Burying ground
() Alt. of Burying place |
Crop-tailed
(a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed
(a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed
(a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed
(a.) Untidy |
Fan-tailed
(a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed
(a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Ground
(imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground
(n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground
(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground
(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground
(n.) Land |
Ground
(n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground
(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground
(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground
(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground
(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground
(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground
(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground
(n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground
(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground
(n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground
(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground
(v. t.) To found |
Ground
(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground
(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground
(v. i.) To run aground |
Ground
() imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long
(superl.) Slow in passing |
Long
(superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long
(superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long
(superl.) Far-reaching |
Long
(superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long
(n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long
(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long
(n.) The longest dimension |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long
(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long
(adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long
(adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long
(prep.) By means of |
Long
(a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long
(a.) To belong |
Long-armed
(a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed
(a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
| long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
| long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
| roller skating | skating on wheels |
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 |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
| long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
| long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
green-tailed towhee
Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
redtail red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite
swallow-tailed hawk
Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern
erne
grey sea eagle
gray sea eagle
European sea eagle
white-tailed sea eagle
Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
long-eared owl
Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
tailed frog
bell toad
ribbed toad
tailed toad
Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard
gridiron-tailed lizard
Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
ground-shaker
seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake
Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula
Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler
massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
sharp-tailed grouse
sprigtail
sprig tail
Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
roller tumbler
tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pin-tailed grouse
Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
| roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight, related to kingfishers |
European roller
Coracias garrulus | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
pintail pin-tailed duck
Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby
nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger
Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole
hair-tailed mole
Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs
long-legs
stilt plover
Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
slender-tailed meerkat
Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
| long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
freetail
free-tailed bat
freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
ground beetle
carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
long-horned beetle
longicorn
longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
long-horned grasshopper
tettigoniid | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
leaf roller
leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
white-tailed jackrabbit
whitetail jackrabbit
Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
round-tailed muskrat
Florida water rat
Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine
brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine
Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |