tall order
large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
| frogmouth | insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth |
| large poodle | the largest breed of poodle |
large civet
Viverra zibetha | common civet of India and southeast Asia |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
| extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
| large | a garment size for a large person |
| large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum, includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum, extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
Bernoulli's law
law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
| large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization, he works for a large cap |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
| large person | a person of greater than average size |
southern magnolia
evergreen magnolia
large-flowering magnolia
bull bay
Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
large-leaved magnolia
large-leaved cucumber tree
great-leaved macrophylla
Magnolia macrophylla | large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base |
large periwinkle
Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
large-leaved aster
Aster macrophyllus | tufted perennial wood aster of North America, naturalized in Europe |
large yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
large crabgrass
hairy finger grass
Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
American cranberry
large cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon | trailing red-fruited plant |
Canadian aspen
bigtooth aspen
bigtoothed aspen
big-toothed aspen
large-toothed aspen
large tooth aspen
Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
large-flowered fiddleneck
Amsinckia grandiflora | annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes, a threatened species |
large-flowered calamint
Calamintha grandiflora
Clinopodium grandiflorum
Satureja grandiflora | aromatic herb with large pink flowers, southern and southeastern Europe, Anatolia, northern Iran |
large white petunia
Petunia axillaris | annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers |
Calorie kilogram calorie
kilocalorie
large calorie
nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure, used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
| large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten |
large indefinite quantity
large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
battalion
large number
multitude
plurality pack | a large indefinite number, a battalion of ants, a multitude of TV antennas, a plurality of religions |
| brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |
big(p)
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great(p)
large(p)
heavy(p)
with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
broad
large-minded
liberal
tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness, a broad political stance, generous and broad sympathies, a liberal newspaper, tolerant of his opponent's opinions |
| large | having broad power and range and scope, taking the large view, a large effect, a large sympathy |
big
large
prominent | conspicuous in position or importance, a big figure in the movement, big man on campus, he's very large in financial circles, a prominent citizen |
at large(p)
escaped
loose on the loose(p) | having escaped, especially from confinement, a convict still at large, searching for two escaped prisoners, dogs loose on the streets, criminals on the loose in the neighborhood |
big
large
magnanimous | generous and understanding and tolerant, a heart big enough to hold no grudges, that's very big of you to be so forgiving, a large and generous spirit, a large heart, magnanimous toward his enemies |
| large-headed | having a large head |
charitable
benevolent
kindly
sympathetic
good-hearted
openhearted
large-hearted | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, was charitable in his opinions of others, kindly criticism, a kindly act, sympathetic words, a large-hearted mentor |
large
big | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent, a large city, set out for the big city, a large sum, a big (or large) barn, a large family, big businesses, a big expenditure, a large number of newspapers, a big group of scientists, large areas of the world |
| large-mouthed | having a relatively large mouth |
| large-scale | unusually large in scope, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed |
| large-scale | constructed or drawn to a big scale, large-scale maps |
| medium-large | of anything that is large but not the largest |
overlarge
too large | excessively large |
| writ large | made more obvious or prominent, the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features |
large-leaved
large-leafed | having relatively large leaves |
bombastic
declamatory
large
orotund
tumid
turgid | ostentatiously lofty in style, a man given to large talk, tumid political prose |
| large | fairly large or important in effect, influential, played a large role in the negotiations |
| coarse-grained large-grained | not having a fine texture, coarse-grained wood, large-grained sand |
large-capitalization
large-capitalisation
large-cap | of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more |
at large
in a broad way | in a general fashion, he talked at large about his plans |
by and large
generally more often than not
mostly | usually, as a rule, by and large it doesn't rain much here |