Breasted (imp. & p. p.) of Breast |
Breasted (a.) Having a breast |
Burying ground () Alt. of Burying place |
Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. |
Dove () of Dive |
Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous. |
Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. |
Dove-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a dove |
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 |
Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine. |
Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography). |
Ground (imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground (n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground (n.) Land |
Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground (n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground (n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground (n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground (n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground (v. t.) To found |
Ground (v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground (v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground (v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground (v. i.) To run aground |
Ground () imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche. |
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. |
Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter |
grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
grey market gray market | an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency |
grey skate gray skate Raja batis | common European skate used as food |
yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
grey kingbird gray kingbird petchary Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis | a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America, similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird |
yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
Canada jay grey jay gray jay camp robber whisker jack Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
catbird grey catbird gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis | North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing |
red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast, of northern coniferous forests |
white-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
great grey owl great gray owl Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
ground-shaker seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake Potamophis striatula Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
greyhen grayhen grey hen gray hen heath hen | female black grouse |
Hungarian partridge grey partridge gray partridge Perdix perdix | common European partridge |
dove | any of numerous small pigeons |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
mourning dove Zenaidura macroura | wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
red-breasted sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius ruber | western North American sapsucker |
red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator | widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
red-breasted snipe Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
timber wolf grey wolf gray wolf Canis lupus | a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America |
grey fox gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus | dark grey American fox, from Central America through southern United States |
ground beetle carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
eastern grey squirrel eastern gray squirrel cat squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America, now introduced into England |
western grey squirrel western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus | large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States |
ground squirrel gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail Richardson ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
grey gray | horse of a light gray or whitish color |
barren ground caribou Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
ground sloth megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
grey snapper gray snapper mangrove snapper Lutjanus griseus | found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida |
mullet grey mullet gray mullet | freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body, found worldwide |
grey flounder gray flounder Etropus rimosus | flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico |
air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |