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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. Apoplectoid
Apoplectiform Ap`o*plec"ti*form, Apoplectoid Ap`o*plec"toid,
a. [Apoplectic + -form, -oid.]
Resembling apoplexy.
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.
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. 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).
Dialectology
Dialectology Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy, n. [Dialect + -logy.]
That branch of philology which is devoted to the
consideration of dialects. --Beck.
Dialector
Dialector Di`a*lec"tor, n.
One skilled in dialectics.
Electorality
Electorality E*lect`or*al"i*ty, n.
The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.]
--Sir H. Wotton.
ElectoressElectoress E*lect"or*ess, n. [Fem. of Elector.]
An electress. --Bp. Burnet. Electorial
Electorial E`lec*to"ri*al, a.
Electoral. --Burke.
Electorship
Electorship E*lect"or*ship, n.
The office or status of an elector.
Emplecton
Emplecton Em*plec"ton, n. [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? interwoven, fr. ? to plait or weave in; ? in + ? to twist,
weave.]
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are
ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and
mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.]
--Weale.
Flector
Flector Flec"tor, n.
A flexor.
LectorLector Lec"tor (l[e^]k"t[o^]r), n. [L. See Lection.] (Eccl.)
A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read
lessons to the illiterate. Plectognath
Plectognath Plec"tog*nath, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the
Plectognathi.
Plectognathi
Plectognathi Plec*to"gna*thi, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted
(fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united
with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the
dentary.
Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the
ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body
is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough
ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the
diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.
Plectognathic
Plectognathic Plec`tog*nath"ic, Plec-tognathous
Plec-tog"na*thous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.
Plectospondyli
Plectospondyli Plec`to*spon"dy*li, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
plaited + ?, ?, a vertebra.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes
having the anterior vertebr[ae] united and much modified; the
Eventognathi.
Plectospondylous
Plectospondylous Plec`to*spon"dy*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli.
Prelector
Prelector Pre*lec"tor, n. [L. praelector.]
A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. --Sheldon.
Selector
Selector Se*lect"or, n. [L.]
One who selects.
Textor alectorOxbird Ox"bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The dunlin.
(b) The sanderling.
(c) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).
Meaning of Lecto from wikipedia
- with apices): Temptábat et scríbere, tabulásque et códicellós ad hoc in
lectó sub cervícálibus cir****ferre solébat, ut, ****
vacuum tempus esset, manum...
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Federico Lecot (born 1891, date of
death unknown) was an
Argentine rower. He
competed in the men's
eight event at the 1924
Summer Olympics. "Federico Lecot"...
- Si quis in hoc
artem populo non
novit amandi, hoc
legat et
lecto carmine doctus amet. The Ars
Amatoria is a
didactic elegiac poem in three...
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first (European)
illustration of the
plant was
later designated as the (
lecto-)type. In 1753, Carl
Linnaeus used Aldini's work as
basis for his taxon...
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Portuguese French Catalan LFN milk
lacte latte leche leite lait llet lete bed
lecto letto lecho leito lit llit leto
night nocte notte noche noite nuit nit note...
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peregrino labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum,
desideratoque adquiescimus lecto? Oh what is more
blest than when the mind,
Cares dispelled, puts down its...
- non
lascivientem ferculis, sed
quaestionibus doctis pudicam et
mutuis ex
lecto relationibus exigamus? Tilley,
Arthur (October 1892). "Ludus Latrunculorum"...
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carried to the
Church of
Saint Peter the
Apostle 27 HIC
EADWARDUS REX IN
LECTO ALLOQUIT[UR]
FIDELES Here King
Edward in bed
speaks to his
faithful followers...
- the money-changers'
tables 7
MISERUNT IN
TEMPLUM HOMINEM PARALYTI**** IN
LECTO ANTE
PEDES IESU ET
SANAVIT EUM They sent the
paralysed man in to the temple...
- delectation, delicious, delight, dilettante, elicit, illicit, illicium, lace †
lectō lect- lectāv- lectāt- laedō -lidō laed- -lid- laes- -lis- laes- -lis- hurt...
