scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea redbird firebird | the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
eastern red-backed salamander Plethodon cinereus | common salamander of eastern North America |
western red-backed salamander Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
red-backed sandpiper dunlin Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
red-backed mouse redback vole | any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
scarlet vermilion orange red c | a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge |
scarlet letter | the letter A in red, Puritans required adulterers to wear it |
scarlet runner scarlet runner bean runner bean English runner bean | long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths, a favorite in Britain |
scarlet clematis Clematis texensis | woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers |
scarlet lychnis maltese cross Lychins chalcedonica | Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads |
scarlet musk flower Nyctaginia capitata | viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers |
scarlet pimpernel red pimpernel poor man's weatherglass Anagallis arvensis | herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather |
scarlet oak Quercus coccinea | medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn |
scarlet fritillary Fritillaria recurva | western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers |
scarlet runner running postman Kennedia prostrata | hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers |
scarlet runner scarlet runner bean Dutch case-knife bean runner bean Phaseolus coccineus Phaseolus multiflorus | tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial, a preferred food bean in Great Britain |
scarlet wisteria tree vegetable hummingbird Sesbania grandiflora | a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers, tropical Australia and Asia, naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies |
scarlet haw Crataegus biltmoreana | common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orangeed berries |
Virginia strawberry scarlet strawberry Fragaria virginiana | North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit, a source of many cultivated strawberries |
scarlet bush scarlet hamelia coloradillo Hamelia patens Hamelia erecta | handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers, Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil |
red maple scarlet maple swamp maple Acer rubrum | maple of eastern and central America, five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn |
smooth sumac scarlet sumac vinegar tree Rhus glabra | common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries |
scarlet bugler Penstemon centranthifolius | plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems, coastal ranges from central California southward |
scarlet plume Euphorbia fulgens | Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers |
Sarcoscypha coccinea scarlet cup | a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring, the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior |
mortgage-backed security | a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public, investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments, usually guaranteed by the government |
scarlet fever scarlatina | an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash |
backed | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
high-backed | having a high back, a high-backed sofa |
low-backed | having a low back |
razorback razor-backed | having a sharp narrow back, a razor-backed horse, razorback hogs |
spiny-backed | having the back covered with spines |
stiff-backed | having a stiff back, the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling |
straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
c red reddish ruddy blood-red carmine cerise cherry cherry-red crimson ruby ruby-red scarlet c | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange), resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies |
scarlet-crimson | of crimson tinged with scarlet |
scarlet-pink | of pink tinged with scarlet |
red-coated lobster-backed | used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats |
broken-backed hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
hunched round-backed round-shouldered stooped stooping crooked | having the back and shoulders rounded, not erect, a little oldish misshapen stooping woman |
backed | used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
erectly straight-backed | in a straight-backed manner, the old man still walks erectly |