kick
boot
kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot, he gave the ball a powerful kick, the team's kicking was excellent |
| goal-kick | (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line |
| goal-kick | (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal |
punt
punting | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground, the punt traveledyards, punting is an important part of the game |
place kick
place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
| corner kick | a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line |
| football score | the score in a football game |
| kick kicking | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics, the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements, the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him |
| kick up | raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground, a first movement in doing a handstand |
| kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
football
football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
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 |
| professional football | football played for pay |
| touch football | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
rugby
rugby football
rugger | a form of football played with an oval ball |
soccer
association football | a football game in which two teams of players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
| football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team |
| swimming kick | a movement of the legs in swimming |
| flutter kick | a swimming kick, the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees |
| frog kick | a swimming kick, knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended |
| dolphin kick | a swimming kick, an up and down kick of the feet together |
| scissors kick | a kick used in the sidestroke, legs are brought together in a scissoring motion |
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 |
| kick in the butt | punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind |
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 |
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 |