| Christmas stocking | a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents |
| Christmas tree | an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
present
present tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking |
| historical present | the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states |
| present participle | a participle expressing present action, in English is formed by adding -ing |
| Christmas card | a card expressing a Christmas greeting |
carol
Christmas carol | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ |
plum pudding
Christmas pudding | a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake |
| Christmas cake | a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas |
Santa Claus
Santa
Kriss Kringle
Father Christmas
Saint Nicholas Saint Nick
St. Nick | the legendary patron saint of children, an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas |
amabilis fir
white fir Pacific silver fir
red silver fir
Christmas tree Abies amabilis | medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers, leaves smell of orange when crushed |
European silver fir
Christmas tree Abies alba | tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark |
Christmas rose
winter rose
black hellebore Helleborus niger | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers |
Christmas cactus
Schlumbergera buckleyi
Schlumbergera baridgesii | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter |
Christmas begonia
blooming-fool begonia
Begonia cheimantha | hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers |
| Christmas bells | any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers |
toyon
tollon
Christmasberry Christmas berry Heteromeles arbutifolia
Photinia arbutifolia | ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits, often placed in genus Photinia |
flame tree fire tree
Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda | a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers, parasitic on roots of grasses |
American holly
Christmas holly | an evergreen tree |
Christmas bush
Christmas tree Ceratopetalum gummiferum | Australian tree or shrub with red flowers, often used in Christmas decoration |
| Christmasberry Christmas berry Lycium carolinianum | spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries |
poinsettia
Christmas star
Christmas flower
lobster plant
Mexican flameleaf
painted leaf Euphorbia pulcherrima | tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers |
Christmas fern
canker brake
dagger fern
evergreen wood fern Polystichum acrostichoides | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds |
| ground pine Christmas green | any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches |
| present | something presented as a gift, his tie was a present from his wife |
birthday present
birthday gift | a present given in celebration of a person's birthday |
Christmas present
Christmas gift | a present given at Christmas time |
wedding present
wedding gift | a present given to someone getting married |
| Christmas box | a present given at Christmas for services during the year |
present progressive
present progressive tense | a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance |
present perfect
present perfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present, `I have finished' is an example of the present perfect |
hemophilia B
haemophilia B
Christmas disease | a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX |
| clear and present danger | a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged, no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety |
Christmas factor
factor IX | coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B |
present
nowadays | the period of time that is happening now, any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech, that is enough for the present, he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow |
here and now
present moment
moment | at this time, the disappointments of the here and now, she is studying at the moment |
modern times
present times
modern world
contemporary world | the circumstances and ideas of the present age, in modern times like these |
Christmas
Christmas Day
Xmas
Dec | a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ, a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland |
Christmas Eve
Dec | the day before Christmas |
Christmas Christmastide
Christmastime
Yule
Yuletide
Noel | period extending from Dec. to Jan. |
present
represent b lay out | bring forward and present to the mind, We presented the arguments to him, We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason |
| salute present | recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation, assume a prescribed position, When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute |
introduce
present acquaint | cause to come to know personally, permit me to acquaint you with my son, introduce the new neighbors to the community |
| present | formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. |
deliver
present | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea), The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students |
| confront face present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize, We confronted him with the evidence, He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions, An enormous dilemma faces us |
| portray present | represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture, The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting |
stage
present
represent b | perform (a play), especially on a stage, we are going to stage `Othello' |
show demo
exhibit
present
demonstrate | give an exhibition of to an interested audience, She shows her dogs frequently, We will demo the new software in Washington |
give gift
present | give as a present, make a gift of, What will you give her for her birthday? |