African (a.) Of or pertaining to Africa. |
African (n.) A native of Africa |
Australian (a.) Of or pertaining to Australia. |
Australian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Australia. |
Bird of paradise () The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. |
Common (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one |
Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together |
Common (v.) Often met with |
Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional |
Common (v.) Profane |
Common (v.) Given to habits of lewdness |
Common (n.) The people |
Common (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public |
Common (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons |
Common (v. i.) To converse together |
Common (v. i.) To participate. |
Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground. |
Common (v. i.) To board together |
Common sense () See Common sense, under Sense. |
Crested (imp. & p. p.) of Crest |
Crested (a.) Having a crest. |
Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. |
Crested (a.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. |
Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Paradise (n.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. |
Paradise (n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death. |
Paradise (n.) A place of bliss |
Paradise (n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. |
Paradise (n.) A churchyard or cemetery. |
Paradise (v. t.) To affect or exalt with visions of felicity |
Raja (n.) Same as Rajah. |
Ruddy (n.) Of a red color |
Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health |
Ruddy (v. t.) To make ruddy. |
Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake. |
South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north |
South (n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another |
South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. |
South (n.) The wind from the south. |
South (a.) Lying toward the south |
South (adv.) Toward the south |
South (adv.) From the south |
South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south |
South (v. i.) To come to the meridian |
South southerly () the old squaw |
Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals. |
crawl front crawl Australian crawl | a swimming stroke, arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |
genus Streptomyces | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae |
genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
Polyangium genus Polyangium | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane |
Micrococcus genus Micrococcus | type genus of the family Micrococcaceae |
genus Staphylococcus | includes many pathogenic species |
genus Lactobacillus | type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae |
genus Diplococcus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Streptococcus | a genus of bacteria |
Spirochaeta genus Spirochaeta | the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae, a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic |
genus Treponema | type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body, parasitic in warm-blooded animals |
genus Borrelia | small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals |
genus Leptospira | very slender aerobic spirochetes, free-living or parasitic in mammals |
protoctist genus | any genus of Protoctista |
genus Amoeba | protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water |
Endamoeba genus Endamoeba | the type genus of the family Endamoebidae |
genus Globigerina | type genus of the family Globigerinidae |
genus Arcella | type genus of the Arcellidae |