tall order large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
large poodle | the largest breed of poodle |
large civet Viverra zibetha | common civet of India and southeast Asia |
large white Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
large | a garment size for a large person |
large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum, includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum, extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
Bernoulli's law law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization, he works for a large cap |
Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
floorwalker shopwalker | an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems, a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain |
large person | a person of greater than average size |
southern magnolia evergreen magnolia large-flowering magnolia bull bay Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
large-leaved magnolia large-leaved cucumber tree great-leaved macrophylla Magnolia macrophylla | large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base |
large periwinkle Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
large-leaved aster Aster macrophyllus | tufted perennial wood aster of North America, naturalized in Europe |
large yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
large crabgrass hairy finger grass Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
American cranberry large cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon | trailing red-fruited plant |
Canadian aspen bigtooth aspen bigtoothed aspen big-toothed aspen large-toothed aspen large tooth aspen Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
large-flowered fiddleneck Amsinckia grandiflora | annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes, a threatened species |
large-flowered calamint Calamintha grandiflora Clinopodium grandiflorum Satureja grandiflora | aromatic herb with large pink flowers, southern and southeastern Europe, Anatolia, northern Iran |
large white petunia Petunia axillaris | annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers |
Calorie kilogram calorie kilocalorie large calorie nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure, used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten |
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
battalion large number multitude plurality pack | a large indefinite number, a battalion of ants, a multitude of TV antennas, a plurality of religions |
brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |
big(p) enceinte expectant gravid great(p) large(p) heavy(p) with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
broad large-minded liberal tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness, a broad political stance, generous and broad sympathies, a liberal newspaper, tolerant of his opponent's opinions |
large | having broad power and range and scope, taking the large view, a large effect, a large sympathy |
big large prominent | conspicuous in position or importance, a big figure in the movement, big man on campus, he's very large in financial circles, a prominent citizen |
at large(p) escaped loose on the loose(p) | having escaped, especially from confinement, a convict still at large, searching for two escaped prisoners, dogs loose on the streets, criminals on the loose in the neighborhood |
big large magnanimous | generous and understanding and tolerant, a heart big enough to hold no grudges, that's very big of you to be so forgiving, a large and generous spirit, a large heart, magnanimous toward his enemies |
large-headed | having a large head |
charitable benevolent kindly sympathetic good-hearted openhearted large-hearted | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, was charitable in his opinions of others, kindly criticism, a kindly act, sympathetic words, a large-hearted mentor |
large big | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent, a large city, set out for the big city, a large sum, a big (or large) barn, a large family, big businesses, a big expenditure, a large number of newspapers, a big group of scientists, large areas of the world |
large-mouthed | having a relatively large mouth |
large-scale | unusually large in scope, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed |
large-scale | constructed or drawn to a big scale, large-scale maps |
medium-large | of anything that is large but not the largest |
overlarge too large | excessively large |
writ large | made more obvious or prominent, the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features |
large-leaved large-leafed | having relatively large leaves |
bombastic declamatory large orotund tumid turgid | ostentatiously lofty in style, a man given to large talk, tumid political prose |
large | fairly large or important in effect, influential, played a large role in the negotiations |
coarse-grained large-grained | not having a fine texture, coarse-grained wood, large-grained sand |
large-capitalization large-capitalisation large-cap | of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more |
at large in a broad way | in a general fashion, he talked at large about his plans |
by and large generally more often than not mostly | usually, as a rule, by and large it doesn't rain much here |