Aloes wood () See Agalloch. |
Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. |
Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. |
Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan |
Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree |
Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. |
Calamander wood () A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood. |
Campeachy Wood () Logwood. |
Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments. |
Ewe-necked (a.) Having a neck like a ewe |
Gopher wood () A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. |
Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography). |
Kiabooca wood () See Kyaboca wood. |
Kyaboca wood () Amboyna wood. |
Kyaboca wood () Sandalwood (Santalum album). |
Lingoa wood () Amboyna wood. |
Low-necked (a.) Cut low in the neck |
Myall wood () A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla. |
Necked (imp. & p. p.) of Neck |
Necked (a.) Having (such) a neck |
Necked (a.) Cracked |
Nicaragua wood () Brazil wood. |
Omander wood () The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon. |
Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering |
Rail (v. i.) To flow forth |
Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc. |
Rail (n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style. |
Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc. |
Rail (n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks. |
Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed. |
Rail (v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing. |
Rail (v. t.) To range in a line. |
Rail (v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. |
Rail (v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language |
Rail (v. t.) To rail at. |
Rail (v. t.) To move or influence by railing. |
Ring-necked (a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Rosetta wood () An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. |
Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. |
Sappan wood () Sapan wood. |
Scrag-necked (a.) Having a scraggy neck. |
Sea wood louse () A sea slater. |
Shittim wood (n.) The wood of the shittah tree. |
Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn |
Thyine wood () The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. |
T rail () See under T. |
Water rail () Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail. |
Wood (a.) Mad |
Wood (v. i.) To grow mad |
Wood (n.) A large and thick collection of trees |
rail technology railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
grey market gray market | an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency |
Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
grey skate gray skate Raja batis | common European skate used as food |
grey kingbird gray kingbird petchary Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis | a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America, similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird |
pewee peewee peewit pewit wood pewee Contopus virens | small oliveolored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America |
western wood pewee Contopus sordidulus | small flycatcher of western North America |
wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina | large thrush common in eastern American woodlands, noted for its melodious song |
wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix | European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage |
New World warbler wood warbler | small brightolored American songbird with a weak unmusical song |
Canada jay grey jay gray jay camp robber whisker jack Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
catbird grey catbird gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis | North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing |
wood swallow swallow shrike | Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow |
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 |
great grey owl great gray owl Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
wood-frog wood frog Rana sylvatica | wideanging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
black-necked cobra spitting cobra Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
wood tick American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis | common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia |
greyhen grayhen grey hen gray hen heath hen | female black grouse |
capercaillie capercailzie horse of the wood Tetrao urogallus | large black Old World grouse |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
Hungarian partridge grey partridge gray partridge Perdix perdix | common European partridge |
wood pigeon ringdove cushat Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
wood hoopoe | tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest |
wood duck summer duck wood widgeon Aix sponsa | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees |
wood drake | male wood duck |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
wood ibis wood stork flinthead Mycteria americana | an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downwardurved bill, inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics |
wood ibis wood stork Ibis ibis | any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis |
rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
weka maori hen wood hen | flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting |
corncrake land rail Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
black-necked grebe eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck, found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
timber wolf grey wolf gray wolf Canis lupus | a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America |
grey fox gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus | dark grey American fox, from Central America through southern United States |
wood ant Formica rufa | reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands |
dry-wood termite | any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil |
wood rabbit cottontail cottontail rabbit | common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside, a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) |
European wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus | nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens |
wood mouse | any of various New World woodland mice |
wood rat woodat | any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears, some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) |
dusky-footed wood rat | a wood rat with dusky feet |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |