goose step | a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high |
wild-goose chase | the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
Egyptian vulture Pharaoh's chicken Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
asp Egyptian cobra Naja haje | cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death |
goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks |
Chinese goose Anser cygnoides | very large wild goose of northeast Asia, interbreeds freely with the greylag |
greylag graylag greylag goose graylag goose Anser anser | common grey wild goose of Europe, ancestor of many domestic breeds |
blue goose Chen caerulescens | North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter |
snow goose | blue goose in the white color phase |
brant brant goose brent brent goose | small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward |
common brant goose Branta bernicla | the best known variety of brant goose |
honker Canada goose Canadian goose Branta canadensis | common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call |
barnacle goose barnacle Branta leucopsis | European goose smaller than the brant, breeds in the far north |
goose down | down of the goose |
goose barnacle gooseneck barnacle Lepas fascicularis | stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers |
solan solan goose solant goose Sula bassana | very large white gannet with black wing tips |
Egyptian cat | a domestic cat of Egypt |
Egyptian | the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs, written records date back to BC |
goose | flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) |
goose liver | liver of a goose used as meat |
al-Jihad Egyptian Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Vanguards of Conquest | an Islamic extremist group active since the late s, seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state, works in small underground cells, the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in |
Egyptian Empire Egypt | an ancient empire to the west of Israel, centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh, figured in many events described in the Old Testament |
Cairo Al Qahira El Qahira Egyptian capital capital of Egypt | the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, a major port just to the south of the Nile delta, formerly the home of the Pharaohs |
Egyptian deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians |
Mother Goose | the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes |
Egyptian | a native or inhabitant of Egypt |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
lotus white lotus Egyptian water lily white lily Nymphaea lotus | white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa, held sacred by the Egyptians |
Egyptian grass crowfoot grass Dactyloctenium aegypticum | a creeping grass with spikes like fingers |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
goose grass Texas millet Panicum Texanum | annual weedy grass used for hay |
durra doura dourah Egyptian corn Indian millet Guinea corn | sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa |
papyrus Egyptian paper reed Egyptian paper rush paper rush paper plant Cyperus papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times |
Egyptian cotton | fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt, believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton |
tree onion Egyptian onion top onion Allium cepa viviparum | type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions, having bulbils that replace the flowers |
chickpea chickpea plant Egyptian pea Cicer arietinum | Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
hyacinth bean bonavist Indian bean Egyptian bean Lablab purpureus Dolichos lablab | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds, grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
white lupine field lupine wolf bean Egyptian lupine Lupinus albus | white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control |
silverweed goose-tansy goose grass Potentilla anserina | low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath, northern United States, Europe, Asia |
American red plum August plum goose plum Prunus americana | wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh |
cleavers clivers goose grass catchweed spring cleavers Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |
Egyptian henbane Hyoscyamus muticus | poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine |
Egyptian monetary unit | monetary unit in Egypt |
Egyptian pound pound | the basic unit of money in Egypt, equal to piasters |
e nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch zip zippob | a quantity of no importance, it looked like nothing I had ever seen before, reduced to nil all the work we had done, we racked up a pathetic goose egg, it was all for naught, I didn't hear zilch about it |
goose grease | grease derived from geese |
goose | give a spurt of fuel to, goose the car |
goose | prod into action |
goose | pinch in the buttocks, he goosed the unsuspecting girl |