edible snail
Helix pomatia | one of the chief edible snails |
edible cockle
Cardium edule | common edible European cockle |
edible mussel
Mytilus edulis | a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks |
edible sea urchin
Echinus esculentus | a sea urchin that can be eaten |
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booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
funny house
loony bin
madhouse
nut house
nuthouse
sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
| crow's nest | platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast |
| nest | a kind of gun emplacement, a machine-gun nest, a nest of snipers |
| nest | furniture pieces made to fit close together |
| nest egg | device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it |
comestible
edible
eatable
pabulum
victual
victuals | any substance that can be used as food |
| edible fat | oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue |
| edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
bean
edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
corn
edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
| edible nut | a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell |
| edible seed | many are used as seasoning |
| nest | a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality, a nest of thieves |
| sleeper nest | a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal, sleeper nests of Islamic terrorists were capable of launching major attacks in Europe |
| nest | a cosy or secluded retreat |
bird's nest
bird nest
birdnest | nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young |
mouse nest
mouse's nest | where mice bear and raise their young |
| nest | a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young |
wasp's nest
wasps' nest
hornet's nest
hornets' nest | habitation for wasps or hornets |
edible banana
Musa paradisiaca sapientum | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit |
asparagus
edible asparagus
Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
edible-pod pea
edible-podded pea
Pisum sativum macrocarpon | a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea |
| bird's-nest fungus | any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores |
climbing bird's nest fern
Microsorium punctatum | tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia |
| bird's nest fern Asplenium nidus | tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches |
savings
nest egg | a fund of money put by as a reserve |
hornet's nest
hornets' nest | a highly contentious or hazardous situation, talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest |
clutter
jumble
muddle
fuddle
mare's nest
welter
smother | a confused multitude of things |
birdnest
bird-nest | gather birdnests, They went birdnesting in the early morning |
| nest | gather nests |
cuddle
snuggle
nestle
nest nuzzle draw close | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position, We cuddled against each other to keep warm, The children snuggled into their sleeping bags |
| nest | fit together or fit inside, nested bowls |
| feather one's nest | enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position, The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business |
| nest | inhabit a nest, usually after building, birds are nesting outside my window every Spring |
edible
comestible
eatable | suitable for use as food |