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AbominationAbomination A*bom`i*na"tion, n. [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F.
abominatio. See Abominate.]
1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence;
detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in
abomination.
2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or
shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust
and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Antony, most large in his abominations. --Shak.
3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn: Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion;
loathsomeness; odiousness. --Sir W. Scott. AccriminationAccriminate Ac*crim"i*nate, v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) +
criminari.]
To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n.
[Obs.] Acumination
Acumination A*cu`mi*na"tion, n.
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
--Bp. Pearson.
AgnominationAgnomination Ag*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. agnominatio. See
Agnomen.]
1. A surname. [R.] --Minsheu.
2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. AnnominationAnnomination An*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. annominatio. See
Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] --Tyrwhitt. Classical tripos examinationTripos Tri"pos, n.; pl. Triposes. [Gr. ? a tripod. See
Tripod.]
1. A tripod. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. A university examination of questionists, for honors;
also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.
[Cambridge University, Eng.]
Classical tripos examination, the final university
examination for classical honors, optional to all who have
taken the mathematical honors. --C. A. Bristed.
Tripos paper, a printed list of the successful candidates
for mathematical honors, accompanied by a piece in Latin
verse. There are two of these, designed to commemorate the
two tripos days. The first contains the names of the
wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of
the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer
to the three-legged stool formerly used at the
examinations for these honors, though some derive it from
the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the
paper. --C. A. Bristed. Cognomination
Cognomination Cog*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. cognominatio.]
A cognomen or surname. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Concrimination
Concrimination Con*crim`i*na"tion, n.
A joint accusation.
Contamination
Contamination Con*tam`i*na"tion
(k[o^]n*t[a^]m`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. contaminatio.]
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement;
taint; also, that which contaminates.
Crimination
Crimination Crim`i*na"tion (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L.
criminatio.]
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
The criminations and recriminations of the adverse
parties. --Macaulay.
Cross-examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Cross-examinationCross-examination Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion
(kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Law)
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party
against whom he has been called and examined. See
Examination. Culmination
Culmination Cul"mi*na"tion (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
culmination]
1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by
a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory,
power, etc.
Delamination
Delamination De*lam`i*na"tion, n. (Biol.)
Formation and separation of lamin[ae] or layers; one of the
methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum
are differentiated.
Note: This process consists of a concentric splitting of the
cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer
(epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the
perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a
gastrula results similar to that formed by the process
of invagination.
Denominational
Denominational De*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or
society. ``Denominational differences.' --Buckle.
Denominationalism
Denominationalism De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.
A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the
interests of a sect or denomination.
Denominationalist
Denominationalist De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n.
One imbued with a denominational spirit. --The Century.
Denominationally
Denominationally De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
Direct examinationDirect Di*rect", a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
line; direct means.
What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
--Locke.
2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Be even and direct with me. --Shak.
3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
--Locke.
A direct and avowed interference with elections.
--Hallam.
4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
in the direct line.
5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
come;' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect,
evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
since there is no direct evidence that is not
circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
credibility. --Wharton.
Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
aimed at.
Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
customs, and from excise. Direct examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Direct nomination
Direct nomination Direct nomination (Political Science)
The nomination or designation of candidates for public office
by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a
convention or body of elected nominating representatives or
delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of
candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely,
to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for
president or senator of the United States, by the election of
nominating representatives pledged or instructed to vote for
certain candidates dssignated by popular vote.
DiscriminationDiscrimination Dis*crim`i*na"tion, n. [L. discriminatio the
contrasting of opposite thoughts.]
1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and
marking differences.
To make an anxious discrimination between the
miracle absolute and providential. --Trench.
2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set
apart. --Sir J. Reynolds.
3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs
for substantially the same service.
A difference in rates, not based upon any
corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case
of discrimination. --A. T.
Hadley.
4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely
distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great
discrimination in the choice of means.
5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Syn: Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness;
judgment; distinction. See Discernment. Distermination
Distermination Dis*ter`mi*na"tion, n. [L. disterminatio.]
Separation by bounds. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Domination
Domination Dom`i*na"tion, n. [F. domination, L. dominatio.]
1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling;
dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or
insolent sway.
In such a people, the haugtiness of domination
combines with the spirit of freedom. --Burke.
2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] --Burke.
3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; --
a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
--Milton.
Effemination
Effemination Ef*fem`i*na"tion, n. [L. effeminatio.]
Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] --Bacon.
ExaminationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Examination in chiefExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Extermination
Extermination Ex*ter`mi*na"tion, n. [Cf. F. extermination.]
1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication;
excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes,
of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
Ferrumination
Ferrumination Fer*ru`mi*na"tion, n. [L. ferruminatio: cf. F.
ferrumination.]
The soldering ir uniting of me? als. [R.] --Coleridge.
Fulmination
Fulmination Ful"mi*na`tion, n. [L. fulminatio a darting of
lightning: cf. F. fulmination.]
1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with
authority.
3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement
menace or censure.
The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into
ridicule. --Ayliffe.
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