grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
interception | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
interception | the act of intercepting, preventing something from proceeding or arriving, he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters, he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible |
ground-shaker seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake Potamophis striatula Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
ground beetle carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
ground squirrel gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail Richardson ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
ground sloth megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
controlled substance | a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |
ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
groundsheet ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas |
grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
hyaloplasm ground substance | the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell |
matrix intercellular substance ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
ground | a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused |
background ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground, he posed her against a background of rolling hills |
ground bass | a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated |
ground rule | (baseball) a special rule (as in baseball) dealing with situations that arise due to the nature of the playing grounds |
ground loop | a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground |
ground fire | a forest fire that burns the humus, may not appear on the surface |
ground floor | becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage), he got in on the ground floor |
ground swell heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
ground swell | an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression, there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment |
background noise ground noise | extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal |
ground beef hamburger | beef that has been ground |
army regular army ground forces | a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state |
ground crew ground-service crew | the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground |