Bay leaf
() See under 3d Bay. |
Five-leaf
(n.) Cinquefoil |
Leaf
(n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light |
Leaf
(n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. |
Leaf
(n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end |
Leaf
(v. i.) To shoot out leaves |
Leaf-footed
(a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs |
Leaf-nosed
(n.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose |
Lion's leaf
() A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap. |
Spring
(v. i.) To leap |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring
(v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring
(v. i.) To fly back |
Spring
(v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring
(v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring
(v. i.) To grow |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring
(v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring
(v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring
(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring
(v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring
(v. i.) A leap |
Spring
(v. i.) A flying back |
Spring
(v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring
(v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring
(v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring
(v. i.) Any active power |
Spring
(v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring
(v. i.) A race |
Spring
(v. i.) A youth |
Spring
(v. i.) A shoot |
Spring
(v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring
(v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring
(v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring
(v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
Spring
(v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position |
Strip-leaf
(n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. |
Transversal
(a.) Running or lying across |
Transversal
(n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced. |
Transverse
(a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction |
Transverse
(n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart. |
Transverse
(n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. |
Transverse
(v. t.) To overturn |
Transverse
(v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. |
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 |
| leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
leafnose bat
leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
leaf beetle
chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves, larvae infest roots and stems |
leaf miner
leaf-miner | any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae |
birch leaf miner
Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
walking leaf
leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
leaf bug
plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug
four-lined leaf bug
Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
leaf-footed bug
leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
pine leaf aphid
Pineus pinifoliae | a variety of adelgid |
leaf roller
leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
| 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 |
| drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
| drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
| fig leaf | a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
flute
transverse flute | a high-pitched woodwind instrument, a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown |
| gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
| leaf | hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) |
| 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 |
transverse sinus
sinus transversus | a paired dural sinus, terminates in the sigmoid sinus |
| transverse colon | the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon |
transversus abdominis muscle
transverse muscle of abdomen
musculus transversalis abdominis
transversus abdominis | a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity |
| transverse process | one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs |
leaf
folio | a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) |
codex
leaf-book | an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) |
| Oak Leaf Cluster | a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before |
| maple-leaf | the emblem of Canada |
| clover-leaf roll | yeastaised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan |
mustard mustard greens
leaf mustard
Indian mustard | leaves eaten as cooked greens |
chard
Swiss chard
spinach beet
leaf beet | long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
green onion
spring onion
scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
leaf lettuce
loose-leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head |
| bay leaf | dried leaf of the bay laurel |
egg roll
spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
| tea tea leaf | dried leaves of the tea shrub, used to make tea, the store shelves held many different kinds of tea, they threw the tea into Boston harbor |