chicken hawk
hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
Egyptian vulture
Pharaoh's chicken
Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
| chicken snake | large North American snake |
| chicken Gallus gallus | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs, believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
prairie chicken
prairie grouse
prairie fowl | brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
greater prairie chicken
Tympanuchus cupido | the most common variety of prairie chicken |
lesser prairie chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
chicken roundworm
Ascaridia galli | intestinal parasite of domestic fowl |
Mother Carey's chicken
Mother Carey's hen
Oceanites oceanicus | medium-sized storm petrel |
chicken louse
shaft louse
Menopon palladum
Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
chicken coop
coop hencoop
henhouse | a farm building for housing poultry |
| chicken farm | farm where chickens are raised for sale |
| chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
chicken yard
hen yard
chicken run
fowl run | an enclosed yard for keeping poultry |
c methamphetamine
methamphetamine hydrochloride
Methedrine
meth
deoxyephedrine
chalk chicken feed
crank glass ice shabu
trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
| chicken scratch | cramped or illegible handwriting |
| chicken | a foolhardy competition, a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops |
| chicken casserole | chicken cooked and served in a casserole |
chicken cacciatore
chicken cacciatora
hunter's chicken | chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style |
chicken broth
chicken stock | a stock made with chicken |
| chicken soup | soup made from chicken broth |
purloo
chicken purloo
poilu | thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game, southern U.S. |
| chicken stew | a stew made with chicken |
| chicken mousse | mousse made with chicken |
chicken
poulet
volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food |
chicken leg
chicken drumstick | the lower joint of the leg of a chicken |
| chicken wing | the wing of a chicken |
| chicken liver | liver of a chicken used as meat |
| chicken sandwich | a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken |
chicken feed
scratch | dry mash for poultry |
| chicken salad | salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat |
| chicken provencale | chicken cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil |
| chicken and rice | rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned |
| chicken Marengo | braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce |
| chicken cordon bleu | thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed |
| Maryland chicken | chicken fried than oven-baked and served with milk gravy |
chicken paprika
chicken paprikash | chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream |
| chicken Tetrazzini | chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta, usually topped with cheese |
| chicken Kiev | pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried |
| chicken taco | a taco with a chicken filling |
| Chicken Little | a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling |
wimp
chicken
crybaby | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy |
young person
youth
younker
spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
pigeon breast
chicken breast | abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets |
| chicken manure | chicken excreta used as fertilizer |
chicken-fight
chickenfight | fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders |
chicken out
back off
pull out
back down
bow out | remove oneself from an obligation, He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved |
chicken
chickenhearted
lily-livered
white-livered
yellow
yellow-bellied | easily frightened |
pigeon-breasted
chicken-breasted | having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets |