paper chase
hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
| paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
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 |
paper nautilus
nautilus Argonaut
Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
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 |
| paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
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 |
Dixie cup
paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
newspaper
paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher, when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
paper clip
paperclip
gem clip | a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together, the paper clip was invented in |
| paper cutter | a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size |
| paper doll | a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being |
| paper fastener | a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place |
| paper feed | a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter, the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged |
| paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| paper towel | a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
sack
poke
paper bag
carrier bag | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
| 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 |
| slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
| test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
backbone
grit
guts
moxie
sand
gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
| paper tiger | the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual, he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth |
| paper | a medium for written communication, the notion of an office running without paper is absurd |