| ankylostomiasis | ‖ n. [ NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes. ] (Med.) A disease caused by the hookworm parasites of the genus Ancylostoma (especially Ancylostoma duodenale), and Necator americanus. Typically, infection in humans occurs in the small intestine. In the small intestine they suck the blood from the wall and, when present in large numbers, produce a severe anaemia. Called also miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, Egyptian chlorosis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ] Variants: ancylostomiasis |
| Encomiast | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to praise, fr. &unr_; encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium. ] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke. |
| Encomiastic | n. A panegyric. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Encomiastical | { } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Variants: Encomiastic |
| Mias | n. [ Malayan. ] The orang-outang. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miascite | n. [ Named from Miask, in the Ural Mountains. ] (Min.) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miasm | n. [ Cf. F. miasme. ] Miasma. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miasma | n.; pl. Miasmata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; defilement, fr. &unr_; to pollute. ] Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miasmal | a. Containing miasma; miasmatic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miasmatical | { } a. [ Cf. F. miasmatique. ] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Miasmatic |
| Miasmatist | n. One who has made a special study of miasma. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Miasmology | n. [ Miasma + -logy. ] That department of medical science which treats of miasma. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tamias | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a distributer. ] (Zool.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| encomiastic | (adj) formally expressing praise, Syn. panegyric, panegyrical, eulogistic |
| eutamias | (n) chipmunks of western America and Asia, Syn. genus Eutamias |
| hemiascomycetes | (n) class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites, Syn. class Hemiascomycetes |
| miasma | (n) an unwholesome atmosphere, Syn. miasm, Example: the novel spun a miasma of death and decay |
| miasma | (n) unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources, Syn. miasm, Example: the miasma of the marshes; a miasma of cigar smoke |
| miasmal | (adj) filled with vapor, Syn. vaporous, vapourous, miasmic, Example: miasmic jungles; a vaporous bog |
| miasmic | (adj) of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution, Syn. mephitic |
| schistosomiasis | (n) an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected, Syn. bilharzia, bilharziasis |
| tamias | (n) chipmunks of eastern North America, Syn. genus Tamias |
| tamiasciurus | (n) American red squirrels, Syn. genus Tamiasciurus |
| american red squirrel | (n) of northern United States and Canada, Syn. Sciurus hudsonicus, spruce squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, red squirrel |
| chickeree | (n) far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel, Syn. Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi |
| dotterel | (n) rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia, Syn. dotrel, Eudromias morinellus, Charadrius morinellus |
| eastern chipmunk | (n) small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches, Syn. ground squirrel, Tamias striatus, hackee, striped squirrel |
| 氛 | [fēn, ㄈㄣ, 氛] miasma; vapor #23,189 [Add to Longdo] |
| 瘴 | [zhàng, ㄓㄤˋ, 瘴] malaria; miasma #43,626 [Add to Longdo] |
| 沴 | [lì, ㄌㄧˋ, 沴] miasma #763,579 [Add to Longdo] |
| 罗汉病 | [luó hàn bìng, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ, 罗 汉 病 / 羅 漢 病] snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm [Add to Longdo] |
| 血吸虫病 | [xuè xī chóng bìng, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ, 血 吸 虫 病 / 血 吸 蟲 病] schistosomiasis [Add to Longdo] |
| 裂体吸虫 | [liè tǐ xī chóng, ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, 裂 体 吸 虫 / 裂 體 吸 蟲] schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis) [Add to Longdo] |
| おみ足;御御足;御々足 | [おみあし, omiashi] (n) (hon) another's foot or leg [Add to Longdo] |
| シベリア縞栗鼠 | [シベリアしまりす, shiberia shimarisu] (n) (uk) Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) [Add to Longdo] |
| トリパノソーマ症 | [トリパノソーマしょう, toripanoso-ma shou] (n) trypanosomiasis; sleeping sickness [Add to Longdo] |
| プレミアショー | [puremiasho-] (n) premiere (film, etc.) (wasei [Add to Longdo] |
| 蝦夷縞栗鼠 | [えぞしまりす, ezoshimarisu] (n) (uk) Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido) [Add to Longdo] |
| 海遊び | [うみあそび, umiasobi] (n) playing in the sea [Add to Longdo] |
| 刻み足;刻足 | [きざみあし, kizamiashi] (n) mincing steps [Add to Longdo] |
| 今日は人の身明日は我が身 | [きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ, kyouhahitonomiasuhawagami] (exp) (id) What chances to one man may happen to all [Add to Longdo] |
| 縞栗鼠 | [しまりす;シマリス, shimarisu ; shimarisu] (n) (uk) chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 常歩 | [じょうほ;なみあし(gikun), jouho ; namiashi (gikun)] (n) (See 並み足) walk (horse gait) [Add to Longdo] |
| 神遊び;神遊(io) | [かみあそび, kamiasobi] (n, vs) (See 神楽) song and dance performed as an offering to the gods [Add to Longdo] |
| 星間ガス | [せいかんガス, seikan gasu] (n) interstellar gas; interstellar miasma [Add to Longdo] |
| 朝鮮縞栗鼠 | [ちょうせんしまりす, chousenshimarisu] (n) (uk) Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi) [Add to Longdo] |
| 東部縞栗鼠 | [とうぶしまりす, toubushimarisu] (n) (uk) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 盗み足 | [ぬすみあし, nusumiashi] (n) stealthy steps [Add to Longdo] |
| 読み漁る;読みあさる | [よみあさる, yomiasaru] (v5r, vt) to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre) [Add to Longdo] |
| 日本住血吸虫症 | [にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuushou] (n) (See 日本住血吸虫) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) [Add to Longdo] |
| 日本住血吸虫病 | [にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuubyou] (n) (obsc) (See 日本住血吸虫症) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) [Add to Longdo] |
| 並み足;並足;並み歩 | [なみあし, namiashi] (n) walking pace; slow march [Add to Longdo] |
| 片山病 | [かたやまびょう, katayamabyou] (n) (obsc) (See 日本住血吸虫症) Katayama disease (i.e. schistosomiasis japonica) [Add to Longdo] |
| 勇み足 | [いさみあし, isamiashi] (n) (1) overeagerness; rashness; (2) forward step-out (in sumo); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 瘴気 | [しょうき, shouki] (n) miasma; (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever [Add to Longdo] |
| 鉤虫症 | [こうちゅうしょう, kouchuushou] (n) hookworm disease; ancylostomiasis; ankylostomiasis; uncinariasis [Add to Longdo] |
