No result for Atrix. Showing similar results...
Administratrix
Administratrix Ad*min`is*tra"trix, n. [NL.]
A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate
of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have
been granted; a female administrator.
Arbitratrix
Arbitratrix Ar"bi*tra`trix, n. [L., fem. of arbitrator.]
A female who arbitrates or judges.
Autocratrix
Autocratrix Au*toc"ra*trix, n. [NL.]
A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a
title given to the empresses of Russia.
Aviatrix
Aviatress A"vi*a`tress, Aviatrix A`vi*a"trix, n.
A woman aviator.
CicatrixCicatrix Ci*ca"trix, n.; pl. Cicatrices. [L.] (Med.)
The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity
and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which
subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar. Conservatrix
Conservatrix Con`ser*va"trix, n. [L.]
A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.
Creatrix
Creatrix Cre*a"trix (-tr?ks), n. [L.]
A creatress. [R.]
Curatrix
Curatrix Cu*ra"trix (-tr?ks), n. [L.]
1. A woman who cures.
2. A woman who is a guardian or custodian. --Burrill.
Dictatrix
Dictatrix Dic*ta"trix, n. [L.]
A dictatress.
Eleotris dormatrixSleeper Sleep"er, n.
1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy
person.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] --Bacon.
3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.]
4. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris
dormatrix).
(b) A nurse shark. See under Nurse. GeneratrixGeneratrix Gen`er*a"trix, n.; pl. L. Generatrices, E.
Generatrixes. [L.] (Geom.)
That which generates; the point, or the mathematical
magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude,
as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent. GeneratrixesGeneratrix Gen`er*a"trix, n.; pl. L. Generatrices, E.
Generatrixes. [L.] (Geom.)
That which generates; the point, or the mathematical
magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude,
as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent. Imitatrix
Imitatrix Im"i*ta`trix, n.
An imitatress.
ImpropriatrixImpropriatrix Im*pro`pri*a"trix, n.; pl. E. -trixes, L.
-trices.
A female impropriator. Indicatrix
Indicatrix In`di*ca"trix, n. [NL.] (Geom. of Three Dimensions)
A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent
plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of
curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve
is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel
to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an
ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola
when the curvature is anticlastic.
Legislatrix
Legislatress Leg"is*la`tress (-tr[e^]s), Legislatrix
Leg"is*la`trix (-tr[i^]ks), n.
A woman who makes laws. --Shaftesbury.
MatrixMatrix Ma"trix, n.; pl. Matrices. [L., fr. mater mother. See
Mother, and cf. Matrice.]
1. (Anat.) The womb.
All that openeth the matrix is mine. --Ex. xxxiv.
19.
2. Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything; as:
(a) (Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and
which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face
of a type.
(b) (Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic
ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.
(c) pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white,
blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are
composed.
3. (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or
vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular
substance.
4. (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and
columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations. Moderatrix
Moderatrix Mod"er*a`trix, n. [L.]
A female moderator.
Natrix atraBlack snake Black" snake` (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake
Black"snake, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in
the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer,
sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis,
seven or eight feet long.
Note: The name is also applied to various other black
serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica. Negotiatrix
Negotiatrix Ne*go`ti*a"trix, n. [L.]
A woman who negotiates. --Miss Edgeworth.
O beatrixOryx O"ryx, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a kind of gazelle or
antelope.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the
leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix
antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia. Oratrix
Oratrix Or"a*trix, n. [L.]
A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.
--Burrill.
OsculatrixOsculatrix Os`cu*la"trix, n.; pl. Osculatrixes. [NL.]
(Geom.)
A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point,
is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater
number of successive differential coefficients of the
ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any
other curve of the same kind. OsculatrixesOsculatrix Os`cu*la"trix, n.; pl. Osculatrixes. [NL.]
(Geom.)
A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point,
is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater
number of successive differential coefficients of the
ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any
other curve of the same kind. Phylloscopus sibilatrixWood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
wood. --Shak.
2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. ``To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.'
--Milton.
3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which
lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zo["o]l.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort (Pedicularis
Canadensis), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod (Chelura
terebrans).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zo["o]l.), a small European cricket
(Nemobius sylvestris).
Wood culver (Zo["o]l.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zo["o]l.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal
duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
whose larv[ae] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus
xylographus.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larv[ae] bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zo["o]l.), a common North American frog (Rana
sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zo["o]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis (Tantalus
loculator) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zo["o]l.), a small European lark (Alauda
arborea), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub (Daphne
Laureola).
Wood leopard (Zo["o]l.), a European spotted moth (Zeuzera
[ae]sculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
fruit trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill
bug, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocid[ae],
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
the family Oribatid[ae]. They are found chiefly in
woods, on tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. ``The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim.' --Milton.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larv[ae] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
as Eudryas grata, and E. unio, feed on the leaves
of the grapevine.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zo["o]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbid[ae].
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail (R. roulroul), the
male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zo["o]l.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zo["o]l.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zo["o]l.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis (Oxalis
Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamid[ae]. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zo["o]l.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zo["o]l.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zo["o]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
under Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow
wren.
Wood worm (Zo["o]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler. Phylloxera vastatrixPhylloxera Phyl`lox*e"ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? leaf + ? dry.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: It exists in several forms, some of which are winged,
other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves
and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or
swellings, and often killing the vine.
2. The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just
described. Pomatomus saitatrixBluefish Blue"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in
Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family Labrid[ae].
Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. Pomatomus saltatrixWhitefish White"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit
the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species
(C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and
in other lakes farther north. Called also lake
whitefish, and Oswego bass.
(b) The menhaden.
(c) The beluga, or white whale.
Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as
the silver salmon, the whiting
(a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish
(Pomatomus saltatrix). Pomatomus saltatrixHoundfish Hound"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which
there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G.
canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark,
and dogfish.
Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or
large-spotted dogfish, is S. catulus. The name has
also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus
saltatrix), and to the silver gar. QuadratrixQuadratrix Quad*ra"trix, n.; pl. -trixes, or -trices.
[NL.] (Geom.)
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the
quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
Meaning of Atrix from wikipedia
-
Atrix may
refer to:
Atrix (game), a
South Korea online action game
Motorola Atrix 4G, a
smartphone made by
Motorola The
Atrix (band), an
Irish new wave/powerpop...
- The
Motorola Atrix 4G (also
known as the MB860, ME860 in Asia, or MB861 in Korea) is an Android-based
smartphone developed by Motorola,
introduced at...
-
Motorola Atrix is a
brand name for
Motorola phones.
These phones include:
Motorola Atrix 4G
Motorola Atrix 2
Motorola Atrix HD This set
index article includes...
- The
Atrix were an
Irish new wave/power pop band
formed in mid 1978 by John
Borrowman (guitar/vocals) and
Chris Green (keyboards), both ex Berlin, Alan...
- completely.
Atrix (formerly @play) is GameStop's in-house
store brand.
GameStop sells gaming accessories, Headsets, Mice and
Keyboards under the
Atrix brand...
-
Motorola ATRIX 2 is a high end Android-based
smartphone by Motorola.
Originally announced on
October 11, 2011, it is the
successor to the
Atrix 4G. This...
- GSMArena. "Motorola FLIPSIDE- Full
phone specifications". GSMArena. "Motorola
ATRIX 4G - Full
phone specifications". GSMArena. "Motorola
DROID 3 - Full phone...
- that the
Atrix 4G and the
Droid Bionic were
headed to AT&T and Verizon, respectively, with
expected release dates in Q1 of 2011. The
Atrix was released...
- The Book of
Atrix Wolfe is a
fantasy novel written by
American author Patricia A. McKillip,
published in 1995. It was a
finalist for the 1996 Mythopoeic...
-
Stephen Shenker, and
Leonard Susskind, he is one of the four
originators of M(
atrix) theory, or BFSS
Matrix Theory, an
attempt to
formulate M
theory in a nonperturbative...
