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 |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
bunker sand trap trap | a hazard on a golf course |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
pile nap | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
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 |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
backbone grit guts moxie sand gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
sand dab | the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
dune sand dune | a ridge of sand created by the wind, found in deserts or near lakes and oceans |
sandbar sand bar | a bar of sand |
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 |
snowball sweet sand verbena Abronia elliptica | plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers, grows in sandy arid regions |
sweet sand verbena Abronia fragrans | taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers |
yellow sand verbena Abronia latifolia | plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia |
beach sand verbena pink sand verbena Abronia umbellata | prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers, found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California |
desert sand verbena Abronia villosa | soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers, found in sandy desert soil, after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico |
sand sage silvery wormwood Artemisia filifolia | silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico, a troublesome weed on rangelands |
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus | erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America |
sand sedge sand reed Carex arenaria | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States, rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla |