[pet pīa nā khīo] (n, exp) EN: Falcated Teal ; Falcated Duck FR: Canard à faucilles [ m ] ; Sarcelle à faucilles [ f ] ; Eunette à faucilles [ f ]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

defalcation

(n) /dˌiːfælkˈeɪʃən/ /ดี แฝ่ล เค้ เฉิ่น/ /d ii2 f a l k ei1 sh @ n/

defalcations

(n) /dˌiːfælkˈeɪʃənz/ /ดี แฝ่ล เค้ เฉิ่น สึ/ /d ii2 f a l k ei1 sh @ n z/

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

defalcation

(n) the sum of money that is misappropriated

falcate

(adj) curved like a sickle, Syn. sickle-shaped, falciform, Example:a falcate leaf; falcate claws; the falcate moon

falcatifolium

(n) sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia, Syn. genus Falcatifolium

common sickle pine

(n) small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia, Syn. Falcatifolium falciforme

common yellowwood

(n) medium-sized tree of South Africa, Syn. Afrocarpus falcata, bastard yellowwood

embezzle

(v) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use, Syn. peculate, misappropriate, defalcate, malversate, Example:The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family

embezzlement

(n) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else, Syn. misapplication, defalcation, peculation, misappropriation

embezzler

(n) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use, Syn. peculator, defalcator

orange-blossom orchid

(n) diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip, Syn. Sarcochilus falcatus

permit

(n) large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies, Syn. Trachinotus falcatus

sickle alfalfa

(n) European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods, Syn. sickle medick, Medicago falcata, sickle lucerne

southern red oak

(n) large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward, Syn. swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata

white prairie aster

(n) perennial of western North America having white flowers, Syn. Aster falcatus

yellow-leaf sickle pine

(n) a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew, Syn. Falcatifolium taxoides

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

Defalcate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating. ] [ LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion. ] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [ the estimates ]. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Defalcate

v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. “Some partner defalcating, or the like.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Defalcation

n. [ LL. defalcatio: cf. F. défalcation. ] 1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Defalcator

n. A defaulter or embezzler. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Falcated

{ } a. [ L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe. ] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Falcation

n. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unfalcated

a. 1. Not falcated, or hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

葦鴨

[よしがも, yoshigamo] (n) falcated teal

鳴子百合

[なるこゆり;ナルコユリ, narukoyuri ; narukoyuri] (n) (uk) Solomon's seal; Polygonatum falcatum

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Unterschlagung { f } | Unterschlagungen { pl }

defalcation | defalcations

Veruntreuung { f } | Veruntreuungen { pl }

defalcation | defalcations

Sichelente { f } [ ornith. ]

Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)

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