spurious
Webster Dictionary
not proceeding from the true Source. or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate
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spring
Webster Dictionary
any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain
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fountain
Webster Dictionary
the source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source
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manichee
Webster Dictionary
a believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil
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voltage divider
(ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the Source.
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internal revenue
(ɪnˈtɜr nlˌaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the revenue of a government from any domestic Source. usu. any source other than customs.
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autotroph
(ˈɔ təˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
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head
Webster Dictionary
the Source. fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the Source. or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea
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whence
Webster Dictionary
from what or which place, Source. material, cause, etc.; the place, Source. etc., from which; -- used relatively
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borrow
(ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign Source.
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electromotive force
(ɪˌlɛk trəˈmoʊ tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the energy available for conversion from nonelectric to electric form, or vice versa, per unit of charge passing through the Source. the potential difference between the terminals of a source of electrical energy: expressed in volts.
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luminance
(ˈlu mə nəns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the quantitative measure of brightness of a light source or an illuminated surface, equal to luminous flux per unit solid angle emitted per unit projected area of the source or surface.
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photometer
(photometer)
Princeton's WordNet
measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source
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sours
Webster Dictionary
Source. See Source
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springhead
Webster Dictionary
a fountain or source
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seminary
Webster Dictionary
fig.: A seed bed; a source
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denominator
Webster Dictionary
one who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name
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headspring
Webster Dictionary
fountain; source
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hence
Webster Dictionary
from this source or origin
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relate
Webster Dictionary
to refer; to ascribe, as to a source
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lifespring
Webster Dictionary
spring or source of life
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spring
Webster Dictionary
that which springs, or is originated, from a Source.
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root
Webster Dictionary
the cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source
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font
Webster Dictionary
a fountain; a spring; a source
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wellhead
Webster Dictionary
a Source. spring, or fountain
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affinal
Webster Dictionary
related by marriage; from the same source
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head
Webster Dictionary
to originate; to spring; to have its Source. as a river
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well
Webster Dictionary
fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring
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radicality
Webster Dictionary
germinal principle; Source. origination
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sourde
Webster Dictionary
to have origin or Source. to rise; to spring
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