tall order large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
tall | a garment size for a tall person |
old wives' tale | a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth |
news article news story newspaper article | an article reporting news |
lead lead story | a news story of major importance |
story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events, he writes stories for the magazines |
adventure story heroic tale | a story of an adventure |
mystery mystery story whodunit | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
detective story | a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution |
love story romance | a story dealing with love |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
fib story tale tarradiddle taradiddle | a trivial lie, he told a fib about eating his spinach, how can I stop my child from telling stories? |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
dirty joke dirty story blue joke blue story | an indelicate joke |
funny story good story funny remark funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |
shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness |
narrative narration story tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events, presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program, his narrative was interesting, Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children |
Canterbury Tales | an uncompleted series of tales written after by Geoffrey Chaucer |
tall tale | an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story |
folktale folk tale | a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk |
sob story sob stuff | a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress, designed to arouse sympathy |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story | a story about fairies, told to amuse children |
meadow buttercup tall buttercup tall crowfoot tall field buttercup Ranunculus acris | perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America |
giant sunflower tall sunflower Indian potato Helianthus giganteus | very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots |
tall goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
tall bellflower Campanula americana | annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers |
tallgrass tall-grass | any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture |
tall oat grass tall meadow grass evergreen grass false oat French rye Arrhenatherum elatius | coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat, found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows, introduced in North America for forage |
tall mallow high mallow cheese cheeseflower Malva sylvestris | erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers, introduced in United States |
high-bush blueberry tall bilberry swamp blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum | high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom, source of most cultivated blueberries |
Canada violet tall white violet white violet Viola canadensis | tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks |
tall yellow-eye Xyris operculata | of Australia |
tall gallberry holly | an evergreen shrub |
tall cupflower Nierembergia frutescens | shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental |
tall oil | an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants |
improbable marvelous marvellous tall(a) | too improbable to admit of belief, a tall story |
tall(a) | impressively difficult, a tall order |
grandiloquent magniloquent tall | lofty in style, he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying |
tall | great in vertical dimension, high in stature, tall people, tall buildings, tall trees, tall ships |
leggy tall-growing | (of plants) having tall spindly stems |
long-stalked tall-stalked | of plants having relatively long stalks |