Bottle green
() A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
Brunswick green
() An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment |
Chlorite
(n.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. |
Chlorite
(n.) Any salt of chlorous acid |
Cologne earth
() An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter |
Earth
(n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit |
Earth
(n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water |
Earth
(n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock |
Earth
(n.) A part of this globe |
Earth
(n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things |
Earth
(n.) The people on the globe. |
Earth
(n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria. |
Earth
(n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta. |
Earth
(n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself |
Earth
(v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth |
Earth
(v. t.) To cover with earth or mold |
Earth
(v. i.) To burrow. |
Earth
(n.) A plowing. |
Earth flax
() A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. |
Earth shine
() See Earth light, under Earth. |
Earth-tongue
(n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. |
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 |
Lincoln green
() A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England |
Middle-earth
(n.) The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. |
Mitter's green
() A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. |
Oyster-green
(n.) A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc. |
Salt-green
(a.) Sea-green in color. |
Scheele's green
() See under Green. |
Sea green
() The green color of sea water. |
| scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
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 |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae
chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
green-tailed towhee
Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
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 |
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 |
| green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
green peafowl
Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
green woodpecker
Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
greenwing
green-winged teal
Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
| green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
lapwing
green plover
peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
green June beetle
figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple aphid
green apple aphid
Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
| green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing
chrysopid
stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
green monkey
African green monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
farmer's market
green market
greenmarket | an open-air marketplace for farm products |
| ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
K
jet super acid
special K
honey oil
green
cat valium
super C | street names for ketamine |
pot grass
green goddess
dope
weed
gage sess
sens
smoke skunk
locoweed
Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
soft soap
green soap | a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils, used in certain skin diseases |
green
greenness
viridity | green color or pigment, resembling the color of growing grass |
| sea green | the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea |
| sage green | the color of sage leaves |
| bottle green | dark to moderate or greyish green |
| chrome green | a brilliant green color |
olive green
olive-green | a color that is lighter and greener than olive |
yellow green
yellowish green
chartreuse
Paris green
pea green | a shade of green tinged with yellow |
bluish green
blue green
teal | a blue-green color or pigment, they painted it a light shade of bluish green |
jade green
jade | a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green |
green thumb
green fingers | a special ability to make plants grow |
worldly concern
earthly concern
world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
| earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
| green light | permission to proceed with a project or to take action, the gave the green light for construction to begin |
green light
go-ahead | a signal to proceed |
| green card | a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States, he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green |
| green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion |
| green revolution | the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the s and s which greatly increased agricultural productivity |
tremor
earth tremor
microseism | a small earthquake |
jealousy
green-eyed monster | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) |