Brush
(n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use |
Brush
(n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
Brush
(n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
Brush
(n.) Branches of trees lopped off |
Brush
(n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees |
Brush
(n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus. |
Brush
(n.) The act of brushing |
Brush
(n.) A skirmish |
Brush
(n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
Brush
(n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use |
Brush
(n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
Brush
(n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind |
Brush
(v. i.) To move nimbly in haste |
Brush turkey
() A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Cream-white
(a.) As white as cream. |
Finch
(n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae. |
Rimmed
(imp. & p. p.) of Rim |
Schwann's white substance
() The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Snow-white
(a.) White as snow |
Vida finch
() The whidah bird. |
Water-white
(n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. |
White
(superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined |
White
(superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color |
White
(superl.) Having the color of purity |
White
(superl.) Gray, as from age |
White
(superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like |
White
(superl.) Regarded with especial favor |
White
(n.) The color of pure snow |
White
(n.) Something having the color of snow |
White
(n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white |
White
(n.) A person with a white skin |
White
(n.) A white pigment |
White
(n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. |
White
(v. t.) To make white |
White-blaze
(n.) See White-face. |
White-ear
(n.) The wheatear. |
White-eye
(n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit. |
White-face
(n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose |
White-foot
(n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. |
White friar
() A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite. |
White-fronted
(a.) Having a white front |
White-heart
(n.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. |
White-hot
(a.) White with heat |
White-limed
(a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime. |
White-livered
(a.) Having a pale look |
White-pot
(n.) A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. |
White-water
(n.) A dangerous disease of sheep. |
Whydah finch
() The whidah bird. |
| brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable, I had a brush with danger on my way to work, he tried to avoid any brushes with the police |
whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
| brush-off | a curt or disdainful rejection |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your hair, he gave his hair a quick brush |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your teeth, the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
brush
clash
encounter
skirmish | a minor short-term fight |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
| white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark
Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
| finch | any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds |
pine siskin
pine finch
Spinus pinus | small finch of North American coniferous forests |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
purple finch
Carpodacus purpureus | North American finch having a raspberryed head and breast and rump |
vesper sparrow
grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
white-throated sparrow
whitethroat
Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
indigo bunting
indigo finch
indigo bird
Passerina cyanea | small deep blue North American bunting |
weaver
weaverbird
weaver finch | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
Java sparrow
Java finch
ricebird Padda oryzivora | small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
| grassfinch grass finch | usually brightlyolored Australian weaverbirds, often kept as cage birds |
zebra finch
Poephila castanotis | small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
white-bellied swallow
tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
white-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern
erne
grey sea eagle
gray sea eagle
European sea eagle
white-tailed sea eagle
Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
brush turkey
Alectura lathami | black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea |
wallaby
brush kangaroo | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos, often brightly colored |
brush-tailed phalanger
Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
white stork
Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
white-headed stilt
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | large American pelican, white with black wing feathers |
Old world white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus | similar to American white pelican |
white whale
beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
| West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
white wolf
Arctic wolf
Canis lupus tundrarum | wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
coyote
prairie wolf
brush wolf
Canis latrans | small wolf native to western North America |
Arctic fox
white fox
Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions, brownish in summer and white in winter |
| brush | a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) |
bald-faced hornet
white-faced hornet
Vespula maculata | North American hornet |
termite
white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly
brush-footed butterfly
four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
| white admiral Limenitis camilla | Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings |
banded purple
white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
small white
Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
white-tailed jackrabbit
whitetail jackrabbit
Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
white-footed mouse
vesper mouse
Peromyscus leucopus | American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts |