Bear's-foot
(n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
Bird's-foot
(n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. |
Cat's-foot
(n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip |
Crow's-feet
(pl. ) of Crow's-foot |
Crow's-foot
(n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. |
Crow's-foot
(n.) A caltrop. |
Crow's-foot
(n.) Same as Bird's-mouth. |
Dove's-foot
(n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot
(n.) The columbine. |
Duck's-foot
(n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
Feet
(n. pl.) See Foot. |
Feet
(n.) Fact |
Flat foot
() A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Fleet-foot
(a.) Swift of foot. |
Feet
(pl. ) of Foot |
Foot
(n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal |
Foot
(n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. |
Foot
(n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal |
Foot
(n.) The lowest part or base |
Foot
(n.) Fundamental principle |
Foot
(n.) Recognized condition |
Foot
(n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches |
Foot
(n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot |
Foot
(n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. |
Foot
(n.) The lower edge of a sail. |
Foot
(v. i.) To tread to measure or music |
Foot
(v. i.) To walk |
Foot
(v. t.) To kick with the foot |
Foot
(v. t.) To set on foot |
Foot
(v. t.) To tread |
Foot
(v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column |
Foot
(v. t.) The size or strike with the talon. |
Foot
(v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking. |
Foot Guards
(pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
Foot pound
() A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot. |
Foot poundal
() A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. |
Foot-sore
(a.) Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking |
Hare's-foot fern
() A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock |
Hen's-foot
(n.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides). |
Light-foot
(a.) Alt. of Light-footed |
Lion's foot
() A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. |
Lion's foot
() The edelweiss. |
Perspiring
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perspire |
Polt-foot
(a.) Alt. of Polt-footed |
, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed
to show, in reading, the metrical structure of |
Sheep's-foot
(n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer. |
Single-foot
(n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Tiger-foot
(n.) Same as Tiger's-foot. |
Tiger's-foot
(n.) A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion. |
Two-foot
(a.) Measuring two feet |
| foot | travel by walking, he followed on foot, the swiftest of foot |
rack
single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
animal foot
foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
| fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles |
cloven foot
cloven hoof | a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) |
| bird's foot | the foot of a bird |
| zygodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward |
| heterodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward |
| webbed foot | a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
| lobate foot | a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides |
| horse's foot | the hoof of a horse |
leaf-footed bug
leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
foot
invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
| tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
| foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity, one foot of the chair was on the carpet |
| foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
| foot rule | a ruler one foot long |
foundation
base fundament
foot
groundwork
substructure
understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
pedal
treadle
foot pedal
foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
vertebrate foot
pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
foot human foot
pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint, his bare feet projected from his trousers, armored from head to foot |
cloven hoof
cloven foot | the mark of Satan |
metrical foot
foot
metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
footrace
foot race
run | a race run on foot, she broke the record for the half-mile run |
| cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action, I was going to tell him but I got cold feet |
| calf's-foot jelly | a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet |
| calves' feet | feet of calves used as food, usually jellied |
pigs' feet
pigs' knuckles | feet or knuckles of hogs used as food, pickled or stewed or jellied |
infantry
foot | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot, there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot |
pedestrian traffic
foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
| foot | the lower part of anything, curled up on the foot of the bed, the foot of the page, the foot of the list, the foot of the mountain |
wanderlust
itchy feet | very strong or irresistible impulse to travel |
chiropodist
foot doctor
podiatrist | a specialist in care for the feet |
| foot | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger |
infantryman
marcher
foot soldier
footslogger | fights on foot with small arms |
subordinate
subsidiary
underling
foot soldier | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
stinking hellebore
bear's foot
setterwort
Helleborus foetidus | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally |
cat's foot
cat's feet
pussytoes
Antennaria dioica | low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers |
| elephant's-foot | any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers, America |
lion's foot
gall of the earth
Nabalus serpentarius
Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
elephant's-foot tortoise plant
Hottentot bread vine
Hottentot's bread vine
Dioscorea elephantipes | South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
red beech brown oak
booyong
crow's foot
stave wood
silky elm
Heritiera trifoliolata
Terrietia trifoliolata | large tree of Australasia |
kangaroo paw
kangaroo's paw
kangaroo's-foot
kangaroo-foot plant
Australian sword lily
Anigozanthus manglesii | sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs, Australia |
bird's-foot violet
pansy violet
Johnny-jump-up wood violet Viola pedata | common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies |
prairie bird's-foot trefoil
compass plant prairie lotus
prairie trefoil
Lotus americanus | North American annual with red or roseolored flowers |
bird's foot trefoil bird's foot clover
babies' slippers
bacon and eggs
Lotus corniculatus | European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America |
| bird's foot trefoil Trigonella ornithopodioides | Old World herb related to fenugreek |
broad-leaved plantain common plantain
white-man's foot
whiteman's foot
cart-track plant
Plantago major | common European perennial naturalized worldwide, a troublesome weed |
dove's foot geranium
Geranium molle | western geranium with small pink flowers, a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots |
goatsfoot
goat's foot
Oxalis caprina | short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers |