cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
small civet Viverricula indica Viverricula malaccensis | a common civet of southeast Asia |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
small white Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
firearm piece small-arm | a portable gun, he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
small boat | a boat that is small |
small computer system interface SCSI | interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers |
small ship | a ship that is small |
small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
small stuff | any light rope used on shipboard |
triviality trivia trifle small beer a | something of small importance |
small | a garment size for a small person |
small intestine | the longest part of the alimentary canal, where digestion is completed |
small | the slender part of the back |
small print fine print | material printed in small type, he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print |
fine print small print | the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type, don't sign a contract without reading the fine print |
small letter lowercase lowerase letter minuscule | the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
small capital small cap | a character having the form of an upperase letter but the same height as lowerase letters |
d chitchat chithat chit chat small talk gab gabfest gossip tittle-tattle chin wag chin-wag chin wagging chin-wagging causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
little slam small slam | winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge |
small cap | a corporation with a small capitalization, this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
Small Business Administration SBA | an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts |
consumer finance company small loan company | a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
wee small voice small voice voice of conscience | an inner voice that judges your behavior |
Small Magellanic Cloud | the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
c child kid youngster minor shaver nipper small fry tiddler tike tyke fry nestling | a young person of either sex, she writes books for children, they're just kids, `tiddler' is a British term for youngster |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
pip-squeak squirt small fry | someone who is small and insignificant |
small businessman | a businessman who runs a business employing less than people |
small-for-gestational-age infant SGA infant | an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age |
small person | a person of below average size |
small farmer | a farmer on a small farm |
ragged robin cuckoo flower Lychnis flosuculi Lychins floscuculi | common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals |
lady's smock cuckooflower cuckoo flower meadow cress Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
small white aster | a variety of aster |
small cane switch cane Arundinaria tecta | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States |
small-leaved linden small-leaved lime Tilia cordata | large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves, often cultivated as an ornamental |
European cranberry small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus | small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere |
common wood sorrel cuckoo bread shamrock Oxalis acetosella | Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers |
small change chickenfeed chump change | a trifling sum of money |
calorie gram calorie small calorie | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of gram of water by degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure |
small indefinite quantity small indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
small fortune | a large sum of money, he made a small fortune in the commodities market |
oat cell carcinoma small cell carcinoma | highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm, lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas |