Great
(superl.) Large in space |
Great
(superl.) Large in number |
Great
(superl.) Long continued |
Great
(superl.) Superior |
Great
(superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers |
Great
(superl.) Holding a chief position |
Great
(superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration |
Great
(superl.) Pregnant |
Great
(superl.) More than ordinary in degree |
Great
(superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation |
Great
(n.) The whole |
Great-bellied
(a.) Having a great belly |
Great-grandchild
(n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-granddaughter
(n.) A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-grandfather
(n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandmother
(n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandson
(n.) A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-hearted
(a.) High-spirited |
Great-hearted
(a.) Generous |
Great-heartedness
(n.) The quality of being greathearted |
Hawk
(n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. |
Hawk
(v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey |
Hawk
(v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing |
Hawk
(v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances. |
Hawk
(v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm. |
Hawk
(n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. |
Hawk
(v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street |
Hawk
(n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. |
Hawk-eyed
(a.) Having a keen eye |
Hawk moth
() Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Hover-hawk
(n.) The kestrel. |
Sea hawk
() A jager gull. |
Sparrow
(n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House. |
Sparrow
(n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge. |
Tun-great
(a.) Having the circumference of a tun. |
Vanner hawk
() The kestrel. |
Water sparrow
() The reed warbler. |
Water sparrow
() The reed bunting. |
Winkle-hawk
(n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth |
Peasant's Revolt
Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
| great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
World War I
World War
Great War
First World War
War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
blue shark
great blue shark
Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
hedge sparrow
sparrow dunnock
Prunella modularis | small brownish European songbird |
| New World sparrow | sparrow-like North American finches |
vesper sparrow
grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
white-throated sparrow
whitethroat
Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
whiterowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys | finch with black-and-white striped crown |
chipping sparrow
Spizella passerina | small North American finch common in urban areas |
field sparrow
Spizella pusilla | common North American finch of brushy pasturelands |
| tree sparrow Spizella arborea | finch common in winter in the northern U.S. |
song sparrow
Melospiza melodia | small songbird common in North America |
swamp sparrow
Melospiza georgiana | North American finch of marshy area |
sparrow
true sparrow | any of several small dullolored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
| tree sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow |
Java sparrow
Java finch
ricebird Padda oryzivora | small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
great bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis | large bowerbird of northern Australia |
| hawk | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
| sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus | small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa |
Cooper's hawk
blue darter
Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
chicken hawk
hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
redtail red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
rough-legged hawk
roughleg
Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
red-shouldered hawk
Buteo lineatus | North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders |
swallow-tailed kite
swallow-tailed hawk
Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
marsh hawk
northern harrier
hen harrier
Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
sparrow hawk American kestrel
kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
osprey
fish hawk
fish eagle
sea eagle Pandion haliaetus | large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
great horned owl
Bubo virginianus | brown North American horned owl |
great grey owl
great gray owl
Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
hawk owl
Surnia ulula | grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
nighthawk
bullbat
mosquito hawk | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
giant kangaroo
great grey kangaroo
Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
great blue heron
Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
great bustard
Otis tarda | largest European land bird |
great snipe
woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
black-backed gull
great black-backed gull
cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
great skua
Catharacta skua | large brown skua of the northern Atlantic |
great auk
Pinguinus impennis | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts, extinct |
great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
| Great Dane | very large powerful smoothoated breed of dog |
| Great Pyrenees | bred of large heavyoated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
dragonfly
darning needle
devil's darning needle
sewing needle
snake feeder
snake doctor
mosquito hawk
skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |