tall order
large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
| large poodle | the largest breed of poodle |
large civet
Viverra zibetha | common civet of India and southeast Asia |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
valley pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae | of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States |
| extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
| large | a garment size for a large person |
| large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum, includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum, extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
Bernoulli's law
law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
| large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization, he works for a large cap |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites |
Ruhr
Ruhr Valley | a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany |
| Sun Valley | a winter sports resort in south central Idaho |
| Silicon Valley | a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries |
| Death Valley | a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada, contains the lowest point in North America |
| Great Rift Valley | ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa, extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique, marked by geological faults |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
| Loire Valley | the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated |
| rift valley | a valley with steep sides, formed by a rift in the earth's crust |
| San Fernando Valley | a fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles, includes many residential communities |
| San Joaquin Valley | a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland |
| Shenandoah Valley | a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia, site of numerous battles during the American Civil War |
valley
vale | a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
| large person | a person of greater than average size |
| valley girl | a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley |
southern magnolia
evergreen magnolia
large-flowering magnolia
bull bay
Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
large-leaved magnolia
large-leaved cucumber tree
great-leaved macrophylla
Magnolia macrophylla | large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base |
large periwinkle
Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
large-leaved aster
Aster macrophyllus | tufted perennial wood aster of North America, naturalized in Europe |
large yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
large crabgrass
hairy finger grass
Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
andromeda Japanese andromeda
lily-of-the-valley tree
Pieris japonica | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
American cranberry
large cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon | trailing red-fruited plant |
| wild lily of the valley shinleaf Pyrola elliptica | North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters |
| wild lily of the valley Pyrola rotundifolia | evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers, widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds |
California white oak
valley oak
valley white oak
roble Quercus lobata | tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns |
lily of the valley
May lily
Convallaria majalis | low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries |
| false lily of the valley Maianthemum canadense | small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers |
| false lily of the valley Maianthemum bifolium | small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan |
Canadian aspen
bigtooth aspen
bigtoothed aspen
big-toothed aspen
large-toothed aspen
large tooth aspen
Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
large-flowered fiddleneck
Amsinckia grandiflora | annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes, a threatened species |
large-flowered calamint
Calamintha grandiflora
Clinopodium grandiflorum
Satureja grandiflora | aromatic herb with large pink flowers, southern and southeastern Europe, Anatolia, northern Iran |
large white petunia
Petunia axillaris | annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers |
Calorie kilogram calorie
kilocalorie
large calorie
nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure, used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
| large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten |
large indefinite quantity
large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
battalion
large number
multitude
plurality pack | a large indefinite number, a battalion of ants, a multitude of TV antennas, a plurality of religions |
coccidioidomycosis
coccidiomycosis
valley fever
desert rheumatism | an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules |
| Rift Valley fever | an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus, transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals |
| brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |