Boat-tail
(n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. |
Cat's-tail
(n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus. |
Cat-tail
(n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. |
Cross-tail
(n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine. |
Crown-post
(n.) Same as King-post. |
Daggle-tail
(a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed |
Daggle-tail
(n.) A slovenly woman |
Dog's-tail grass
(n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait |
Drabble-tail
(n.) A draggle-tail |
Draggle-tail
(n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire |
Dragon's tail
() See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon. |
Ex post facto
() Alt. of Ex postfacto |
Fish-tail
(a.) Like the of a fish |
Frame
(v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame
(v. t.) To originate |
Frame
(v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame
(v. t.) To cause |
Frame
(v. t.) To support. |
Frame
(v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame
(v. i.) To shape |
Frame
(v. i.) To proceed |
Frame
(n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame
(n.) The bodily structure |
Frame
(n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame
(n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame
(n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame
(n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame
(n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame
(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame
(n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame
(n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame
(n.) Form |
Frame
(n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame
(n.) Contrivance |
Hare's-tail
(n.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. |
King-post
(n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
Lamp-post
(n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Lion's tail
() A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus) |
Lizard's tail
() A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail |
Mare's-tail
(n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain |
Mare's-tail
(n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls. |
Pink stern
() See Chebacco, and 1st Pink. |
Post-
() A prefix signifying behind, back, after |
Post
(a.) Hired to do what is wrong |
Post
(n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else |
Post
(n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers |
Post
(n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed |
Post
(n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route |
Post
(n.) A military station |
Post
(n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. |
autopsy
necropsy
postmortem
post-mortem
PM
postmortem examination
post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
open frame
break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
| post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
| frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
frame-up
setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
c fuck
fucking
screw
screwing
ass
nooky
nookie
piece of ass
piece of tail
roll in the hay
shag shtup ff | slang for sexual intercourse |
sharp-tailed grouse
sprigtail
sprig tail
Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
| tail | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
browntail
brown-tail moth
Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
gold-tail moth
Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
brush-tailed porcupine
brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
post horse
post-horse
poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
Virginia deer
white tail
whitetail
white-tailed deer
whitetail deer
Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
tail fin
caudal fin | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates |
| tail feather | feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird |
pentail
pen-tail
pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
| climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
| corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
dress suit
full dress
tailcoat
tail coat
tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
frame
framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
| frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
| frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
| frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
hinging post
swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
| hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
| horizontal tail | the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
| king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
| kite tail | a bob on a kite to provide balance |
military post
post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
newel post
newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position, he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them |
| post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
| post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
posthole
post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger
post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the th and th centuries |
posthouse
post house | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders |
Post-Office box
PO Box
POB
call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
| post road | a road over which mail is carried |
| queen post | vertical tie post in a roof truss |
| rat-tail file | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat |