salp,
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• Rhizophora
- (n.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove.
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• Olea
- (n.) A genus of trees including the olive.
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• Moringa
- (n.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
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• Paulownia
- (n.) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceae, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.
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• Tilia
- (n.) A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceae, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.
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• Malpighia
- (n.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
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• Oculina
- (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.
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• Sabella
- (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
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• Scolopendra
- (n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
- (n.) A sea fish.
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• Tridacna
- (n.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
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• Lepisma
- (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.
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• Monerula
- (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.
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• Sportula
- (n.) A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.
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• Mamma
- (n.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.
- (n.) Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
Synonyms:
Ma, Mama, Mammy, Mater, Mum, Mummy,
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• Levana
- (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants.
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• Melisma
- (n.) A grace or embellishment.
- (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.
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• Lumachella
- (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.
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• Sea
- (n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
- (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the waters surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
- (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
- (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
- (n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
- (n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earths surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
Synonyms:
Ocean,
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• Vallecula
- (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
- (n.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Synonyms:
Groove,
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• Pseudostoma
- (n.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.
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• Sarcocolla
- (n.) A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.
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• Weigelia
- (n.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
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• Sorema
- (n.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.
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• Wyla
- (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.
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• Sankhya
- (n.) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
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• Ungula
- (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon.
- (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
- (n.) Same as Unguis, 3.
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• Lemuria
- (n.) A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.
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• Stufa
- (n.) A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.
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• Masora
- (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.
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• Maha
- (n.) A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.
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• Tanka
- (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
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• Tapa
- (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
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• Yaksha
- (n.) A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.
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• Regma
- (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.
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• Lenticula
- (n.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
- (n.) A lenticel.
- (n.) A lens of small size.
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• Redia
- (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Tonga
- (n.) A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks.
- (n.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
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• Lorcha
- (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
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• Lectica
- (n.) A kind of litter or portable couch.
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• Melancholia
- (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
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• Moha
- (n.) A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.
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• Musicomania
- (n.) A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties.
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• Tarsiatura
- (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
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• Saccharilla
- (n.) A kind of muslin.
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• Majolica
- (n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
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• Ochrea
- (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
- (n.) A greave or legging.
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• Ocarina
- (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.
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• Ruta-baga
- (n.) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
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• Vitro-di-trina
- (n.) A kind of Venetian glass or glassware in which white threads are embedded in transparent glass with a lacelike or netlike effect.
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• Marsala
- (n.) A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.
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• Valencia
- (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
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• Mantilla
- (n.) A ladys light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
- (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
Synonyms:
Mantelet,
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• Pulkha
- (n.) A Laplanders traveling sledge. See Sledge.
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• Promethea
- (n.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.
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• Puma
- (n.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
Synonyms:
Catamount, Cougar, Painter, Panther,
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• Viz-cacha
- (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.
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• Kiva
- (n.) A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a mens dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.
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• Padella
- (n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peters, in Rome. Called also padelle.
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• Patela
- (n.) A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.
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• Myrcia
- (n.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.
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• Tuatara
- (n.) A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.
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• Mochila
- (n.) A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.
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• Seriema
- (n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
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• Margosa
- (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.
Synonyms:
Neem tree,
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• Piraya
- (n.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
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• Noria
- (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
- (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
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• Reata
- (n.) A lariat.
Synonyms:
Lariat, Lasso,
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• Stroma
- (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
- (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
- (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
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• Sola
- (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.
- (a.) See Solus.
- (fem. a.) Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
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• Wallaba
- (n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.
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• Theta
- (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.
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• Magnesia
- (n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium.
Synonyms:
Periclase,
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• Paramatta
- (n.) A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino.
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• Nubia
- (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
- (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
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• Trocha
- (n.) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.
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• Lirella
- (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
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• Lernaea
- (n.) A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae.
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• Simia
- (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
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• Phalaena
- (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.
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• Valvula
- (n.) A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
Synonyms:
Valvelet, Valvule,
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• Polka
- (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented.
- (n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.
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• Pelioma
- (n.) A livid ecchymosis.
- (n.) See Peliom.
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• Respondentia
- (n.) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.
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• Loma
- (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.
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• Khaya
- (n.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
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• Syrma
- (n.) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
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• Stola
- (n.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.
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• Sofa
- (n.) A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.
Synonyms:
Couch, Lounge,
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• Scampavia
- (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
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• Kra
- (n.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.
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• Typhomania
- (n.) A low delirium common in typhus fever.
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• Pipsissewa
- (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also princes pine.
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• Liana
- (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
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• Punka
- (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.
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• Scala
- (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
- (n.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.
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• Pteridomania
- (n.) A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns.
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• Metromania
- (n.) A mania for writing verses.
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• Xenomania
- (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.
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• Strobila
- (n.) A mature tapeworm.
- (n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.
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• Podesta
- (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
- (n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
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• Lea
- (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
- (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
- (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
Synonyms:
Ley, Pasture,
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• Palama
- (n.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
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• Osteocomma
- (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.
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• Sabadilla
- (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
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• Poinsettia
- (n.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
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• Mistura
- (n.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.
- (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.
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• Minutia
- (n.) A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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• Podrida
- (n.) A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida.
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• Rhusma
- (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides.
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• Tempera
- (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
- (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
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• Panstereorama
- (n.) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.
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• Ora
- (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
- (pl. ) of Os
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• Lamia
- (n.) A monster capable of assuming a womans form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
Synonyms:
Vampire,
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• Mulada
- (n.) A moor.
- (n.) A drove of mules.
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• Pyuria
- (n.) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.
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• Melanaemia
- (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
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• Malaria
- (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.
- (n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.
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• Seborrhea
- (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
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• Mezquita
- (n.) A mosque.
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• Stupa
- (n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
- (n.) See 1st Stupe.
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• Shasta
- (n.) A mountain peak, etc., in California.
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• Marimba
- (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.
Synonyms:
Xylophone,
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• Myocomma
- (n.) A myotome.
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• Wellingtonia
- (n.) A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.
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• Pea
- (n.) A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
- (n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.
- (n.) See Peak, n., 3.
- (n.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
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• Rima
- (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
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• Lacinia
- (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
- (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
- (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
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• Trona
- (n.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.
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• Nova
- (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities.
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• Rata
- (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
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• Weka
- (n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
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• Stipula
- (n.) A newly sprouted feather.
- (n.) A stipule.
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• Piscina
- (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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• Norma
- (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
- (n.) A masons or a carpenters square or rule.
- (n.) A templet or gauge.
- (n.) A templet or gauge.
- (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
- (n.) A masons or a carpenters square or rule.
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• Sora
- (n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto.
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• Laura
- (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
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• Pyrena
- (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe.
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• Pleurodynia
- (n.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
Synonyms:
Pleuralgia,
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• Rachialgia
- (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Potts disease; also, formerly, lead colic.
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• Neorama
- (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.
- (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.
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• Papa
- (n.) A parish priest in the Greek Church.
- (n.) A childs word for father.
Synonyms:
Dad, Daddy, Pa, Pop,
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• Patena
- (n.) A paten.
- (n.) A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.
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• Scopula
- (n.) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.
- (n.) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
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• Taglia
- (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys.
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• Pedicellaria
- (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Lindia
- (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
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• Palea
- (n.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
- (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
- (n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
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• Penna
- (n.) A perfect, or normal, feather.
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• Poluria
- (n.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
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• Oca
- (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
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• Phantasma
- (n.) A phantasm.
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• Pinacotheca
- (n.) A picture gallery.
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• Myriorama
- (n.) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes.
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• Madonna
- (n.) A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).
- (n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.
Synonyms:
Mary,
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• Panorama
- (n.) A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.
- (n.) A complete view in every direction.
- (n.) A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.
Synonyms:
Aspect, Cyclorama, Diorama, Prospect, Scene, View, Vista,
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• Papula
- (n.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
- (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
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• Matanza
- (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
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• Moxa
- (n.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.
- (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
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• Paronomasia
- (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
Synonyms:
Pun, Punning, Wordplay,
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• Razzia
- (n.) A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
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• Spicula
- (n.) A pointed fleshy appendage.
- (pl. ) of Spiculum
- (n.) A little spike; a spikelet.
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• Septicaemia
- (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
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• Thana
- (n.) A police station.
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• Mazurka
- (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.
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• Pallometa
- (n.) A pompano.
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• Peninsula
- (n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
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• Veronica
- (n.) A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.
- (n.) A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.
Synonyms:
Speedwell,
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• Senhora
- (n.) A Portuguese title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
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• Olla
- (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.
- (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.
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• Sax-tuba
- (n.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
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• Mantra
- (n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
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• Lemma
- (n.) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
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• Soorma
- (n.) A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.
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• Philopena
- (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
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• Poinciana
- (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
Synonyms:
Bird of paradise,
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• Mesoscapula
- (n.) A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.
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• Sublingua
- (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
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• Lena
- (n.) A procuress.
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• Kleptomania
- (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
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• Quota
- (n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
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• Staphyloma
- (n.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
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• Trochlea
- (n.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
- (n.) A pulley.
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• Rhinoscleroma
- (n.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.
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• Thoria
- (n.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.
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• Scaglia
- (n.) A reddish variety of limestone.
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• Steatopyga
- (n.) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.
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• Mira
- (n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).
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• Marinorama
- (n.) A representation of a sea view.
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• Pieta
- (n.) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels.
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• Madeira
- (n.) A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
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• Sierra
- (n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
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• Via
- (n.) A road way.
- (prep.) By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.
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• Ra
- (n.) A roe; a deer.
Synonyms:
Radium, Re,
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• Semuncia
- (n.) A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.
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• Semiparabola
- (n.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
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• Purana
- (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
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• Mahatma
- (n.) One of a class of sages, or "adepts," reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men.
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• Parabola
- (n.) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
- (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus.
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• Paraglossa
- (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.
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• Victoria
- (n.) One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
- (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
- (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
- (n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.
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• Saiva
- (n.) One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.
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• Retinophora
- (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
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• Synapticula
- (n.) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.
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• Langya
- (n.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
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• Pteryla
- (n.) One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.
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• Pinna
- (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
- (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
- (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
- (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.
- (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.
Synonyms:
Auricle, Ear, Pinnule,
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• Tracheobranchia
- (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
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• Retinula
- (n.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
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• Murza
- (n.) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.
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• Postfurca
- (n.) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.
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• Trachea
- (n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
- (n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
- (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Synonyms:
Windpipe,
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• Tundra
- (n.) One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.
- (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
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• Squamula
- (n.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
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• Valkyria
- (n.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.
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• Pseudonavicula
- (n.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.
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• Seta
- (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.
- (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
- (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.
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• Stemma
- (n.) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
- (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
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• Paraphagma
- (n.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
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• Scapula
- (n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
- (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
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• Protovertebra
- (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
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• Taeniola
- (n.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
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• Perula
- (n.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
- (n.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
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• Sura
- (n.) One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.
Synonyms:
Calf,
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• Sternebra
- (n.) One of the segments of the sternum.
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• Vertebra
- (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
- (n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
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• Scrobicula
- (n.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.
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• Thalia
- (n.) One of the three Graces.
- (n.) One of the Nereids.
- (n.) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
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• Vitrella
- (n.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
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• Siva
- (n.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
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• Vaginula
- (n.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
- (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
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• Pseudofilaria
- (n.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.
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• Ultra
- (n.) One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.
- (a.) Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
Synonyms:
Extremist, Radical,
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• Sequela
- (n.) One who, or that which, follows.
- (n.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
- (n.) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
- (n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
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• Regatta
- (n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.
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• Thulia
- (n.) Oxide of thulium.
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• Otalgia
- (n.) Pain in the ear; earache.
Synonyms:
Earache,
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• Podalgia
- (n.) pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.
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• Myalgia
- (n.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.
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• Pleuralgia
- (n.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.
Synonyms:
Pleurodynia,
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• Splenalgia
- (n.) Pain over the region of the spleen.
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• Monoplegia
- (n.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.
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• Pictura
- (n.) Pattern of coloration.
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• Quinquina
- (n.) Peruvian bark.
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• Soredia
- (n.) pl. of Soredium.
- (pl. ) of Soredium
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• Strata
- (n.) pl. of Stratum.
- (pl. ) of Stratum
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• Platina
- (n.) Platinum.
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• Potassa
- (n.) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash.
- (n.) Potassium oxide.
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• Presbytia
- (n.) Presbyopia.
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• Metrorrhagia
- (n.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
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• Menorrhagia
- (n.) Profuse menstruation.
- (n.) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.
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• Polenta
- (n.) Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.
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• Paijama
- (n.) Pyjama.
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• Quinia
- (n.) Quinine.
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• Rubeola
- (n.) Rubella.
- (n.) the measles.
Synonyms:
Measles,
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• Tana
- (n.) Same as Banxring.
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• Taphrenchyma
- (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma.
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• Koaita
- (n.) Same as Coaita.
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• Orbicula
- (n.) Same as Discina.
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• Oxyammonia
- (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine.
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• Lunula
- (n.) Same as Lunule.
Synonyms:
Half-moon, Lunule,
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• Massora
- (n.) Same as Masora.
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• Mulla
- (n.) Same as Mollah.
Synonyms:
Mollah, Mullah,
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• Mesosauria
- (n.) Same as Mosasauria.
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• Nympha
- (n.) Same as Nymph, 3.
- (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
- (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
- (n.) Same as Nymph, 3.
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• Penultima
- (n.) Same as Penult.
Synonyms:
Penult, Penultimate,
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• Perisoma
- (n.) Same as Perisome.
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• Peristoma
- (n.) Same as Peristome.
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• Persona
- (n.) Same as Person, n., 8.
Synonyms:
Character, Image, Part, Role,
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• Pimenta
- (n.) Same as Pimento.
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• Pinnula
- (n.) Same as Pinnule.
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• Pleurobranchia
- (n.) Same as Pleurobranch.
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• Podobranchia
- (n.) Same as Podobranch.
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• Prosocoelia
- (n.) Same as Prosocoele.
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• Pseudonavicella
- (n.) Same as Pseudonavicula.
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• Raja
- (n.) Same as Rajah.
Synonyms:
Rajah,
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• Rachilla
- (n.) Same as Rhachilla.
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• Rhizoma
- (n.) SAme as Rhizome.
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• Scaliola
- (n.) Same as Scagliola.
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• Sastra
- (n.) Same as Shaster.
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• Sylva
- (n.) Same as Silva.
Synonyms:
Silva,
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• Spermatogemma
- (n.) Same as Spermosphere.
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• Synaloepha
- (n.) Same as Synalepha.
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• Taira
- (n.) Same as Tayra.
Synonyms:
Tayra,
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• Thuya
- (n.) Same as Thuja.
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• Vondsira
- (n.) Same as Vansire.
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• Veratrina
- (n.) Same as Veratrine.
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• Vizcacha
- (n.) Same as Viscacha.
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• Myolemma
- (n.) Sarcolemma.
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• Sarsa
- (n.) Sarsaparilla.
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• Scarlatina
- (n.) Scarlet fever.
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• Scotoma
- (n.) Scotomy.
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• Nausea
- (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
- (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
Synonyms:
Sickness,
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• Stearrhea
- (n.) seborrhea.
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• Munga
- (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.
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• Pinguicula
- (n.) See Butterwort.
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• Noma
- (n.) See Canker, n., 1.
- (n.) See Canker, n., 1.
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• Kithara
- (n.) See Cithara.
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• Manta
- (n.) See Coleoptera and Sea devil.
Synonyms:
Devilfish,
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• Koolslaa
- (n.) See Coleslaw.
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• Mostra
- (n.) See Direct, n.
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• Medialuna
- (n.) See Half-moon.
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• Tuatera
- (n.) See Hatteria.
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• Khenna
- (n.) See Henna.
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• Kytoplasma
- (n.) See Karyoplasma.
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• Klopemania
- (n.) See Kleptomania.
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• Persicaria
- (n.) See Ladys thumb.
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• Leuchaemia
- (n.) See Leucocythaemia.
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• Lycanthropia
- (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2.
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• Lymphadenoma
- (n.) See Lymphoma.
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• Mama
- (n.) See Mamma.
Synonyms:
Ma, Mamma, Mammy, Mater, Mum, Mummy,
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• Manca
- (n.) See Mancus.
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• Mandioca
- (n.) See Manioc.
Synonyms:
Mandioc, Manioc,
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• Melena
- (n.) See Melaena.
Synonyms:
Melaena,
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• Mischna
- (n.) See Mishna.
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• Molybdena
- (n.) See Molybdenite.
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• Nyctalopia
- (n.) See Moonblink.
- (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.
- (n.) See Moonblink.
- (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.
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• Musomania
- (n.) See Musicomania.
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• Mostahiba
- (n.) See Mustaiba.
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• Mina
- (n.) See Myna.
- (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
Synonyms:
Myna,
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• Naenia
- (n.) See Nenia.
- (n.) See Nenia.
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• Ocrea
- (n.) See Ochrea.
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• Oinomania
- (n.) See oenomania.
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• Ocra
- (n.) See Okra.
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• Palaestra
- (n.) See Palestra.
Synonyms:
Palestra,
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• Palingenesia
- (n.) See Palingenesis.
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• Phoronomia
- (n.) See Phoronomics.
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• Piacaba
- (n.) See Piassava.
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• Periagua
- (n.) See Pirogue.
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• Piragua
- (n.) See Pirogue.
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• Polacca
- (n.) See Polonaise.
- (n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.
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• Polymnia
- (n.) See Polyhymnia.
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• Puzzolana
- (n.) See Pozzuolana.
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• Praemaxilla
- (n.) See Premaxilla.
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• Rhachialgia
- (n.) See Rachialgia.
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• Romanza
- (n.) See Romance, 5.
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• Rotta
- (n.) See Rota.
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• Rhytina
- (n.) See Rytina.
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• Salsoda
- (n.) See Sal soda, under Sal.
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• Saltarella
- (n.) See Saltarello.
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• Sappodilla
- (n.) See Sapodilla.
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• Scutella
- (n.) See Scutellum, n., 2.
- (pl. ) of Scutellum
- (n. pl.) See Scutellum.
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• Scypha
- (n.) See Scyphus, 2 (b).
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• Semolella
- (n.) See Semolina.
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• Samarra
- (n.) See Simar.
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• Sophta
- (n.) See Softa.
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• Mola
- (n.) See Sunfish, 1.
Synonyms:
Headfish, Sunfish,
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• Synocha
- (n.) See Synochus.
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• Tenia
- (n.) See Taenia.
Synonyms:
Fillet, Taenia,
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• Tankia
- (n.) See Tanka.
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• Tarentula
- (n.) See Tarantula.
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• Tiza
- (n.) See Ulexite.
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• Valentia
- (n.) See Valencia.
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• Walhalla
- (n.) See Valhalla.
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• Yajur-Veda
- (n.) See Veda.
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• Vivda
- (n.) See Vifda.
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• Venatica
- (n.) See Vinatico.
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• Visa
- (n.) See Vis/.
- (v. t.) To indorse, after examination, with the word vise, as a passport; to vise.
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• Pela
- (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax.
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• Xanthelasma
- (n.) See Xanthoma.
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• Senega
- (n.) Seneca root.
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• Septaemia
- (n.) Septicaemia.
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• Silica
- (n.) Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
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• Soda
- (n.) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
- (n.) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.
Synonyms:
Pop, Tonic,
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• Solania
- (n.) Solanine.
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• Phagedena
- (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
- (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia.
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• Plethora
- (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
- (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.
Synonyms:
Embarrassment, Nimiety, Overplus, Superfluity,
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• Strychnia
- (n.) Strychnine.
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• Mentagra
- (n.) Sycosis.
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• Synarthrodia
- (n.) Synarthrosis.
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• Pinenchyma
- (n.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
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• Tigella
- (n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
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• Taha
- (n.) The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).
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• Siaga
- (n.) The ahu, or jairou.
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• Liza
- (n.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema).
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• Veda
- (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
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• Prosoma
- (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.
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• Preoblongata
- (n.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.
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• Nucha
- (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
- (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
Synonyms:
Nape, Scruff,
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• Monesia
- (n.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.
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• Matamata
- (n.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.
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• Pseudotinea
- (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).
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• Massasauga
- (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.
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• Maxilla
- (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
- (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
- (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
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• Vibrissa
- (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
- (n.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
Synonyms:
Whisker,
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• Narica
- (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.
- (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.
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• Urethra
- (n.) The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.
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• Lima
- (n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America.
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• Optocoelia
- (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.
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• Mesocoelia
- (n.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.
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• Nigua
- (n.) The chigoe.
- (n.) The chigoe.
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• Radula
- (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
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• Quata
- (n.) The coaita.
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• Propaganda
- (n.) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.
- (n.) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.
- (n.) Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.
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• Sepia
- (n.) The common European cuttlefish.
- (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
- (a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
- (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
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• Maa
- (n.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
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• Mirza
- (n.) The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.
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• Naphtha
- (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
- (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
- (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
- (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
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• Umbra
- (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the suns disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.
- (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
- (n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
- (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
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• Marshalsea
- (n.) The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the kings household.
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• Racoonda
- (n.) The coypu.
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• Urva
- (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
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• Onagga
- (n.) The dauw.
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• Mantissa
- (n.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
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• Moira
- (n.) The deity who assigns to every man his lot.
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• Neuroglia
- (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
- (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
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• Retina
- (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
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• Neurilemma
- (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
- (n.) The perineurium.
- (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
- (n.) The perineurium.
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• Nagana
- (n.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly.
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• Myxa
- (n.) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.
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• Larva
- (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
- (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.
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• Terra
- (n.) The earth; earth.
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• Kuda
- (n.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.
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• Nonda
- (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.
- (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.
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• Tzaritza
- (n.) The empress of Russia. See Czarina.
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• Locustella
- (n.) The European cricket warbler.
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• Tea
- (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
- (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
- (v. i.) To take or drink tea.
- (n.) The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.
- (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.
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• Phosphaturia
- (n.) The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.
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• Vulva
- (n.) The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
- (n.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
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• Palpebra
- (n.) The eyelid.
Synonyms:
Eyelid, Lid,
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• Pseudo-china
- (n.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
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• Pyrexia
- (n.) The febrile condition.
Synonyms:
Fever,
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• Pseudocoelia
- (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.
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• Semolina
- (n.) The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.
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• Primitia
- (n.) The first fruit; the first years whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
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• Porta
- (n.) The foramen of Monro.
- (n.) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
Synonyms:
Opening, Orifice,
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• Silva
- (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
- (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Synonyms:
Sylva,
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• Onomatopoeia
- (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
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• Quadragesima
- (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
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• Stigmaria
- (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
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• Tibia
- (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
- (n.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
- (n.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
Synonyms:
Shin,
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• Praecordia
- (n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.
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• Nutria
- (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.
- (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.
Synonyms:
Coypu,
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• Kokama
- (n.) The gemsbok.
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• Primula
- (n.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
Synonyms:
Primrose,
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• Trichobranchia
- (n.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
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• Salisburia
- (n.) The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).
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• Varuna
- (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.
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• Pomona
- (n.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
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• Vacuna
- (n.) The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.
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• Minerva
- (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.
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• Medusa
- (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
- (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
Synonyms:
Jellyfish,
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• Ngina
- (n.) The gorilla.
- (n.) The gorilla.
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• Sigma
- (n.) The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
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• Tota
- (n.) The grivet.
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• Sclerenchyma
- (n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
- (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
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• Lecama
- (n.) The hartbeest.
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• Panacea
- (n.) The herb allheal.
- (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.
Synonyms:
Nostrum,
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• Latria
- (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.
Synonyms:
Adoration,
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• Rhamphotheca
- (n.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.
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• Postcava
- (n.) The inferior vena cava.
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• Orchestra
- (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
- (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.
- (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
- (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
- (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
- (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.
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• Subumbrella
- (n.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
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• Pro thyalosoma
- (n.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle.
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• Sagitta
- (n.) The keystone of an arch.
- (n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
- (n.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
- (n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
- (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
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• Mida
- (n.) The larva of the bean fly.
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• Phyllosoma
- (n.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.
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• Omega
- (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
- (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.
Synonyms:
Z,
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• Ultima
- (n.) The last syllable of a word.
- (a.) Most remote; furthest; final; last.
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• Nicagua
- (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.
- (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.
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• Senna
- (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
- (n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
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• Stoma
- (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.
- (n.) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.
- (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
- (n.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
Synonyms:
Pore,
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• Vanilla
- (n.) The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
- (n.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.
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• Toga
- (n.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.
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• Trama
- (n.) The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within the gleba in certain Gasteromycetes.
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• Sudra
- (n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.
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• Oblongata
- (n.) The medulla oblongata.
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• Lava
- (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earths surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
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• Mesotheca
- (n.) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.
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• Lyra
- (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
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• Kshatruya
- (n.) The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste.
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• Luna
- (n.) The moon.
- (n.) Silver.
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• Ramayana
- (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
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• Nerka
- (n.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
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• Krishna
- (n.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.
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• Polyhymnia
- (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.
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• Maya
- (n.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Synonyms:
Mayan,
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• Pistacia
- (n.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
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• Mica
- (n.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
Synonyms:
Isinglass,
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• Parousia
- (n.) The nativity of our Lord.
- (n.) The last day.
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• Urticaria
- (n.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
Synonyms:
Hives, Urtication,
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• Mammilla
- (n.) The nipple.
Synonyms:
Nipple, Pap, Teat, Tit,
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• Polynia
- (n.) The open sea supposed to surround the north pole.
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• Tuna
- (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
- (n.) The tunny.
- (n.) The bonito, 2.
Synonyms:
Tunny,
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• Rocoa
- (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
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• Tanghinia
- (n.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.
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• Mahonia
- (n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.
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• Testa
- (n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
- (n.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
Synonyms:
Episperm,
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• Lithia
- (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.
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• Tirma
- (n.) The oyster catcher.
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• Valhalla
- (n.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
- (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nations heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.
Synonyms:
Elysium, Paradise,
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• Penumbra
- (n.) The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
- (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.
- (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
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• Placenta
- (n.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.
- (n.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
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• Mesenchyma
- (n.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.
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• Postscapula
- (n.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
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• Presscapula
- (n.) The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
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• Pyla
- (n.) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.
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• Pascha
- (n.) The passover; the feast of Easter.
Synonyms:
Pasch,
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• Mara
- (n.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).
- (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
- (n.) The principal or ruling evil spirit.
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• Rotula
- (n.) The patella, or kneepan.
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• Tornaria
- (n.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.
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• Uvula
- (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
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• Tora
- (n.) The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."
- (n.) Divine instruction; revelation.
- (n.) A law; a precept.
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• Piûa
- (n.) The pineapple.
- (n.) Piûa cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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• Quadra
- (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
- (n.) A fillet, or listel.
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• Okra
- (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
- (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
Synonyms:
Gumbo,
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• Lambda
- (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
- (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
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• Tiara
- (n.) The popes triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
- (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
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• Postoblongata
- (n.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
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• Uvea
- (n.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
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• Nototrema
- (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.
- (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.
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• Picra
- (n.) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
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• Peptonuria
- (n.) The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.
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• Protonema
- (n.) The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.
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• Spermoplasma
- (n.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell.
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• Venada
- (N.) The pudu.
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• Quacha
- (n.) The quagga.
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• Mercenaria
- (n.) The quahog.
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• Tchawytcha
- (n.) The quinnat salmon.
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• Serrula
- (n.) The red-breasted merganser.
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• Postea
- (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record.
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• Sassorolla
- (n.) The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.
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• Sanguinaria
- (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
- (n.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
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• Salangana
- (n.) The salagane.
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• Sapota
- (n.) The sapodilla.
Synonyms:
Sapodilla,
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• Podotheca
- (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
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• Saliva
- (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands.
Synonyms:
Spit, Spittle,
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• Quinoa
- (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
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• Missa
- (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
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• Vagina
- (n.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
- (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.
- (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.
- (n.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
- (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
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• Rhinotheca
- (n.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.
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• Ungka
- (n.) The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
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• Variola
- (n.) The smallpox.
Synonyms:
Smallpox,
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• Smegma
- (n.) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.
- (n.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.
- (n.) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.
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• Parenchyma
- (n.) The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.
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• Para
- (n.) The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.
- (n.) Short for Para rubber.
- (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
Synonyms:
Parity,
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• Pataca
- (n.) The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon.
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• Morula
- (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.
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• Locusta
- (n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.
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• Predella
- (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.
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• Praecava
- (n.) The superior vena cava.
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• Supermaxilla
- (n.) The supermaxilla.
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• Pagina
- (n.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
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• Pipa
- (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
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• Savanilla
- (n.) The tarpum.
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• Terma
- (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
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• Lagena
- (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
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• Vaisya
- (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
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• Septuagesima
- (n.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
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• Tripitaka
- (n.) The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapi/aka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.
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• Neomenia
- (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
- (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
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• Tsaritsa
- (n.) The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
Synonyms:
Czarina, Tsarina, Tzarina,
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• La
- (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.
- (interj.) An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!
- (interj.) Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you.
- (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.
Synonyms:
Lanthanum, Pelican State,
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• Tuza
- (n.) The tucan.
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• Pelma
- (n.) The under surface of the foot.
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• Supramaxilla
- (n.) The upper jaw or maxilla.
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• Sarcolemma
- (n.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
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• Plasma
- (n.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
- (n.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.
- (n.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
- (n.) Unorganized material; elementary matter.
Synonyms:
Plasm,
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• Soma
- (n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
Synonyms:
Anatomy, Build, Chassis, Figure, Flesh, Form, Frame, Physique, Shape,
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• Sultana
- (n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
- (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
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• Quassia
- (n.) The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
Synonyms:
Bitterwood,
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• Scyphistoma
- (n.) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
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• Semi pupa
- (n.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
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• Merenchyma
- (n.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.
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• Odontalgia
- (n.) Toothache.
Synonyms:
Toothache,
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• Toxicomania
- (n.) Toxiphobia.
- (n.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.
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• Theriaca
- (n.) Treacle; molasses.
- (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.
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• Vaccina
- (n.) Vaccinia.
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• Sphaerenchyma
- (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma.
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• Veratria
- (n.) Veratrine.
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• Mania
- (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
- (n.) Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.
Synonyms:
Cacoethes, Passion,
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• Pozzolana
- (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water.
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• Ovoplasma
- (n.) Yolk; egg yolk.
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• Trachearia
- (n.pl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
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• Toxoglossa
- (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
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• Octandria
- (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.
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• Octogynia
- (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.
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• Octocerata
- (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.
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• Oculinacea
- (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.
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• Monomya
- (n.pl.) Alt. of Monomyaria
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• Trachelipoda
- (n.pl.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.
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• Tracheata
- (n.pl.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.
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• Toxodonta
- (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
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• Monomyaria
- (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.
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• Octocera
- (n.pl.) Octocerata.
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• Odontophora
- (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora.
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• Octopodia
- (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.
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• Octopoda
- (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.
- (n.pl.) Same as Arachnida.
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• Toxifera
- (n.pl.) Same as Toxoglossa.
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• Amphitrocha
- (n.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
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• Amphiuma
- (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
Synonyms:
Congo snake,
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• Amphora
- (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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• Ampulla
- (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
- (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
- (n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
- (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
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• Amrita
- (a.) Ambrosial; immortal.
- (n.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.
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• Amygdala
- (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.
- (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx.
- (n.) An almond.
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• Ana
- (adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
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• Anaconda
- (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
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• Anaemia
- (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
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• Anaerobia
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Anaerobes
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• Anaesthesia
- (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
Synonyms:
Anesthesia,
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• Analecta
- (n. pl.) A collection of literary fragments.
Synonyms:
Analects,
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• Analemma
- (n.) A scale of the suns declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.
- (n.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
- (n.) An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
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• Analgesia
- (n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.
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• Anallantoidea
- (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
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• Anaphora
- (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Synonyms:
Epanaphora,
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• Anaphrodisia
- (n.) Absence of sexual appetite.
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• Anarthropoda
- (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.
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• Anasarca
- (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
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• Anathema
- (n.) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
- (n.) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- (n.) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
Synonyms:
Bete noire,
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• Anatifa
- (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
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• Andromeda
- (n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
- (n.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
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• Anergia
- (n.) Alt. of Anergy
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• Anesthesia
- (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic
Synonyms:
Anaesthesia,
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• Angelica
- (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
- (n.) The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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• Angienchyma
- (n.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
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• Angina
- (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.
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• Angioma
- (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
- (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood or lymph vessels.
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• Anglomania
- (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
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• Anglophobia
- (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.
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• Angola
- (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
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• Angola pea
- () A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
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• Angora
- (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
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• Anhima
- (n.) A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
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• Anhinga
- (n.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
Synonyms:
Darter, Snakebird,
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• Animalcula
- (pl. ) of Animalculum
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• Anisocoria
- (n.) Inequality of the pupils of the eye.
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• Anisodactyla
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls
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• Anisometropia
- (n.) Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.
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• Anisopleura
- (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
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• Anisopoda
- (n. pl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
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• Anna
- (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
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• Annelida
- (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda.
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• Annellata
- (n. pl.) See Annelida.
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• Annulata
- (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
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• Annuloida
- (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.
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• Annulosa
- (n. pl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only.
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• Anoa
- (n.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
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• Anomia
- (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
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• Anomoura
- (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
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• Anomura
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura
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• Anona
- (n.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.
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• Anopla
- (n. pl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
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• Anoplura
- (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.
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• Anopsia
- (a.) Alt. of Anopsy
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• Anorexia
- (n.) Alt. of Anorexy
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• Anorthopia
- (n.) Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.
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• Anosmia
- (n.) Loss of the sense of smell.
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• Anotta
- (n.) See Annotto.
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• Anoura
- (n.) See Anura.
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• Ansa
- (n.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturns ring.
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• Anta
- (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
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• Antefixa
- (pl. ) of Antefix
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• Antenna
- (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
Synonyms:
Aerial, Feeler,
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• Antepenultima
- (n.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.
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• Anthelia
- (pl. ) of Anthelion
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• Antheridia
- (pl. ) of Antheridium
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• Anthobranchia
- (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.
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• Anthomania
- (n.) A extravagant fondness for flowers.
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• Anthozoa
- (n. pl.) The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
Synonyms:
Actinozoa,
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• Anthropoidea
- (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
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• Anthropomorpha
- (n. pl.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
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• Anticlinoria
- (pl. ) of Anticlinorium
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• Antilegomena
- (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
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• Antlia
- (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
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• Antonomasia
- (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
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• Antra
- (pl. ) of Antrum
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• Anura
- (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.
Synonyms:
Batrachia,
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• Aorta
- (n.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
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• Apara
- (n.) See Mataco.
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• Aperea
- (n.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
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• Aphakia
- (n.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.
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• Aphaniptera
- (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.
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• Aphasia
- (n.) Alt. of Aphasy
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• Aphelia
- (pl. ) of Aphelion
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• Aphemia
- (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
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• Aphonia
- (n.) Alt. of Aphony
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• Aphrasia
- (n.) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together.
- (n.) = Dumbness.
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• Aphtha
- (n.) The disease, also called thrush.
- (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
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• Aplacentata
- (n. pl.) Mammals which have no placenta.
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• Aplacophora
- (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
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• Aplasia
- (n.) Incomplete or faulty development.
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• Aplysia
- (n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
Synonyms:
Tethys,
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• Apneumona
- (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
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• Apnoea
- (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
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• Apocrypha
- (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
- (n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
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• Apoda
- (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
- (n.) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
- (n.) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
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• Apomorphia
- (n.) Alt. of Apomorphine
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• Aporia
- (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
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• Aporosa
- (n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
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• Apothecia
- (pl. ) of Apothecium
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• Appendicularia
- (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Appendiculata
- (n. pl.) An order of annelids; the Polych/ta.
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• Appoggiatura
- (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
Synonyms:
Acciaccatura,
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• Aprocta
- (n. pl.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.
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• Aptera
- (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.
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• Apteria
- (n. pl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.
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• Apyrexia
- (n.) Alt. of Apyrexy
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• Aqua
- (n.) Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
Synonyms:
Aquamarine, Turquoise,
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• Aquaria
- (pl. ) of Aquarium
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• Aquatinta
- (n.) A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
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• Aquila
- (n.) A genus of eagles.
- (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
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• Ara
- (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
- (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
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• Araba
- (n.) A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered.
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• Arachnida
- (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.
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• Arachnoidea
- (n. pl.) Same as Arachnida.
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• Araneida
- (n. pl.) Alt. of Araneoidea
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• Araneina
- (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
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• Araneoidea
- (n. pl.) See Araneina.
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• Arapaima
- (n.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
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• Arara
- (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).
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• Araroba
- (n.) A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood.
- (n.) Goa powder.
Synonyms:
Chrysarobin, Goa powder,
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• Araucaria
- (n.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.
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• Arboreta
- (pl. ) of Arboretum
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• Arcadia
- (n.) Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
- (n.) A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
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• Arcana
- (pl. ) of Arcanum
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• Archencephala
- (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone.
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• Archiannelida
- (n. pl.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
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• Archiblastula
- (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula.
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• Arctisca
- (n. pl.) A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
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• Arctoidea
- (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.
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• Area
- (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
- (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
- (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
- (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earths surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
- (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
- (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
- (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
Synonyms:
Arena, Country, Domain, Expanse, Field, Orbit, Region, Sphere,
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• Areca
- (n.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
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• Arena
- (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
- (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
- (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
Synonyms:
Area, Bowl, Domain, Field, Orbit, Sphere, Stadium,
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• Arenga
- (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.
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• Areola
- (n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insects wing.
- (n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
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• Argala
- (n.) The adjutant bird.
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• Argonauta
- (n.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.
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• Aria
- (n.) An air or song; a melody; a tune.
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• Arietta
- (n.) Alt. of Ariette
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• Arista
- (n.) An awn.
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• Armada
- (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
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• Armilla
- (n.) An armil.
- (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
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• Arna
- (n.) Alt. of
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