Burying ground () Alt. of Burying place |
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. |
Land (n.) Urine. See Lant. |
Land (n.) The solid part of the surface of the earth |
Land (n.) Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. |
Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality |
Land (n.) The inhabitants of a nation or people. |
Land (n.) The mainland, in distinction from islands. |
Land (n.) The ground or floor. |
Land (n.) The ground left unplowed between furrows |
Land (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc. |
Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat |
Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. |
Land (v. t.) To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft |
Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore |
Land (v. t.) To set down after conveying |
Land (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat |
Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. |
Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
No-man's land () A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc. |
No-man's land () Fig.: An unclaimed space or time. |
Table-land (n.) A broad, level, elevated area of land |
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 |
land reform | a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action) |
farming land | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life, farming is a strenuous life, there's no work on the land any more |
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 |
armed forces censorship | military censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forces |
land development | making an area of land more useful |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
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 |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
corncrake land rail Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
ground beetle carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
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 |
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 |
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 |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |
ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
groundsheet ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
land line landline | a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits, a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
Polaroid camera Polaroid Land camera | a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds |
proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas |
twilight zone no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
acreage land area | an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming), he wanted some acreage to build on |
grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
hyaloplasm ground substance | the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell |
matrix intercellular substance ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
clouduckoo-land | an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality |
Promised Land | the goal towards which Christians strive |
never-never land dreamland dreamworld | a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination |
ground | a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused |
background ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground, he posed her against a background of rolling hills |