| running away | the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be |
run
running | the act of running, traveling on foot at a fast pace, he broke into a run, his daily run keeps him fit |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
run running running play
running game | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team, the defensive line braced to stop the run, the coach put great emphasis on running |
| running | the act of administering or being in charge of something, he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time |
sand tiger
sand shark
Carcharias taurus
Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
side-blotched lizard
sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
| sand lizard Lacerta agilis | a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia |
hognose snake
puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
| sand snake | small North American burrowing snake |
banded sand snake
Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
horned viper
cerastes
sand viper horned asp
Cerastes cornutus | highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
sandgrouse
sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
beach flea
sand hopper
sandhopper
sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
| sand cat | a desert wildcat |
sand fly
sandfly
Phlebotomus papatasii | any of various small dipterous flies, bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis |
sand cricket
Jerusalem cricket
Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
| sand dollar | flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms |
| sand rat Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil |
| sand rat | small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas |
hog badger
hog-nosed badger
sand badger
Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
| sand stargazer | small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head, they burrow in sand to await prey |
sand lance
sand launce
sand eel
launce | very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches |
| sand dab | small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America |
sand sole
Psettichthys melanostichus | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
bunker
sand trap
trap | a hazard on a golf course |
noose running noose
slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
| running board | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
| running shoe | a light comfortable shoe designed for running |
| running stitch | small, even, hand stitches run in and out |
| running suit | a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration |
| sand painting | a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho), made of fine colored sands on a neutral background |
| sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |
sidelight
running light | light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction, vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow |
backbone
grit
guts
moxie
sand
gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
running head
running headline | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book |
| running title | the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head |
longhand
running hand
cursive
cursive script | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper |
flying start
running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
| flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |
| sand dab | the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America |
dune
sand dune | a ridge of sand created by the wind, found in deserts or near lakes and oceans |
| quicksand | a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down |
sandbar
sand bar | a bar of sand |
| running back | (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage |
| running mate | a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices |
Sand
George Sand
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
Baroness Dudevant | French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (-) |
sand spurry
sea spurry
Spergularia rubra | prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers, widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs, naturalized in eastern North America |
| sand verbena | any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena |