Indian Mutiny Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in and , the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) |
French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes), - |
hill myna Indian grackle grackle Gracula religiosa | glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech |
Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus | enter buildings in pursuit of prey |
Indian python Python molurus | very large python of southeast Asia |
Indian cobra Naja naja | a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia |
hornbill | bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance, related to kingfishers |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
Indian mongoose Herpestes nyula | keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret, often domesticated |
pied lemming | North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged |
cayuse Indian pony | a small native range horse |
Indian rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis | having one horn |
Malayan tapir Indian tapir Tapirus indicus | a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra |
Indian buffalo | upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive, used for draft and milk |
Indian elephant Elephas maximus | Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male |
Indian club | a bottle-shaped club used in exercises |
Indian trail | a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians |
lodge indian lodge | any of various Native American dwellings |
pied-a-terre | lodging for occasional or secondary use, they bought a pied-a-terre in London |
Indian red | a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians |
Amerind Amerindian language American-Indian language American Indian Indian | any of the languages spoken by Amerindians |
cornmeal Indian meal | coarsely ground corn |
mustard mustard greens leaf mustard Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
acerola barbados cherry surinam cherry West Indian cherry | acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C |
wild rice Indian rice | grains of aquatic grass of North America |
chutney Indian relish | a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices |
Paleo-American culture Paleo-Amerind culture Paleo-Indian culture | the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
Indian reservation | a reservation set aside for the use of Indians |
New Delhi Indian capital capital of India | the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi |
Thar Desert Great Indian Desert | a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan |
Indian Ocean | the rd largest ocean, bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south |
Pied Piper Pied Piper of Hamelin | the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning |
Indian American Indian Red Indian | a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived |
Indian race Amerindian race | usually included in the Mongoloid race |
Plains Indian Buffalo Indian | a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America |
Indian race | sometimes included in the Caucasian race, native to the subcontinent of India |
Indian | a native or inhabitant of India |
East Indian | a native or inhabitant of the East Indies |
Anglo-Indian | a person of English citizenship born or living in India |
South American Indian | a member of a native Indian group in South America |
Carib Carib Indian | a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles |
Indian agent | a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations) |
Indian chief Indian chieftain | the leader of a group of Native Americans |
Indian giver | an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you |
Paleo-American Paleo-Amerind Paleo-Indian | a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch |
pied piper | a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) |
West Indian | a native or inhabitant of the West Indies |
lotus Indian lotus sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera | native to eastern Asia, widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers |
Indian hemp rheumatism weed Apocynum cannabinum | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans, used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints |