Burying ground
() Alt. of Burying place |
Ground
(imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground
(n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground
(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground
(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground
(n.) Land |
Ground
(n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground
(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground
(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground
(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground
(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground
(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground
(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground
(n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground
(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground
(n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground
(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground
(v. t.) To found |
Ground
(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground
(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground
(v. i.) To run aground |
Ground
() imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Middle-ground
(n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Roller
(n.) One who, or that which, rolls |
Roller
(n.) A bandage |
Roller
(n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. |
Roller
(n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder |
Roller
(n.) A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them. |
Roller
(n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up |
Roller
(n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc. |
Roller
(n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves |
Roller
(n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight. |
Roller
(n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae. |
Scaly
(a.) Covered or abounding with scales |
Scaly
(a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. |
Scaly
(a.) Mean |
Scaly
(a.) Composed of scales lying over each other |
Scaly-winged
(a.) Scale-winged. |
Winter-ground
(v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
| roller skating | skating on wheels |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
ground-shaker
seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake
Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula
Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler
massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
roller tumbler
tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
| roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight, related to kingfishers |
European roller
Coracias garrulus | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
ground beetle
carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
leaf roller
leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
ground squirrel
gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel
Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail
Richardson ground squirrel
Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel
parka squirrel
Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk
hackee
striped squirrel
ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou
Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
ground sloth
megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
pangolin
scaly anteater
anteater | toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites |
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor
ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
ball bearing
needle bearing
roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
curler
hair curler
roller crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it, a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
flat coat
ground
primer priming primer coat
priming coat
undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| garden roller | heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns |
| ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
| ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
| ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |
| ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
| ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
| ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
groundsheet
ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
hovercraft
ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
land mine
ground-emplaced mine
booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
| paint roller | a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint |
| proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas |
rock bit
roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
| roller | a cylinder that revolves |
| roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) |
| roller bandage | bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application |
| roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
roller coaster
big dipper
chute-thehute | elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) |
| roller skate | a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole |
| roller towel | a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller |