Atlantic
(a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west |
Atlantic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. |
Atlantic
(a.) Descended from Atlas. |
Beaked
(a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point |
Beaked
(a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak |
Bridled
(imp. & p. p.) of Bridle |
Cinque-spotted
(a.) Five-spotted. |
Cold-short
(a.) Brittle when cold |
Cream-white
(a.) As white as cream. |
Dolphin
(n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis) |
Dolphin
(n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid. |
Dolphin
(n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. |
Dolphin
(n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. |
Dolphin
(n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. |
Dolphin
(n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. |
Dolphin
(n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. |
Dolphin
(n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted. |
Dolphin
(n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2. |
Eye-spotted
(a.) Marked with spots like eyes. |
Genus
(n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus
(n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Gulf
(n.) A hollow place in the earth |
Gulf
(n.) That which swallows |
Gulf
(n.) That which swallows irretrievably |
Gulf
(n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land |
Gulf
(n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode. |
Hot-short
(a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long
(superl.) Slow in passing |
Long
(superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long
(superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long
(superl.) Far-reaching |
Long
(superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long
(n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long
(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long
(n.) The longest dimension |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long
(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long
(adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long
(adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long
(prep.) By means of |
Long
(a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long
(a.) To belong |
Long-armed
(a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed
(a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn
(a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned
(a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived
(a.) Having a long life |
short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
| short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
| long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
flow
stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
| long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist
long whist
short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
| dolphin kick | a swimming kick, an up and down kick of the feet together |
shortstop
short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
| long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
nap
catnap
cat sleep
forty winks
short sleep
snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
| long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
| short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
| 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 |
Iran-Iraq War
Gulf War | a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting inand continued until , when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution |
Persian Gulf War
Gulf War | a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, - |
| form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter
genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
| bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter
genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium
genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium
genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
| genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
| genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
| genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
| genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas
genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas
genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter
genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas
genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
| genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides
genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium
genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella
genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
| genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
| genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
| genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia
Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
| genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
| genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
| genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
| genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |