Bird of paradise () The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. |
Broad (superl.) Wide |
Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide |
Broad (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused |
Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality |
Broad (superl.) Comprehensive |
Broad (superl.) Plain |
Broad (superl.) Free |
Broad (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. |
Broad (superl.) Cross |
Broad (superl.) Strongly marked |
Broad (n.) The broad part of anything |
Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water |
Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. |
Broad-brimmed (a.) Having a broad brim. |
Broad Church () A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship. |
Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Broad-horned (a.) Having horns spreading widely. |
Broad-leaved (a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed |
Broad-leafed (a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. |
Broad seal () The great seal of England |
Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy |
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Paradise (n.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. |
Paradise (n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death. |
Paradise (n.) A place of bliss |
Paradise (n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. |
Paradise (n.) A churchyard or cemetery. |
Paradise (v. t.) To affect or exalt with visions of felicity |
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest |
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail. |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail. |
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow |
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing |
Tailed (a.) Having a tail |
Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate |
Whydah bird () Alt. of Whydah finch |
Whydah finch () The whidah bird. |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
whydah whidah widow bird | mostly black African weaverbird |
bird of paradise | any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
white-tailed jackrabbit whitetail jackrabbit Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
black-tailed deer blacktail deer blacktail Odocoileus hemionus columbianus | mule deer of western Rocky Mountains |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
broad arrow | an arrow with a wide barbed head |
broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
broad hatchet | a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead |
four-tailed bandage | a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends, the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head |
swallow-tailed coat swallowtail morning coat | a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back |
Paradise | (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death |
broad interpretation judicial activism | an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court) |
broad-mindedness | an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior |
broad arrow | a mark shaped like an arrowhead, used to mark convicts' clothing |
broad arrow | an arrowhead mark identifying British government property |
long jump broad jump | a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
fava bean broad bean | shell beans cooked as lima beans |
broad bean horse bean | a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder |
Eden paradise nirvana heaven promised land Shangri-la | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace |
broad | slang term for a woman, a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch |
broad-leaved montia Montia cordifolia | succulent plant with mostly basal leaves, stem bears pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of - white flowers, western North America |
zigzag goldenrod broad leaved goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
broad-leaved twayblade Listera convallarioides | small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers, western North America |
flame tree broad-leaved bottletree Brachychiton australis | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves |
broad leaved centaury | a variety of centaury with broad leaves |