Bull-necked
(a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. |
Cold-short
(a.) Brittle when cold |
Cream-white
(a.) As white as cream. |
Crop-eared
(a.) Having the ears cropped. |
Dog-eared
(a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage |
Eared
(imp. & p. p.) of Ear |
Eared
(a.) Having (such or so many) ears |
Eared
(a.) Having external ears |
Ewe-necked
(a.) Having a neck like a ewe |
Flap-eared
(a.) Having broad, loose, dependent ears. |
Genus
(n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus
(n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Heron
(n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons. |
Hot-short
(a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Lave-eared
(a.) Having large, pendent ears. |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long
(superl.) Slow in passing |
Long
(superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long
(superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long
(superl.) Far-reaching |
Long
(superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long
(n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long
(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long
(n.) The longest dimension |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long
(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long
(adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long
(adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long
(prep.) By means of |
Long
(a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long
(a.) To belong |
Long-armed
(a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed
(a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn
(a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned
(a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived
(a.) Having a long life |
Long primer
() A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois. |
Long-sight
(n.) Long-sightedness. |
Long-sighted
(a.) Able to see objects at a great distance |
Long-sighted
(a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand |
Long-sightedness
(n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted |
Long-sightedness
(n.) See Hypermetropia. |
Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Long-sufferance
(n.) Forbearance to punish or resent. |
Long-suffering
(n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time |
Long-suffering
(n.) Long patience of offense. |
Long-tongue
(n.) The wryneck. |
Long-tongued
(a.) Having a long tongue. |
short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
| short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
| long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
| long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist
long whist
short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
shortstop
short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
| long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
nap
catnap
cat sleep
forty winks
short sleep
snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
| long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
| short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
| white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
| form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter
genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
| bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter
genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium
genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium
genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
| genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
| genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
| genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
| genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas
genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas
genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter
genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas
genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
| genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides
genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium
genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella
genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
| genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
| genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
| genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia
Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
| genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
| genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
| genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
| genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |
| genus Streptomyces | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae |
| genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
Polyangium
genus Polyangium | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane |
Micrococcus
genus Micrococcus | type genus of the family Micrococcaceae |