Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. |
Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip |
Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. |
Crow's-foot (n.) A caltrop. |
Crow's-foot (n.) Same as Bird's-mouth. |
Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine. |
Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot. |
Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal |
Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. |
Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal |
Foot (n.) The lowest part or base |
Foot (n.) Fundamental principle |
Foot (n.) Recognized condition |
Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches |
Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot |
Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. |
Foot (n.) The lower edge of a sail. |
Foot (v. i.) To tread to measure or music |
Foot (v. i.) To walk |
Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot |
Foot (v. t.) To set on foot |
Foot (v. t.) To tread |
Foot (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column |
Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon. |
Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking. |
Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot. |
Foot poundal () A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. |
Foot-sore (a.) Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking |
Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock |
Hen's-foot (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides). |
Light-foot (a.) Alt. of Light-footed |
Lion's foot () A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. |
Lion's foot () The edelweiss. |
Polt-foot (a.) Alt. of Polt-footed |
Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer. |
Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod. |
Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail |
Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. |
Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. |
Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod |
Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk |
Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge. |
Switch (v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another |
Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit. |
bait and switch | a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
switch switching shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
foot | travel by walking, he followed on foot, the swiftest of foot |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
switch | a basketball maneuver, two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
animal foot foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles |
cloven foot cloven hoof | a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) |
bird's foot | the foot of a bird |
zygodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward |
heterodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward |
webbed foot | a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
lobate foot | a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides |
horse's foot | the hoof of a horse |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
foot invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
DIP switch dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity, one foot of the chair was on the carpet |
foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
foot rule | a ruler one foot long |
foundation base fundament foot groundwork substructure understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
pedal treadle foot pedal foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
selector selector switch | a switch that is used to select among alternatives |
switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
switch electric switch electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
switch | hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair, used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
switch engine donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
three-way switch three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
toggle switch toggle on-off switch on off switch | a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions |
vertebrate foot pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
foot human foot pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint, his bare feet projected from his trousers, armored from head to foot |
cloven hoof cloven foot | the mark of Satan |
metrical foot foot metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
substitution permutation transposition replacement switch | an event in which one thing is substituted for another, the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood |
footrace foot race run | a race run on foot, she broke the record for the half-mile run |
calf's-foot jelly | a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet |
infantry foot | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot, there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot |
pedestrian traffic foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
foot | the lower part of anything, curled up on the foot of the bed, the foot of the page, the foot of the list, the foot of the mountain |
chiropodist foot doctor podiatrist | a specialist in care for the feet |
foot | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger |
infantryman marcher foot soldier footslogger | fights on foot with small arms |
subordinate subsidiary underling foot soldier | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
switch-hitter | a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed |
switch-hitter | slang term for a bisexual person |
stinking hellebore bear's foot setterwort Helleborus foetidus | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally |