travel
traveling
travelling | the act of going from one place to another, he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel |
| perfect game | a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base |
Peasant's Revolt
Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
| great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
World War I
World War
Great War
First World War
War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
blue shark
great blue shark
Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
great bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis | large bowerbird of northern Australia |
great horned owl
Bubo virginianus | brown North American horned owl |
great grey owl
great gray owl
Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
giant kangaroo
great grey kangaroo
Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
great blue heron
Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
great bustard
Otis tarda | largest European land bird |
great snipe
woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
black-backed gull
great black-backed gull
cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
great skua
Catharacta skua | large brown skua of the northern Atlantic |
great auk
Pinguinus impennis | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts, extinct |
great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
| Great Dane | very large powerful smoothoated breed of dog |
| Great Pyrenees | bred of large heavyoated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
ant bear giant anteater
great anteater
tamanoir
Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
great ape
pongid | any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae |
great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda | large (up to ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish, may be dangerous to swimmers |
bag traveling bag
travelling bag
grip
suitcase | a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes, he carried his small bag onto the plane with him |
Chinese Wall
Great Wall
Great Wall of China | a fortification , miles long built across northern China in the rd century BC, it averages meters in width |
| foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
| great hall | the principal hall in a castle or mansion, can be used for dining or entertainment |
| great seal | the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty |
| Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
Pyramid
Great Pyramid
Pyramids of Egypt | a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides, begun by Cheops around BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt |
sheet tack mainsheet
weather sheet
shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
weather deck
shelter deck | upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below |
weather map
weather chart | (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region |
| weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
weather satellite
meteorological satellite | a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below |
| weather ship | an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
weather strip
weatherstrip
weather stripping
weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
weathervane
weather vane
vane
wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
watchfulness
vigilance
weather eye | vigilant attentiveness, he keeps a weather eye open for trouble |
musculus adductor magnus
great adductor muscle | the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh |
great cerebral vein
vena cerebri magna | a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus |
long saphenous vein
great saphenous vein | the longest vein in the body, runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein |
big toe
great toe
hallux | the first largest innermost toe |
absolute pitch
perfect pitch | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
past participle
perfect participle | a participle that expresses completed action |
Magna Carta
Magna Charta
The Great Charter | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in |
meteorology
weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be |