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Alectorides
Alectorides Al`ec*tor"i*des, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cock.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
Alectoromachy
Alectoromachy A*lec`to*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.]
Cockfighting.
AlectoromancyAlectoromancy A*lec"to*ro*man`cy, n.
See Alectryomancy. Angina pectorisAngina An*gi"na, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See
Anger, n.] (Med.)
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.
Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named
from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of
the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang,
spasm of the chest. Architector
Architector Ar"chi*tec`tor, n.
An architect. [Obs.] --North.
Bisector
Bisector Bi*sec"tor, n.
One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line
which bisects an angle.
Bivector
Bivector Bi*vec"tor, n. [Pref. bi- + vector.] (Math.)
A term made up of the two parts ? + ?1 ?-1, where ? and ?1
are vectors.
C pectoralisQuail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia,
qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel,
OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix
and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the
common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C.
Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C.
pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus
australis).
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several American partridges
belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera,
especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and
Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla
Californica).
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and
allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian
painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought
to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak.
Bustard quail (Zo["o]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird
of the genus Turnix, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted
species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus). See
Turnix.
Button quail (Zo["o]l.), one of several small Asiatic
species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii, which is said to be
the smallest game bird of India.
Mountain quail. See under Mountain.
Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net
or within range.
Quail dove (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American ground
pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera.
Quail hawk (Zo["o]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk
(Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]).
Quail pipe. See Quail call, above.
Quail snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted
snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe.
Sea quail (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] Cladorhynchus pectoralisStilt Stilt, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt (H. candidus)
is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars,
which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (H.
leucocephalus) and the banded stilt (Cladorhynchus
pectoralis) are found in Australia.
Stilt plover (Zo["o]l.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zo["o]l.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip. Collectorate
Collectorate Col*lect"or*ate, n.
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
Collectorship
Collectorship Col*lect"or*ship, n.
The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.
Confectory
Confectory Con*fec"to*ry, a.
Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.]
--Beaumont.
Conjector
Conjector Con*ject"or, n. [L.]
One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]
A great conjector at other men by their writings.
--Milton.
Connector
Connector Con*nect"or, n.
One who, or that which, connects; as:
(a) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in
pneumatic experiments.
(b) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor
in contact.
Corrector
Corrector Cor*rect"or (k?r-r?kt"?r), n. [L.]
One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses;
a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.
Correctory
Correctory Cor*rect"o*ry (-?-r?), a.
Containing or making correction; corrective.
Crax alectorCurassow Cu*ras"sow (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and
about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax
Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head. Dallia pectoralisXenomi Xen"o*mi, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xe`nos strange.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which the
blackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type. Deflector
Deflector De*flect"or, n. (Mech.)
That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone
in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help
combustion).
Dejectory
Dejectory De*jec"to*ry, a. [L. dejector a dejecter.]
1. Having power, or tending, to cast down.
2. Promoting evacuations by stool. --Ferrand.
Detector
Detector De*tect"or, n. Specifically:
(a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
(b) (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating
the direction of a current.
(c) (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the presence
of electric waves.
Detector bar
Detector bar De*tect"or bar (Railroads)
A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance
between any two consecutive wheels of a train (45 to 50
feet), laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that
the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the
switch.
Detector lockLock Lock, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to
OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel.
l?ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf.
Locket.]
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
thing fastened.
2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one
thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De
Quincey.
3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
--Dryden.
4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream
or canal.
5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
another; -- called also lift lock.
6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
etc.
7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
whether it as has been tampered with.
Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a
canal lock.
Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
attached.
Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
nearest the lock.
Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus
differing from a mortise lock. Dialector
Dialector Di`a*lec"tor, n.
One skilled in dialectics.
Dip sectorSector Sec"tor, n. [L., properly, a cutter, fr. secare,
sectum, to cut: cf. F. secteur. See Section.]
1. (Geom.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii
and the included arc.
2. A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers
connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with
several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines,
tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and
all on lines radiating from the common center of motion.
The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
3. An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a
small portion only of a circle, used for measuring
differences of declination too great for the compass of a
micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances
of stars, it is called a zenith sector.
Dip sector, an instrument used for measuring the dip of the
horizon.
Sector of a sphere, or Spherical sector, the solid
generated by the revolution of the sector of a circle
about one of its radii, or, more rarely, about any
straight line drawn in the plane of the sector through its
vertex. Director
Director Di*rect"or, n. [Cf. F. directeur.]
1. One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates,
guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
In all affairs thou sole director. --Swift.
2. One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs
of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank,
insurance company, or railroad company.
What made directors cheat in South-Sea year? --Pope.
3. (Mech.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs
its motion or action.
4. (Surg.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is
made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of
motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts
beneath.
Directorate
Directorate Di*rect"o*rate, n. [Cf. F. directorat.]
The office of director; also, a body of directors taken
jointly.
DirectorialDirectorial Di*rec*to"ri*al, a. [Cf. F. directorial.]
1. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide;
directive.
2. Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically,
relating to the Directory of France under the first
republic. See Directory, 3.
Whoever goes to the directorial presence under this
passport. --Burke. DirectoriesDirectory Di*rect"o*ry, n.; pl. Directories.
1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances;
esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as,
the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the
Prayer Book.
2. A book containing the names and residences of the
inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an
address book; as, a business directory. Directorship
Directorship Di*rect"or*ship, n.
The condition or office of a director; directorate.
Meaning of Ector from wikipedia
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Ector can
refer to: A
variation of the name
Hector Ector, a city in
Fannin County,
Texas Ector County,
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educate Arthur,
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organized in 1891. It is
named for
Matthew Ector, a
Confederate general in the
American Civil War.
Ector County comprises the Odessa, Texas, metropolitan...
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States Army
during the
American Civil War.
Ector was born in
Putnam County, Georgia, to Hugh and
Dorothy Ector. The
family moved to Greenville, Georgia...
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Electroconvulsive therapy (
ECT) or
electroshock therapy (EST) is a
psychiatric treatment where a
generalized seizure (without
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county seat of
Ector County in 1891 when the
county was
first organized. It was
incorporated as a city in 1927,
after oil was
discovered in
Ector County on...
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Ector is a city in
Fannin County, Texas,
United States. The po****tion was 695 at the 2010 census, up from 600 at the 2000 census.
Ector is
located in...
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ECTS grading scale is a
grading system defined in the
European Credit Transfer and Ac****ulation
System (
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