Amber tree
() A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Angostura bark
() An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis). |
Angustura bark
() See Angostura bark. |
Bark
(v. t.) To strip the bark from |
Bark
(v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from |
Bark
(v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. |
Bark
(v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark |
Bark
(v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs |
Bark
(v. i.) To make a clamor |
Bark
(n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog |
Bark
(n.) Alt. of Barque |
Bark beetle
() A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. |
Bark louse
() An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. |
Bay tree
() A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). |
Beam tree
() A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Bearing cloth
() A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Beech tree
() The beech. |
Bohun upas
() See Upas. |
Bo tree
() The peepul tree |
Bully tree
() The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. |
Calisaya bark
() A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. |
Candleberry tree
() A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles |
Caper tree
() See Capper, a plant, 2. |
Cloth
(n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth) |
Cloth
(n.) The dress |
Cloth
(n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy |
Cow tree
() A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. |
Crab tree
() See under Crab. |
False
(superl.) Uttering falsehood |
False
(superl.) Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc. |
False
(superl.) Not according with truth or reality |
False
(superl.) Not genuine or real |
False
(superl.) Not well founded |
False
(superl.) Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. |
False
(superl.) Not in tune. |
False
(adv.) Not truly |
False
(a.) To report falsely |
False
(a.) To betray |
False
(a.) To mislead by want of truth |
False
(a.) To feign |
False-faced
(a.) Hypocritical. |
False-heart
(a.) False-hearted. |
False-hearted
(a.) Hollow or unsound at the core |
Fir tree
() See Fir. |
Galapee tree
() The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. |
Gatten tree
() A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus). |
Goring cloth
(n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. |
Gourd tree
() A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. |
Grass tree
() An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. |
Grass tree
() A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). |
Braxton-Hicks contraction
false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
false pretense
false pretence | (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
arboriculture
tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
| tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
arborolatry
tree-worship | the worship of trees |
| false imprisonment | (law) confinement without legal authority |
| false verdict | a manifestly unjust verdict, not true to the evidence |
| tree sparrow Spizella arborea | finch common in winter in the northern U.S. |
| tree sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow |
woodhewer
woodcreeper
woodreeper
tree creeper | any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
creeper
tree creeper | any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet |
tree swallow tree martin
Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
white-bellied swallow
tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
| tree frog tree-frog | any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes |
tree toad
tree frog tree-frog | arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe, of southeast Asia and Australia and America |
Pacific tree toad
Hyla regilla | the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America |
| chameleon tree frog | a form of tree toad |
tree lizard
Urosaurus ornatus | a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico |
false gavial
Tomistoma schlegeli | crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial |
false scorpion
pseudoscorpion | small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion |
tree swift
crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
tree wallaby
tree kangaroo | arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |
| false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene, much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon |
false vampire
false vampire bat | any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
| bark beetle | small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, related to weevils |
spruce bark beetle
Dendroctonus rufipennis | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests |
| tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation |
snowy tree cricket
Oecanthus fultoni | pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America |
bark-louse
bark louse | any of several insects living on the bark of plants |
| tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel |
sloth
tree sloth | any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America, they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits |
| tree shrew | insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout |
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 |
bark
barque | a sailing ship with (or more) masts |
birchbark canoe
birchbark
birch bark | a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree |
| chamois cloth | a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
| Christmas tree | an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
cloth cap
flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
| cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
clothes tree
coat tree
coat stand | an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing |
crucifix
rood
rood-tree | representation of the cross on which Jesus died |
| drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
fabric
cloth
material
textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
| false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) |
| false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
| false teeth | a removable denture |
gallows tree
gallows-tree
gibbet
gallous | alternative terms for gallows |
groundsheet
ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |