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Foreadmonish
Foreadmonish Fore`ad*mon"ish, v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. --Bp. Hall.
Foreadvise
Foreadvise Fore`ad*vise", v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. --Shak.
Marasmius Oreades
Fairy Fair"y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. Fairy bird (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. Fairy bluebird. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bluebird. Fairy martin (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. Fairy rings or circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. Fairy shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
Marasmius oreades
Champignon Cham*pi"gnon, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See Camp.] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible.
Oreades
Oreades O*re"a*des, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2.
Toreador
Toreador To"re*a*dor`, n. [Sp.,fr. torear to fight bulls, fr.L. taurus a bull.] A bullfighter.

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- Look up oread in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Gr**** mythology, an Oread (/ˈɔːriˌæd, ˈɔːriəd/; Ancient Gr****: Ὀρειάς, romanized: Oreiás, stem Ὀρειάδ-...
- The Oread Institute was a women's college founded in Worcester, M****achusetts in 1849 by Eli Thayer. Before its closing in 1934, it was one of the oldest...
- An Oread is a type of nymph in Gr**** mythology. Oread may also refer to: Oread (poem), a poem by Hilda Doolittle Oread Limestone, construction stone from...
- Mount Oread /ˈɔːri.æd/ is a hill in Lawrence, Kansas, upon which the University of Kansas, and parts of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, are located. It...
- "Oread" is a poem by Hilda Doolittle, originally published under the name H. D. Imagiste. It is one of her earliest and best-known poems, and was first...
- Chelônê (Ancient Gr****: Χελώνη from khelônê which means tortoise) was an oread of Mount Khelydorea ("rich in tortoises") in Arkadia. When all the gods...
- Mount Kyllini, a mountain in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece Cyllene, an oread ****ociated with the mountain Kyllini, Elis, a town in Elis, Greece Cyllene...
- Oread Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Ореада, romanized: ezero Oreada, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ˈorɛˈadɐ]) is the oval-shaped 220 m long in southeast–northwest direction and...
- (spring nymphs), the Nereids (sea nymphs), the Oceanids (ocean nymphs), the Oreads (mountain nymphs), and the Epimeliads (apple tree and flock nymphs). Other...
- The Oreads (French: Les Oréades) is an oil painting by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painted in 1902. Its dimensions are 236 × 182 cm.[citation...