Brittle star
() Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. |
Day-star
(n.) The morning star |
Day-star
(n.) The sun, as the orb of day. |
Dog Star
() Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens |
Imp-pole
(n.) A pole for supporting a scaffold. |
North
(n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east |
North
(n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another |
North
(n.) Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. |
North
(a.) Lying toward the north |
North
(v. i.) To turn or move toward the north |
North
(adv.) Northward. |
Northern
(a.) Of or pertaining to the north |
Northern
(a.) In a direction toward the north |
Polaris
(n.) The polestar. See North star, under North. |
Pole
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland |
Pole
(n.) A long, slender piece of wood |
Pole
(n.) A measuring stick |
Pole
(v. t.) To furnish with poles for support |
Pole
(v. t.) To convey on poles |
Pole
(v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. |
Pole
(v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. |
Pole
(n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere |
Pole
(n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle |
Pole
(n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested |
Pole
(n.) The firmament |
Pole
(n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n. |
Sea star
() A starfish, or brittle star. |
Star
(n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens |
Star
(n.) The polestar |
Star
(n.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny |
Star
(n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. |
Star
(n.) Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing |
Star
(n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. |
Star
(n.) A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. |
Star
(v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies |
Star
(v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star |
Star-blind
(a.) Half blind. |
Star-chamber
(n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses |
Star-crossed
(a.) Not favored by the stars |
Star-read
(n.) Doctrine or knowledge of the stars |
Star-spangled
(a.) Spangled or studded with stars. |
Sun star
() See Sun star, under Sun. |
Water star grass
() An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms. |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
parula warbler
northern parula
Parula americana | small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast, of eastern North America |
northern oriole
Icterus galbula | a kind of New World oriole |
northern shrike
Lanius borealis | a butcherbird of northern North America |
marsh hawk
northern harrier
hen harrier
Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
northern cricket frog
Acris crepitans | a cricket frog of eastern and central United States |
lowland burrowing treefrog
northern casque-headed frog
Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
northern bobwhite
Colinus virginianus | a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States |
starnose mole
star-nosed mole
Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
American lobster
Northern lobster
Maine lobster
Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
northern phalarope
Lobipes lobatus | breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds, large flocks often seen far out at sea |
stormy petrel
northern storm petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus | sooty black petrel with white markings, of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
starfish
sea star | echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
brittle star
brittle-star
serpent star | an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc |
basket star
basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
feather star
comatulid | free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms, found on muddy sea bottoms |
northern bog lemming
Synaptomys borealis | of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska |
northern pocket gopher
Thomomys talpoides | greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States |
northern flying squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus | large flying squirrel, chiefly of Canada |
pole horse
poler | a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle |
| pole horse | the horse having a starting position next to the inside rail in a harness race |
woolly mammoth
northern mammoth
Mammuthus primigenius | very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere |
| northern snakehead | a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China, can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days, a threat to American populations of fish |
Australian bonytongue
northern barramundi
Scleropages jardinii | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
northern pike
Esox lucius | voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere |
scup northern porgy
northern scup
Stenotomus chrysops | found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine, esteemed as a panfish |
northern whiting
Menticirrhus saxatilis | whiting of the east coast of United States, closely resembles king whiting |
northern sea robin
Prionotus carolinus | large searobin, found from Nova Scotia to Florida |
American flag
Stars and Stripes
Star-Spangled Banner
Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
| barge pole | a long pole used to propel or guide a barge, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole |
fishing rod
fishing pole | a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line |
| hop pole | a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained |
negative magnetic pole
negative pole
south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
| negative pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate |
| pole | a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic |
| pole magnetic pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated |
| pole | a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting |
positive pole
positive magnetic pole
north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
| positive pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate |
range pole
ranging pole
flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
| ski pole | a pole with metal points used as an aid in skiing |
| star drill | a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry, it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows |
telephone pole
telegraph pole
telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
| terminal pole | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
| totem pole | a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures, erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast |
| University of North Carolina | a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
star topology
star | the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub |
astrology
star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| pole | one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions, they are at opposite poles, they are poles apart |
Silver Star Medal
Silver Star | a United States military decoration for gallantry in action |