Air plant
() A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Dove plant
() A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Field
(n.) Cleared land |
Field
(n.) A piece of land of considerable size |
Field
(n.) A place where a battle is fought |
Field
(n.) An open space |
Field
(n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. |
Field
(n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view. |
Field
(n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon |
Field
(n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement |
Field
(n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting. |
Field
(n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond |
Field
(v. i.) To take the field. |
Field
(v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball. |
Field
(v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder. |
Flax-plant
(n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Full-grown
(a.) Having reached the limits of growth |
Grass-grown
(a.) Overgrown with grass |
Grown
(p. p.) of Grow |
Grown
() p. p. of Grow. |
Ice plant
() A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Liver-grown
(a.) Having an enlarged liver. |
Lung-grown
(a.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura. |
Moss-grown
(a.) Overgrown with moss. |
Plant
(n.) A vegetable |
Plant
(n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant
(n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant
(n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant
(n.) A plan |
Plant
(n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant
(n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant
(n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant
(n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
Plant
(n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants |
Plant
(n.) To engender |
Plant
(n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population |
Plant
(n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of |
Plant
(n.) To set firmly |
Plant
(n.) To set up |
Plant
(v. i.) To perform the act of planting. |
Plant-cane
(n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. |
Plant-eating
(a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants |
Water plant
() A plant that grows in water |
Wind-plant
(n.) A windflower. |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| field goal | a score in American football, a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts |
basket
field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
| plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
| field trip | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination |
outdoor sport
field sport | a sport that is played outdoors |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
| field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
field hockey
hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field, two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net |
| field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
center field
centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
right field
rightfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
| field trial | a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving |
| field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
| Bosworth Field | the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (), Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII |
Flodden
Battle of Flodden Field | a battle in , the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed |
| plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
field sparrow
Spizella pusilla | common North American finch of brushy pasturelands |
| field spaniel | large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat, cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel |
field cricket
Acheta assimilis | common American black cricket, attacks crops and also enters dwellings |
leaf bug
plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug
four-lined leaf bug
Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug
Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse
louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid
woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse
psylla
psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper
planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
| field mouse fieldmouse | any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens |
vole
field mouse | any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows |
airfield
landing field
flying field
field | a place where planes take off and land |
| assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
ball field
baseball field
diamond | the baseball playing field |
binoculars
field glasses
opera glasses | an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes |
| bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
center field
centerfield
center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher, he hit the ball to deep center |
| chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
| electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory
mill manufacturing plant
manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
field artillery
field gun | movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) |
field coil
field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
field-effect transistor
FET | a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field |
| field-emission microscope | electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid |
field glass
glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
| field hockey ball | ball used in playing field hockey |
| field hospital | a temporary military hospital near the battle lines |
| field house | an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport |