Brook
(v. t.) A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. |
Brook
(v. t.) To use |
Brook
(v. t.) To bear |
Brook
(v. t.) To deserve |
Brook mint
() See Water mint. |
Clean
(superl.) Free from dirt or filth |
Clean
(superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious |
Clean
(superl.) Free from awkwardness |
Clean
(superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms |
Clean
(superl.) Free from restraint or neglect |
Clean
(superl.) Free from moral defilement |
Clean
(superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement. |
Clean
(superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals |
Clean
(superl.) Well-proportioned |
Clean
(adv.) Without limitation or remainder |
Clean
(adv.) Without miscarriage |
Cleaning
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clean |
Clean
(a.) To render clean |
Clean-cut
(a.) See Clear-cut. |
Cleaning
(n.) The act of making clean. |
Cleaning
(n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. |
Clean-limbed
(a.) With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs |
Clean-timbered
(a.) Well-proportioned |
Forest
(n.) An extensive wood |
Forest
(n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. |
Forest
(a.) Of or pertaining to a forest |
Forest
(v. t.) To cover with trees or wood. |
House
(n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House
(n.) Household affairs |
House
(n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House
(n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House
(n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House
(n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House
(n.) A public house |
House
(n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House
(n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House
(n.) An audience |
House
(n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House
(n.) The grave. |
House
(v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House
(v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House
(v. t.) To admit to residence |
House
(v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House
(v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House
(v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House
(v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
Lombard-house
(n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house
(n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house
(n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
Moot-house
(n.) A hall for public meetings |
| jam session | an impromptu jazz concert |
leap
leaping
spring
saltation
bound
bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
cleaning
cleansing
cleanup | the act of making something clean, he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
| dry cleaning | the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water |
| house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
| painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
clean and jerk
clean | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead |
exercise practice drill
practice session
recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions, practice makes perfect |
skull session
skull practice | teaching strategy to an athletic team |
| spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
| house arrest | confinement to your own home |
| session | a meeting devoted to a particular activity, a filming session, a gossip session |
course session
class period
recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
Battle of the Marne
Belleau Wood
Chateau-Thierry
Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus
Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
| Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse
Meuse River
Argonne
Argonne Forest
Meuse-Argonne
Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
| Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
| Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
| Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
house wren
Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin
Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
leopard frog
spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper
Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
cooter
river cooter
Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
milk snake
house snake
milk adder
checkered adder
Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
river limpet
freshwater limpet
Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn
river prawn
Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
| river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
domestic cat
house cat
Felis domesticus
Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
housefly
house fly
Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket
Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
| spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
forest tent caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent, serious defoliator of deciduous trees |
house mouse
Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
hippopotamus
hippo
river horse
Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
forest goat
spindle horn
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
river otter
Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad
Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
brook trout
speckled trout
Salvelinus fontinalis | North American freshwater trout, introduced in Europe |
Australian arowana
Dawson River salmon
saratoga
spotted barramundi
spotted bonytongue
Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary
bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |