No result for MINES. Showing similar results...
Beaminess
Beaminess Beam"i*ness, n.
The state of being beamy.
Clamminess
Clamminess Clam"mi*ness, n.
State of being clammy or viscous.
Creaminess
Creaminess Cream"i*ness (-?-n?s), n.
The quality of being creamy.
Dreaminess
Dreaminess Dream"i*ness, n.
The state of being dreamy.
ErminesErmines Er"mines, n., Erminois Er"min*ois, n.(Her.)
See Note under Ermine, n., 4. Filminess
Filminess Film"i*ness, n.
State of being filmy.
FlaminesFlamen Fla"men, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from
whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored
were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called
respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen
Quirinalis.
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton. ForaminesForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Gemminess
Gemminess Gem"mi*ness, n.
The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
Gloominess
Gloominess Gloom"i*ness, n.
State of being gloomy. --Addison.
Griminess
Griminess Grim"i*ness n.
The state of being grimy.
Gumminess
Gumminess Gum"mi*ness, n.
The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
Jemminess
Jemminess Jem"mi*ness, n.
Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] --Pegge (1814).
lepidium CadaminesSpanish Span"ish, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium
Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever. Liminess
Liminess Lim"i*ness (l[imac]m"[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
The state or quality of being limy.
LuminescenceLuminescence Lu`mi*nes"cence, n. [See Luminescent.]
1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to
incandescence, and therefore occurring at low
temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or
other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes,
chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of
light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light,
as in the firefly and glowworm.
(b) The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence. Luminescent
Luminescent Lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [L. luminare to illuminate +
-escent.] (Physics)
Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which
produce luminescence.
-luminescentThermoluminescence Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. (Physics)
Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately
heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been
exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. --
-lu`mi*nes"cent, a. PhotoluminescencePhotoluminescent Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [Photo- +
luminescent.] (Physics)
Luminescent by exposure to light waves. --
Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. PhotoluminescentPhotoluminescent Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [Photo- +
luminescent.] (Physics)
Luminescent by exposure to light waves. --
Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. Roominess
Roominess Room"i*ness, n.
The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the
roominess of a hall.
Sliminess
Sliminess Slim"i*ness, n.
The quality or state of being slimy.
Spuminess
Spuminess Spum"i*ness, n.
The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.
Steaminess
Steaminess Steam"i*ness, n.
The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness;
mistness.
Storminess
Storminess Storm"i*ness, n.
The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness;
impetuousness.
Streaminess
Streaminess Stream"i*ness, n.
The state of being streamy; a trailing. --R. A. Proctor.
ThermoluminescenceThermoluminescence Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. (Physics)
Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately
heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been
exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. --
-lu`mi*nes"cent, a.
Meaning of MINES from wikipedia
- Look up
Mine or
mine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mine,
mines,
miners or
mining may
refer to: Miner, a
person engaged in
mining or
digging Mining...
- or a
particular vessel type, akin to anti-infantry or anti-vehicle
mines.
Naval mines can be used offensively, to
hamper enemy shipping movements or lock...
- on land
mines, but the
Germans developed a
series of anti-tank
mines, the
Tellermines (plate
mines). They also
developed the
Schrapnell mine (also known...
-
designed to
remove or
detonate naval mines.
Using various mechanisms intended to
counter the
threat posed by
naval mines,
minesweepers keep
waterways clear...
-
tanks and
armored fighting vehicles.
Compared to anti-personnel
mines, anti-tank
mines typically have a much
larger explosive charge, and a fuze designed...
-
interior on a
quest for the
fabled King Solomon's
Mines.
Quatermain has a map
purporting to lead to the
mines, but had
never taken it seriously. He agrees...
- King Solomon's
Mines is an 1885
adventure novel by H.
Rider Haggard. King Solomon's
Mines may also
refer to: King Solomon's
Mines (1937 film), a British...
- tools.
Flint mines have been
found in
chalk areas where seams of the
stone were
followed underground by
shafts and galleries. The
mines at
Grimes Graves...
-
mines, and is no
longer a
major coal exporter. Coal
mines are
concentrated mainly in
Upper Silesia. The most
profitable mines were
Marcel Coal
Mine and...
-
flooded open pit
mines can
range from
drinking water quality to
acidic waters that can kill
animals if drunk.
Flooding in
underground mines is
usually controlled...
