Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. |
Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. |
Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize |
Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. |
Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field |
Corn (n.) A small, hard particle |
Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains |
Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains |
Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats |
Corn (v. t.) To render intoxicated |
Field (n.) Cleared land |
Field (n.) A piece of land of considerable size |
Field (n.) A place where a battle is fought |
Field (n.) An open space |
Field (n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. |
Field (n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view. |
Field (n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon |
Field (n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement |
Field (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting. |
Field (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond |
Field (v. i.) To take the field. |
Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball. |
Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder. |
Papaver (n.) A genus of plants, including the poppy. |
Poppy (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent |
Poppy (n.) Alt. of Poppyhead |
Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. |
Sea poppy () The horn poppy. See under Horn. |
Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects. |
Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. |
field goal | a score in American football, a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts |
basket field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
field trip | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination |
outdoor sport field sport | a sport that is played outdoors |
track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
field hockey hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field, two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net |
corn dance | a rain dance of Amerindians |
field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
dark ground illumination dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
left field leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
center field centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
right field rightfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
quarterback signal caller field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
field trial | a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving |
field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
field field of operation line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
Bosworth Field | the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (), Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII |
Flodden Battle of Flodden Field | a battle in , the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed |
field sparrow Spizella pusilla | common North American finch of brushy pasturelands |
corn snake red rat snake Elaphe guttata | large harmless snake of southeastern United States, often on farms |
field spaniel | large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat, cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel |
field cricket Acheta assimilis | common American black cricket, attacks crops and also enters dwellings |
corn borer European corn borer moth corn borer moth Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
corn borer Pyrausta nubilalis | larva of the European corn borer moth, a serious pest of maize |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
field mouse fieldmouse | any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens |
vole field mouse | any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows |
airfield landing field flying field field | a place where planes take off and land |
ball field baseball field diamond | the baseball playing field |
binoculars field glasses opera glasses | an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes |
center field centerfield center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher, he hit the ball to deep center |
corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
field artillery field gun | movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) |
field coil field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
field-effect transistor FET | a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field |
field-emission microscope | electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid |
field glass glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
field hockey ball | ball used in playing field hockey |
field hospital | a temporary military hospital near the battle lines |
field house | an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport |
field house sports arena | a building for indoor sports |
field lens | the lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens |
field magnet | a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor |
field-sequential color television field-sequential color TV field-sequential color television system field-sequential color TV system | an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors |
field tent | a canvas tent for use in the field |
football field gridiron | the playing field on which football is played |
hop garden hop field | a garden where hops are grown |
hut army hut field hut | temporary military shelter |
left field leftfield left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |