(n) United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912), Syn. Milton Friedman

friedman test

(n) pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant, Syn. rabbit test

genus edmontosaurus

(n) duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada

piedmont

(n) the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

piedmont

(n) a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

piedmont

(n) the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley, Syn. Piemonte

piedmont glacier

(n) a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice, Syn. Piedmont type of glacier

burke

(n) British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797), Syn. Edmund Burke

cartwright

(n) English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823), Syn. Edmund Cartwright

cat's-tail

(n) tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa, Syn. reedmace, nailrod, bullrush, reed mace, Typha latifolia, bulrush

genet

(n) French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834), Syn. Citizen Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet

goncourt

(n) French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896), Syn. Edmond de Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt

halley

(n) English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742), Syn. Edmund Halley, Edmond Halley

hillary

(n) New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919), Syn. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary

hoyle

(n) English writer on card games (1672-1769), Syn. Edmond Hoyle

husserl

(n) German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938), Syn. Edmund Husserl

kean

(n) English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833), Syn. Edmund Kean

lesser bullrush

(n) reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia, Syn. narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag, narrow-leaf cattail, Typha angustifolia

malone

(n) English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812), Syn. Edmund Malone, Edmond Malone

red maids

(n) succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States, Syn. redmaids, Calandrinia ciliata

rostand

(n) French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918), Syn. Edmond Rostand

scripps

(n) United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908), Syn. James Edmund Scripps

seedsman

(n) a dealer in seeds, Syn. seedman

spenser

(n) English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599), Syn. Edmund Spenser

synge

(n) Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909), Syn. Edmund John Millington Synge, John Millington Synge, J. M. Synge

wilson

(n) United States literary critic (1895-1972), Syn. Edmund Wilson

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bedmaker

n. One who makes beds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Embedment

n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Freedman

n.; pl. Freedmen A man who has been a slave, and has been set free. [ 1913 Webster ]

Needment

n. Something needed or wanted. pl. Outfit; necessary luggage. [ Archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrying each his needments. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piedmont

a. [ F. pied foot + mont mountain. ] (Geol.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piedmontite

n. (Min.) A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Redmouth

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seedman

See Seedsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

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