Earth shine
() See Earth light, under Earth. |
Glass-sponge
(n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera |
Goloe-shoe
(n.) A galoche. |
Shine
(v. i.) To emit rays of light |
Shine
(v. i.) To be bright by reflection of light |
Shine
(v. i.) To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. |
Shine
(v. i.) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished |
Shine
(v. t.) To cause to shine, as a light. |
Shine
(v. t.) To make bright |
Shine
(n.) The quality or state of shining |
Shine
(n.) Sunshine |
Shine
(n.) A liking for a person |
Shine
(n.) Caper |
Shine
(v. i.) Shining |
Shoe
(n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. |
Shoe
(n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. |
Shoe
(n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. |
Shoe
(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. |
Shoe
(n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. |
Shoe
(n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. |
Shoe
(n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. |
Shoe
(n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. |
Shoe
(n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. |
Shoe
(n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. |
Shoe
(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. |
Shoe
(n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment |
Shoe
(n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes |
Shoe
(n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe |
Sponge
(n.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae. |
Sponge
(n.) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. |
Sponge
(n.) One who lives upon others |
Sponge
(n.) Any spongelike substance. |
Sponge
(n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. |
Sponge
(n.) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. |
Sponge
(n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. |
Sponge
(n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. |
Sponge
(n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. |
Sponge
(v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge |
Sponge
(v. t.) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing |
Sponge
(v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. |
Sponge
(v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost |
Sponge
(v. i.) To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. |
Sponge
(v. i.) Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on |
Sponge
(v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. |
| sponge bath | you wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub |
soft-shoe
soft-shoe shuffle
soft-shoe dancing | tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles |
shoemaking
shoe repairing
cobbling | the shoemaker's trade |
sponge
poriferan
parazoan | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework, usually occurs in sessile colonies |
| sponge genus | a genus of Porifera |
| glass sponge | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
| baby shoe | a shoe designed to be worn by infants |
| bowling shoe | a special shoe worn when bowling |
brake shoe
shoe skid | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation |
brogan
brogue
clodhopper
work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
| collar shoe collar | the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot |
congress boot
congress shoe
congress gaiter | an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides |
gym shoe
sneaker
tennis shoe | a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole |
horseshoe
shoe | U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof |
jodhpur jodhpur boot
jodhpur shoe | a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side |
| running shoe | a light comfortable shoe designed for running |
| sabot wooden shoe | a shoe carved from a single block of wood |
saddle oxford
saddle shoe | an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color |
| shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material |
| shoe | (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time |
| shoe bomb | an explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe |
shoelace
shoe lace
shoestring
shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
shoe shop
shoe-shop
shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
| sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave) |
| sponge mop | a wet mop with a sponge as the absorbent |
toilet bag
sponge bag | a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling |
| walking shoe | a light comfortable shoe designed for vigorous walking |
radiance
radiancy
shine
effulgence
refulgence
refulgency | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| sponge cake | a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening |
Madeira cake
Madeira sponge | a rich sponge cake with close texture, intended to be eaten with a glass of Madeira wine |
Victoria sandwich
Victoria sponge | a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between |
| shoe industry | an industry that manufactures and sells shoes |
leech
parasite
sponge
sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage |
quick study
sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
Venus' slipper
Venus's slipper
Venus's shoe | any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips |
luffa
dishcloth gourd
sponge gourd
rag gourd
strainer vine | any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits, grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge |
loofah
vegetable sponge
Luffa cylindrica | the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit |
loofa
loofah luffa loufah sponge | the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa, used as a washing sponge or strainer |
China rose Chinese hibiscus
Rose of China
shoeblack plant
shoe black
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deeped flowers |
common morel
Morchella esculenta
sponge mushroom
sponge morel | an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges |
shoestring
shoe string | a small amount of money, he managed it on a shoestring |
| sponge | a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used |
| shoe leather | leather used to make shoes |
shoe polish
blacking | a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear |
| sponge down | wash with a sponge |
| shoe | furnish with shoes, the children were well shoed |
drop out
give up
fall by the wayside
drop by the wayside
throw in
throw in the towel
quit chuck up the sponge | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope, admit defeat, In the second round, the challenger gave up |
polish
smooth smoothen shine | make (a surface) shine, shine the silver, please, polish my shoes |
sponge down
sponge off | clean with a sponge, by rubbing |
| sponge on | apply with a sponge, The painter sponged on his washes |