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Commandable
Commandable Com*mand"a*ble, a.
Capable of being commanded.
Commandant
Commandant Com`man*dant", n. [F., orig. p. pr. of commander.]
A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body
of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
Commandatory
Commandatory Com*mand"a*to*ry, a.
Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [Obs.]
Demandable
Demandable De*mand"a*ble, a.
That may be demanded or claimed. ``All sums demandable.'
--Bacon.
Demandant
Demandant De*mand"ant
. [F. demandant, p. pr. of demander.]
One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any
plaintiff.
Estrelda amandavaAmadavat Am`a*da*vat", n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city
from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda
amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female
is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; --
called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and
avadavat.] Mandamus
Mandamus Man*da"mus, n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to
command.] (Law)
A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some
inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person
exercising authority, commanding the performance of some
specified duty.
MandarinMandarin Man`da*rin", n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr[=i]
minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a
counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military
official in China and Annam.
2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is
thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct
species (Citrus nobilis) Mandarin duck.
Mandarin duck (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck
(Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and
regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal
affection.
Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of
educated people in China.
Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff
used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex
derivative of quinoline. Mandarin language.
Mandarin duck (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck
(Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and
regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal
affection.
Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of
educated people in China.
Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff
used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex
derivative of quinoline. Mandarin orangeOrange Or"ange, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia,
Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per.
n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o-
in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum,
because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C.
Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned
orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra
zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
(Cypr[ae]a aurantia), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri),
and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii). Mandarin yellow.
Mandarin duck (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck
(Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and
regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal
affection.
Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of
educated people in China.
Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff
used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex
derivative of quinoline. Mandarinate
Mandarinate Man`da*rin"ate, n.
The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.
--S. W. Williams.
Mandarinic
Mandarinic Man`da*rin"ic, a.
Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Mandarining
Mandarining Man`da*rin"ing, n. (Dyeing)
The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of
animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but
by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of
dilute nitric acid. --Tomlinson.
Mandarinism
Mandarinism Man`da*rin"ism, n.
A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
--F. Lieder.
MandataryMandatary Man"da*ta*ry, n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a
charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See Mandate.]
1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence,
specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his
prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.
--Ayliffe.
2. (Law) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business
commission; a mandatory. --Wharton. Mandator
Mandator Man*da"tor, n. [L.]
1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. --Ayliffe.
2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a
mandate. --Bouvier.
Mandatory
Mandatory Man"da*to*ry, a. [L. mandatorius.]
Containing a command; preceptive; directory.
MandatoryMandatory Man"da*to*ry, n.
Same as Mandatary.
Meaning of MANDA from wikipedia
- Look up
Manda or
manda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Manda may
refer to: Kafr
Manda, Arab town in the
Lower Galilee Manda Upazila, an
upazila in...
- In Hinduism,
Manda (Sanskrit: मान्दा,
Māndā) or
Dhamini (Sanskrit: धामिनी, Dhāminī) is the
second consort of
Shani and
mother of Gulikan. She is a gandharva...
- Look up
Manda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Manda is a
given name and a
surname which may
refer to:
Amanda Manda Aufochs Gillespie,
ecological designer...
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Hisako Manda (萬田 久子,
Manda Hisako, born
April 13, 1958, in Osaka) is a ****anese actress. She
represented ****an at Miss
Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico...
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Manda is a
village and an
archaeological site in the
Jammu district of the
Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was
excavated by Archaeological...
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Manda is an
island of the Lamu
Archipelago of Kenya,
known for the
prosperous 9th
century ports of
Takwa and
Manda town. The
island is now
linked by ferry...
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Kaushal Prasad Manda is an
Indian actor and
model who
predominantly works in
Telugu language films and TV serials.
Manda made his
debut as a
child artist...
- Sarpir-
maṇḍa (Sanskrit: सर्पिर्मण्ड) was a type of
dairy product, one of five
stages of milk
described in
Hindu and
Buddhist texts.
Buddhist texts including...
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other symbols instead of
cuneiform script.
Umman Manda (Akkadian: 𒂟𒌋𒌋𒁕, romanized: Ummān
Manda lit. 'the
horde from who
knows where') is a term used...
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Manda was a zamindari, with
lands located near
Allahabad (now
known as Prayagraj),
Uttar Pradesh, in
northern India. The
predecessor state of Manikpur...
