Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined |
Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. |
Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons |
Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. |
Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. |
Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. |
Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. |
Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. |
Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. |
Band (v. t.) A belt or strap. |
Band (v. t.) A bond |
Band (v. t.) Pledge |
Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To mark with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. |
Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose |
Band (v. t.) To bandy |
Band () imp. of Bind. |
Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy |
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest |
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail. |
Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail. |
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow |
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing |
Tailed (a.) Having a tail |
Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
white-tailed jackrabbit whitetail jackrabbit Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
black-tailed deer blacktail deer blacktail Odocoileus hemionus columbianus | mule deer of western Rocky Mountains |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
armlet arm band | a band worn around the arm for decoration |
band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
band banding stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material |
band | a restraint put around something to hold it together |
band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
band | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration |
band | a driving belt in machinery |
Band Aid | trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
bandsaw band saw | an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar |
four-tailed bandage | a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends, the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head |
ring band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
rubber band elastic band elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
swallow-tailed coat swallowtail morning coat | a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back |
wedding ring wedding band | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding |
weed mourning band | a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning |
wristlet wrist band | a band or bracelet worn around the wrist |
band banding stria striation | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color, chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands, the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
isthmus band | a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure |
vocal cord vocal fold vocal band plica vocalis | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx |
band | a range of frequencies between two limits |