Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. |
Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. |
Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize |
Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. |
Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field |
Corn (n.) A small, hard particle |
Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains |
Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains |
Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats |
Corn (v. t.) To render intoxicated |
Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. |
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 |
Summer (v.) One who sums |
Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree. |
Summer (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region |
Summer (v. i.) To pass the summer |
Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer |
Summer-fallow (v. t.) To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop |
Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
corn dance | a rain dance of Amerindians |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
summer tanager summer redbird Piranga rubra | of middle and southern United States, male is deep roseed the female mostly yellow |
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 |
corn snake red rat snake Elaphe guttata | large harmless snake of southeastern United States, often on farms |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
wood duck summer duck wood widgeon Aix sponsa | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
corn borer European corn borer moth corn borer moth Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
corn borer Pyrausta nubilalis | larva of the European corn borer moth, a serious pest of maize |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus | flounder of eastern coast of North America |
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 |
camp summer camp | a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months, city kids get to see the country at a summer camp |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
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 |
summer house | a country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer |
corn | something sentimental or trite, that movie was pure corn |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
summer stock | theatrical productions performed by a stock company during the summer |
corn gluten | gluten prepared from corn |
corn gluten feed | a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten |
corn chowder | chowder containing corn |
corn sugar | dextrose used as sweetening agent |
candy corn | a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn |
corn pudding | pudding made of corn and cream and egg |
corn fritter | fritter containing corn or corn kernels |
bully beef corned beef corn beef | beef cured or pickled in brine |
corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
corn cake | baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland) |
skillet corn bread | cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet |
ashcake ash cake corn tash | corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) |
corn dab corn dodger dodger | small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) |
corn muffin | cornbread muffin |
corn flake | crisp flake made from corn |
corn chip | thin piece of cornmeal dough fried |
summer squash | any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer, eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden |
crookneck crookneck squash summer crookneck | yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin |
green onion spring onion scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
corn edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |