New World flycatcher flycatcher tyrant flycatcher tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
vermillion flycatcher firebird Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus | tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona, adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage |
scissortail scissortailed flycatcher Muscivora-forficata | grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings |
Old World flycatcher true flycatcher flycatcher | any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
eastern red-backed salamander Plethodon cinereus | common salamander of eastern North America |
western red-backed salamander Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
red-backed sandpiper dunlin Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
red-backed mouse redback vole | any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
violet reddish blue | a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum |
shy person shrinking violet | someone who shrinks from familiarity with others |
damask violet Dame's violet sweet rocket Hesperis matronalis | long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening, naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America |
water violet Hottonia palustris | featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers |
Persian violet Exacum affine | perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers |
marsh gentian calathian violet Gentiana pneumonanthe | perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths |
Violaceae family Violaceae violet family | a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus |
violet | any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers |
American dog violet Viola conspersa | violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers |
sweet white violet white violet woodland white violet Viola blanda | short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers |
Canada violet tall white violet white violet Viola canadensis | tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks |
dog violet heath violet Viola canina | Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet |
horned violet tufted pansy Viola cornuta | European viola with an unusually long corolla spur |
two-eyed violet heartsease Viola ocellata | violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet |
sweet violet garden violet English violet Viola odorata | European violet typically having purple to white flowers, widely naturalized |
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 |
downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins |
long-spurred violet Viola rostrata | violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur |
pale violet striped violet cream violet Viola striata | leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple |
hedge violet wood violet Viola sylvatica Viola reichenbachiana | common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows |
dogtooth violet dogtooth dog's-tooth violet | perennial woodland spring-flowering plant, widely cultivated |
white dogtooth violet white dog's-tooth violet blonde lilian Erythronium albidum | North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors |
violet wood sorrel Oxalis violacea | perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers |
violet suksdorfia Suksdorfia violaceae | slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers, British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana |
African violet Saintpaulia ionantha | tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers |
bush violet browallia | any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers |
violet-flowered petunia Petunia integrifolia | herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to roseed flowers |
mortgage-backed security | a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public, investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments, usually guaranteed by the government |
gentian violet crystal violet | a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment |
backed | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
high-backed | having a high back, a high-backed sofa |
low-backed | having a low back |
razorback razor-backed | having a sharp narrow back, a razor-backed horse, razorback hogs |
spiny-backed | having the back covered with spines |
stiff-backed | having a stiff back, the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling |
straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
blue-violet bluish-violet | of violet tinted with blue |
lilac-blue violet-blue | of blue tinged with lavender |
lilac-pink lavender-pink violet-pink | of pink tinged with lavender |