Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. |
Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate |
Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip |
Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. |
Crow's-foot (n.) A caltrop. |
Crow's-foot (n.) Same as Bird's-mouth. |
Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine. |
Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot. |
Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal |
Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. |
Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal |
Foot (n.) The lowest part or base |
Foot (n.) Fundamental principle |
Foot (n.) Recognized condition |
Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches |
Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot |
Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. |
Foot (n.) The lower edge of a sail. |
Foot (v. i.) To tread to measure or music |
Foot (v. i.) To walk |
Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot |
Foot (v. t.) To set on foot |
Foot (v. t.) To tread |
Foot (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column |
Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon. |
Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking. |
Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot. |
Foot poundal () A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. |
Foot-sore (a.) Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking |
Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock |
Hen's-foot (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides). |
Light-foot (a.) Alt. of Light-footed |
Lion's foot () A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. |
Lion's foot () The edelweiss. |
Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food |
Mouth (n.) An opening affording entrance or exit |
Mouth (n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged |
Mouth (n.) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. |
Mouth (n.) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. |
Mouth (n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. |
Mouth (n.) The entrance into a harbor. |
Mouth (n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. |
Mouth (n.) A principal speaker |
Mouth (n.) Cry |
Mouth (n.) Speech |
foot | travel by walking, he followed on foot, the swiftest of foot |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR cardiac resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
animal foot foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles |
cloven foot cloven hoof | a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) |
bird's foot | the foot of a bird |
zygodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward |
heterodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward |
webbed foot | a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
lobate foot | a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides |
horse's foot | the hoof of a horse |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
foot invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity, one foot of the chair was on the carpet |
foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
foot rule | a ruler one foot long |
foundation base fundament foot groundwork substructure understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
harmonica mouth organ harp mouth harp | a small rectangular freeeed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
jew's harp jews' harp mouth bow | a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity |
mouth | the opening of a jar or bottle, the jar had a wide mouth |
mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
pedal treadle foot pedal foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening, she wiped lipstick from her mouth |
mouth oral cavity oral fissure rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge, he stuffed his mouth with candy |
palate roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
vertebrate foot pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
foot human foot pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint, his bare feet projected from his trousers, armored from head to foot |
sass sassing backtalk back talk lip mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder, don't give me any of your sass |
cloven hoof cloven foot | the mark of Satan |
metrical foot foot metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
grapevine pipeline word of mouth | gossip spread by spoken communication, the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth |
footrace foot race run | a race run on foot, she broke the record for the half-mile run |
calf's-foot jelly | a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet |
infantry foot | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot, there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot |
pedestrian traffic foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
foot | the lower part of anything, curled up on the foot of the bed, the foot of the page, the foot of the list, the foot of the mountain |
mouth | the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water, New York is at the mouth of the Hudson |
mouth | an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge), he rode into the mouth of the canyon, they built a fire at the mouth of the cave |
chiropodist foot doctor podiatrist | a specialist in care for the feet |
foot | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger |
infantryman marcher foot soldier footslogger | fights on foot with small arms |
mouth | a person conceived as a consumer of food, he has four mouths to feed |
mouthpiece mouth | a spokesperson (as a lawyer) |
subordinate subsidiary underling foot soldier | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
stinking hellebore bear's foot setterwort Helleborus foetidus | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally |
cat's foot cat's feet pussytoes Antennaria dioica | low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers |
elephant's-foot | any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers, America |
lion's foot gall of the earth Nabalus serpentarius Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |