leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
set gun spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
green onion spring onion scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
spring water | water from a spring |
mineral water | water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses, often effervescent, often used therapeutically |
mineral kingdom | all inorganic objects, contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms |
spring | a point at which water issues forth |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
vein mineral vein | a layer of ore between layers of rock |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
Carolina spring beauty Claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers, eastern North America |
spring beauty Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm |
Virginia spring beauty Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, eastern North America |
spring cress Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
winter heath spring heath Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
spring squill Scilla verna sea onion | European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
spring vetchling spring vetch Lathyrus vernus | bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers |
spring vetch Vicia sativa | herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building |
cleavers clivers goose grass catchweed spring cleavers Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |
footsteps-of-spring Sanicula arctopoides | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers |
mineral resources | natural resources in the form of minerals |
mineral extraction mineral processing mineral dressing ore processing ore dressing beneficiation | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques |
mineral deficiency | lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism |
mineral | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
ader wax earth wax mineral wax ozokerite ozocerite | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum, some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
asphalt mineral pitch | a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation, consists mainly of hydrocarbons |
maltha mineral tar | a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt |
mineral wool rock wool | a light fibrous material used as an insulator |
ground water spring water well water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks |
mineral oil | a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener) |
petrolatum petroleum jelly mineral jelly | a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication |
vernal equinox March equinox spring equinox | March |
spring springtime | the season of growth, the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring, he will hold office until the spring of next year |