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 |
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 |
stratum corneum corneum horny layer | the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
stratum lucidum | the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles |
stratum granulosum | the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum, contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface |
stratum germinativum stratum basale malpighian layer rete Malpighii | the innermost layer of the epidermis |
level layer stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, a good actor communicates on several levels, a simile has at least two layers of meaning, the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
sand dab | the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America |
class stratum social class socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
stratum | one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) |
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 |
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 |
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 |