Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground. |
Basil (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle. |
Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum). |
Basil (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. |
Roan (a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed |
Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan |
Roan (n.) The color of a roan horse |
Roan (n.) A roan horse. |
Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. |
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. |
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow. |
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. |
Sheep-faced (a.) Over-bashful |
Sheep-headed (a.) Silly |
Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest, diffident look |
Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer. |
Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep. |
Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep. |
Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. |
Skin (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal. |
Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned |
Skin (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1. |
Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit |
Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. |
Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel |
Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of |
Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin |
Skin (v. t.) To strip of money or property |
Skin (v. i.) To become covered with skin |
Skin (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. |
Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin |
skin diving skin-dive | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel |
skin care skincare | care for the skin |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
sheep frog | mostly of Central America |
sheep-tick sheep tick Ixodes ricinus | parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans, can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system), a vector for Lyme disease spirochete |
hide pelt skin | body covering of a living animal |
shepherd dog sheepdog sheep dog | any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep |
Shetland sheepdog Shetland sheep dog Shetland | a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands |
sheep botfly sheep gadfly Oestrus ovis | larvae are parasitic on sheep |
sheep ked sheep-tick sheep tick Melophagus Ovinus | wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle |
roan | a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray |
musk ox musk sheep Ovibos moschatus | large shaggyoated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland, intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep |
sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
black sheep | sheep with a black coat |
domestic sheep Ovis aries | any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin |
merino merino sheep | white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality |
wild sheep | undomesticated sheep |
Marco Polo sheep Marco Polo's sheep Ovis poli | Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns, sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon) |
Dall sheep Dall's sheep white sheep Ovis montana dalli | large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn bighorn sheep cimarron Rocky Mountain bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
aoudad arui audad Barbary sheep maned sheep Ammotragus lervia | wild sheep of northern Africa |
thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
artificial skin | a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
fold sheepfold sheep pen sheepcote | a pen for sheep |
sheep bell | a bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located |
skin | an outer surface (usually thin), the skin of an airplane |
skin | a bag serving as a container for liquids, it is made from the hide of an animal |
transdermal patch skin patch | a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream |
waterskin water skin | a container of skin for holding water |
complexion skin color skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
skin tegument cutis | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch, your skin is the largest organ of your body |
skin graft | a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn |
skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
touch sense of touch skin senses touch modality cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
skin test | any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin |
tuberculin test tuberculin skin test | a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium, based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin |
skin flick | a pornographic movie |
potato skin potato peel potato peelings | crisp fried potato peeling |
peel skin | the rind of a fruit or vegetable |
banana peel banana skin | the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded), he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell |
basil sweet basil | leaves of the common basil, used fresh or dried |
Rutland | a town in central Vermont |
dermatologist skin doctor | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin |
scapegrace black sheep | a reckless and unprincipled reprobate |
sheep | a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision, his students followed him like sheep |
sheep | a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon |