English Dictionary: Geum strictum |
by the
DICT Development Group |
gamma acid
n 1: a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gangdom
- n
- underworld organizations [syn: organized crime,
gangland, gangdom]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gangsta
- n
- (Black English) a member of a youth gang
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gangster
- n
- a criminal who is a member of gang [syn: gangster,
mobster]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gangster's moll
- n
- the girlfriend of a gangster [syn: moll, gun moll,
gangster's moll]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gem cutter
- n
- one who cuts and shapes precious stones
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Gem State
- n
- a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gemstone
- n
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for
jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
Synonym(s): gem, gemstone, stone
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Genista
- n
- chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean
area and western Asia: broom
Synonym(s): Genista, genus Genista
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Genista anglica
- n
- prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England
and Europe
Synonym(s): broom tree, needle furze, petty whin, Genista anglica
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Genista hispanica
- n
- erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden
yellow flowers
Synonym(s): Spanish broom, Spanish gorse, Genista hispanica
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Genista raetam
- n
- desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white
flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Synonym(s): retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Genista tinctoria
- n
- small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
Synonym(s): woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genocide
- n
- systematic killing of a racial or cultural group [syn:
genocide, race murder, racial extermination]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adalia
- n
- genus of ladybugs
Synonym(s): Adalia, genus Adalia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adansonia
- n
- baobab; cream-of-tartar tree [syn: Adansonia, {genus
Adansonia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Addax
- n
- genus of antelopes of northern African deserts
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adelges
- n
- type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice [syn: Adelges,
genus Adelges]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adenanthera
- n
- small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas
Synonym(s): Adenanthera, genus Adenanthera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adenium
- n
- one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and
Arabia
Synonym(s): Adenium, genus Adenium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adenota
- n
- African antelopes: puku
Synonym(s): Adenota, genus Adenota
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adiantum
- n
- cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some
classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
Synonym(s): Adiantum, genus Adiantum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adlumia
- n
- one species: climbing fumitory [syn: Adlumia, {genus
Adlumia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Adonis
- n
- annual or perennial herbs
Synonym(s): Adonis, genus Adonis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aedes
- n
- yellow-fever mosquitos
Synonym(s): Aedes, genus Aedes
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aethionema
- n
- Old World genus of the family Cruciferae [syn:
Aethionema, genus Aethionema]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aethusa
- n
- fool's parsley
Synonym(s): Aethusa, genus Aethusa
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aetobatus
- n
- a genus of Myliobatidae [syn: Aetobatus, {genus
Aetobatus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aotus
- n
- douroucoulis
Synonym(s): Aotus, genus Aotus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Ateles
- n
- spider monkeys
Synonym(s): Ateles, genus Ateles
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Athene
- n
- a genus of Strigidae
Synonym(s): Athene, genus Athene
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atherinopsis
- n
- a genus of Atherinidae [syn: Atherinopsis, {genus
Atherinopsis}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atherurus
- n
- a genus of Hystricidae [syn: Atherurus, {genus
Atherurus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Athrotaxis
- n
- a genus of gymnosperm [syn: Athrotaxis, {genus
Athrotaxis}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Athyrium
- n
- temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications
placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
Synonym(s): Athyrium, genus Athyrium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atrichornis
- n
- type genus of the Atrichornithidae [syn: Atrichornis,
genus Atrichornis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atriplex
- n
- orach; saltbush
Synonym(s): Atriplex, genus Atriplex
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atropa
- n
- belladonna
Synonym(s): Atropa, genus Atropa
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Attalea
- n
- unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
Synonym(s): Attalea, genus Attalea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Atticus
- n
- atlas moth
Synonym(s): Atticus, genus Atticus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Automeris
- n
- io moth
Synonym(s): Automeris, genus Automeris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Aythya
- n
- canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. [syn: Aythya, {genus
Aythya}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cadra
- n
- a genus of Pyralidae
Synonym(s): Cadra, genus Cadra
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catacala
- n
- moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings [syn:
Catacala, genus Catacala]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catalpa
- n
- a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family
Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catananche
- n
- genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catasetum
- n
- genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and
female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
Synonym(s): Catasetum, genus Catasetum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catha
- n
- a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick
leaves and white flowers
Synonym(s): Catha, genus Catha
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catharacta
- n
- skuas
Synonym(s): Catharacta, genus Catharacta
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catharanthus
- n
- small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to
Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
Synonym(s): Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cathartes
- n
- type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures [syn:
Cathartes, genus Cathartes]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cathaya
- n
- one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catoptrophorus
- n
- willet
Synonym(s): Catoptrophorus, genus Catoptrophorus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Catostomus
- n
- type genus of the family Catostomidae [syn: Catostomus,
genus Catostomus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cattleya
- n
- large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical
American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cedrela
- n
- tropical American trees
Synonym(s): Cedrela, genus Cedrela
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cedrus
- n
- true cedars
Synonym(s): Cedrus, genus Cedrus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Ceterach
- n
- small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some
classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
Synonym(s): Ceterach, genus Ceterach
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cetonia
- n
- a genus of Cetoniidae
Synonym(s): Cetonia, genus Cetonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cetorhinus
- n
- comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications
considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
Synonym(s): Cetorhinus, genus Cetorhinus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cetraria
- n
- foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes [syn:
Cetraria, genus Cetraria]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Chaetodipterus
- n
- a genus of Ephippidae [syn: Chaetodipterus, {genus
Chaetodipterus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Chaetodon
- n
- type genus of the Chaetodontidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Chateura
- n
- a genus of Apodidae
Synonym(s): Chateura, genus Chateura
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Chiton
- n
- a genus of Polyplacophora
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Citellus
- n
- typical ground squirrels [syn: Citellus, {genus
Citellus}, Spermophilus, genus Spermophilus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Citharichthys
- n
- a genus of Bothidae [syn: Citharichthys, {genus
Citharichthys}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Citroncirus
- n
- a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata
Synonym(s): Citroncirus, genus Citroncirus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Citrullus
- n
- a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including
watermelons
Synonym(s): Citrullus, genus Citrullus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Citrus
- n
- orange; lemon; lime; etc.
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Codariocalyx
- n
- used in some classifications for plants usually included in
genus Desmodium
Synonym(s): Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Codiaeum
- n
- evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful
leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
Synonym(s): Codiaeum, genus Codiaeum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cotinga
- n
- type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cotinus
- n
- smoke trees
Synonym(s): Cotinus, genus Cotinus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cotoneaster
- n
- genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely
cultivated
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cottus
- n
- type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins [syn: Cottus, {genus
Cottus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cotula
- n
- cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many
used as ground covers
Synonym(s): Cotula, genus Cotula
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Coturnix
- n
- Old World quail
Synonym(s): Coturnix, genus Coturnix
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Ctenocephalides
- n
- an arthropod genus of fleas [syn: Ctenocephalides, {genus
Ctenocephalides}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Ctenocephalus
- n
- a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides [syn:
Ctenocephalus, genus Ctenocephalus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cuterebra
- n
- type genus of the Cuterebridae [syn: Cuterebra, {genus
Cuterebra}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cyathea
- n
- type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical
rain forest to temperate woodlands
Synonym(s): Cyathea, genus Cyathea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cydonia
- n
- quince
Synonym(s): Cydonia, genus Cydonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Cytisus
- n
- large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old
World shrubs: broom
Synonym(s): Cytisus, genus Cytisus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daboecia
- n
- a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae [syn:
Daboecia, genus Daboecia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dacelo
- n
- Australasian kingfishers
Synonym(s): Dacelo, genus Dacelo
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dacrycarpus
- n
- evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to
Malaysia and Philippines
Synonym(s): Dacrycarpus, genus Dacrycarpus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dacrydium
- n
- Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs [syn: Dacrydium,
genus Dacrydium]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dacrymyces
- n
- type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate
basidium that lacks septa
Synonym(s): Dacrymyces, genus Dacrymyces
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dactylis
- n
- a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only
one species)
Synonym(s): Dactylis, genus Dactylis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dactyloctenium
- n
- a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae [syn:
Dactyloctenium, genus Dactyloctenium]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dactylopius
- n
- type genus of the Dactylopiidae [syn: Dactylopius, {genus
Dactylopius}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dactylopterus
- n
- a genus of Dactylopteridae [syn: Dactylopterus, {genus
Dactylopterus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dactylorhiza
- n
- genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North
Africa
Synonym(s): Dactylorhiza, genus Dactylorhiza
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dahlia
- n
- genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central
America
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dalbergia
- n
- large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and
paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers
Synonym(s): Dalbergia, genus Dalbergia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dalea
- n
- indigo bush
Synonym(s): Dalea, genus Dalea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dama
- n
- fallow deer
Synonym(s): Dama, genus Dama
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Damaliscus
- n
- African antelopes: sassabies [syn: Damaliscus, {genus
Damaliscus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Danaea
- n
- fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America [syn:
Danaea, genus Danaea]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Danaus
- n
- type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies [syn:
Danaus, genus Danaus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daphne
- n
- usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daphnia
- n
- water fleas
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Darlingtonia
- n
- one species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia,
genus Darlingtonia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Darmera
- n
- one species [syn: Darmera, genus Darmera,
Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dasyatis
- n
- type genus of the Dasyatidae [syn: Dasyatis, {genus
Dasyatis}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dasyprocta
- n
- type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis [syn:
Dasyprocta, genus Dasyprocta]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dasypus
- n
- type genus of the Dasypodidae [syn: Dasypus, {genus
Dasypus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dasyurus
- n
- type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats [syn:
Dasyurus, genus Dasyurus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Datura
- n
- thorn apple
Synonym(s): Datura, genus Datura
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daubentonia
- n
- type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae
Synonym(s): Daubentonia, genus Daubentonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daucus
- n
- carrot
Synonym(s): Daucus, genus Daucus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Davallia
- n
- Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems
placed directly in family Polypodiaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Daviesia
- n
- genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small
yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods
Synonym(s): Daviesia, genus Daviesia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Decapterus
- n
- scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in
distribution
Synonym(s): Decapterus, genus Decapterus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Decumaria
- n
- small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots;
sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
Synonym(s): Decumaria, genus Decumaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Deinocheirus
- n
- a reptile genus of Ornithomimida
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Deinonychus
- n
- advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delairea
- n
- one species: German ivy
Synonym(s): Delairea, genus Delairea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delichon
- n
- a genus of Hirundinidae
Synonym(s): Delichon, genus Delichon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delonix
- n
- evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India
Synonym(s): Delonix, genus Delonix
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delphinapterus
- n
- white whale
Synonym(s): Delphinapterus, genus Delphinapterus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delphinium
- n
- large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of
north temperate regions some poisonous
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Delphinus
- n
- type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: Delphinus, {genus
Delphinus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendranthema
- n
- comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
Synonym(s): Dendranthema, genus Dendranthema
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendraspis
- n
- mambas [syn: Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis,
Dendraspis, genus Dendraspis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendroaspis
- n
- mambas [syn: Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis,
Dendraspis, genus Dendraspis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendrobium
- n
- large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or
lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendrocalamus
- n
- giant clump-forming bamboos [syn: Dendrocalamus, {genus
Dendrocalamus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendrocolaptes
- n
- type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae [syn: Dendrocolaptes,
genus Dendrocolaptes]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendroctonus
- n
- genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to
mature conifers
Synonym(s): Dendroctonus, genus Dendroctonus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendroica
- n
- a genus of Parulidae
Synonym(s): Dendroica, genus Dendroica
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendrolagus
- n
- tree wallabies
Synonym(s): Dendrolagus, genus Dendrolagus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dendromecon
- n
- one species: bush poppy [syn: Dendromecon, {genus
Dendromecon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Denisonia
- n
- copperheads
Synonym(s): Denisonia, genus Denisonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dennstaedtia
- n
- chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems
placed in family Polypodiaceae
Synonym(s): Dennstaedtia, genus Dennstaedtia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dentaria
- n
- usually included in genus Cardamine; in some
classifications considered a separate genus
Synonym(s): Dentaria, genus Dentaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Deparia
- n
- classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns
usually placed in other genera
Synonym(s): Deparia, genus Deparia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dermacentor
- n
- vectors of important diseases of man and animals [syn:
Dermacentor, genus Dermacentor]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dermatobia
- n
- larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
Synonym(s): Dermatobia, genus Dermatobia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dermochelys
- n
- type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles [syn:
Dermochelys, genus Dermochelys]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Derris
- n
- genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Descurainia
- n
- includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe
very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
Synonym(s): Descurainia, genus Descurainia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Desmanthus
- n
- genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate
leaves and small whitish flowers
Synonym(s): Desmanthus, genus Desmanthus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Desmidium
- n
- a genus of protoctist
Synonym(s): Desmidium, genus Desmidium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Desmodium
- n
- beggarweed; tick trefoil [syn: Desmodium, {genus
Desmodium}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Desmodus
- n
- type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats [syn:
Desmodus, genus Desmodus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Desmograthus
- n
- an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae [syn: Desmograthus,
genus Desmograthus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Deutzia
- n
- genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia
and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diacalpa
- n
- one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas [syn:
Diacalpa, genus Diacalpa]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diadophis
- n
- a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including
ringneck snakes
Synonym(s): Diadophis, genus Diadophis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dialeurodes
- n
- a genus of Aleyrodidae [syn: Dialeurodes, {genus
Dialeurodes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dianthus
- n
- carnations and pinks
Synonym(s): Dianthus, genus Dianthus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diapensia
- n
- type genus of Diapensiaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diapheromera
- n
- a genus of Phasmidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicamptodon
- n
- type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicentra
- n
- North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and
irregular flowers
Synonym(s): Dicentra, genus Dicentra
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diceros
- n
- most common species in Africa [syn: Diceros, {genus
Diceros}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dichondra
- n
- genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with
creeping stems that root at the nodes
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicksonia
- n
- tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or
tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
Synonym(s): Dicksonia, genus Dicksonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicranopteris
- n
- terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground;
pantropical
Synonym(s): Dicranopteris, genus Dicranopteris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicranum
- n
- type genus of Dicranaceae [syn: Dicranum, {genus
Dicranum}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dicrostonyx
- n
- pied lemmings
Synonym(s): Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dictamnus
- n
- a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae [syn:
Dictamnus, genus Dictamnus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dictostylium
- n
- genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying
vegetation
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dictyophera
- n
- closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an
indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus
Synonym(s): Dictyophera, genus Dictyophera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Didelphis
- n
- type genus of the family Didelphidae [syn: Didelphis,
genus Didelphis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dieffenbachia
- n
- evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush
foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
Synonym(s): Dieffenbachia, genus Dieffenbachia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diervilla
- n
- small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles
Synonym(s): Diervilla, genus Diervilla
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Difflugia
- n
- genus of protozoans related to ameba
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Digitalis
- n
- genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes
of showy bell-shaped flowers
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Digitaria
- n
- crab grass; finger grass [syn: Digitaria, {genus
Digitaria}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dillenia
- n
- East Indian and Australian shrubs and trees having panicles
of large white or yellow flowers
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dimetrodon
- n
- a reptile genus of Pelycosauria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dimocarpus
- n
- longan
Synonym(s): Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dimorphotheca
- n
- South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow
flowers
Synonym(s): Dimorphotheca, genus Dimorphotheca
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dinornis
- n
- type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas [syn:
Dinornis, genus Dinornis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diodon
- n
- type genus of the Diodontidae [syn: Diodon, {genus
Diodon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diomedea
- n
- type of the Diomedeidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dionaea
- n
- a genus of the family Droseraceae [syn: Dionaea, {genus
Dionaea}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dioon
- n
- small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central
America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dioscorea
- n
- yams
Synonym(s): Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diospyros
- n
- a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
wood
Synonym(s): Diospyros, genus Diospyros
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diphylla
- n
- vampire bats
Synonym(s): Diphylla, genus Diphylla
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipladenia
- n
- genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody
vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
Synonym(s): Mandevilla, genus Mandevilla, Dipladenia, genus Dipladenia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diplococcus
- n
- a genus of bacteria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diplodocus
- n
- a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diplopterygium
- n
- scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific
Synonym(s): Diplopterygium, genus Diplopterygium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Diplotaxis
- n
- wall rocket
Synonym(s): Diplotaxis, genus Diplotaxis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipodomys
- n
- kangaroo rats
Synonym(s): Dipodomys, genus Dipodomys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipogon
- n
- one species: Australian pea [syn: Dipogon, {genus
Dipogon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipsacus
- n
- type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel [syn: Dipsacus,
genus Dipsacus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipsosaurus
- n
- desert iguanas
Synonym(s): Dipsosaurus, genus Dipsosaurus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipteronia
- n
- small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters
of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China
Synonym(s): Dipteronia, genus Dipteronia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipteryx
- n
- tropical American trees: tonka beans [syn: Coumarouna,
genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dipus
- n
- type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three
toes on each hind foot
Synonym(s): Dipus, genus Dipus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dirca
- n
- deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood [syn:
Dirca, genus Dirca]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Disa
- n
- genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Discina
- n
- a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-
shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dodonaea
- n
- a genus of tropical shrub or tree [syn: Dodonaea, {genus
Dodonaea}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dolichonyx
- n
- bobolinks
Synonym(s): Dolichonyx, genus Dolichonyx
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dolichos
- n
- genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera
Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
Synonym(s): Dolichos, genus Dolichos
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dolichotis
- n
- maras
Synonym(s): Dolichotis, genus Dolichotis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Doliolum
- n
- type genus of the Doliolidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dombeya
- n
- genus of African shrubs or small trees
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Doodia
- n
- in some classification systems placed in family
Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
Synonym(s): genus Doodia, Doodia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Doronicum
- n
- genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs:
leopard's bane
Synonym(s): Doronicum, genus Doronicum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dorotheanthus
- n
- a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus [syn:
Dorotheanthus, genus Dorotheanthus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Doryopteris
- n
- small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in
family Adiantaceae
Synonym(s): Doryopteris, genus Doryopteris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dovyalis
- n
- small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees;
Africa; India; Sri Lanka
Synonym(s): Dovyalis, genus Dovyalis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Draba
- n
- large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and Arctic
regions
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dracaena
- n
- Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of
sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Draco
- n
- a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
Synonym(s): Draco, genus Draco
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dracocephalum
- n
- genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind
family: dragonheads
Synonym(s): Dracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dracontium
- n
- small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dracula
- n
- comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
Synonym(s): Dracula, genus Dracula
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dracunculus
- n
- tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum [syn:
Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus]
- type genus of the family Dracunculidae
Synonym(s): Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dreissena
- n
- zebra mussels
Synonym(s): Dreissena, genus Dreissena
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drepanis
- n
- a genus of Drepanididae
Synonym(s): Drepanis, genus Drepanis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drimys
- n
- shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic
foliage
Synonym(s): Drimys, genus Drimys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dromaius
- n
- a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes [syn:
Dromaius, genus Dromaius]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drosera
- n
- the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-
inhabiting insectivorous plants
Synonym(s): Drosera, genus Drosera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drosophila
- n
- a genus of Drosophilidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drosophyllum
- n
- one species
Synonym(s): Drosophyllum, genus Drosophyllum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dryadella
- n
- comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
Synonym(s): Dryadella, genus Dryadella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dryas
- n
- mountain avens
Synonym(s): Dryas, genus Dryas
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drymarchon
- n
- a genus of Colubridae [syn: Drymarchon, {genus
Drymarchon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drymoglossum
- n
- epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New
Guinea
Synonym(s): Drymoglossum, genus Drymoglossum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drynaria
- n
- large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub;
Africa and Asia and Australia
Synonym(s): Drynaria, genus Drynaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dryopithecus
- n
- genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene [syn:
Dryopithecus, genus Dryopithecus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dryopteris
- n
- large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns;
in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
Synonym(s): Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Drypis
- n
- one species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dugong
- n
- type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dumetella
- n
- catbirds
Synonym(s): Dumetella, genus Dumetella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Durio
- n
- a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae [syn:
Durio, genus Durio]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dusicyon
- n
- crab-eating dog
Synonym(s): Dusicyon, genus Dusicyon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Dysdercus
- n
- a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the
developing seeds of cotton and stain it
Synonym(s): Dysdercus, genus Dysdercus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Edaphosaurus
- n
- type genus of the Edaphosauridae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Edmontosaurus
- n
- duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Etropus
- n
- a genus of Bothidae
Synonym(s): Etropus, genus Etropus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Euderma
- n
- a genus of Vespertilionidae [syn: Euderma, {genus
Euderma}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Eudyptes
- n
- rock hoppers
Synonym(s): Eudyptes, genus Eudyptes
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Eutamias
- n
- chipmunks of western America and Asia [syn: Eutamias,
genus Eutamias]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Euterpe
- n
- a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical
America
Synonym(s): Euterpe, genus Euterpe
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Euthynnus
- n
- a genus of Scombridae
Synonym(s): Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Gadus
- n
- type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes [syn:
Gadus, genus Gadus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Geothlypis
- n
- yellowthroats
Synonym(s): Geothlypis, genus Geothlypis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Goodyera
- n
- genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with
creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
Synonym(s): Goodyera, genus Goodyera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Gutierrezia
- n
- sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North
America and warm South America
Synonym(s): Gutierrezia, genus Gutierrezia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hatiora
- n
- small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic
cacti
Synonym(s): Hatiora, genus Hatiora
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hedeoma
- n
- small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal) [syn:
Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hedera
- n
- Old World woody vines
Synonym(s): Hedera, genus Hedera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hedysarum
- n
- genus of herbs of north temperate regions [syn:
Hedysarum, genus Hedysarum]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heteranthera
- n
- mud plantains
Synonym(s): Heteranthera, genus Heteranthera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heterocephalus
- n
- sand rats
Synonym(s): Heterocephalus, genus Heterocephalus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heterodon
- n
- a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North
American hognose snakes
Synonym(s): Heterodon, genus Heterodon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heteromeles
- n
- one species: toyon; in some classifications included in
genus Photinia
Synonym(s): Heteromeles, genus Heteromeles
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heteroscelus
- n
- tattlers
Synonym(s): Heteroscelus, genus Heteroscelus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Heterotheca
- n
- genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs [syn:
Heterotheca, genus Heterotheca]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hottonia
- n
- aquatic herbs
Synonym(s): Hottonia, genus Hottonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Houttuynia
- n
- one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
Synonym(s): Houttuynia, genus Houttuynia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hudsonia
- n
- small evergreen subshrubs of North America [syn:
Hudsonia, genus Hudsonia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydnocarpus
- n
- medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees [syn:
Hydnocarpus, genus Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, genus Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktogenos]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydnum
- n
- type genus of Hydnaceae
Synonym(s): Hydnum, genus Hydnum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydra
- n
- hydras
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrangea
- n
- type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some
trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrastis
- n
- small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate
leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan
Synonym(s): Hydrastis, genus Hydrastis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrilla
- n
- one species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrobates
- n
- type genus of the Hydrobatidae [syn: Hydrobates, {genus
Hydrobates}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrocharis
- n
- frogbit
Synonym(s): Hydrocharis, genus Hydrocharis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrochoerus
- n
- a genus of Hydrochoeridae [syn: Hydrochoerus, {genus
Hydrochoerus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrodamalis
- n
- a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's
sea cow
Synonym(s): Hydrodamalis, genus Hydrodamalis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydromantes
- n
- web-toed salamanders [syn: Hydromantes, {genus
Hydromantes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydromys
- n
- water rats
Synonym(s): Hydromys, genus Hydromys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Hydrophyllum
- n
- waterleaf
Synonym(s): Hydrophyllum, genus Hydrophyllum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Idesia
- n
- one species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Jatropha
- n
- a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the
family Euphorbiaceae
Synonym(s): Jatropha, genus Jatropha
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Katsuwonus
- n
- oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own
family Katsuwonidae
Synonym(s): Katsuwonus, genus Katsuwonus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Keteleeria
- n
- a genus of keteleeria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Odobenus
- n
- type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses [syn: Odobenus,
genus Odobenus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Odocoileus
- n
- North American deer
Synonym(s): Odocoileus, genus Odocoileus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Odontaspis
- n
- type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks [syn:
Carcharias, genus Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus Odontaspis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Odontoglossum
- n
- large and important genus of tropical American mostly
epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Odontophorus
- n
- genus of Central and South American crested partridges
resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family
Synonym(s): Odontophorus, genus Odontophorus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Oedogonium
- n
- type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having
long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature
Synonym(s): Oedogonium, genus Oedogonium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Otaria
- n
- type genus of the Otariidae
Synonym(s): Otaria, genus Otaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Othonna
- n
- genus of western African herbs or shrubs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Otis
- n
- type genus of the Otididae: European bustard [syn: Otis,
genus Otis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Otus
- n
- a genus of Strigidae
Synonym(s): Otus, genus Otus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sadleria
- n
- low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on
lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
Synonym(s): Sadleria, genus Sadleria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Satureia
- n
- savory [syn: Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia,
genus Satureia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Satureja
- n
- savory [syn: Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia,
genus Satureia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Saturnia
- n
- type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth [syn:
Saturnia, genus Saturnia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sciadopitys
- n
- type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella
pines
Synonym(s): Sciadopitys, genus Sciadopitys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Scutellaria
- n
- an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps [syn:
Scutellaria, genus Scutellaria]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Scutigera
- n
- a genus of Scutigeridae [syn: Scutigera, {genus
Scutigera}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Scutigerella
- n
- garden centipedes [syn: Scutigerella, {genus
Scutigerella}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sedum
- n
- large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Setaria
- n
- annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
Synonym(s): Setaria, genus Setaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Setophaga
- n
- a genus of Parulidae
Synonym(s): Setophaga, genus Setophaga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sida
- n
- large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which
yield fibers of mucilaginous substances
Synonym(s): Sida, genus Sida
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sidalcea
- n
- genus of showy plants of western North America having
palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers
Synonym(s): Sidalcea, genus Sidalcea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sideritis
- n
- genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of
Mediterranean region
Synonym(s): Sideritis, genus Sideritis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sitophylus
- n
- a genus of Bruchidae [syn: Sitophylus, {genus
Sitophylus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sitotroga
- n
- grain moths
Synonym(s): Sitotroga, genus Sitotroga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sitta
- n
- type genus of the Sittidae
Synonym(s): Sitta, genus Sitta
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Squatina
- n
- type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks [syn:
Squatina, genus Squatina]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stachys
- n
- large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs
or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia
Synonym(s): Stachys, genus Stachys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stanhopea
- n
- genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stanleya
- n
- prince's plume
Synonym(s): Stanleya, genus Stanleya
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stapelia
- n
- genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from
Africa to East India
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Staphylea
- n
- a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae
Synonym(s): Staphylea, genus Staphylea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Staphylococcus
- n
- includes many pathogenic species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Staurikosaurus
- n
- primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Brazil
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Steatornis
- n
- type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae [syn:
Steatornis, genus Steatornis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Steganopus
- n
- a genus of Phalaropidae [syn: Steganopus, {genus
Steganopus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stegosaurus
- n
- quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and
Cretaceous
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stelis
- n
- genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stellaria
- n
- common chickweed; stitchwort [syn: Stellaria, {genus
Stellaria}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenocarpus
- n
- small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia [syn:
Stenocarpus, genus Stenocarpus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenochlaena
- n
- large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some
terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
Synonym(s): Stenochlaena, genus Stenochlaena
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenopelmatus
- n
- sand crickets
Synonym(s): Stenopelmatus, genus Stenopelmatus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenopterygius
- n
- a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenotaphrum
- n
- lawn grasses
Synonym(s): Stenotaphrum, genus Stenotaphrum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenotomus
- n
- scups
Synonym(s): Stenotomus, genus Stenotomus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stenotus
- n
- genus of western North American low evergreen shrubs
growing in dense tufts
Synonym(s): Stenotus, genus Stenotus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stentor
- n
- trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding
funnel
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stephanomeria
- n
- malheur wire lettuce [syn: Stephanomeria, {genus
Stephanomeria}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stephanotis
- n
- genus of Old World tropical woody vines
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stercorarius
- n
- type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers [syn:
Stercorarius, genus Stercorarius]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sterculia
- n
- type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen
trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sterna
- n
- a genus of Sterninae
Synonym(s): Sterna, genus Sterna
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sternotherus
- n
- musk turtles
Synonym(s): Sternotherus, genus Sternotherus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stevia
- n
- genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sticherus
- n
- umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
Synonym(s): Sticherus, genus Sticherus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stictomys
- n
- mountain pacas
Synonym(s): Stictomys, genus Stictomys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stictopelia
- n
- a genus of Columbidae [syn: Stictopelia, {genus
Stictopelia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stizolobium
- n
- genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate
leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters
Synonym(s): genus Mucuna, Stizolobium, genus Stizolobium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stizostedion
- n
- pike-perches
Synonym(s): Stizostedion, genus Stizostedion
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stokesia
- n
- one species: stokes' aster [syn: Stokesia, {genus
Stokesia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Storeria
- n
- a genus of Colubridae
Synonym(s): Storeria, genus Storeria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strekelia
- n
- a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family [syn:
Strekelia, genus Strekelia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strelitzia
- n
- small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having
leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Synonym(s): Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strepera
- n
- bell magpies
Synonym(s): Strepera, genus Strepera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strepsiceros
- n
- African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks [syn:
Tragelaphus, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, genus Strepsiceros]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Streptocarpus
- n
- large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs:
Cape primrose
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Streptococcus
- n
- a genus of bacteria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Streptomyces
- n
- type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Streptopelia
- n
- turtledoves
Synonym(s): Streptopelia, genus Streptopelia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Streptosolen
- n
- one species: marmalade bush [syn: Streptosolen, {genus
Streptosolen}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strix
- n
- owls lacking ear tufts
Synonym(s): Strix, genus Strix
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strobilomyces
- n
- fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap [syn:
Strobilomyces, genus Strobilomyces]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strombus
- n
- type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: Strombus,
genus Strombus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strongylodon
- n
- genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
Synonym(s): Strongylodon, genus Strongylodon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strophanthus
- n
- genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody
vines and small trees
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stropharia
- n
- genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely
related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
Synonym(s): Stropharia, genus Stropharia, ring-stalked fungus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Struthio
- n
- type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches [syn:
Struthio, genus Struthio]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Struthiomimus
- n
- small toothless saurischian dinosaurs; later Cretaceous
period in Canada
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Strymon
- n
- large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak
butterflies
Synonym(s): Strymon, genus Strymon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sturnella
- n
- a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks [syn:
Sturnella, genus Sturnella]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Sturnus
- n
- type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings [syn:
Sturnus, genus Sturnus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stylomecon
- n
- one species: wind poppy [syn: Stylomecon, {genus
Stylomecon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Stylophorum
- n
- wood poppies
Synonym(s): Stylophorum, genus Stylophorum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Styphelia
- n
- Australian heathlike shrubs [syn: Styphelia, {genus
Styphelia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Styracosaurus
- n
- genus of horned dinosaurs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Styrax
- n
- deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Swietinia
- n
- tropical American mahogany trees [syn: Swietinia, {genus
Swietinia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tabernaemontana
- n
- evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap [syn:
Tabernaemontana, genus Tabernaemontana]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tacca
- n
- genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small
umbellate flowers
Synonym(s): Tacca, genus Tacca
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tachyglossus
- n
- type genus of the family Tachyglossidae [syn:
Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tachypleus
- n
- a genus of Limulidae [syn: Tachypleus, {genus
Tachypleus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tadarida
- n
- freetail bats
Synonym(s): Tadarida, genus Tadarida
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tadorna
- n
- sheldrakes
Synonym(s): Tadorna, genus Tadorna
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taenia
- n
- type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tagetes
- n
- marigolds
Synonym(s): Tageteste, genus Tagetes
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Talinum
- n
- genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs [syn:
Talinum, genus Talinum]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamandua
- n
- lesser anteater
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamarindus
- n
- widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa [syn:
Tamarindus, genus Tamarindus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamarix
- n
- genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern
Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
Synonym(s): Tamarix, genus Tamarix
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamias
- n
- chipmunks of eastern North America [syn: Tamias, {genus
Tamias}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamiasciurus
- n
- American red squirrels [syn: Tamiasciurus, {genus
Tamiasciurus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tamus
- n
- a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has
twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
Synonym(s): Tamus, genus Tamus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tanacetum
- n
- a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums;
comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum
Synonym(s): Tanacetum, genus Tanacetum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tantilla
- n
- black-headed snakes
Synonym(s): Tantilla, genus Tantilla
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tapirus
- n
- type genus of the Tapiridae [syn: Tapirus, {genus
Tapirus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taraktagenos
- n
- medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees [syn:
Hydnocarpus, genus Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, genus Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktogenos]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taraktogenos
- n
- medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees [syn:
Hydnocarpus, genus Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, genus Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktogenos]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taraxacum
- n
- an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including
dandelions
Synonym(s): Taraxacum, genus Taraxacum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taricha
- n
- Pacific newts
Synonym(s): Taricha, genus Taricha
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tarpon
- n
- tarpons
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tarrietia
- n
- small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees [syn:
Tarrietia, genus Tarrietia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tarsius
- n
- type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae [syn:
Tarsius, genus Tarsius]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taurotragus
- n
- African antelopes: elands [syn: Taurotragus, {genus
Taurotragus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tautoga
- n
- tautogs
Synonym(s): Tautoga, genus Tautoga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tautogolabrus
- n
- a genus of Labridae [syn: Tautogolabrus, {genus
Tautogolabrus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taxidea
- n
- in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily
Melinae
Synonym(s): Taxidea, genus Taxidea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taxodium
- n
- bald cypress; swamp cypress [syn: Taxodium, {genus
Taxodium}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Taxus
- n
- yews
Synonym(s): Taxus, genus Taxus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tayassu
- n
- type genus of the Tayassuidae [syn: Tayassu, {genus
Tayassu}, genus Pecari]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tectaria
- n
- terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
Synonym(s): Tectaria, genus Tectaria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tectona
- n
- small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak [syn:
Tectona, genus Tectona]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Telanthera
- n
- used in former classifications systems; now included in
genus Alternanthera
Synonym(s): Telanthera, genus Telanthera
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tellima
- n
- genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and
long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America
Synonym(s): Tellima, genus Tellima
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Telopea
- n
- Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs [syn: Telopea,
genus Telopea]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Templetonia
- n
- genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush [syn:
Templetonia, genus Templetonia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tenrec
- n
- type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tephrosia
- n
- genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary
peas
Synonym(s): Tephrosia, genus Tephrosia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Terebella
- n
- type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete
worms with many filamentous tentacles
Synonym(s): Terebella, genus Terebella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Teredo
- n
- type genus of the family Teredinidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Termes
- n
- type genus of the Termitidae [syn: Termes, {genus
Termes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Terrapene
- n
- box turtles
Synonym(s): Terrapene, genus Terrapene
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Terrietia
- n
- small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia
and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
Synonym(s): Heritiera, genus Heritiera, Terrietia, genus Terrietia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Testudo
- n
- type genus of the Testudinidae [syn: Testudo, {genus
Testudo}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tethus
- n
- type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: Aplysia, {genus
Aplysia}, Tethys, genus Tethus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetraclinis
- n
- sandarac tree
Synonym(s): Tetraclinis, genus Tetraclinis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetragonia
- n
- New Zealand spinach
Synonym(s): Tetragonia, genus Tetragonia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetragonurus
- n
- a genus of Stromateidae [syn: Tetragonurus, {genus
Tetragonurus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetrahymena
- n
- protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetraneuris
- n
- genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United
States
Synonym(s): Tetraneuris, genus Tetraneuris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetrao
- n
- type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies [syn:
Tetrao, genus Tetrao]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tetrapturus
- n
- a genus of Istiophoridae [syn: Tetrapturus, {genus
Tetrapturus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Teucrium
- n
- large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs
or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
Synonym(s): Teucrium, genus Teucrium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thalarctos
- n
- polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus
from Ursus
Synonym(s): Thalarctos, genus Thalarctos
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thalassoma
- n
- a genus of Labridae
Synonym(s): Thalassoma, genus Thalassoma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thalictrum
- n
- widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
Synonym(s): Thalictrum, genus Thalictrum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thamnophilus
- n
- a genus of Formicariidae [syn: Thamnophilus, {genus
Thamnophilus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thamnophis
- n
- garter snakes
Synonym(s): Thamnophis, genus Thamnophis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thelypteris
- n
- marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part
of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
Synonym(s): Thelypteris, genus Thelypteris
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Theobroma
- n
- cacao plants
Synonym(s): Theobroma, genus Theobroma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thermobia
- n
- a genus of Lepismatidae [syn: Thermobia, {genus
Thermobia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thermopsis
- n
- genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush
peas
Synonym(s): Thermopsis, genus Thermopsis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thespesia
- n
- a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree
Synonym(s): Thespesia, genus Thespesia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thevetia
- n
- genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and
trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
Synonym(s): Thevetia, genus Thevetia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thielavia
- n
- genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some
conidia borne in chains; cause root rot
Synonym(s): Thielavia, genus Thielavia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thiobacillus
- n
- a genus of bacteria
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thlaspi
- n
- herbs of temperate regions: pennycress [syn: Thlaspi,
genus Thlaspi]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thomomys
- n
- western pocket gophers
Synonym(s): Thomomys, genus Thomomys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Threskiornis
- n
- type genus of the Threskiornithidae [syn: Threskiornis,
genus Threskiornis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thrinax
- n
- small to medium-sized fan palms [syn: Thrinax, {genus
Thrinax}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thrips
- n
- type genus of the Thripidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thryothorus
- n
- Carolina wrens
Synonym(s): Thryothorus, genus Thryothorus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thuja
- n
- red cedar
Synonym(s): Thuja, genus Thuja
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thujopsis
- n
- one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja [syn:
Thujopsis, genus Thujopsis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thunbergia
- n
- a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae [syn:
Thunbergia, genus Thunbergia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thunnus
- n
- tunas: warm-blooded fishes [syn: Thunnus, {genus
Thunnus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thylacinus
- n
- Tasmanian wolf
Synonym(s): Thylacinus, genus Thylacinus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thylogale
- n
- pademelons
Synonym(s): Thylogale, genus Thylogale
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thymus
- n
- large genus of Old World mints: thyme [syn: Thymus,
genus Thymus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thyrsopteris
- n
- one species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Thysanocarpus
- n
- small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast
of North America
Synonym(s): Thysanocarpus, genus Thysanocarpus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tiarella
- n
- small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal
leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers
Synonym(s): Tiarella, genus Tiarella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tibicen
- n
- harvest flies
Synonym(s): Tibicen, genus Tibicen
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tichodroma
- n
- wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family
Sittidae
Synonym(s): Tichodroma, genus Tichodroma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tilapia
- n
- a genus of Cichlidae
Synonym(s): Tilapia, genus Tilapia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tilia
- n
- deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of
North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
Synonym(s): Tilia, genus Tilia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tillandsia
- n
- large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting
tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
Synonym(s): Tillandsia, genus Tillandsia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tilletia
- n
- a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae [syn:
Tilletia, genus Tilletia]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Timalia
- n
- type genus of the Timaliidae [syn: Timalia, {genus
Timalia}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tinca
- n
- tench
Synonym(s): Tinca, genus Tinca
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tinea
- n
- type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths [syn: Tinea,
genus Tinea]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tineola
- n
- webbing clothes moths
Synonym(s): Tineola, genus Tineola
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tipuana
- n
- one species: South American tree: tipu tree [syn:
Tipuana, genus Tipuana]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Titanosaurus
- n
- genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the
Cretaceous in South America
Synonym(s): Titanosaurus, genus Titanosaurus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tithonia
- n
- genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America:
Mexican sunflower
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Todea
- n
- a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family
Osmundaceae
Synonym(s): Todea, genus Todea
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Todus
- n
- type genus of the Todidae
Synonym(s): Todus, genus Todus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tofieldia
- n
- genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions;
sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Synonym(s): Tofieldia, genus Tofieldia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tolmiea
- n
- one species: pickaback plant [syn: Tolmiea, {genus
Tolmiea}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tolypeutes
- n
- a genus of Dasypodidae [syn: Tolypeutes, {genus
Tolypeutes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tomistoma
- n
- a genus of Malayan crocodiles [syn: Tomistoma, {genus
Tomistoma}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Toona
- n
- formerly included in genus Cedrela [syn: Toona, {genus
Toona}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Torreya
- n
- nutmeg-yews
Synonym(s): Torreya, genus Torreya
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tortrix
- n
- type genus of the Tortricidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Townsendia
- n
- genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy
Synonym(s): Townsendia, genus Townsendia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Toxicodendron
- n
- in some classifications: comprising those members of the
genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America
Synonym(s): Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Toxostoma
- n
- thrashers
Synonym(s): Toxostoma, genus Toxostoma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Toxotes
- n
- type genus of the Toxotidae [syn: Toxotes, {genus
Toxotes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trachelospermum
- n
- genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and
stems
Synonym(s): Trachelospermum, genus Trachelospermum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trachinotus
- n
- a genus of Carangidae [syn: Trachinotus, {genus
Trachinotus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trachipterus
- n
- type genus of the Trachipteridae [syn: Trachipterus,
genus Trachipterus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trachodon
- n
- a reptile genus of the suborder Euronithopoda
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trachurus
- n
- the scads (particularly horse mackerels) [syn: Trachurus,
genus Trachurus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tradescantia
- n
- spiderworts
Synonym(s): Tradescantia, genus Tradescantia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tragelaphus
- n
- African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks [syn:
Tragelaphus, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, genus Strepsiceros]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tragopan
- n
- a genus of Phasianidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tragopogon
- n
- genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and
yellow or purple flower heads
Synonym(s): Tragopogon, genus Tragopogon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tragulus
- n
- type genus of the Tragulidae [syn: Tragulus, {genus
Tragulus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trapa
- n
- small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water
chestnut
Synonym(s): Trapa, genus Trapa
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trautvetteria
- n
- small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane [syn:
Trautvetteria, genus Trautvetteria]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trema
- n
- an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in
tropical America and Africa and Asia
Synonym(s): Trema, genus Trema
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tremella
- n
- fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having
convolutions resembling those of the brain
Synonym(s): Tremella, genus Tremella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Treponema
- n
- type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with
an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triaenodon
- n
- a genus of Triakidae [syn: Triaenodon, {genus
Triaenodon}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trialeurodes
- n
- a genus of Aleyrodidae [syn: Trialeurodes, {genus
Trialeurodes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triatoma
- n
- conenoses
Synonym(s): Triatoma, genus Triatoma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tribolium
- n
- flour beetles
Synonym(s): Tribolium, genus Tribolium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tribonema
- n
- type genus of Tribonemaceae [syn: Tribonema, {genus
Tribonema}, genus Conferva]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tribulus
- n
- annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions
Synonym(s): Tribulus, genus Tribulus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triceratops
- n
- genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichecus
- n
- type and sole genus of the Trichechidae [syn: Trichechus,
genus Trichecus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichoceros
- n
- small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of
tropical South America
Synonym(s): Trichoceros, genus Trichoceros
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichodesmium
- n
- a genus of blue-green algae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichoglossus
- n
- a genus of Loriinae [syn: Trichoglossus, {genus
Trichoglossus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tricholoma
- n
- agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched
gills; of various colors both edible and inedible
Synonym(s): Tricholoma, genus Tricholoma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichomanes
- n
- bristle ferns; kidney ferns [syn: Trichomanes, {genus
Trichomanes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichomonas
- n
- flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts
of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichophaga
- n
- carpet moths
Synonym(s): Trichophaga, genus Trichophaga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichophyton
- n
- a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes
ringworm and favus
Synonym(s): Trichophyton, genus Trichophyton
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichostema
- n
- genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue
curls
Synonym(s): Trichostema, genus Trichostema
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichostigma
- n
- a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South
America
Synonym(s): Trichostigma, genus Trichostigma
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichosurus
- n
- a genus of Phalangeridae [syn: Trichosurus, {genus
Trichosurus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trichys
- n
- a genus of Hystricidae
Synonym(s): Trichys, genus Trichys
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tridacna
- n
- type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams [syn:
Tridacna, genus Tridacna]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trifolium
- n
- any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three
leaflets
Synonym(s): Trifolium, genus Trifolium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triga
- n
- type genus of the Triglidae
Synonym(s): Triga, genus Triga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triglochin
- n
- perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow
grass
Synonym(s): Triglochin, genus Triglochin
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trigonella
- n
- Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs [syn:
Trigonella, genus Trigonella]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trilisa
- n
- genus of herbs of southern United States [syn: Trilisa,
genus Trilisa]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trillium
- n
- deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family
Liliaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trimorphodon
- n
- lyre snakes
Synonym(s): Trimorphodon, genus Trimorphodon
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trinectes
- n
- a genus of Soleidae
Synonym(s): Trinectes, genus Trinectes
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tringa
- n
- a genus of Scolopacidae
Synonym(s): Tringa, genus Tringa
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trionyx
- n
- type genus of the Trionychidae [syn: Trionyx, {genus
Trionyx}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triops
- n
- type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with
a small third median eye
Synonym(s): Triops, genus Triops
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triostium
- n
- genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot [syn:
Triostium, genus Triostium]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tripleurospermum
- n
- small genus comprising plants often included in genus
Matricaria
Synonym(s): Tripleurospermum, genus Tripleurospermum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triplochiton
- n
- small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
Synonym(s): Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triticum
- n
- annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely
cultivated in temperate regions
Synonym(s): Triticum, genus Triticum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Triturus
- n
- chiefly aquatic salamanders [syn: Triturus, {genus
Triturus}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trogium
- n
- a genus of Psocidae
Synonym(s): Trogium, genus Trogium
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Troglodytes
- n
- type genus of the Troglodytidae [syn: Troglodytes, {genus
Troglodytes}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trogon
- n
- type genus of the Trogonidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trollius
- n
- perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers
Synonym(s): Trollius, genus Trollius
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Trombicula
- n
- type genus of the family Trombiculidae [syn: Trombicula,
genus Trombicula]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tropaeolum
- n
- a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or
diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
Synonym(s): Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tropidoclonion
- n
- lined snakes [syn: Tropidoclonion, {genus
Tropidoclonion}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Truncocolumella
- n
- a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae
Synonym(s): Truncocolumella, genus Truncocolumella
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tsuga
- n
- hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce [syn: Tsuga, {genus
Tsuga}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tuber
- n
- type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies
are typically truffles
Synonym(s): Tuber, genus Tuber
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tubercularia
- n
- type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of
red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants
Synonym(s): Tubercularia, genus Tubercularia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tulestoma
- n
- type genus of the Tulostomaceae [syn: Tulostoma, {genus
Tulostoma}, Tulestoma, genus Tulestoma]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tulipa
- n
- Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs [syn: Tulipa, {genus
Tulipa}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tulostoma
- n
- type genus of the Tulostomaceae [syn: Tulostoma, {genus
Tulostoma}, Tulestoma, genus Tulestoma]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tunga
- n
- a genus of Siphonaptera
Synonym(s): Tunga, genus Tunga
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tupaia
- n
- the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews
Synonym(s): Tupaia, genus Tupaia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tupinambis
- n
- tejus
Synonym(s): Tupinambis, genus Tupinambis
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Turbatrix
- n
- a genus of Cephalobidae [syn: Anguillula, {genus
Anguillula}, Turbatrix, genus Turbatrix]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Turdus
- n
- type genus of the Turdidae
Synonym(s): Turdus, genus Turdus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Turnix
- n
- type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail [syn: Turnix,
genus Turnix]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Turreae
- n
- genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and
Australia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Turritis
- n
- closely related to and often included in genus Arabis [syn:
Turritis, genus Turritis]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tursiops
- n
- a genus of Delphinidae
Synonym(s): Tursiops, genus Tursiops
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tussilago
- n
- genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of
north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites
Synonym(s): Tussilago, genus Tussilago
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tylenchus
- n
- type genus of the family Tylenchidae [syn: Tylenchus,
genus Tylenchus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tympanuchus
- n
- prairie chickens
Synonym(s): Tympanuchus, genus Tympanuchus
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Typha
- n
- reed maces; cattails
Synonym(s): Typha, genus Typha
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tyrannosaurus
- n
- includes a single species
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tyrannus
- n
- type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers [syn:
Tyrannus, genus Tyrannus]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Tyto
- n
- type and only genus of the family Tytonidae [syn: Tyto,
genus Tyto]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Uta
- n
- a reptile genus of Iguanidae
Synonym(s): Uta, genus Uta
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Utahraptor
- n
- advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Utricularia
- n
- bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants;
cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonym(s): Utricularia, genus Utricularia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Woodsia
- n
- genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting
ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Woodwardia
- n
- in some classification systems placed in family
Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
Synonym(s): Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- genus Wyethia
- n
- coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found
especially in the western United States
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Geum strictum
- n
- erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia
and North America
Synonym(s): yellow avens, Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Gnostic
- adj
- of or relating to Gnosticism; "Gnostic writings"
- possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Antonym(s): agnostic, agnostical
- n
- an advocate of Gnosticism
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Gnosticism
- n
- a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to
release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gnu goat
- n
- large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
Synonym(s): takin, gnu goat, Budorcas taxicolor
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- going to Jerusalem
- n
- a child's game in which players march to music around a
group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
Synonym(s): musical chairs, going to Jerusalem
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- going-out-of-business sale
- n
- a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is
about to close; "during the Great Depression going-out-of- business sales were very common"
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Guangdong
- n
- a province in southern China [syn: Guangdong,
Kwangtung, Guangdong province]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Guangdong province
- n
- a province in southern China [syn: Guangdong,
Kwangtung, Guangdong province]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- guncotton
- n
- a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives [syn:
cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gunshot
- n
- the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Synonym(s): gunfire, gunshot
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gunstock
- n
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or
shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
Synonym(s): stock, gunstock
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gym suit
- n
- clothes prescribed for wear while participating in
gymnastic exercise
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnast
- n
- an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnastic
- adj
- vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic
child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises"
Synonym(s): acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic
- of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility; "gymnastic horse"
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnastic apparatus
- n
- sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises [syn:
gymnastic apparatus, exerciser]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnastic exercise
- n
- (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display
strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
- a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
Synonym(s): gymnastics, gymnastic exercise
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnastic horse
- n
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs [syn: horse,
gymnastic horse]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gymnastics
- n
- a sport that involves exercises intended to display
strength and balance and agility
Synonym(s): gymnastics, gymnastic exercise
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gynostegium
- n
- the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gainsay \Gain`say"\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Gainsaid} (? [or] ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gainsaying}.] [OE.
geinseien, ageinseien. See {Again}, and {Say} to utter.]
To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
--Luke xxi.
15.
The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst
from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal
sword Be drained. --Shak.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
'Gainst \'Gainst\, prep.
A contraction of {Against}.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gainstand \Gain"stand`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gainstood}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {gainstanding}.] [See {Again}, and {Stand}.]
To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]
Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged
desires. --Sir P.
Sidney.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gainstand \Gain"stand`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gainstood}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {gainstanding}.] [See {Again}, and {Stand}.]
To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]
Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged
desires. --Sir P.
Sidney.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gainstand \Gain"stand`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gainstood}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {gainstanding}.] [See {Again}, and {Stand}.]
To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]
Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged
desires. --Sir P.
Sidney.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gainstrive \Gain"strive`\, v. t. & i. [See {Again}, and
{Strive}.]
To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gamester \Game"ster\, n. [Game + -ster.]
1. A merry, frolicsome person. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play
for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the
gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. --Shak.
3. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] --Shak.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
& Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
i.]
1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
of saws, or of plows.
4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
of stays.
5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
{Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
(a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
(b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
{Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
ships or in which it is kept on deck.
{Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
two or more furrows at the same time.
{Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
parishes. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
driven from a common shaft.
{Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
{Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).
{Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).
{Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
objects separated by intervening plates.
{Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
distances apart.
{Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
{Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
{Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
{Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
beam.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
& Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
i.]
1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
of saws, or of plows.
4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
of stays.
5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
{Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
(a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
(b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
{Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
ships or in which it is kept on deck.
{Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
two or more furrows at the same time.
{Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
parishes. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
driven from a common shaft.
{Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
{Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).
{Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).
{Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
objects separated by intervening plates.
{Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
distances apart.
{Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
{Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
{Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
{Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
beam.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
& Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
i.]
1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
of saws, or of plows.
4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
of stays.
5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
{Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
(a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
(b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
{Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
ships or in which it is kept on deck.
{Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
two or more furrows at the same time.
{Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
parishes. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
driven from a common shaft.
{Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
{Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).
{Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).
{Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
objects separated by intervening plates.
{Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
distances apart.
{Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
{Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
{Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
{Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
beam.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
& Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
i.]
1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
of saws, or of plows.
4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
of stays.
5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
{Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
(a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
(b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
{Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
ships or in which it is kept on deck.
{Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
two or more furrows at the same time.
{Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
parishes. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
driven from a common shaft.
{Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
{Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).
{Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).
{Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
objects separated by intervening plates.
{Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
distances apart.
{Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).
{Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
{Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
{Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
{Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
beam.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gange \Gange\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ganged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ganging}.] [Of uncertain origin.]
1. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the
hook itself) by winding it with wire.
2. To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting
the line around the shank of the hook.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gangetic \Gan*get"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic
shark.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gavial \Ga"vi*al\, n. [Hind. ghariu[?]l: cf. F. gavial.]
(Zo[94]l.)
A large Asiatic crocodilian ({Gavialis Gangeticus}); --
called also {nako}, and {Gangetic crocodile}.
Note: The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly
uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits
the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also
applied to several allied fossil species.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Ganister \Gan"is*ter\, Gannister \Gan"nis*ter\, n. (Mech.)
A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground
siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining
Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Ganister \Gan"is*ter\, Gannister \Gan"nis*ter\, n. (Mech.)
A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground
siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining
Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gemmosity \Gem*mos"i*ty\, n. [L. gemmosus set with jewels. See
{Gem}.]
The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}.
Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Moor whin} [or] {Petty whin} (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
({Genista Anglica}) common in Western Europe.
{Whin bruiser}, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
{Whin Sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
{Whin Thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald,
OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel.
n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to
sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E.
snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G.
schnur string, cord.]
1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,
with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
--Chaucer.
Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at
the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the
blunt end.
2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}.
3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle;
also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or
twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in
the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine
trees. See {Pinus}.
5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed
crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
{Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}.
{Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a
sewing machine is attached.
{Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross
timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon
which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is
shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.
{Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western
Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}).
{Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge
carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a
slender needle, or pin, into it.
{Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is
carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle
instead of by a shuttle.
{Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth,
lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called
also {aikinite}.
{Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin.
{Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite.
{Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are
given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right
or to the left of a certain position.
{Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr.
[?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate
arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial
mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender
post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last
of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The
venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with
redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal
glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if
ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely
dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New
Worlds.
2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus
undulatus}). [Local, U. S.]
3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene.
4. (Script.) A painful scourge.
My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii.
11.
5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.
6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and
other missiles.
{Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}.
{False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book
scorpion}.
{Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}.
{Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus
{Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.
{Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M.
palustris} is the forget-me-not.
{Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub
({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a
scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like
indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.
{Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus
Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}.
{Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.
{Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
{Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also
called {caterpillar}.
{Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant
({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe.
{The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the
constellation Scorpio.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. {Wood-wax}.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
{greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer's greenweed}, and {whin},
{wood-wash}, {wood-wax}, and {wood-waxen}.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
d8Gendarme \[d8]Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. {Gendarmes}, or {Gens
d'armes}. [F.]
1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
2. An armed policeman in France. --Thackeray.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Salamander \Sal"a*man`der\, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra,
Gr. [?]; cf. Per. samander, samandel.]
1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela,
belonging to {Salamandra}, {Amblystoma}, {Plethodon}, and
various allied genera, especially those that are more or
less terrestrial in their habits.
Note: The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body,
four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of
scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs.
Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander
could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it
by the natural coldness of its body.
I have maintained that salamander of yours with
fire any time this two and thirty years. --Shak.
Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander
extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience
that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. (Zo[94]l.) The pouched gopher ({Geomys tuza}) of the
Southern United States.
3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is
heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
4. A large poker. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
{Giant salamander}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Giant}.
{Salamander's} {hair [or] wool} (Min.), a species of asbestus
or mineral flax. [Obs.] --Bacon.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gnash \Gnash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gnashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gnashing}.] [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a
gnashing, gn[?]sta to gnash, Dan. knaske, Sw. gnissla, D.
knarsen, G. knirschen.]
To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the
teeth.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gneissoid \Gneis"soid\ (-soid), a. [Gneiss + -oid.]
Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of
gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character
between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
{Gneissoid granite}, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
{Graphic granite}, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
{Porphyritic granite}, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
{Hornblende granite}, or
{Syenitic granite}, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
{Granite ware}.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gnostic \Gnos"tic\, a.
1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang]
I said you were a gnostic fellow. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its
adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gnostic \Gnos"tic\, n. [L. gnosticus, Gr. [?] good at knowing,
sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom,
fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See {Know}.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of
Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation
of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental
theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of
Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible,
intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by
successive emanations, which they called Eons.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gnosticism \Gnos"ti*cism\, n.
The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Going \Go"ing\, n.
1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going
is bad.
2. Departure. --Milton.
3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. --Crew.
4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all
his goings. --Job xxxiv.
21.
{Going barrel}. (Horology)
(a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth
on its periphery to drive the train.
(b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train
while the timepiece is being wound up.
{Going forth}. (Script.)
(a) Outlet; way of exit. [bd]Every going forth of the
sanctuary.[b8] --Ezek. xliv. 5.
(b) A limit; a border. [bd]The going forth thereof shall
be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv.
4.
{Going out}, [or] {Goings out}. (Script.)
(a) The utmost extremity or limit. [bd]The border shall go
down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at
the salt sea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv. 12.
(b) Departure or journeying. [bd]And Moses wrote their
goings out according to their journeys.[b8] --Num.
xxxiii. 2.
{Goings on}, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad
sense.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Going \Go"ing\, n.
1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going
is bad.
2. Departure. --Milton.
3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. --Crew.
4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all
his goings. --Job xxxiv.
21.
{Going barrel}. (Horology)
(a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth
on its periphery to drive the train.
(b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train
while the timepiece is being wound up.
{Going forth}. (Script.)
(a) Outlet; way of exit. [bd]Every going forth of the
sanctuary.[b8] --Ezek. xliv. 5.
(b) A limit; a border. [bd]The going forth thereof shall
be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv.
4.
{Going out}, [or] {Goings out}. (Script.)
(a) The utmost extremity or limit. [bd]The border shall go
down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at
the salt sea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv. 12.
(b) Departure or journeying. [bd]And Moses wrote their
goings out according to their journeys.[b8] --Num.
xxxiii. 2.
{Goings on}, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad
sense.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Piper \Pip"er\, n.
1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a
bagpipe. [bd]The hereditary piper and his sons.[b8]
--Macaulay.
2. (Zo[94]l.)
(a) A common European gurnard ({Trigla lyra}), having a
large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with
large, sharp, opercular spines.
(b) A sea urchin ({Goniocidaris hystrix}) having very long
spines, native of both the American and European
coasts.
{To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gonozooid \Gon`o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. [?] offspring + E. zooid.]
(Zo[94]l.)
A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore.
See {Hydroidea}, and Illust. of {Campanularian}.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen,
OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g[?]mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. [?] to
gape.]
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the
adjacent parts of the jaws.
{Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
{Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite
upon while teething.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gummosity \Gum*mos"i*ty\, n.
Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.]
--Floyer.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
{Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
{fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
terms in the Vocabulary.
As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
the powder runne. --Chaucer.
The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
{breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
{built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
{mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
{Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
{Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
person superior in any way.
{Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
{Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
{Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
acid.
{Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
{Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
{Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
{Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
{Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
{Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
{Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
{Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
{Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
{To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
3.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Guncotton \Gun"cot`ton\
See under {Gun}.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gunstick \Gun"stick\, n.
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or
ramrod. [R.]
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gunstock \Gun"stock`\, n.
The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is
fastened.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gunstome \Gun"stome`\, n.
A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.
[Obs.] --Shak.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnast \Gym"nast\, n. [Gr. [?] a trainer of athletes: cf. F.
gymnaste. See {Gymnasium}.]
One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager
of a gymnasium; an athlete.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnastic \Gym*nas"tic\, Gymnastical \Gym*nas"tic*al\, a. [L.
gymnasticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. gymnastique. See {Gymnasium}.]
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health,
defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as
running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the
javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for
the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests,
etc.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnastic \Gym*nas"tic\, n.
A gymnast. [Obs.]
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnastic \Gym*nas"tic\, Gymnastical \Gym*nas"tic*al\, a. [L.
gymnasticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. gymnastique. See {Gymnasium}.]
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health,
defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as
running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the
javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for
the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests,
etc.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnastically \Gym*nas"tic*al*ly\, adv.
In a gymnastic manner.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnastics \Gym*nas"tics\, n.
Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing
gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the
intellect or character.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnocyte \Gym"no*cyte\, n. [Gr. gymno`s nake + ky`tosa hollow
vessel.] (Biol.)
A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.
--Haeckel.
|
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gymnocytode \Gym"no*cy`tode\, n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + E.
cytode.] (Biol.)
A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. --Haeckel.
|
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Gainestown, AL
Zip code(s): 36540
|
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Ganister, PA
Zip code(s): 16693
|
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Genoa City, WI (village, FIPS 28675)
Location: 42.50152 N, 88.32344 W
Population (1990): 1277 (502 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53128
|
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Gowen City, PA
Zip code(s): 17828
|
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Gunn City, MO (village, FIPS 29764)
Location: 38.66621 N, 94.16388 W
Population (1990): 65 (26 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
|
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
GNU sed
A {GNU} version of the standard {Unix} {Sed}
stream editor. GNU sed was written by Tom Lord
. Version 2.03.
FTP from your nearest {GNU archive site}.
E-mail: (bugs).
(1993-08-09)
|
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
GNUStep
A {GNU} implementation of {OpenStep}. Work
has started on an implementation using an existing library
written in {Objective-C}. Much work remains to be done to
bring this library close to the OpenStep specifications. Adam
Fedor is head of the project.
{Home (http://www.gnustep.org/)}.
[Current status? Newsgroup?]
(1999-11-25)
|