mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
police work police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Rocky Mountain jay Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake blacksnake pilot blacksnake mountain blacksnake Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
mountain quail mountain partridge Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
German shepherd German shepherd dog German police dog alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
police dog | any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking |
Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar puma catamount mountain lion painter panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver sewellel Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn bighorn sheep cimarron Rocky Mountain bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
mountain goat Rocky Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
mountain nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
mountain gorilla Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
cruiser police cruiser patrol car police car prowl car squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
mountain bike all-terrain bike offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
police boat | a boat used by harbor police |
police station police headquarters station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
police van police wagon paddy wagon patrol wagon wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
lingonberry mountain cranberry cowberry lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
police squad squad | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime |
police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
police police force constabulary law | the force of policemen and officers, the law came looking for him |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP Mounties | the federal police force of Canada |
military police MP | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners |
secret police | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
police academy | an academy for training police officers |
police court | a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses |
police state | a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) |
police precinct | a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force |
Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
Vermont Green Mountain State VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia Mountain State WV | a state in east central United States |
Balkans Balkan Mountains Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
mountain mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill |
mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
pass mountain pass notch | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks, we got through the pass before it started to snow |