Adam's apple () See under Adam. |
Apple (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
Apple (n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit |
Apple (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple |
Apple (n.) Anything round like an apple |
Apple (v. i.) To grow like an apple |
Apple-faced (a.) Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy. |
Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered |
Apple pie () A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
Apple-squire (n.) A pimp |
Back (n.) A large shallow vat |
Back (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1. |
Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine |
Back (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. |
Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part |
Back (n.) The part opposed to the front |
Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor |
Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge |
Back (n.) A support or resource in reserve. |
Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship. |
Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. |
Back (n.) A garment for the back |
Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear |
Back (a.) Being in arrear |
Back (a.) Moving or operating backward |
Back (v. i.) To get upon the back of |
Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back. |
Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward |
Back (v. i.) To make a back for |
Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind |
Back (v. i.) To write upon the back of |
Back (v. i.) To support |
Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of |
Back (v. i.) To move or go backward |
Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun |
Back (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed |
Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear |
Back (adv.) To the place from which one came |
Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station |
Back (adv.) (Of time) In times past |
Back (adv.) Away from contact |
Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve |
Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance. |
Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital. |
Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking |
Back (adv.) In arrear |
Back door () A door in the back part of a building |
Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs |
Bottle green () A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
back door backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
doctor | children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office, the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor |
back circle | a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head |
back exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles |
back | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
hell blaze | noisy and unrestrained mischief, raising blazes |
eating feeding | the act of consuming food |
rollback push back | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw |
call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff |
raising hell hell raising | making trouble just for the fun of it |
return paying back getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
recession ceding back | the act of ceding back |
sin hell | violent and excited activity, they began to fight like sin |
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 |
great white shark white shark man-eater man-eating shark Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
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 |
crab-eating opossum | South American opossum |
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 |
crabeater seal crab-eating seal | silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans |
crab-eating dog crab-eating fox Dusicyon cancrivorus | wild dog of northern South America |
green June beetle figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple maggot railroad worm Rhagoletis pomonella | larvae bore into and feed on apples |
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 |
woolly apple aphid American blight Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
green lacewing chrysopid stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
crab-eating macaque croo monkey Macaca irus | monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines |
crab-eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus | a South American raccoon |
fish doctor Gymnelis viridis | brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout |
doctorfish doctor-fish Acanthurus chirurgus | surgeon fish of the West Indies |
Acapulco gold Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
c acid back breaker battery-acid dose dot Elvis loony toons Lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |