thiobacteria
sulphur bacteria
sulfur bacteria | any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus |
lesser whitethroat
whitethroat Sylvia curruca | Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller |
crested myna
Acridotheres tristis | dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia |
lesser prairie chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
| cockatoo | white or lightolored crested parrot of the Australian region, often kept as cage birds |
sulphurrested cockatoo
Kakatoe galerita
Cacatua galerita | white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest |
pink cockatoo
Kakatoe leadbeateri | white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage |
cockateel
cockatiel
cockatoo parrot
Nymphicus hollandicus | small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
tree swift
crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
lesser scaup
lesser scaup duck
lake duck
Aythya affinis | common scaup of North America, males have purplish heads |
| crested screamer | distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head |
crested cariama
seriema Cariama cristata | Brazilian Cariama, sole representative of the genus Cariama |
lesser yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes | a variety of yellowlegs |
great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
rock hopper
crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
lesser rorqual
piked whale
minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
sulphur butterfly
sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lesser kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis | a smaller variety of kudu |
tamandua
tamandu
lesser anteater
Tamandua tetradactyla | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and fourlawed forelimbs, of tropical South America and Central America |
| lesser ape | gibbons and siamangs |
lesser panda
red panda
panda bear cat
cat bear
Ailurus fulgens | reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore, in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas |
sulphur mine
sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
bursa omentalis
omental bursa
lesser peritoneal cavity | an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach |
| lesser omentum | a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels |
rhomboid minor muscle
lesser rhomboid muscle
musculus rhomboideus minor | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward |
Lesser Antilles
Caribees | a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies |
Lesser Sunda Islands
Nusa Tenggara | a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java, includes Bali and Timor |
lesser celandine
pilewort
Ranunculus ficaria | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups, its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles |
lesser spearwort
Ranunculus flammula | semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears, naturalized in New Zealand |
hop clover shamrock lesser yellow trefoil
Trifolium dubium | clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers, often considered the true or original shamrock |
common duckweed
lesser duckweed
Lemna minor | of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia |
common burdock
lesser burdock
Arctium minus | a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil, found in most of Europe and North Africa |
lesser knapweed
black knapweed
hardheads
Centaurea nigra | a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers, native to Europe but widely naturalized |
crested coral root
Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
lesser twayblade
Listera cordata | orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rustolored flowers with the lip flushed mauve, Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland |
lesser butterfly orchid
Platanthera bifolia
Habenaria bifolia | south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers, sometimes placed in genus Habenaria |
crested wheatgrass
crested wheat grass
fairway crested wheat grass
Agropyron cristatum | Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control |
lesser bullrush
narrow-leaf cattail
narrow-leaved reedmace
soft flag
Typha angustifolia | reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia |
lesser wintergreen
Pyrola minor | the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, Europe and North America |
lesser centaury
Centaurium minus | common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes |
lesser galangal
Alpinia officinarum
Alpinia officinalis | Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring |
lesser calamint
field balm Calamintha nepeta
Calamintha nepeta glantulosa
Satureja nepeta
Satureja calamintha glandulosa | low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain, naturalized in United States |
fool's parsley
lesser hemlock
Aethusa cynapium | European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten |
sulfur
S
sulphur
atomic number | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element, best known in yellow crystals, occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) |
brimstone
native sulfur
native sulphur | an old name for sulfur |
sulfur oxide
sulphur oxide | any of several oxides of sulphur |
sulfur dioxide
sulphur dioxide | a colorless toxic gas (SO) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes, used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions, causes acid rain |
sulfur hexafluoride
sulphur hexafluoride | a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether, a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry |
sulphur
sulfur | treat with sulphur in order to preserve, These dried fruits are sulphured |
| crested plumed | (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume |