boiling stewing simmering | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil |
chicken hawk hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
Egyptian vulture Pharaoh's chicken Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
chicken snake | large North American snake |
domestic fowl fowl poultry | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
Cornish Cornish fowl | English breed of compact domestic fowl, raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters |
game fowl | any of several breeds reared for cockfighting |
jungle fowl gallina | small Asiatic wild bird, believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl |
red jungle fowl Gallus gallus | a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl |
chicken Gallus gallus | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs, believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
prairie chicken prairie grouse prairie fowl | brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
greater prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido | the most common variety of prairie chicken |
lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
mallee fowl leipoa lowan Leipoa ocellata | Australian mound bird, incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds |
guinea fowl guinea Numida meleagris | a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white, native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world |
chicken roundworm Ascaridia galli | intestinal parasite of domestic fowl |
Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's hen Oceanites oceanicus | medium-sized storm petrel |
chicken louse shaft louse Menopon palladum Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
boiling water reactor BWR | a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator, the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine |
chicken coop coop hencoop henhouse | a farm building for housing poultry |
chicken farm | farm where chickens are raised for sale |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
chicken yard hen yard chicken run fowl run | an enclosed yard for keeping poultry |
c methamphetamine methamphetamine hydrochloride Methedrine meth deoxyephedrine chalk chicken feed crank glass ice shabu trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
boiling point boil | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level, they brought the water to a boil |
chicken scratch | cramped or illegible handwriting |
chicken | a foolhardy competition, a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops |
chicken casserole | chicken cooked and served in a casserole |
chicken cacciatore chicken cacciatora hunter's chicken | chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style |
chicken broth chicken stock | a stock made with chicken |
chicken soup | soup made from chicken broth |
purloo chicken purloo poilu | thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game, southern U.S. |
chicken stew | a stew made with chicken |
chicken mousse | mousse made with chicken |
bird fowl | the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food |
chicken poulet volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food |
chicken leg chicken drumstick | the lower joint of the leg of a chicken |
chicken wing | the wing of a chicken |
chicken liver | liver of a chicken used as meat |
chicken sandwich | a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken |
chicken feed scratch | dry mash for poultry |
chicken salad | salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat |
chicken provencale | chicken cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil |
chicken and rice | rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned |
chicken Marengo | braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce |
chicken cordon bleu | thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed |
Maryland chicken | chicken fried than oven-baked and served with milk gravy |