Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined |
Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. |
Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons |
Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. |
Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. |
Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. |
Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. |
Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. |
Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. |
Band (v. t.) A belt or strap. |
Band (v. t.) A bond |
Band (v. t.) Pledge |
Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To mark with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. |
Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose |
Band (v. t.) To bandy |
Band () imp. of Bind. |
Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy |
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica. |
Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica. |
Pigeon (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. |
Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers |
Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck |
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid |
Pigeon-livered (a.) Pigeon-hearted. |
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest |
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail. |
Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
Sea pigeon () The common guillemot. |
Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail. |
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow |
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing |
Tailed (a.) Having a tail |
band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
pigeon hawk merlin Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon ringdove cushat Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon homer | pigeon trained to return home |
carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
pigeon guillemot Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
white-tailed jackrabbit whitetail jackrabbit Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
black-tailed deer blacktail deer blacktail Odocoileus hemionus columbianus | mule deer of western Rocky Mountains |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
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 |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
armlet arm band | a band worn around the arm for decoration |
band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
band banding stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material |
band | a restraint put around something to hold it together |
band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
band | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration |
band | a driving belt in machinery |
Band Aid | trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
bandsaw band saw | an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar |