Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west |
Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. |
Atlantic (a.) Descended from Atlas. |
Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point |
Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak |
Bridled (imp. & p. p.) of Bridle |
Cinque-spotted (a.) Five-spotted. |
Cold-short (a.) Brittle when cold |
Cream-white (a.) As white as cream. |
Dolphin (n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis) |
Dolphin (n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid. |
Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. |
Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. |
Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. |
Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. |
Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. |
Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted. |
Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2. |
Eye-spotted (a.) Marked with spots like eyes. |
Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth |
Gulf (n.) That which swallows |
Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably |
Gulf (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land |
Gulf (n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode. |
Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long (superl.) Slow in passing |
Long (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long (superl.) Far-reaching |
Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long (n.) The longest dimension |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long (prep.) By means of |
Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long (a.) To belong |
Long-armed (a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived (a.) Having a long life |
short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
whitelash white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
dolphin kick | a swimming kick, an up and down kick of the feet together |
shortstop short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
nap catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
white sale | a sale of household linens |
white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
Iran-Iraq War Gulf War | a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting inand continued until , when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution |
Persian Gulf War Gulf War | a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, - |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |