Braxton-Hicks contraction
false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
false pretense
false pretence | (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
| false imprisonment | (law) confinement without legal authority |
| false verdict | a manifestly unjust verdict, not true to the evidence |
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 |
false gavial
Tomistoma schlegeli | crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial |
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 |
false scorpion
pseudoscorpion | small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion |
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 |
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 |
| false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene, much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon |
small civet
Viverricula indica
Viverricula malaccensis | a common civet of southeast Asia |
false vampire
false vampire bat | any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
small white
Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
| false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) |
| false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
| false teeth | a removable denture |
firearm
piece small-arm | a portable gun, he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
hairpiece
false hair
postiche | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
| small boat | a boat that is small |
small computer system interface
SCSI | interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers |
| small ship | a ship that is small |
| small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
| small stuff | any light rope used on shipboard |
triviality
trivia
trifle
small beer a | something of small importance |
| small | a garment size for a small person |
false vocal cord
false vocal fold
superior vocal cord
ventricular fold
vestibular fold | either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization |
| small intestine | the longest part of the alimentary canal, where digestion is completed |
| small | the slender part of the back |
rima vestibuli
rima respiratoria
false glottis
glottis spuria | the opening between the false vocal folds |
fallacy
false belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
alias
assumed name
false name | a name that has been assumed temporarily |
| false return | an incorrect income tax return |
small print
fine print | material printed in small type, he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print |
| fine print small print | the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type, don't sign a contract without reading the fine print |
small letter
lowercase
lowerase letter
minuscule | the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
small capital
small cap | a character having the form of an upperase letter but the same height as lowerase letters |
d chitchat
chithat
chit chat
small talk
gab
gabfest
gossip
tittle-tattle
chin wag
chin-wag
chin wagging
chin-wagging
causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
| false alarm | a warning that is given about something that fails to occur |
little slam
small slam | winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge |
| small cap | a corporation with a small capitalization, this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps |
village
small town
settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
Small Business Administration
SBA | an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts |