Algae (pl. ) of Alga |
Bacteria (n.p.) See Bacterium. |
Bacteria (pl. ) of Bacterium |
Blue (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker |
Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame |
Blue (superl.) Low in spirits |
Blue (superl.) Suited to produce low spirits |
Blue (superl.) Severe or over strict in morals |
Blue (superl.) Literary |
Blue (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism |
Blue (n.) A pedantic woman |
Blue (pl.) Low spirits |
Blue (v. t.) To make blue |
Blue bonnet (n.) Alt. of Blue-bonnet |
Blue-bonnet (n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap |
Blue-bonnet (n.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle. |
Blue-bonnet (n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus) |
Blue book () A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. |
Blue book () The United States official "Biennial Register." |
Blue-eye (n.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia. |
Blue-eyed (a.) Having blue eyes. |
Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color. |
Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils |
Blue jay () The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue. |
Blue-john (n.) A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes. |
Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks. |
Bottle green () A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
Brunswick green () An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment |
Grass-green (a.) Green with grass. |
Grass-green (a.) Of the color of grass |
Green (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing |
Green (superl.) Having a sickly color |
Green (superl.) Full of life aud vigor |
Green (superl.) Not ripe |
Green (superl.) Not roasted |
Green (superl.) Immature in age or experience |
Green (superl.) Not seasoned |
Green (n.) The color of growing plants |
Green (n.) A grassy plain or plat |
Green (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants |
Green (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. |
Green (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color. |
Green (v. t.) To make green. |
Green (v. i.) To become or grow green. |
Green-broom (n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria) |
Green-eyed (a.) Having green eyes. |
Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. |
Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi) |
Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale. |
Kendal green () Alt. of Kendal |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
bacteria bacterium | (microbiology) singleelled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission, important as pathogens and for biochemical properties, taxonomy is difficult, often considered to be plants |
bacteria order | an order of bacteria |
bacteria family | a family of bacteria |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
bacteria species | a species of bacteria |
eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria | a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls, motile types have flagella |
cyanobacteria blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
phototrophic bacteria phototropic bacteria | green and purple bacteria, energy for growth is derived from sunlight, carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon |
purple bacteria | free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll |
ring rot bacteria Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
nitric bacteria nitrobacteria | soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates |
nitrosobacteria nitrous bacteria | soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites |
thiobacteria sulphur bacteria sulfur bacteria | any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus |
enteric bacteria enterobacteria enterics entric | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria, most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals |
endospore-forming bacteria | a group of true bacteria |
potato scab bacteria Streptomyces scabies | cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue |
penicillinesistant bacteria | bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin |
pus-forming bacteria | bacteria that produce pus |
myxobacteria myxobacterium myxobacter gliding bacteria slime bacteria | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime, inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste |
planktonic algae | unicellular algae |
alga algae | primitive chlorophyllontaining mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
confervoid algae | algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments |
brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
fucoid fucoid algae | any of various algae of the family Fucaceae |
green algae chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
red algae | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment, source of agar and carrageenan |
bonito shark blue pointed Isurus glaucus | common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific, sport and food fish |
blue shark great blue shark Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
blue jay jaybird Cyanocitta cristata | common jay of eastern North America, bright blue with grey breast |
blue mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens | mockingbird of Mexico |
blue tit tomtit Parus caeruleus | widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head |
blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
Cooper's hawk blue darter Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
Eurasian green toad Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
western fence lizard swift blue-belly Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
green lizard Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
blue racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris | bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas |
green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
blue peafowl Pavo cristatus | peafowl of India and Ceylon |