Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults. |
Beard (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat. |
Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds |
Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes. |
Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle. |
Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster. |
Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies. |
Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant |
Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out. |
Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle. |
Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face. |
Beard (n.) An imposition |
Bearded (imp. & p. p.) of Beard |
Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard |
Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills |
Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills |
Bearded (a.) Having a beard. |
Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. |
Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
Needle (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. |
Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting |
Needle (n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. |
Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
Needle (v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle |
Needle (v. i.) To form needles |
Needle-pointed (a.) Pointed as needles. |
Sea needle () See Garfish (a). |
Spring (v. i.) To leap |
Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring (v. i.) To fly back |
Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring (v. i.) To grow |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring (v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring (v. i.) A leap |
Spring (v. i.) A flying back |
Spring (v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring (v. i.) Any active power |
Spring (v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring (v. i.) A race |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
bearded vulture lammergeier lammergeyer Gypaetus barbatus | the largest Eurasian bird of prey, having black feathers hanging around the bill |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
beard worm pogonophoran | slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering, lives on the deep ocean bottom |
byssus beard | tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface |
bearded seal squareflipper square flipper Erignathus barbatus | medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle, of the Arctic Ocean |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
beard | hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
bellarmine longbeard long-beard greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
darning needle embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
hypodermic needle | a hollow needle |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument |
packing needle | a large needle used to sew up canvas packages |
phonograph needle needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record |
set gun spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
Space Needle | a towerfeet tall in Seattle, a tourist attraction |
spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
upholstery needle | any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
beard face fungus whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
imperial imperial beard | a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III |
vandyke beard vandyke | a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) |
pins and needles | a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation |
needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
green onion spring onion scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
spring water | water from a spring |
spring | a point at which water issues forth |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
beard | a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |