Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Draco

  1. Draco
    [n] - Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC) 2. [n] - a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus 3. [n] - flying dagons
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Draco
    English name: The Dragon. Genitive name: Draconis. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  3. Draco
    (lived 7th century BC) Athenian politician, the first to codify the laws of the Athenian city-state. These were notorious for their severity; hence draconian, meaning particularly harsh. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. draco
    Late in the Empire, a new standard called the draco was adopted by the armies. It had been the standard used by Sarmatian forces and, when units of their cavalry were taken into the Roman army, it came with them. It consisted of a dragon head with a cloth body that whipped in the wind, thus making an eerie sound, when the wind blew through it. The ...
    Found on http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/temetfutue/gl

  5. Draco
    'Dragon'. windsock standard.
    Found on http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_

  6. draco
    A blend of Pascal, C and ALGOL 68 developed by Chris Gray in 1987. It has been implemented for CP/M-80 and Amiga. (1994-11-04)
    Found on

  7. Draco
    Dra'co noun [ Latin See Dragon .] 1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. (Zoology) A genus of lizards. See Dragon , 6.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  8. draco
    1. <astronomy> The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. ... 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. ... 3. <zoology> A genus of lizards. See Dragon. ... Origin: L. See Dragon. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Draco
    genus Draco noun a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Draco
    Dragon noun a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Draco
    noun Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Draco
    `Draco` is the Latin word for `dragon`. It may refer to: In `science`: * Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky * Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way * Draco lizard, a genus of small tropical agamas In `history`: * Draco (lawgiver), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term `draconian` is derived * Draco (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the s...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco

  13. Draco
    • (n.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6. • (n.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. • (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Draco
    Athenian lawgiver whose harsh legal code punished both trivial and serious crimes in Athens with death—hence the continued use of the word draconian ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/72

  15. Draco
    genus of the lizard family Agamidae. Members of the genus are commonly referred to as flying lizards, because scaly membranes between the forelegs ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/72

  16. Draco
    Draco is a Italian boy name. The meaning of the name is `Dragon ` Where is it used? The name Draco is mainly used In Ancient Greek (Latinized) . The name Draco doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Draco seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Drac

  17. Draco
    (abbr. Dra, gen. Draconis) The Dragon; a large constellation that coils around the north celestial pole, appearing to encircle Ursa Minor, and is one of the few star patterns to somewhat resemble the object after which it is named. The four stars forming the dragons head –...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  18. Draco
    Draco [Lat.,=the dragon], northern constellation lying SE of Ursa Minor and N of Lyra and Hercules. It is traditionally depicted as a dragon. Draco contains the bright star Eltanin (Gamma Draconis). Thuban (Alpha Draconis) was the polestar 5,000 years ago, i.e., it was the star nearest the celestial...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08160

  19. Draco
    Draco (drā'kō) or Dracon (drā'kon) , fl. 621 B.C., Athenian politician and law codifier. Of his codification of Athenian customary law only the section dealing with involuntary homicide is preserved. From this and from later accounts in the writings of Aristotle and Plutarc...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08


We are now searching for
• words containing `Draco`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
volunteer (17/25)
static-load (6/0)
Raven (20/25)
Ma (25/25)
Wu-Yue (2/0)
Barrett (5/25)
RF (2/25)
Rob (5/25)
Hippocrene (4/1)
Wuchang (3/2)
Etacism (2/0)
Ward (3/25)
Zuhayr (2/2)
Abrams` (25/0)
slip (25/25)
ERCP (6/0)
WMLScript (3/0)
Equally (2/4)
ibid. (4/0)
tiff (25/25)
Exalt (6/25)
Lucaris (3/3)
sigyn (3/1)
racerunner (3/0)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy