various [ 'vɛəriəs] a.各种各样的，不同的
various ['vɛəriəs] a. 各种各样的,不同的, 多方面的, 多样的
various ['vɛəriəs] 各种的
窗口行业 various service trades
平等互利、讲求实效、形式多样、共同发展的方针 pursuing practical results, adopting various waysand seeking common development/ the principle of equality, mutual benefit, efficiency, diversity andmutual development
政府搭台，部门推动，企业唱戏 "Governments set up the stage, various departments cooperate and enterprise put in the show. "
Many leaders of government always go into raptures at the mere mention of artistic and cultural projects. They are forever talking about the nice parks, the smart sculptures in central city and the art galleries with various valuable rarities. Nothing, they maintain, is more essential than such projects in the economic growth.
只要一提起艺术和文化项目，一些政府领导就会兴奋不已，他们滔滔不绝地说着美丽的公园，城市中心漂亮的雕塑，还有满是稀世珍宝的艺术展览馆。他们认为在经济发展中，没有什么比这些艺术项目更重要了。
Many young people always go into raptures at the merely mention of buying fashion clothes. And they seem to be attracted by colorful material, various styles of fashion clothes. There is nothing, they maintain, that can't be compared with fashion clothes. In fact, fashion clothes had become indispensable part of youngster's life.
许多年轻人一提到时尚服装就兴高采烈。他们似乎被时尚服装那多彩的面料，各种不同的款式所吸引。 111. Many people seem to overlook the basic fact: the major function of clothing is to keep us warm and comfortable.
许多人似乎忽视了这个基本事实：衣服的基本功能是保持我们舒适和温暖。
Increase capital and reduce debts through various channels 多渠道增资减债
Develop various modes of operation and marketing 发展多种营销方式
Coexistance of various economic composition 多种经济成分共存
local government at various levels 各级地方政府
officials at various government levels 各级政府官员
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.
爱拥有形形色色的住所，同一个词不总是意味着同样的东西。
Nature is by no means inferior to art, and no works of art is not the imitation of various phenomena of nature.
自然绝对不低于艺术，艺术作品无一不是对种种自然现象的模仿。
The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.
哲学家们只是以不同的方式解释世界，而问题在于改变世界。
There are various indications that another financial crisis is coming soon.
种种迹象表明即将爆发新的金融危机。
Make a list of the various options.
把各种选择列一张表出来。
He tried various different jobs and in the end became a tourist guide.
他尝试做过各种不同的工作，最后当了一名导游。
The Port of Shanghai is filled with vessels of various kinds.
上海港停满了各种各样的船只。
Roseenblatt’s thematic analysis permits considerable objectivity; he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works—yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results.
Roseenblatt的主题分析非常有客观性，他甚至明确地说他并不愿判断各种作品的价值—但他的说法似乎有些不对头，特别是有时赞美的尝试可能产生有趣的结果。
Various objects were on the table.
桌子上摆着各种各样的物体。
The various items of your order will be packed into bundles of suitable size for shipment.
你们定单上的各种货物被打成各种大小不同的捆儿，以便于运输。
A It’s difficult deciding on a future career.
A 决定将来的事业是一件很难的事情。
B What do you mean?
B 你的意思是？
A Just now, I’m not sure what kind of work I like.
A 目前，我不太确定我喜欢做什么工作。
B I suppose there are lots of different paths you could take.
B 我想你有很多条路可以选择。
A Yes, to some degree. But I’m just not sure which is the best. I don’t want to work in an office all my life.
A 是的，在某种程度上是这样。但是我不太确定哪个是最好的选择。我不想一辈子在办公室里工作。
B The best thing is to try various jobs and see which you like most.
B 最好的办法是尝试各种工作，看看你最喜欢哪一个。
You can use the word back / back in various ways when you talk about coming and going to places, eg: I’ll go back to London with her / I’ll go back to London with her. eg: I’ll be back in Beijing soon / I’ll be back in Beijing soon. eg: I will come back to the hotel this evening / I will come back to the hotel this evening.
当你谈论来去某地时可以用back /回来这个词。例如：I’ll go back to London with her / 我将和她一起回伦敦。 eg: I’ll be back in Beijing soon /我将很快回北京。I will come back to the hotel this evening /我今晚将回旅馆。
You can talk about different lengths of time in various ways, eg: the whole time / the whole time eg: most of the time / most of the time eg: Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing / Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing.
你可以用不同的方法谈论时间的长短。例如the whole time /整个时间；most of the time /大部分时间。例如：Most of the time we’ll be in Beijing /大部分时间我们都将在北京。
There are various words you can use to describe something like the Olympics, or events such as the marathon, eg: The Olympics are exciting / The Olympics are exciting. eg: The marathon is a tough race / The marathon is a tough race.
有很多的词汇可以用来描述像奥运会这样的事件，或者像马拉松这样的比赛项目。例如：The Olympics are exciting /奥运比赛将激动人心。The marathon is a tough race /马拉松是一项艰苦的比赛。
There are various ways to describe somewhere full of people, eg: busy / busy ; crowded / crowded ; Everywhere in Beijing will be crowded / Everywhere in Beijing will be crowded. Remember also the way you can describe traffic, eg: The traffic will be really heavy / The traffic will be really heavy.
描述某处人潮拥挤有不同的方法，例如busy /热闹; crowded / 拥挤 :
Everywhere in Beijing will be crowded /北京到处都会非常拥挤。也请记住描述交通情况的用法。例如：The traffic will be really heavy /交通将相当拥挤。
Remember the various ways you can use the verb help / help, eg: It should help cut pollution / It should help cut pollution. The new metro should help reduce traffic / The new metro should help reduce traffic.
记住动词help / 帮助的不同用法, 例如: It should help cut pollution /这应该对减少污染有帮助。The new metro should help reduce traffic /新的地铁线路将有助于缓解交通拥挤的状况。
When you talk about someone’s language skills, you can say various things, eg: She can speak basic Chinese / She can speak basic Chinese: She speaks French and a little Spanish / She speaks French and a little Spanish.
当你谈论某人的语言技能时，你可以说不同的方面。例如：She can speak basic Chinese /她能讲一些基本的汉语。She speaks French and a little Spanish /她讲法语和一点西班牙语。
A Where can I buy cigarettes?
A 我可以在哪里买到烟？
B There’s a shop on the first floor of the hotel.
B 在宾馆一楼有一家商店。
A I’m also looking for a map – a street map of Beijing. Where can I buy that?
A 我还需要一张地图－你长北京的街道地图。在哪里能买到呢？
B In the same shop. They sell various things, including newspapers and postcards.
B 在同样的那家店。他们卖很多不同的东西，还有报纸和明信片。
The extent of insurance is stipulated in the basic policy form and in the various risk clause.
保险的范围写在基本保险单和各种险别的条款里。
不同的 varied; different; disparate; dissimilar; distinct; diverse; variant; various; another
If you are pleased about something you can say various things, e.g.: I’m glad . . . / I’m glad. . : I’m happy . . . / I’m happy; I’m pleased. . / I’m pleased . . .
如果你对某事感到满意，你可以用几种不同的方式来表达，例如：I’m glad . . . / 我很高兴… ； I’m happy . . . /我很高兴…; I’m pleased. . /我很高兴. . .
各地 [gè dì] /in all parts of (a country)/various regions/
各个 [gè ge ] /various/each/separately one-by-one/
各国 [gè guó] /each country/every country/various countries/
各式各样 [gè shì gè yàng] /(of) all kinds and sorts/various/
各种 [gè zhǒng] /every kind of/all kinds of/various kinds/
各种各样 [gè zhǒng gè yàng] /various sorts and varieties/
商榷 [shāng què] /(v) discuss; bring up and analyze various ideas/
收购 [shōu gòu] /(v) purchase from various places/
杂 [zá] /mixed/miscellaneous/various/to mix/
诸 [zhū] /(surname)/all/many/various/
诸如 [zhū rú] /(various things) such as/such as (the following)/
Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.
从人类最初有了智慧至今，人们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是一般肮脏的工作。
That compulsion has resulted in robotics — the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines.
这种不得已的行为导致了机器人科学的产生——一门将人类的能力赋予机器的科学。
And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.
如果科学家们还没有在机械上实现科幻小说的幻想，那么他们也已经很接近这个目标了。
The attacks on ambition are many and come from various angles; its public defenders are few and unimpressive, where they are not extremely unattractive.
对雄心的攻击非常之多，出自各种不同的角度；公开为之辩解的则少之又少，虽不能说他们是完全没有吸引力的，但却未能给人们留下深刻印象。
Of course, the basics of using any computer these days are very simple. It does not take a lifelong acquaintance to pick up various software programs.
当然，目前计算机的基本操作非常简单。不需要花毕生的时间去熟悉各种不同的软件程序的使用。
"Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?" Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week.
"You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?"
At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul-searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990.
It's a self-examination that has, at various times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line.
参议员罗伯特·多尔上星期质问时代华纳公司高级人员时说：“难道这就是你们要成就的事业吗？你们已经出卖了自己的灵魂，难道你们还非要腐化我们的国家，威胁我们的孩子不成？”不过，对于成立于1990年的时代华纳公司而言，
这样的质问仅仅只是公司自我反思的最新表白，是在不同时期涉及责任、创作自由和公司底线问题的自我反省。
{adj: another, some other} any of various alternatives; some other
"put it off to another (or some other) day"
{adj: assorted, various} of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
"assorted sizes"
"his disguises are many and various"
"various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"
"cited various reasons for his behavior"
{adj: aural} relating to or characterized by an aura
"various aural effects that precede a migraine headache"
{adj: diverse, various} distinctly dissimilar or unlike
"celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"
"animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
{adj: eclectic} selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
{adj: exuvial} of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals
{adj: hierarchical, hierarchal, hierarchic} classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
"it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"
"in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
<-> nonhierarchical
{adj: highly sensitive} readily affected by various agents
"a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"
"a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated"
{adj: hysteric, hysterical} characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
"during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein
"hysterical amnesia"
{adj: immunotherapeutic} of or relating to immunotherapy
"various immunotherapeutic techniques have been employed with AIDS patients"
{adj: matter-of-fact, prosaic} not fanciful or imaginative
"local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"
"a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
{adj: multiracial} made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races
"a multiracial society"
"multiracial government"
{adj: outrigged} rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc
{adj: pentecostal} of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members
{adj: photomechanical} of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
{adj: respective, several, various} considered individually
"the respective club members"
"specialists in their several fields"
"the various reports all agreed"
{adj: rouged} marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup
"freshly rouged lips"
"rouged cheeks"
{adj: stone} of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
{adj: suppressed} kept from public knowledge by various means;
<-> publicized
{adj: trial-and-error} trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated
"he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"
{adj: umber} of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments
{adj: universal} adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
"universal wrench", "universal chuck"
"universal screwdriver"
{adj: unlike, unequal} not equal in amount
"they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"
<-> like
{adj: versatile, various} having great diversity or variety
"his various achievements are impressive"
"his vast and versatile erudition"
{adj: written} set down in writing in any of various ways
"written evidence"
<-> spoken
{adv: here and there} in or to various places; first this place and then that
"he worked here and there but never for long in one town"
"we drove here and there in the darkness"
{adv: insuperably} to an insuperable degree
"these various courses all seemed insuperably difficult to the student"
{n: Albers, Josef Albers} United States painter born in Germany; works characterized by simple geometrical patterns in various colors (1888-1976)
{n: Avalokitesvara, Avalokiteshvara} a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
{n: Baptist Church, Baptists} any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
{n: Baptistic doctrine} any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism
{n: Buddhism} a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha
{n: California wine} any of various wines produced in California
{n: Cape primrose} any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
{n: Claviceps, genus Claviceps} fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
{n: Clavicipitaceae, grainy club mushrooms} any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes
{n: Council of Trent} a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy
{n: Dutch elm, Ulmus hollandica} any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall
{n: English iris, Iris xiphioides} bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow
{n: European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus} common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
{n: Formica} any of various plastic laminates containing melamine
{n: Geneva, Geneve, Genf} a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
{n: Haitian Creole} a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages
{n: Helipterum, genus Helipterum} genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma
{n: Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria} Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
{n: Heterobasidiomycetes, subclass Heterobasidiomycetes} category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
{n: Homobasidiomycetes, subclass Homobasidiomycetes} category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes
{n: Identikit, Identikit picture} a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
{n: Indian paintbrush, painted cup} any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
{n: Indian plantain} any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain
{n: June beetle, June bug, May bug, May beetle} any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
{n: Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow} any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
{n: LDL cholesterol} the cholesterol in low-density lipoproteins; the `bad' cholesterol; a high level in the blood is thought to be related to various pathogenic conditions
{n: Malcolm stock, stock} any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
{n: Mesoamerican} a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica
{n: Monera, kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae} prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
{n: Nahuatl} a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
{n: National Guard Bureau, NGB} the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
{n: Phoradendron, genus Phoradendron} any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe
{n: Proverbs, Book of Proverbs} an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
{n: Pseudepigrapha} 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature
{n: Puccinia, genus Puccinia} type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants
{n: Pygmy, Pigmy} any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
{n: Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn, firethorn} any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
{n: Rhone wine} any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France
{n: Rosicrucianism} the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers
{n: Rosicrucian} a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
{n: Strymon melinus} larvae are pests of various economic plants
{n: Tricholoma, genus Tricholoma} agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible
{n: Venus' slipper, Venus's slipper, Venus's shoe} any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
{n: Very Reverend} a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as cathedral deans and canons and others)
{n: Vespa, genus Vespa} type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
{n: Vinylite} any of various vinyl resins
{n: Volvaria bombycina} a parasite on various trees
{n: abalone, ear-shell} any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
{n: abelia} any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico
{n: acacia} any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
{n: acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm} any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
{n: acid} any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
{n: aconite} any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
{n: actinomycin} any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
{n: adelgid} any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
{n: agapanthus, lily of the Nile} any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
{n: albuca} any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
{n: alcazar} any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
{n: alder} wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
{n: alizarin carmine, alizarin crimson, alizarin red} any of various acid dyes; used for dying wool scarlet red
{n: alizarin yellow} any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner
{n: allophone} (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
{n: almond moth, fig moth, Cadra cautella} a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
{n: alpha blocker, alpha-blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent} any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder
{n: alstroemeria} any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
{n: althea, althaea, hollyhock} any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
{n: alumina, aluminum oxide, aluminium oxide} any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum
{n: amaranth} any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
{n: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid} organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
"proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"
{n: anchusa} any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
{n: angelica, angelique} any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
{n: angiospermous yellowwood} any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood
{n: angrecum} any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
{n: anime, gum anime} any of various resins or oleoresins
{n: antbird, ant bird} any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
{n: anthurium, tailflower, tail-flower} any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
{n: antiknock} any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking
{n: antimycin} a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi
{n: ape} any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
{n: aphid} any of various small plant-sucking insects
{n: applewood} wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus
{n: aralia} any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers
{n: archil, orchil} any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
{n: argentine} any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
{n: arnica} any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica
{n: arrack, arak} any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
{n: arsenic, As, atomic number 33} a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
{n: artemisia} any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
{n: asafetida, asafoetida} the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
{n: ash, ash tree} any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
{n: ash} strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
{n: asphodel} any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
{n: aster} any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
{n: avens} any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
{n: azalea} any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
{n: babbler, cackler} any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
{n: baking powder} any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast
{n: balm} any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
{n: balsam} any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes
{n: bandicoot} any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
{n: bantam} any of various small breeds of fowl
{n: baron} a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
{n: barrel, bbl} any of various units of capacity
"a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
{n: base, alkali} any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
{n: basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi} any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
{n: basswood, linden} soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
{n: bast, bast fiber} strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
{n: bat} a club used for hitting a ball in various games
{n: bean sprout} any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
{n: bean, bean plant} any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
{n: bean, edible bean} any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
{n: bean} any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
{n: beech, beechwood} wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
{n: beechnut} small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees
{n: beef fondue, boeuf fondu bourguignon} cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces
{n: bellwort, merry bells, wild oats} any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
{n: bench hook} any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)
{n: berry} a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
{n: beta blocker, beta-adrenergic blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent} any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
{n: bighead} any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
{n: billy buttons} any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
{n: biological time} the time of various biological processes
{n: birch} hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
{n: bird's-nest fungus} any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
{n: bittercress, bitter cress} any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
{n: bitterwood tree} any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
{n: bitumen} any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
{n: blackberry} large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
{n: blackheart} any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
{n: blastomycete} any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals
{n: blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot} any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
{n: bletia} any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
{n: blood lily} any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
{n: bloodwort} any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter
{n: bluegrass, blue grass} any of various grasses of the genus Poa
{n: bollworm} any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
{n: bonito} any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
{n: boom} any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
{n: boric acid, boracic acid} any of various acids containing boron and oxygen
{n: bovine} any of various members of the genus Bos
{n: bowerbird, catbird} any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
{n: brake} any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
{n: bramble} any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
{n: brassavola} any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7
{n: brazilwood} heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
{n: bread dough} any of various doughs for bread
{n: bream, freshwater bream} flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
{n: bream, sea bream} flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
{n: bridge} any of various card games based on whist for four players
{n: brome, bromegrass} any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
{n: broom} any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
{n: browntail, brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea} small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
{n: bubbler} any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid
{n: buckthorn berry, yellow berry} fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
{n: buck} mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
{n: bugle, bugleweed} any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
{n: bulbous iris} any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb
{n: bull} mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
{n: bunchgrass, bunch grass} any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
{n: bush pea} any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
{n: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup} any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
{n: button} any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
{n: cabbage, chou} any of various types of cabbage
{n: cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea} any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
{n: caladenia} any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
{n: calanthe} any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
{n: calf} young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
{n: calliandra} any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers
{n: campanula, bellflower} any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
{n: candytuft} any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region
{n: cane blight} a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants)
{n: canine, canid} any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
{n: cankerworm} green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
{n: caper} pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
{n: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant} any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
{n: caracara} any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America
{n: card} one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
"he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"
{n: carina} any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
{n: carp} any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
{n: cassia} any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
{n: casuarina} any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
{n: cat's eye} any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape
{n: catty, cattie} any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
{n: cement} any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
{n: centaury} any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
{n: chalcid fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid wasp} any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
{n: cherry} wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
{n: chestnut} edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
{n: chestnut} wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
{n: chickadee} any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
{n: chickweed} any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
{n: chili sauce} tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings
{n: chromatin, chromatin granule} the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes
{n: clematis} any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
{n: clip} any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
{n: coal tar} a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds
{n: cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha} any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
{n: coelogyne} any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black
{n: coleus, flame nettle} any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
{n: color bar, colour bar, color line, colour line, Jim Crow} barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
{n: columbo, American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant, American gentian} any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
{n: combination plane} a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes
{n: common plum, Prunus domestica} any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas
{n: conceptualism} the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
{n: conch} any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
{n: conciliation} any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
{n: conduction aphasia, associative aphasia} aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard
{n: coneflower} any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center
{n: coneflower} any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones
{n: conferva} any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
{n: constrictor} any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
{n: cookie, cooky, biscuit} any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
{n: copper, Cu, atomic number 29} a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
{n: copper} any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
{n: coral pea} any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
{n: coral snake, Old World coral snake} any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
{n: coral tree, erythrina} any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
{n: corchorus} any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
{n: corn} (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
{n: coronilla} any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels
{n: cortical area, cortical region} any of various regions of the cerebral cortex
{n: corymb} flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
{n: cosmos, cosmea} any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
{n: cost ledger} ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways
{n: cottonweed} any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
{n: counter} game equipment used in various card or board games
{n: count} a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
{n: crab, crabmeat} the edible flesh of any of various crabs
{n: craniology} the scientific study of the skulls of various human races
{n: cream, ointment, emollient} toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
{n: 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
{n: cress, cress plant} any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
{n: crotalaria, rattlebox} any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
{n: crucifer, cruciferous plant} any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
{n: cruciferous vegetable} a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
{n: cruet-stand} a stand for cruets containing various condiments
{n: crystal} a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
{n: cupflower, nierembergia} any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
{n: currant, currant bush} any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
{n: cymbid, cymbidium} any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
{n: cynancum} any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
{n: cypress} wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
{n: cytokine} any of various proteins secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
{n: cytosol} the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
{n: daisybush, daisy-bush, daisy bush} any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
{n: dammar, gum dammar, damar, dammar resin} any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
{n: dead nettle} any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
{n: death camas, zigadene} any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
{n: deck} any of various platforms built into a vessel
{n: denier} any of various former European coins of different denominations
{n: depravity, turpitude} a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
"the various turpitudes of modern society"
{n: derris} any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
{n: deutzia} any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
{n: dextrin} any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
{n: dial} the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
{n: dichromat} a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy
{n: distemper} any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
{n: diving duck} any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food
<-> dabbling duck
{n: dolphin} any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
{n: dombeya} any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves
{n: domestic animal} any of various domesticated animals
{n: domestic goat, Capra hircus} any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool
{n: domestic sheep, Ovis aries} any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
{n: domoic acid} a neurotoxin that is deadly for humans; found in various marine algae
{n: downy mildew, false mildew} any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons
{n: dragon's blood} a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving
{n: dry-wood termite} any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil
{n: ducat} formerly a gold coin of various European countries
{n: duke} a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
{n: dynamism} any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy
{n: eagle, bird of Jove} any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
{n: earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball} any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
{n: echovirus} any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants
{n: eelworm} any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
{n: egret} any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
{n: elastomer} any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
{n: elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid} any of various widely distributed beetles
{n: elder} any of various church officers
{n: electromagnetic unit, emu} any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
{n: electrostatic unit} any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges
{n: electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing} the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
{n: elm, elm tree} any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
{n: elsholtzia} any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes
{n: encyclopedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia} a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
{n: endonuclease} a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
{n: endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon, endozoan} any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
{n: entoproct} any of various mosslike aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles
{n: eon, aeon} (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
{n: epidendron} any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
{n: ergot, Claviceps purpurea} a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
{n: eucalyptus} wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
{n: everlasting, everlasting flower} any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
{n: exaction} act of demanding or levying by force or authority
"exaction of tribute"
"exaction of various dues and fees"
{n: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout} the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
"the doctor recommended regular exercise"
"he did some exercising"
"the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit"
{n: exuviae} cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
{n: false chamomile} any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
{n: false truffle} any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
{n: farandole} a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
{n: faubourg} a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
"in Faubourg Sainte-Marie"
{n: feline, felid} any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
{n: felt fungus, Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum} fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States
{n: filling} (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
"when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"
"an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
{n: fir, fir tree, true fir} any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
{n: fire engine, fire truck} any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
{n: fish family} any of various families of fish
{n: fish genus} any of various genus of fish
{n: fish loaf} flaked fish baked in a loaf with bread crumbs and various seasonings
{n: fish-liver oil, fish oil} a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish
{n: fish} any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
"the shark is a large fish"
"in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
{n: flatbread} any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
{n: flounder} any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
{n: flounder} flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
{n: fluorochrome} any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens
{n: fondue, fondu} cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
{n: foot, invertebrate foot} any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
{n: football, football game} any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
{n: forsythia} any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
{n: foxtail orchid} any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
{n: frangipani, frangipanni} any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
{n: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus} an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
{n: freshwater bass, bass} any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
{n: freshwater bream, bream} any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
{n: fringe tree} any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
{n: fringed gentian} any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana
{n: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian} any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
{n: frozen dessert} any of various desserts prepared by freezing
{n: fruitwood} wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
{n: fuchsia} any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
{n: fucoid, fucoid algae} any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
{n: gadfly} any of various large flies that annoy livestock
{n: gallfly} any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed
{n: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen} any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
{n: gardenia} any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
{n: garnet} any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
{n: gateau} any of various rich and elaborate cakes
{n: gecko} any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
{n: gentian} any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
{n: genus Coleus} genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon
{n: genus Laelia} large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
{n: genus Sclerotinia} large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens
{n: genus Silene} large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
{n: germander} any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
{n: gherkin} any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
{n: gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter} any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
{n: glaze} any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
{n: globe thistle} any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers
{n: glory pea, clianthus} any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes
{n: gnat} any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
{n: golden saxifrage, golden spleen} any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium
{n: goldenbush} any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America
{n: goosefoot} any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
{n: grape hyacinth} any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
{n: grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae} destructive to various grape plants
{n: grape} any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
{n: greens, green, leafy vegetable} any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
{n: griffon, Brussels griffon, Belgian griffon} breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle
{n: groats} the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
{n: grosbeak, grossbeak} any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
{n: ground squirrel, gopher, spermophile} any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
{n: grouse} flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
{n: gum tree, gum} any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
{n: gumbo, gumbo soil} any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
{n: gummosis} pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
{n: gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed} any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
{n: gumwood, gum} wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
{n: gum} any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
{n: gymnospermous yellowwood} any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood
{n: hackberry, nettle tree} any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
{n: haemoproteid} related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
{n: half} in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
{n: halocarbon} one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
{n: handyman, jack of all trades, odd-job man} a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
{n: hanging fly} any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae
{n: harpullia} any of various tree of the genus Harpullia
{n: harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat} any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
{n: hawk's-beard, hawk's-beards} any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
{n: hawkbit} any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions
{n: hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth} any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
{n: hawkweed} any of various plants of the genus Pilosella
{n: head cabbage, head cabbage plant, Brassica oleracea capitata} any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves
{n: heliophila} any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
{n: helleborine} any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
{n: herb tea, herbal tea, herbal} tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
{n: hickory} valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
{n: holly fern} any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
{n: hollyhock} any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
{n: homeobox, homeobox gene} one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
{n: hoop snake} any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
{n: horehound} any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
{n: horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse fly} large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
{n: hot pepper} any of various pungent capsicum fruits
{n: huckleberry} any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
{n: hydrangea} any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
{n: hyperlipoproteinemia} any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood
{n: hyperpnea} energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders
<-> hypopnea
{n: hypobasidium} special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales
{n: hypoglycemic agent, hypoglycaemic agent} any of various agents that decrease the level of glucose in the blood and are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus
{n: hypolipoproteinemia} any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood
{n: incense tree} any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
{n: infundibulum} any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)
{n: iron blue, Prussian blue} any of various blue pigments
{n: ironweed, vernonia} any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue
{n: isopod} any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
{n: jacks, jackstones, knucklebones} a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
{n: jig} any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
{n: junk} any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
{n: kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii} any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
{n: kauri pine, dammar pine} any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
{n: kino, gum kino, kino gum} a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
{n: kit} young of any of various fur-bearing animals
"a fox kit"
{n: knapweed} any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
{n: knot} any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
{n: labdanum, ladanum} a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative
{n: laelia} any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
{n: laundry detergent} any of various detergents designed for use in a washing machine for clothing
{n: laurel} any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
{n: lavender} any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
{n: leaf miner, leaf-miner} any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
{n: leaf shape, leaf form} any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
{n: leaf-nosed snake} any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
{n: legume} the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
{n: lemming} any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
{n: leopard plant} any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage
{n: lettuce} any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
{n: lettuce} leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
{n: lilac} any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
{n: limbus} a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
{n: lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia} any of various related trees bearing limes
{n: lime} the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
{n: limpet} any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
{n: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree} any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
{n: lip fern, lipfern} any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions
{n: listeriosis, listeria meningitis} an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms
{n: loasa} any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
{n: locust tree, locust} any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
{n: locust} hardwood from any of various locust trees
{n: lodge, indian lodge} any of various native American dwellings
{n: lomatia} any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers
{n: long-eared bat} any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears
{n: loop knot} any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
{n: loosestrife} any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
{n: lorikeet} any of various small lories
{n: lotion} any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin
{n: love grass, bay grass} any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
{n: lunch meat, luncheon meat} any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold
{n: lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly} any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
{n: mackerel} any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
{n: macule, macula} a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
{n: magnolia} dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
{n: mahogany, mahogany tree} any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
{n: mahogany} wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
{n: maidenhair, maidenhair fern} any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
{n: mallow} any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
{n: mandala} any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation
{n: manna} hardened sugary exudation of various trees
{n: maple} wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
{n: marble} a small ball of glass that is used in various games
{n: marigold} any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
{n: marinade} mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
{n: marquis, marquess} nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
{n: marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow} any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
{n: marsh elder, iva} any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
{n: martin} any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
{n: mason wasp} any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
{n: matrimony vine, boxthorn} any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
{n: meadow rue} any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
{n: meadowgrass, meadow grass} any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
{n: meal} coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
{n: mecopteran} any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
{n: medallion} any of various large ancient Greek coins
{n: medley, potpourri, pastiche} a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
{n: melolonthid beetle} any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
{n: melon, melon vine} any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
{n: metaplastic anemia, metaplastic anaemia} pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed
{n: meter} any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
{n: mica, isinglass} any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
{n: midgrass} any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone
{n: milk vetch, milk-vetch} any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
{n: milkwort} any of various plants of the genus Polygala
{n: millet} any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
{n: millet} small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
{n: mimosa} any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
{n: miterwort, mitrewort, bishop's cap} any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
{n: mode, musical mode} any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
{n: modern jazz, new jazz, neo jazz} any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
{n: mold, mould} a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
{n: monarda, wild bergamot} any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
{n: monitor, monitor lizard, varan} any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
{n: monkey} any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
{n: monster} an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
{n: moon} any object resembling a moon
"he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"
"the clock had a moon that showed various phases"
{n: morel} any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
{n: morning glory} any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
{n: morphophoneme} (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme
{n: morris dance, morris dancing} any of various English folk dances performed by men in costume
{n: moth miller, miller} any of various moths that have powdery wings
{n: moth orchid, moth plant} any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
{n: mountain ash} any of various trees of the genus Sorbus
{n: mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed, chickweed} any of various plants related to the common chickweed
{n: mouthbreeder} any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths
{n: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant} any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
{n: mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg} a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
{n: mushroom pimple} any of various mushrooms of the family Hypocreaceae
{n: mushroom} any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
{n: musical instrument, instrument} any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
{n: mutisia} any of various plants of the genus Mutisia
{n: myxosporidian} mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
{n: naphtha} any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
{n: necrobiosis, cell death} (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
{n: nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis} a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases
{n: nerve, nervus} any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
{n: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD} a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
{n: nominalism} (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
{n: nucleic acid} (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
{n: nuthatch, nutcracker} any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
{n: ocher, ochre} any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
{n: octroi} a tax on various goods brought into a town
{n: offspring, materialization, materialisation} something that comes into existence as a result
"industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"
"this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
{n: oil beetle} any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies
{n: operating system, OS} (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
{n: operation} a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
"they organized a rescue operation"
"the biggest police operation in French history"
"running a restaurant is quite an operation"
"consolidate the companies various operations"
{n: orach, orache} any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
{n: orchis} any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
{n: origanum} any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings
{n: orrisroot, orris} fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
{n: orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran} any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
{n: osier} any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
{n: ox, wild ox} any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
{n: oxytetracycline, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin} a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
{n: pachyderm} any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
{n: paddle} small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
{n: paganism, pagan religion, heathenism} any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
{n: pajama, pyjama} lightweight trousers worn in various eastern countries
{n: palatine} any of various important officials in ancient Rome
{n: palingenesis, recapitulation} emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
<-> cenogenesis
{n: pandanus, screw pine} any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
{n: pansy orchid} any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers
{n: pansy, Viola tricolor hortensis} large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
{n: parnassia, grass-of-Parnassus} any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
{n: parr} the young of various fishes
{n: partial veil, velum} membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
{n: passionflower, passionflower vine} any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
{n: pasta salad} a salad having any of various pastas as the base
{n: pastel} any of various pale or light colors
{n: pastry} any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
{n: pavonia} any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers
{n: pearlwort, pearlweed, pearl-weed} any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
{n: pectin} any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
{n: peen} the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
{n: penicillin} any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
{n: peperomia} any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage
{n: peptone} any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids
{n: perch} any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
{n: peristome} region around the mouth in various invertebrates
{n: personal identification number, PIN, PIN number} a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
{n: pewter} any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
{n: phenolphthalein} a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8
{n: phenylketonuria, PKU} a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
{n: philadelphus} any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
{n: phlomis} any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage
{n: phospholipid} any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes
{n: physostegia} any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers
{n: pickup} the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
"garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
{n: pink, garden pink} any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
{n: pitch, tar} any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
{n: plastid} any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
{n: pleat, plait} any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
{n: plectranthus} any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus
{n: pocket mouse} any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
{n: pocket rat} any of various rodents with cheek pouches
{n: poison bush, poison pea, gastrolobium} any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
{n: poker, poker game} any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
{n: polyoma, polyoma virus} a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice
{n: polyurethane, ployurethan} any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
{n: pony} any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
{n: pool, pocket billiards} any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
{n: porphyrin} any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
{n: positron emission tomography, PET} using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
{n: potato salad} any of various salads having chopped potatoes as the base
{n: potboy, potman} a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
{n: potherb} any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
{n: pothos} any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus
{n: potter wasp} any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
{n: pouch, pocket} (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
{n: powdery mildew} any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface
{n: powder} any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
{n: prawn, shrimp} any of various edible decapod crustaceans
{n: prickly pear} round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
{n: priest} a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
{n: privet} any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
{n: profile} an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
"a biochemical profile of blood"
"a psychological profile of serial killers"
{n: promycelium} the basidium of various fungi
{n: pruritus} an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
{n: psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology} a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
"his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
{n: ptomaine, ptomain} any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
{n: pudding} any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
{n: pudding} any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
"corn pudding"
{n: puff batter, pouf paste, pate a choux} batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
{n: puffball, true puffball} any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
{n: pulque} fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
{n: pulse} edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
{n: pup, whelp} young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
{n: purine} a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
{n: pyrites} any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest)
{n: rabbit, coney, cony} any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
{n: rabbit, hare} flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
{n: rack, stand} a support for displaying various articles
"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
{n: racket, racquet} a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
{n: radish} pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants
{n: range} a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
"the army maintains a missile range in the desert"
"any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"
{n: rat snake} any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
{n: rattan, rattan cane} the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
{n: rattlesnake orchid} any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
{n: rat} any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
{n: rectus} any of various straight muscles
{n: red cedar} fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
{n: reed grass} any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
{n: refractory anemia, refractory anaemia} any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)
{n: refried beans, frijoles refritos} dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings
{n: regional anatomy, topographic anatomy, topology} the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region
{n: regulator} any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
{n: reproduction cost, physical value} cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)
{n: resorcinol} a crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos
{n: rhinoceros beetle} any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts
{n: rhizoid} any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
{n: rhizopus} any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus
{n: ringlet, ringlet butterfly} any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
{n: rockfish} the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
{n: root rot} disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi
{n: root vegetable} any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
{n: rubber, synthetic rubber} any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
{n: ruminant} any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
{n: rust, rust fungus} any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
{n: rye bread} any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour
{n: sabbatia} any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
{n: sac fungus} any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
{n: sack} any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
{n: sage, salvia} any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
{n: sago palm} any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
{n: salamander} any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
{n: salmon} any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
{n: salmon} flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
{n: saltbush} any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
{n: sampler} a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
{n: sampler} an assortment of various samples
"a candy sampler"
"a sampler of French poets"
{n: sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii} any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
{n: sand verbena} any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
{n: saponin} any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
{n: saran} any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
{n: sardine} any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
{n: sarsaparilla root} dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent
{n: sarsaparilla} any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
{n: saurian} any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
{n: saxifrage, breakstone, rockfoil} any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
{n: scabious, scabiosa} any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
{n: schnapps, schnaps} any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
{n: sclerotium} compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth
{n: scorpion fly} any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous
{n: scow} any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
{n: scraper} any of various hand tools for scraping
{n: scratch test} a test to determine allergic sensitivity to various substances by applying them to scratches in the skin
{n: scrub oak} any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
{n: scyphozoan} any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
{n: sea bass} any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
{n: sea duck} any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser
{n: sea eagle} any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish
{n: sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice} any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of whit or mauve flowers
{n: sea moss} any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
{n: sea slug, nudibranch} any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
{n: sea spider, pycnogonid} any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
{n: sea tangle, tang} any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
{n: sea turtle, marine turtle} any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
{n: seagrass} any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
"seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop"
{n: seashore mallow} any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
{n: sedum} any of various plants of the genus Sedum
{n: senna} any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
{n: serin} any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe
{n: sesbania} any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers
{n: shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog} any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
{n: shield fern, buckler fern} any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
{n: shirting} any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
{n: shortgrass, short-grass} any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
{n: sild} any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
{n: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide} a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechartelierite
{n: silicide} any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
{n: silver ash} any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia
{n: silver bell} any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers
{n: silver fir} any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath
{n: silverweed} any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers
{n: sinus} any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
{n: skiff} any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
{n: skydiver} a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
{n: slave ant} any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species
{n: slug} any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
{n: smoke bush} any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
{n: snake oil} (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
{n: snapper} flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
{n: sneezeweed} any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing
{n: sobralia} any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya
{n: social work} any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children
{n: sodium hydroxide, caustic soda} a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
{n: sounding rocket} a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
{n: sour orange, Seville orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, bigarade, marmalade orange, Citrus aurantium} any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
{n: southern beech, evergreen beech} any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
{n: spar} any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
{n: spathiphyllum, peace lily, spathe flower} any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
{n: sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss} any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
{n: sphecoid wasp, sphecoid} any of various solitary wasps
{n: spicule, spiculum} small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
{n: spiderflower, cleome} any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers
{n: spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor} any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
{n: spinel} a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones
{n: spitz} any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail
{n: spiv} a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
{n: spleenwort} any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
{n: sponge} a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
{n: spongioblast} any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia
{n: spurred gentian} any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes
{n: staghorn fern} any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
{n: stand} a small table for holding articles of various kinds
"a bedside stand"
{n: stanhopea} any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil
{n: stapelia, carrion flower, starfish flower} any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
{n: stater} any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
{n: stelis} any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
{n: stemmatology, stemmatics} the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)
"stemmatology also plays an important role in musicology"
"transcription errors are of decisive importance in stemmatics"
{n: stephanotis} any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
{n: stinkhorn, carrion fungus} any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
"the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
{n: stonecrop} any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
{n: stonewort} any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
{n: storax} a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
{n: storksbill, heron's bill} any of various plants of the genus Erodium
{n: storm petrel} any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
{n: strawberry} any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
{n: strawflower} any of various plants of the genus Helipterum
{n: streptobacillus} any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria
{n: streptocarpus} any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
{n: strip mall} a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot
{n: strophanthus} any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds
{n: stuffed tomato, cold stuffed tomato} tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold
{n: stuffed tomato, hot stuffed tomato} tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly
{n: sugarplum} any of various small sugary candies
{n: summer squash, summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo} any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
{n: summer squash} any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
{n: sundew, sundew plant, daily dew} any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
{n: swizzle} any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
{n: sword dance, sword dancing} any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
{n: sword grass} any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges
{n: tallgrass, tall-grass} any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
{n: tang, sea tang} any of various coarse seaweeds
{n: tangerine} any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
{n: tannin, tannic acid} any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
{n: tarweed} any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America
{n: teacake} any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
{n: teal} any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
{n: tenor drum, tom-tom} any of various drums with small heads
{n: tentacle} any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
{n: terrapin} any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
{n: testacean} any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell
{n: theater light} any of various lights used in a theater
{n: third eye, pineal eye} a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
{n: thornbill} any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
{n: thrips, thrip, thripid} any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
{n: throwing stick, throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower} a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
{n: thyme} any of various mints of the genus Thymus
{n: tick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's lice} any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
{n: tongs, pair of tongs} any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
{n: tooth shell, tusk shell} any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing
{n: topaz} a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
{n: tostada} a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it
{n: toweling, towelling} any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
{n: train of thought, thread} the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
"I couldn't follow his train of thought"
"he lost the thread of his argument"
{n: transferase} any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound
{n: tree frog, tree-frog} any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
{n: triangle} any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
{n: trout} any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
{n: true bug} any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera
{n: true pepper, pepper vine} any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
{n: truffle, earthnut, earth-ball} any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
{n: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.} infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
{n: tulipwood tree} any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood
{n: tulipwood} the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
{n: tumblebug} any of various dung beetles
{n: turtle} any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
{n: undine} any of various female water spirits
{n: universal veil, velum} membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
{n: urban legend} a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true
{n: ursinia} any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers
{n: vampire bat, true vampire bat} any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
{n: vanadium pentoxide, vanadic acid} any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts
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