Braxton-Hicks contraction false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
false pretense false pretence | (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation |
perjury bearing false witness lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
false imprisonment | (law) confinement without legal authority |
false verdict | a manifestly unjust verdict, not true to the evidence |
false gavial Tomistoma schlegeli | crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial |
false scorpion pseudoscorpion | small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion |
false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene, much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon |
false vampire false vampire bat | any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) |
false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
false teeth | a removable denture |
hairpiece false hair postiche | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
false vocal cord false vocal fold superior vocal cord ventricular fold vestibular fold | either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization |
rima vestibuli rima respiratoria false glottis glottis spuria | the opening between the false vocal folds |
fallacy false belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
alias assumed name false name | a name that has been assumed temporarily |
false return | an incorrect income tax return |
false alarm | a warning that is given about something that fails to occur |
perjurer false witness | a person who deliberately gives false testimony |
false sago fern palm Cycas circinalis | southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage |
epicalyx false calyx calycle calyculus | a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus |
false rue anemone false rue Isopyrum biternatum | slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers, resembles meadow rue |
false bugbane Trautvetteria carolinensis | tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers |
wild sarsaparilla false sarsaparilla wild sarsparilla Aralia nudicaulis | common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla, central and eastern North America |
Camelina genus Camelina false flax | annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia |
false chamomile | any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters, wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas |
safflower false saffron Carthamus tinctorius | thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil |
burweed marsh elder false ragweed Iva xanthifolia | tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis, produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever |
sweet false chamomile wild chamomile German chamomile Matricaria recutita Matricaria chamomilla | annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior |
scentless camomile scentless false camomile scentless mayweed scentless hayweed corn mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Matricaria inodorum | ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America, sometimes included in genus Matricaria |
chaffweed bastard pimpernel false pimpernel | weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves |
tall oat grass tall meadow grass evergreen grass false oat French rye Arrhenatherum elatius | coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat, found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows, introduced in North America for forage |
false mallow | an American plant of the genus Malvastrum |
globe mallow false mallow | genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits |
prairie mallow red false mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Malvastrum coccineum | false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers, sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum |
false azalea fool's huckleberry Menziesia ferruginea | straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers |
false wintergreen Pyrola americana Pyrola rotundifolia americana | evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers |
pinesap false beachdrops Monotropa hypopithys | fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America, in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys |
false heather golden heather Hudsonia ericoides | North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers |
false tamarisk German tamarisk Myricaria germanica | Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk |
false nettle bog hemp | any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs |
crow garlic false garlic field garlic stag's garlic wild garlic Allium vineale | pungent Old World wild onion |
false asphodel | a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers |
hellebore false hellebore | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes |
false lily of the valley Maianthemum canadense | small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers |
false lily of the valley Maianthemum bifolium | small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan |
false indigo bastard indigo Amorpha californica | an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers |
false indigo bastard indigo Amorpha fruticosa | dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers |
wild indigo false indigo | any of several plants of the genus Baptisia |