daisy cutter | a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground |
climb mount | the act of climbing something, it was a difficult climb to the top |
Battle of the Spanish Armada | in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England |
Spanish-American War Spanish War | a war between the United States and Spain in |
Spanish Civil War | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government, during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries, - |
War of the Spanish Succession | a general war in Europe (-) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain, England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power |
pointer Spanish pointer | a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches, scents out and points to game |
Spanish fly | green beetle of southern Europe |
atlas moth Atticus atlas | giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia, sometimes cultured for silk |
saddle horse riding horse mount | a lightweight horse kept for riding only |
horse mackerel jack mackerel Spanish mackerel saurel Trachurus symmetricus | a California food fish |
Spanish grunt Haemulon macrostomum | a kind of grunt |
Spanish mackerel Scomber colias | medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
Spanish mackerel | any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus |
atlas telamon | a figure of a man used as a supporting column |
backing mount | something forming a back that is added for strengthening |
daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
daisy print wheel daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
fragmentation bomb antipersonnel bomb anti-personnel bomb daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
lazy daisy stitch | long chain stitches arranged in flower patterns |
mount setting | a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place, the diamond was in a plain gold mount |
atlas atlas vertebra | the st cervical vertebra |
atlas book of maps map collection | a collection of maps in book form |
dialect atlas linguistic atlas | an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features |
Spanish | the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain |
Judeo-Spanish Ladino | the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script |
Mexican Spanish | the dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico |
Sermon on the Mount | the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew - and Luke :-) |
olla podrida Spanish burgoo | Spanish version of burgoo |
Spanish onion | large mild and succulent onion, often eaten raw |
genip Spanish lime | round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp, eaten like grapes |
Spanish mackerel | flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America |
Spanish paprika | a mild seasoning made from a variety of pimiento grown in Spain |
Spanish rice | spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers |
Carmelite order Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the th century |
Spanish Armada Invincible Armada | the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in |
Spanish Inquisition | an inquisition initiated in by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the th to the th centuries), the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power, Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition |
daisy chain | (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences |
Mount Ranier National Park | a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps |
Equatorial Guinea Republic of Equatorial Guinea Spanish Guinea | a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea), became independent from Spain in |
Athos Mount Athos | an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century |
Asama Mount Asama | a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano, one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (, feet) |
Western Sahara Spanish Sahara | an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits, under Moroccan control since |
Pinatubo Mount Pinatubo | a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila, erupted in after years of dormancy |
Madrid capital of Spain Spanish capital | the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain, home of an outstanding art museum |
South Dakota Coyote State Mount Rushmore State SD | a state in north central United States |
Mount Vernon | the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river |
Citlaltepetl Mount Orizaba Mt Orizaba Pico de Orizaba | an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz, the highest peak in Mexico (, feet) |
Etna Mount Etna Mt Etna | an inactive volcano in Sicily, last erupted in , the highest volcano in Europe (, feet) |
Fuji Mount Fuji Fujiyama Fujinoyama Fuji-san | an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan, last erupted in , famous for its symmetrical snowapped peak, a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages |