Billed (imp. & p. p.) of Bill |
Billed (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird |
Burying ground () Alt. of Burying place |
Dove () of Dive |
Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous. |
Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. |
Dove-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a dove |
Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine. |
Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck. |
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. |
Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche. |
Spoon-billed (a.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end. |
Stork-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of the stork. |
Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length |
Thick (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual |
Thick (superl.) Dense |
Thick (superl.) Not transparent or clear |
Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space |
Thick (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation |
Thick (superl.) Deep |
Thick (superl.) Dull |
Thick (superl.) Intimate |
Thick (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. |
Thick (n.) A thicket |
grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
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 |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
hadrosaur hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
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 |
dove | any of numerous small pigeons |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
mourning dove Zenaidura macroura | wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus duckbill duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
stone curlew thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
razorbill razor-billed auk Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
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 |
thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
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 mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas |
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 |
ground | a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused |