shift shifting | the act of moving from one place to another, his constant shifting disrupted the class |
dune cycling | bicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes |
sand tiger sand shark Carcharias taurus Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
bank martin bank swallow sand martin Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
sand lizard Lacerta agilis | a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia |
hognose snake puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
sand snake | small North American burrowing snake |
banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
horned viper cerastes sand viper horned asp Cerastes cornutus | highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
sandgrouse sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
beach flea sand hopper sandhopper sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
sand cat | a desert wildcat |
sand fly sandfly Phlebotomus papatasii | any of various small dipterous flies, bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis |
sand cricket Jerusalem cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
sand dollar | flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms |
sand rat Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil |
sand rat | small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas |
hog badger hog-nosed badger sand badger Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
sand stargazer | small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head, they burrow in sand to await prey |
sand lance sand launce sand eel launce | very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches |
sand dab | small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America |
sand sole Psettichthys melanostichus | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
bunker sand trap trap | a hazard on a golf course |
dune buggy beach buggy | a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes |
sand painting | a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho), made of fine colored sands on a neutral background |
sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |
backbone grit guts moxie sand gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
sand dab | the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America |
dune sand dune | a ridge of sand created by the wind, found in deserts or near lakes and oceans |
sandbar sand bar | a bar of sand |
seif dune | a long and tall sand dune with a sharp crest, common in the Sahara |
Sand George Sand Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin Baroness Dudevant | French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (-) |
sand spurry sea spurry Spergularia rubra | prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers, widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs, naturalized in eastern North America |
sand verbena | any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena |
snowball sweet sand verbena Abronia elliptica | plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers, grows in sandy arid regions |
sweet sand verbena Abronia fragrans | taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers |
yellow sand verbena Abronia latifolia | plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia |
beach sand verbena pink sand verbena Abronia umbellata | prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers, found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California |
desert sand verbena Abronia villosa | soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers, found in sandy desert soil, after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico |
sand sage silvery wormwood Artemisia filifolia | silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico, a troublesome weed on rangelands |
camphor dune tansy Tanacetum camphoratum | densely hairy plant with rayless flowers, San Francisco Bay area |
northern dune tansy Tanacetum douglasii | lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers, sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America |
sea lyme grass European dune grass Elymus arenarius Leymus arenaria | a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder |
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus | erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America |
sand sedge sand reed Carex arenaria | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States, rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla |
b common bearberry red bearberry wild cranberry mealberry hog cranberry sand berry sandberry mountain box bear's grape creashak Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries, leaves turn red in autumn |
sand myrtle Leiophyllum buxifolium | low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage |
sand leek giant garlic Spanish garlic rocambole Allium scorodoprasum | European leek cultivated and used like leeks |
Western sand cherry Rocky Mountains cherry Prunus besseyi | dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit |