Billed (imp. & p. p.) of Bill |
Billed (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird |
Bramble bush () The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. |
Bush (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs |
Bush (n.) A shrub |
Bush (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree |
Bush (n.) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign |
Bush (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox. |
Bush (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. |
Bush (v. t.) To set bushes for |
Bush (v. t.) To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown |
Bush (n.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller |
Bush (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. |
Bush (v. t.) To furnish with a bush, or lining |
Caper bush () Alt. of Caper tree |
Cold-short (a.) Brittle when cold |
Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck. |
Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Red-short (a.) Hot-short |
Short (superl.) Not long |
Short (superl.) Not extended in time |
Short (superl.) Limited in quantity |
Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided |
Short (superl.) Deficient |
Short (superl.) Not distant in time |
Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp |
Short (superl.) Less important, efficaceous, or powerful |
Short (superl.) Abrupt |
Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth |
Short (superl.) Brittle. |
Short (superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed |
Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance |
Short (n.) A summary account. |
Short (n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. |
Short (n.) Short, inferior hemp. |
Short (n.) Breeches |
Short (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Short (adv.) In a short manner |
Short (v. t.) To shorten. |
Short (v. i.) To fail |
Short-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration. |
Short-breathed (a.) Having short life. |
Short circuit () A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. |
Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.) of Short-circuit |
Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circuit |
Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. |
Short-dated (a.) Having little time to run from the date. |
Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. |
Short-jointed (a.) Having short intervals between the joints |
short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
shortstop short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
nap catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
bushtit bush tit | active grey titmice of western North America |
tanager | any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males |
scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea redbird firebird | the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
western tanager Piranga ludoviciana | of western North America, male is black and yellow and orangeed |
summer tanager summer redbird Piranga rubra | of middle and southern United States, male is deep roseed the female mostly yellow |
hepatic tanager Piranga flava hepatica | common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico |
bush shrike | an African shrike |
black-fronted bush shrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | a kind of bush shrike |
harrier eagle short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
hadrosaur hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus duckbill duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
razorbill razor-billed auk Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany, pointer and bloodhound |
short-horned grasshopper acridid | grasshopper with short antennae |
galago bushbaby bush baby | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
bush jacket | a loose fitting jacket, resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt |
short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
short line | a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
short pants shorts trunks | trousers that end at or above the knee |
short sleeve | a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
pubic hair bush crotch hair | hair growing in the pubic area |
short bone os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
short gastric artery arteria gastrica breves vasa brevis | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach |
short saphenous vein | a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
short list shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
note short letter line billet | a short personal letter, drop me a line when you get there |
short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
arietta short aria | a short aria |
short shrift summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
short order | an order for food that can be prepared quickly |