tall order large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
lowland burrowing treefrog northern casque-headed frog Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
bone-headed dinosaur | bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns |
black-headed snake | small secretive ground-living snake, found from central United States to Argentina |
rubber boa tow-headed snake Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America, looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape |
acanthocephalan spiny-headed worm | any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines |
white-headed stilt Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
large poodle | the largest breed of poodle |
large civet Viverra zibetha | common civet of India and southeast Asia |
large white Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
gaffsail gaff-headed sail | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff |
extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
large | a garment size for a large person |
large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum, includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum, extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
Bernoulli's law law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization, he works for a large cap |
Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
large person | a person of greater than average size |
southern magnolia evergreen magnolia large-flowering magnolia bull bay Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
large-leaved magnolia large-leaved cucumber tree great-leaved macrophylla Magnolia macrophylla | large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base |
large periwinkle Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
large-leaved aster Aster macrophyllus | tufted perennial wood aster of North America, naturalized in Europe |
large yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
large crabgrass hairy finger grass Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
American cranberry large cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon | trailing red-fruited plant |
round-headed leek Allium sphaerocephalum | Old World leek with a spherical bulb |
Canadian aspen bigtooth aspen bigtoothed aspen big-toothed aspen large-toothed aspen large tooth aspen Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
large-flowered fiddleneck Amsinckia grandiflora | annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes, a threatened species |
large-flowered calamint Calamintha grandiflora Clinopodium grandiflorum Satureja grandiflora | aromatic herb with large pink flowers, southern and southeastern Europe, Anatolia, northern Iran |
large white petunia Petunia axillaris | annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers |
Calorie kilogram calorie kilocalorie large calorie nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure, used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten |
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
battalion large number multitude plurality pack | a large indefinite number, a battalion of ants, a multitude of TV antennas, a plurality of religions |
brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |
big(p) enceinte expectant gravid great(p) large(p) heavy(p) with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
bald bald-headed bald-pated | lacking hair on all or most of the scalp, a bald pate, a bald-headed gentleman |
shock-headed | having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair, shock-headed teenagers |
broad-headed roundheaded short-headed | having a brachycephalic head |
bullet-headed | having a small round head |
long-headed | having a dolichocephalic head |
broad large-minded liberal tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness, a broad political stance, generous and broad sympathies, a liberal newspaper, tolerant of his opponent's opinions |
addled befuddled muddled muzzy woolly wooly woolly-headed wooly-minded | confused and vague, used especially of thinking, muddleheaded ideas, your addled little brain, woolly thinking, woolly-headed ideas |
a blockheaded boneheaded duncical duncish fatheaded loggerheaded thick thickheaded thick-skulled wooden-headed | (used informally) stupid |
large | having broad power and range and scope, taking the large view, a large effect, a large sympathy |
big large prominent | conspicuous in position or importance, a big figure in the movement, big man on campus, he's very large in financial circles, a prominent citizen |
mop-headed | (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader, mop-headed cabbage palms |
at large(p) escaped loose on the loose(p) | having escaped, especially from confinement, a convict still at large, searching for two escaped prisoners, dogs loose on the streets, criminals on the loose in the neighborhood |
big large magnanimous | generous and understanding and tolerant, a heart big enough to hold no grudges, that's very big of you to be so forgiving, a large and generous spirit, a large heart, magnanimous toward his enemies |