threadfish thread-fish Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
lisle lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
screw thread thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
thread yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
tracer tracer bullet | ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke |
tracer | (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes |
tracer | an instrument used to make tracings |
train of thought thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
ribbon thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
spinner spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
tracer | an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods |
goldthread golden thread Coptis groenlandica Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) |
string thread draw e | thread on or as if on a string, string pearls on a string, the child drew glass beads on a string, thread dried cranberries |
thread | pass through or into, thread tape, thread film |
thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string, She had her eyebrows threaded |
thread | pass a thread through, thread a needle |
weave wind thread meander wander | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course, the river winds through the hills, the path meanders through the vineyards, sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body |
hang by a thread hang by a hair | depend on a small thing or be at risk, His life now hangs by a thread |
colored coloured dark dark-skinned non-white | having skin rich in melanin pigments, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, dark-skinned peoples |
peachy peachy-colored peachy-coloured | of something resembling a peach in color |
colored coloured colorful | having color or a certain color, sometimes used in combination, colored crepe paper, the film was in color, amber-colored heads of grain |
brightly-colored brightly-coloured | having a bright color |
buff-colored buff-coloured | having a buff color |
chestnut-colored chestnut-coloured | having the brown color of chestnuts |
chocolate-colored chocolate-coloured | having the color of dark chocolate |
cinnamon colored cinnamon coloured cinnamon-colored cinnamon-coloured | having the color of cinnamon |
dark-colored dark-coloured dusky-colored dusky-coloured | having a dark color |
dun-colored dun-coloured | having a dun color |
fawn-colored fawn-coloured | having the color of a fawn |
flame-colored flame-coloured | having the brilliant orange-red color of flames |
flesh-colored flesh-coloured | having a bright red or pinkish color |
garnet-colored garnet-coloured | having the color of garnet |
gold-colored gold-coloured | having the color of gold |
honey-colored honey-coloured | having the color of honey |
lead-colored lead-coloured | having the color of lead |
metal-colored metal-coloured metallic-colored metallic-coloured | having a metallic color |
s motley calico multicolor multi-color multicolour multi-colour multicolored multi-colored multicoloured multi-coloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly, a jester dressed in motley, the painted desert, a particolored dress, a piebald horse, pied daisies |
neutral-colored neutral-coloured | having a color that does not attract attention |
olive-colored olive-coloured | having the color of green olives |
orange-colored orange-coloured orange-hued | having the color of ripe oranges |
straw-colored straw-coloured | having the color of dry straw |
tawny-colored tawny-coloured | having a tawny color |
violet-colored violet-coloured violet-flowered | having a violet color |
solid self-colored self-coloured | of the same color throughout, solid color |
bleached colored coloured dyed | (used of color) artificially produced, not natural, a bleached blonde |
biased colored coloured one-sided slanted | favoring one person or side over another, a biased account of the trial, a decision that was partial to the defendant |
solid-colored solid-coloured | having the same color all over |