Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Babbler (n.) An idle talker |
Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent. |
Babbler (n.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note. |
Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). |
Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Beech tree () The beech. |
Bo tree () The peepul tree |
Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. |
Bully tree () The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. |
Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles |
Caper tree () See Capper, a plant, 2. |
Cow tree () A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. |
Crab tree () See under Crab. |
Ewe-necked (a.) Having a neck like a ewe |
Eye-spot (n.) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. |
Eye-spot (n.) An eyelike spot of color. |
Fir tree () See Fir. |
Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus). |
Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. |
Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus). |
Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. |
Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. |
Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). |
Hep tree () The wild dog-rose. |
Hip tree () The dog-rose. |
Ironbark tree () The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders |
Locust tree () A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. |
Low-necked (a.) Cut low in the neck |
Mahwa tree () An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. |
Necked (imp. & p. p.) of Neck |
Necked (a.) Having (such) a neck |
Necked (a.) Cracked |
Neem tree () An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa. |
Nickar tree () Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. |
Nicker tree () The plant producing nicker nuts. |
Ople tree () The witch-hazel. |
Peepul tree () A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. |
Pipal tree () Same as Peepul tree. |
Pippul tree () Same as Peepul tree. |
Planer tree () A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit. |
Plane tree () Same as 1st Plane. |
Quicken tree () The European rowan tree |
Ring-necked (a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia). |
Scrag-necked (a.) Having a scraggy neck. |
Shea tree () An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained |
Shittah tree (n.) A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made |
Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen |
Spot (n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter |
blot smear smirch spot stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it, he made a huge blot on his copybook |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
spot welding spot-welding | creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points |
spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field, the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
arboriculture tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
arborolatry tree-worship | the worship of trees |
spot jamming selective jamming | electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency |
tree sparrow Spizella arborea | finch common in winter in the northern U.S. |
tree sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow |
woodhewer woodcreeper woodreeper tree creeper | any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
babbler cackler | any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song, in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae |
creeper tree creeper | any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet |
tree swallow tree martin Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
white-bellied swallow tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
tree frog tree-frog | any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes |
tree toad tree frog tree-frog | arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe, of southeast Asia and Australia and America |
Pacific tree toad Hyla regilla | the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America |
chameleon tree frog | a form of tree toad |
tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus | a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
black-necked cobra spitting cobra Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
tree swift crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
tree wallaby tree kangaroo | arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
black-necked grebe eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck, found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States |
tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation |
snowy tree cricket Oecanthus fultoni | pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America |
tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel |
sloth tree sloth | any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America, they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits |
tree shrew | insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout |
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 |
beauty spot | a spot that is worn on a lady's face for adornment |
Christmas tree | an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
clothes tree coat tree coat stand | an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing |
crucifix rood rood-tree | representation of the cross on which Jesus died |
eight-spot eight | one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face |
five-spot five | a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips |
four-spot four | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips |
gallows tree gallows-tree gibbet gallous | alternative terms for gallows |
hot spot hotspot | a lively entertainment spot |
nine-spot nine | one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face |
one-spot | a domino or die whose upward face shows one pip |
seven-spot seven | one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face |
six-spot six | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips |