scrub scrubbing scouring | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
scrubbird scrub-bird scrub bird | small fastunning Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub |
robin American robin Turdus migratorius | large American thrush having a rusted breast and abdomen |
clayolored robin Turdus greyi | robin of Mexico and Central America |
robin redbreast robin redbreast Old World robin Erithacus rubecola | small Old World songbird with a reddish breast |
parula warbler northern parula Parula americana | small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast, of eastern North America |
northern oriole Icterus galbula | a kind of New World oriole |
northern shrike Lanius borealis | a butcherbird of northern North America |
marsh hawk northern harrier hen harrier Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
northern cricket frog Acris crepitans | a cricket frog of eastern and central United States |
lowland burrowing treefrog northern casque-headed frog Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus | a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
northern phalarope Lobipes lobatus | breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds, large flocks often seen far out at sea |
stormy petrel northern storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus | sooty black petrel with white markings, of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
northern bog lemming Synaptomys borealis | of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska |
northern pocket gopher Thomomys talpoides | greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States |
northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus | large flying squirrel, chiefly of Canada |
woolly mammoth northern mammoth Mammuthus primigenius | very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere |
northern snakehead | a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China, can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days, a threat to American populations of fish |
Australian bonytongue northern barramundi Scleropages jardinii | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
northern pike Esox lucius | voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere |
scup northern porgy northern scup Stenotomus chrysops | found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine, esteemed as a panfish |
northern whiting Menticirrhus saxatilis | whiting of the east coast of United States, closely resembles king whiting |
sea robin searobin | American gurnard, mostly found in bays and estuaries |
northern sea robin Prionotus carolinus | large searobin, found from Nova Scotia to Florida |
armored searobin armored sea robin Peristedion miniatum | sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin, found mostly on the continental slope |
flying gurnard flying robin butterflyfish | tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding, unrelated to searobins |
scrub brush scrubbing brush scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
scrub plane | a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock |
round robin | a letter signed by a number of people |
Northern | a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans |
round robin | a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant |
Northern Spy | large lateipening apple with skin striped with yellow and red |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster | flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws, caught from Maine to the Carolinas |
American Baptist Convention Northern Baptist Convention | an association of Northern Baptists |
scrub chaparral bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
Northern Alliance United Front | a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban |
northern hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator |
northern Europe | the northernmost countries of Europe |
Northern Territory | a territory in north central Australia |
Northern Marianas Northern Mariana Islands | a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam |
United Kingdom UK U.K. Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles, divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland, `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
Northern Ireland | a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland |
Belfast capital of Northern Ireland | capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland |
Zambia Republic of Zambia Northern Rhodesia | a republic in central Africa, formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in |
Northern Cross | a cluster of bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus |
Puck Robin Goodfellow | a mischievous sprite of English folklore |
Northern Baptist | a member of the American Baptist Convention |