American (a.) Of or pertaining to America |
American (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States. |
American (n.) A native of America |
Anti-American (a.) Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. |
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross (n.) Church lands. |
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross (a.) Not parallel |
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross (prep.) Athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross (v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
Cross (v. i.) To interbreed, as races |
Cross-armed (a.) With arms crossed. |
Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface. |
Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
Cross-bun (n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday. |
Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses. |
Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. |
Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. |
Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. |
Cross-examiner (n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. |
Cross-eye (n.) See Strabismus. |
Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus |
Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross. |
cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
American Revolution American Revolutionary War War of American Independence American War of Independence | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain, - |
Spanish-American War Spanish War | a war between the United States and Spain in |
hybrid crossbreed cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
flagfish American flagfish Jordanella floridae | a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes, found in swamps and streams of Florida |
American smooth dogfish Mustelus canis | found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas |
robin American robin Turdus migratorius | large American thrush having a rusted breast and abdomen |
American redstart redstart Setophaga ruticilla | flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail |
New World oriole American oriole oriole | American songbird, male is black and orange or yellow |
American crow Corvus brachyrhyncos | common crow of North America |
American magpie Pica pica hudsonia | a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America |
brown creeper American creeper Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
American water ouzel Cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America |
sparrow hawk American kestrel kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
bald eagle American eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
crapaud South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus | large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog |
American toad Bufo americanus | common toad of America |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
American chameleon anole Anolis carolinensis | small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color |
American alligator Alligator mississipiensis | large alligator of the southeastern United States |
wood tick American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis | common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia |
American widgeon baldpate Anas americana | a widgeon the male of which has a white crown |
American merganser Mergus merganser americanus | common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander |
American shrew mole Neurotrichus gibbsii | greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada |
American water shrew Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
American lady crab lady crab calico crab Ovalipes ocellatus | brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
American crayfish | common large crayfishes of eastern North America |
American egret great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
American bittern stake driver Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
American gallinule Porphyrula martinica | American purple gallinule |
American coot marsh hen mud hen water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
American woodcock woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
South American sea lion Otaria Byronia | of the southern coast of South America |
American foxhound | an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually |
American Staffordshire terrier Staffordshire terrier American pit bull terrier pit bull terrier | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
American water spaniel | breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liverolored curly coat |
American black bear black bear Ursus americanus Euarctos americanus | brown to black North American bear, smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear |