interception | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team |
interception | the act of intercepting, preventing something from proceeding or arriving, he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters, he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible |
leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
leafnose bat leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
leaf beetle chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves, larvae infest roots and stems |
leaf miner leaf-miner | any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae |
birch leaf miner Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
walking leaf leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
pine leaf aphid Pineus pinifoliae | a variety of adelgid |
leaf roller leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
bedding material bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
fig leaf | a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
leaf | hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers |
litterbin litter basket litter-basket | bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish |
leaf folio | a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) |
codex leaf-book | an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) |
Oak Leaf Cluster | a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before |
maple-leaf | the emblem of Canada |
clover-leaf roll | yeastaised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan |
mustard mustard greens leaf mustard Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
chard Swiss chard spinach beet leaf beet | long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
leaf lettuce loose-leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head |
bay leaf | dried leaf of the bay laurel |
tea tea leaf | dried leaves of the tea shrub, used to make tea, the store shelves held many different kinds of tea, they threw the tea into Boston harbor |
litter | the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal |
litterer litterbug litter lout | a person who litters public places with refuse |
stretcher-bearer litter-bearer | one who helps carry a stretcher |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
shortleaf pine short-leaf pine shortleaf yellow pine Pinus echinata | large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of - and red-brown bark when mature |
Torrey pine Torrey's pine soledad pine grey-leaf pine sabine pine Pinus torreyana | medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones |
yellow-leaf sickle pine Falcatifolium taxoides | a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves, host species for the rare parasite yew |
cotyledon seed leaf | embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants |
floral leaf | a modified leaf that is part of a flower |
Chinese evergreen Japanese leaf Aglaonema modestum | erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves |
heartleaf heart-leaf Asarum virginicum | evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves, Virginia to South Carolina |
heartleaf heart-leaf Asarum shuttleworthii | wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, West Virginia to Alabama |
chard Swiss chard spinach beet leaf beet chard plant Beta vulgaris cicla | beet lacking swollen root, grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks |
chinese mustard indian mustard leaf mustard gai choi Brassica juncea | Asiatic mustard used as a potherb |
leaf lettuce Lactuca sativa crispa | distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact head |
tahoka daisy tansy leaf aster Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays, Alberta to Texas and Mexico |
costmary alecost bible leaf mint geranium balsam herb Tanacetum balsamita Chrysanthemum balsamita | tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers, used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring, sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum |