Bat's-wing
(a.) Alt. of Batwing |
Left
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave |
Left
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave. |
Left
(a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side |
Left
(n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned |
Left
(n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition |
Left-hand
(a.) Situated on the left |
Left-handed
(a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right |
Left-handed
(a.) Clumsy |
Left-handed
(a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front |
Left-handedness
(n.) Alt. of Left-handiness |
Left-handiness
(n.) The state or quality of being left-handed |
Left-off
(a.) Laid aside |
Sea wing
() A wing shell (Avicula). |
Standard-wing
(n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
Terrorism
(n.) The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized |
Terrorism
(n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets |
Water wing
() One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
Wing
(n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
Wing
(n.) Passage by flying |
Wing
(n.) Motive or instrument of flight |
Wing
(n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
Wing
(n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder |
Wing
(n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
Wing
(n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
Wing
(n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
Wing
(n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached |
Wing
(n.) A side building, less than the main edifice |
Wing
(n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
Wing
(n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant |
Wing
(n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
Wing
(n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. |
Wing
(n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. |
Wing
(v. t.) To furnish with wings |
Wing
(v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces. |
Wing
(v. t.) To transport by flight |
Wing
(v. t.) To move through in flight |
Wing
(v. t.) To cut off the wings of |
Wing-footed
(a.) Having wings attached to the feet |
Wing-footed
(a.) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. |
Wing-footed
(a.) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs |
Wing-handed
(a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls. |
Wing-leaved
(a.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves. |
Wing-shell
(n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. |
Wing-shell
(n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus. |
Wing-shell
(n.) Any pteropod shell. |
| wing shooting | shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
| left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
| buck-and-wing | a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
terrorism
act of terrorism
terrorist act | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature, this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear |
bioterrorism
biological terrorism | terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare |
| chemical terrorism | terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare, can undermine the personal security of citizens, a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced |
cyber-terrorism
cyberwar | an assault on electronic communication networks |
| domestic terrorism | terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people, the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism |
ecoterrorism
ecological terrorism
eco-warfare
ecological warfare | violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists |
| international terrorism | terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country |
| nuclear terrorism | the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism |
| state-sponsored terrorism | terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism |
bastard wing
alula
spurious wing | tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing |
| wing | a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
forewing
fore-wing
fore wing | either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings |
wing case
elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
monoplane flying fish
two-wing flying fish | having only pectoral fins enlarged |
biplane flying fish
four-wing flying fish | having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged |
annex
annexe
extension
wing | an addition that extends a main building |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
| coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
| delta wing | an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle |
| fender wing | a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud, in Britain they call a fender a wing |
left field
leftfield
left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
rotor blade
rotary wing | the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air |
| wing | one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane |
wing offstage
backstage | a stage area out of sight of the audience |
| wing chair | easy chair having wings on each side of a high back |
wing nut
wing-nut
wing screw
butterfly nut
thumbnut | a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning |
| wing tip | a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe |
| wing tip | a shoe having a wing-tip toecap |
left-handedness
sinistrality | preference for using the left hand |
| left coronary artery | arises from the left aortic sinus, supplies the left side of the heart |
left gastric artery
arteria gastrica sinistra | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
left gastric vein
vena gastrica sinistra | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia, runs in the lesser omentum, empties into the portal vein |
oblique vein of the left atrium
vena obliqua atrii sinistri | a tributary of the coronary sinus, on the posterior wall of the left atrium |
posterior vein of the left ventricle
vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus |
| left ventricle | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta |
left atrium
left atrium of the heart
atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
mitral valve
bicuspid valve
left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
left hemisphere
left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
left
left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body, jab with your left |
| wing | the wing of a fowl, he preferred the drumsticks to the wings |
| turkey wing | the wing of a turkey |
| chicken wing | the wing of a chicken |
| buffalo wing | crisp spicy chicken wings |
| barbecued wing | chicken wings cooked in barbecue sauce |
| wing | a unit of military aircraft |
left
left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |