Bed rock
() The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig. |
Burst
(imp. & p. p.) of Burst |
Burst
(v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces |
Burst
(v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way |
Burst
(v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within |
Burst
(v. t.) To break. |
Burst
(v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting |
Burst
(n.) A sudden breaking forth |
Burst
(n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort |
Burst
(n.) A sudden opening, as of landscape |
Burst
(n.) A rupture or hernia |
Cloud-burst
(n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once. |
Country
(adv.) A tract of land |
Country
(adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. |
Country
(adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region |
Country
(adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. |
Country
(adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. |
Country
(adv.) The rock through which a vein runs. |
Country
(a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city |
Country
(a.) Destitute of refinement |
Country
(a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
Country-base
(n.) Same as Prison base. |
Country-dance
(n.) See Contradance. |
Country seat
() A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
Danger
(n.) Authority |
Danger
(n.) Power to harm |
Danger
(n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil |
Danger
(n.) Difficulty |
Danger
(n.) Coyness |
Danger
(v. t.) To endanger. |
Fall
(v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually |
Fall
(v. t.) To cease to be erect |
Fall
(v. t.) To find a final outlet |
Fall
(v. t.) To become prostrate and dead |
Fall
(v. t.) To cease to be active or strong |
Fall
(v. t.) To issue forth into life |
Fall
(v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance |
Fall
(v. t.) To be overthrown or captured |
Fall
(v. t.) To descend in character or reputation |
Fall
(v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed |
Fall
(v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment |
Fall
(v. t.) To sink |
Fall
(v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind |
Fall
(v. t.) To happen |
Fall
(v. t.) To come |
Fall
(v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence |
Fall
(v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise |
Fall
(v. t.) To belong or appertain. |
Fall
(v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly |
Fall
(v. t.) To let fall |
capitulation
fall surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions), they were protected until the capitulation of the fort |
| spill tumble fall | a sudden drop from an upright position, he had a nasty spill on the ice |
press
pressure
pressing | the act of pressing, the exertion of pressure, he gave the button a press, he used pressure to stop the bleeding, at the pressing of a button |
| rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
rock
careen
sway tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
explosion
burst | the act of exploding or bursting, the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children, the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft |
country-dance
country dancing
contredanse
contra danse
contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
| burst fit | a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason), a burst of applause, a fit of housecleaning |
| fall | a lapse into sin, a loss of innocence or of chastity, a fall from virtue |
risk
peril
danger | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury, he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime, there was a danger he would do the wrong thing |
fusillade
salvo
volley
burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms, our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise |
| cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola | tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest |
| cock of the rock Rupicola peruviana | bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola |
| rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
| rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
rock python
rock snake
Python sebae | very large python of tropical and southern Africa |
rock rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus | mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest |
| Plymouth Rock | an American breed of domestic fowl |
| Rock Cornish | small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl |
Greek partridge
rock partridge
Alectoris graeca | of mountainous areas of southern Europe |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
rock wallaby
rock kangaroo | slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas |
rock crab
Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
spiny lobster
langouste
rock lobster
crawfish crayfish sea crawfish | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
acorn barnacle
rock barnacle
Balanus balanoides | barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
rock hopper
crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
| fall cankerworm | green or brown white-striped looper, larva of Alsophila pometaria |
fall armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda | larva of a migratory American noctuid moth, destroys grasses and small grains |
fall webworm
Hyphantria cunea | a variety of webworm |
pika
mouse hare
rock rabbit coney cony | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America |
rock squirrel
Citellus variegatus | large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States |
rock hyrax
rock rabbit Procavia capensis | hyrax that lives in rocky areas |
rock bass rock sunfish
Ambloplites rupestris | game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes |
rock sea bass
rock bass Centropristis philadelphica | a kind of sea bass |
rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis | found around rocky coasts or on reefs |
rock beauty
Holocanthus tricolor | gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil |
rock gunnel
butterfish Pholis gunnellus | slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
| country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
fallboard
fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
lubricating system
force-feed lubricating system
force feed
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure feed | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
| pressure cabin | cabin consisting of the pressurized section of an aircraft or spacecraft |
| pressure cooker | autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water |
| pressure dome | a dome-shaped building that is pressurized |
pressure gauge
pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
| pressure suit | protective garment consisting of an inflatable suit for space or high altitude flying |
rock bit
roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
rock garden
rockery | a garden featuring rocks, usually alpine plants |
acoustic power
sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |