close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
straight and narrow strait and narrow | the way of proper and honest behavior, he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
western narrow-mouthed toad Gastrophryne olivacea | small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America |
eastern narrow-mouthed toad Gastrophryne carolinensis | small toad of southeastern United States |
hadrosaur hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus duckbill duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
razorbill razor-billed auk Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
canal boat narrow boat narrowboat | a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals |
narrowbody aircraft narrow-body aircraft narrow-body | a commercial airliner with a single aisle |
narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches |
narrow wale | corduroy with narrow ribs |
narrow margin narrowness slimness | a small margin, the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory, the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just % of the popular vote |
narrow-mindedness narrowness | an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior |
narrow | a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water |
narrow-leaved flame flower Talinum augustissimum | similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers, southwestern United States |
narrow-leaved white-topped aster | a variety of white-topped aster |
narrow goldenrod Solidago spathulata | western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers |
lesser bullrush narrow-leaf cattail narrow-leaved reedmace soft flag Typha angustifolia | reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia |
Queensland bottletree narrow-leaved bottletree Brachychiton rupestris Sterculia rupestris | large tree of Queensland having creamolored flowers blotched with red inside, sometimes placed in genus Sterculia |
flat pea narrow-leaved everlasting pea Lathyrus sylvestris | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink, sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure |
English plantain narrow-leaved plantain ribgrass ribwort ripple-grass buckthorn Plantago lanceolata | an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
narrow-leaved water plantain | a variety of water plantain |
narrow-leaf penstemon Penstemon linarioides | plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters, Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona |
Central American strap fern narrow-leaved strap fern Campyloneurum augustifolium | fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina |
silvery spleenwort glade fern narrow-leaved spleenwort Athyrium pycnocarpon Diplazium pycnocarpon | North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks |
long beech fern narrow beech fern northern beech fern Phegopteris connectilis Dryopteris phegopteris Thelypteris phegopteris | beech fern of North America and Eurasia |
constrict constringe narrow | become tight or as if tight, Her throat constricted |
narrow contract | make or become more narrow or restricted, The selection was narrowed, The road narrowed |
specialize specialise narrow narrow down | become more focus on an area of activity or field of study, She specializes in Near Eastern history |
pin down peg down nail down narrow down narrow specify | define clearly, I cannot narrow down the rules for this game |
billed | having a beak or bill as specified, a thick-billed bird, a long-billed cap |
duckbill duck-billed | having a beak resembling that of a duck, a duck-billed dinosaur |
short-beaked short-billed | having a short beak |
stout-billed | having a strong beak |
straight-billed | having a straight beak |
thick-billed | having a thick beak |
narrow-minded narrow | lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view, a brilliant but narrow-minded judge, narrow opinions |
minute narrow | characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination, a minute inspection of the grounds, a narrow scrutiny, an exact and minute report |
narrow-bodied | having a relatively narrow body |
narrow | limited in size or scope, the narrow sense of a word |
narrow-minded | rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines |
shockable narrow-minded | capable of being shocked |
narrow | not wide, a narrow bridge, a narrow line across the page |