earth almond
         n 1: European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn:
               {chufa}, {yellow nutgrass}, {earth almond}, {ground
               almond}, {rush nut}, {Cyperus esculentus}]

English Dictionary: earth almond	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earthlike adj earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth; "a range of earthlike colors" resembling or characteristic of earth; "earthlike atmosphere"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earthling n an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earthly adj of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" Antonym(s): heavenly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earthly concern n the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" Synonym(s): worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eurodollar n a United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used as an international currency to finance trade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eurotiales n order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium Synonym(s): Eurotiales, order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.       bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.)       A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus,       related to the finches and sparrows (family       {Fringillid[91]}).          Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting                ({Emberiza miliaria}); the ortolan ({E. hortulana});                the cirl ({E. cirlus}); and the black-headed                ({Granitivora melanocephala}). American species are the                bay-winged or grass ({Po[94]c[91]tes or Po[d2]cetes                gramineus}); the black-throated ({Spiza Americana});                the towhee bunting or chewink ({Pipilo}); the snow                bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or                bobolink, and others. See {Ortolan}, {Chewick}, {Snow                bunting}, {Lark bunting}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eared \Eared\, a.       1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as,             long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers             resembling ears.          {Eared owl} (Zo[94]l.), an owl having earlike tufts of             feathers, as the {long-eared owl}, and {short-eared owl}.                      {Eared seal} (Zo[94]l.), any seal of the family             {Otariid[91]}, including the fur seals and hair seals. See             {Seal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earth \Earth\, n. [AS. eor[?]e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries.       irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j[94]r[?], Sw. &       Dan. jord, Goth. a[c6]rpa, OHG. ero, Gr. [?], adv., to earth,       and perh. to E. ear to plow.]       1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in             distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world             as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the             dwelling place of spirits.                         That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the                      planets in their course.                     --S. Rogers.                         In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell.                                                                               --Milton.          2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in             distinction from the air or water; the dry land.                         God called the dry land earth.            --Gen. i. 10.                         He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of                      earth and water never appear in him.   --Shak.          3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface             of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of             all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like;             sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the             visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth;             rich earth.                         Give him a little earth for charity.   --Shak.          4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.                         Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak.          5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the             pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.                         Our weary souls by earth beguiled.      --Keble.          6. The people on the globe.                         The whole earth was of one language.   --Gen. xi. 1.          7. (Chem.)             (a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina,                   glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.             (b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as                   lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.          8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as,             the earth of a fox. --Macaulay.                         They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their                      earths.                                             --Holland.          Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to                form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple;                earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or                earth-closet.          {Adamic earth}, {Bitter earth}, {Bog earth}, {Chian earth},             etc. See under {Adamic}, {Bitter}, etc.          {Alkaline earths}. See under {Alkaline}.          {Earth apple}. (Bot.)             (a) A potato.             (b) A cucumber.          {Earth auger}, a form of auger for boring into the ground; --             called also {earth borer}.          {Earth bath}, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in             earth for healing purposes.          {Earth battery} (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of             which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its             moisture.          {Earth chestnut}, the pignut.          {Earth closet}, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or             a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the             f[91]cal discharges.          {Earth dog} (Zo[94]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or             enter holes of foxes, etc.          {Earth hog}, {Earth pig} (Zo[94]l.), the aard-vark.          {Earth hunger}, an intense desire to own land, or, in the             case of nations, to extend their domain.          {Earth light} (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as             upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called             also {earth shine}. --Sir J. Herschel.          {Earth metal}. See 1st {Earth}, 7. (Chem.)          {Earth oil}, petroleum.          {Earth pillars} [or] {pyramids} (Geol.), high pillars or             pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone,             found in Switzerland. --Lyell.          {Earth pitch} (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.          {Earth quadrant}, a fourth of the earth's circumference.          {Earth table} (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in             a building; the ground table.          {On earth}, an intensive expression, oftenest used in             questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do?             Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earth \Earth\, n. [AS. eor[?]e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries.       irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j[94]r[?], Sw. &       Dan. jord, Goth. a[c6]rpa, OHG. ero, Gr. [?], adv., to earth,       and perh. to E. ear to plow.]       1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in             distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world             as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the             dwelling place of spirits.                         That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the                      planets in their course.                     --S. Rogers.                         In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell.                                                                               --Milton.          2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in             distinction from the air or water; the dry land.                         God called the dry land earth.            --Gen. i. 10.                         He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of                      earth and water never appear in him.   --Shak.          3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface             of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of             all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like;             sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the             visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth;             rich earth.                         Give him a little earth for charity.   --Shak.          4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.                         Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak.          5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the             pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.                         Our weary souls by earth beguiled.      --Keble.          6. The people on the globe.                         The whole earth was of one language.   --Gen. xi. 1.          7. (Chem.)             (a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina,                   glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.             (b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as                   lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.          8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as,             the earth of a fox. --Macaulay.                         They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their                      earths.                                             --Holland.          Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to                form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple;                earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or                earth-closet.          {Adamic earth}, {Bitter earth}, {Bog earth}, {Chian earth},             etc. See under {Adamic}, {Bitter}, etc.          {Alkaline earths}. See under {Alkaline}.          {Earth apple}. (Bot.)             (a) A potato.             (b) A cucumber.          {Earth auger}, a form of auger for boring into the ground; --             called also {earth borer}.          {Earth bath}, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in             earth for healing purposes.          {Earth battery} (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of             which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its             moisture.          {Earth chestnut}, the pignut.          {Earth closet}, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or             a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the             f[91]cal discharges.          {Earth dog} (Zo[94]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or             enter holes of foxes, etc.          {Earth hog}, {Earth pig} (Zo[94]l.), the aard-vark.          {Earth hunger}, an intense desire to own land, or, in the             case of nations, to extend their domain.          {Earth light} (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as             upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called             also {earth shine}. --Sir J. Herschel.          {Earth metal}. See 1st {Earth}, 7. (Chem.)          {Earth oil}, petroleum.          {Earth pillars} [or] {pyramids} (Geol.), high pillars or             pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone,             found in Switzerland. --Lyell.          {Earth pitch} (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.          {Earth quadrant}, a fourth of the earth's circumference.          {Earth table} (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in             a building; the ground table.          {On earth}, an intensive expression, oftenest used in             questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do?             Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthlight \Earth"light`\, n. (Astron.)       The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which       we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before       or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined       by direct sunlight, or [bd]the old moon in the arms of the       new.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthliness \Earth"li*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness;       grossness; perishableness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthling \Earth"ling\, n. [Earth + -ling.]       An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.                   Earthlings oft her deemed a deity.         --Drummond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthly \Earth"ly\, a.       1. Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to             man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual;             carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers;             earthly praise.                         This earthly load Of death, called life. --Milton.                         Whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly                      things.                                             --Phil. iii.                                                                               19.          2. Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.                         What earthly benefit can be the result? --Pope.          3. Made of earth; earthy. [Obs.] --Holland.          Syn: Gross; material; sordid; mean; base; vile; low;                unsubstantial; temporary; corrupt; groveling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthly \Earth"ly\, adv.       In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.                   Took counsel from his guiding eyes To make this wisdom                earthly wise.                                          --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthly-minded \Earth"ly-mind`ed\, a.       Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; --       opposed to {spiritual-minded}. -- {Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earthly-minded \Earth"ly-mind`ed\, a.       Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; --       opposed to {spiritual-minded}. -- {Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.