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Adamantean
Adamantean Ad`a*man*te"an, a. [L. adamant[=e]us.]
Of adamant; hard as adamant. --Milton.
Anteact
Anteact An"te*act`, n.
A preceding act.
AntealAnteal An"te*al, a. [antea, ante, before. Cf. Ancient.]
Being before, or in front. [R.] --J. Fleming. Atlantean
Atlantean At`lan*te"an, a. [L. Atlant?us.]
1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients
allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of
mightiest monarchies. --Milton.
Blabera gigantea 2. A species of large cockroach, esp. Blabera gigantea, of
semitropical America, which as able to produce a loud
knocking sound. Blatta giganteaDrummer Drum"mer, n.
1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military
exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq.
U.S.] --Bartlett.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
(a) The squeteague.
(b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta
gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. Calotropis giganteaMudar Mu"dar, n. [Hind. mad[=a]r.] (Bot.)
Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis
gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and
valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally. Dantean
Dantean Dan*te"an, a.
Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or
his writings.
E giganteaEucalyptus Eu`ca*lyp"tus, n. [NL., from GR. ? well, good + ?
covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or
conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them
grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the
height even of the California Sequoia.
Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned
toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,
whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of
great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; E.
gigantea, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the
peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree,
yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark
in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,
dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in
Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman
Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting
groves of these trees. fanteagueFantigue Fan*tigue", Fantique Fan*tique", n. [Written also
fanteague, fanteeg, etc.] [Cf. Fantod.]
State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.]
--Dickens. GiganteanGigantean Gi`gan*te"an, a. [L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis.
See Giant.]
Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. PortmanteauPortmanteau Port*man"teau, n.; pl. Portmanteaus. [F.
porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See
Port to carry, and Mantle.]
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing
apparel, etc., on journeys. --Thackeray. PortmanteausPortmanteau Port*man"teau, n.; pl. Portmanteaus. [F.
porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See
Port to carry, and Mantle.]
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing
apparel, etc., on journeys. --Thackeray. S giganteaSequoia Se*quoi"a, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor
of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.] (Bot.)
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. Scaly anteaterManis Ma"nis, n. [NL., fr. L. manes the ghosts or shades of
the dead. So called from its dismal appearance, and because
it seeks for its food by night.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular
scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles
on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa,
and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See
Pangolin. Sequoia giganteaWellingtonia Wel`ling*to"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after the Duke
of Wellington.] (Bot.)
A name given to the ``big trees' (Sequoia gigantea) of
California, and still used in England. See Sequoia. Sequoia giganteaSequoiene Se*quoi"["e]ne, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent
crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
California ``big tree' (Sequoia gigantea). T giganteaThuja Thu"ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with
sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for
the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having
scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written
also thuya.] See Thyine wood.
Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vit[ae] of the
Eastern and Northern United States. T. gigantea of
North-waetern America is a very large tree, there
called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a
useful timber.
Meaning of ANTEA from wikipedia
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Antea may
refer to:
Antea (Parmigianino), a
painting by the
Italian painter Parmigianino Antea Cement, an
Albanian company Antea LifeStyle Center in Querétaro...
- In the game, the
player ****umes
control of a pair of
ghost hunters named Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith. The pair goes on a
mission to
investigate a small...
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Antea Cement Sh.A. is a
cement manufacturing company in Albania. It is a
subsidiary of
Titan Cement of Greece. Its
cement plant and
quarries in Fushë-Krujë...
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Antea (also
known as
Portrait of a
Young Woman) is a
painting by the
Italian Mannerist artist Parmigianino. The
painting is in the
collection of the Museum...
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Actinote anteas is a
species of
butterfly of the
genus Actinote. The
species is
largely observed in
Central America and Colombia. The
species has also...
- of the
lowest (episcopal) rank, and
under the
curiate name
Sergiopolis antea Resapha (having
namesakes see Sergiopolis), and had the
following in****bents...
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Anesha &
Antea Birchett are
American singer-songwriters, best
known for
their work with
producers Rodney "Darkchild"
Jerkins and D'Mile. Both sisters...
- dissimilitudines, /
Colorumque inde
nascentium proprietates, / Quas nemo
antea vel su****atus erat, pervestigavit. / Naturae, Antiquitatis, S. Scripturae...
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Metropolitan titular archbishopric in the late 19th
century as
Ptolemais antea Syis,
renamed simply Ptolemais in 1925,
Ptolemais in
Thebaide in 1933. It...
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Maiestas antea is a
species of bug from the
Cicadellidae family that is
endemic to Congo. It was
formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009
revision moved...
