gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
black and gold garden spider Argiope aurantia | a widely distributed North American garden spider |
gold-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
Acapulco gold Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
braid gold braid braiding | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains |
gold foil | foil made of gold |
gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
gold medal | a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
amber gold | a deep yellow color, an amber light illuminated the room, he admired the gold of her hair |
old gold | a dark yellow |
gold | something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc., the child was as good as gold, she has a heart of gold |
gold standard | a paragon of excellence, academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged |
clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
coordinate clause | a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function |
subordinate clause dependent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb |
relative clause | a clause introduced by a relative pronoun, `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill' |
restrictive clause | a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
nonrestrictive clause descriptive clause | a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
article clause | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
arbitration clause | a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract |
escalator clause escalator | a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) |
reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration, the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club |
enabling act enabling clause | a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law |
boom bonanza gold rush gravy godsend manna from heaven windfall bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money), the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line |
gold fever | greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush |
gold coast | a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living, usually along a coastal area, Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan |
Ghana Republic of Ghana Gold Coast | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British |
goldbeater gold-beater | an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf |
gold digger | a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement |
gold miner gold digger gold panner | a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field |
goldsmith goldworker gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
gold of pleasure Camelina sativa | annual European false flax having small white flowers, cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oilich seeds, widely naturalized in North America |
alpine gold alpine hulsea Hulsea algida | low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays, northwestern United States |
golden glow double gold hortensia Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia | very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads |
guinea gold vine guinea flower | any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers |
gold fern Pityrogramma chrysophylla | fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides |
special drawing rights paper gold | reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund, designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market |
gold | great wealth, Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold--Ben Jonson |
gold | coins made of gold |
gold standard | a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold |
grandfather clause | an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy, used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War |
gold Au atomic number | a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element, occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits, does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia |
pyrite iron pyrite fool's gold | a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color |
mosaic gold stannic sulfide | a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer |
gold dust | the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining |