| tench, Tinca tinca: freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water |
| goldfish, Carassius auratus: small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes |
| great white shark, white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, Carcharodon carcharias: large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans |
| tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri: large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body |
| hammerhead, hammerhead shark: medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous |
| electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges |
| stingray: large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds |
| cock: adult male bird |
| hen: adult female bird |
| ostrich, Struthio camelus: fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird |
| brambling, Fringilla montifringilla: Eurasian finch |
| goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis: small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings |
| house finch, linnet, Carpodacus mexicanus: small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
| junco, snowbird: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter |
| indigo bunting, indigo finch, indigo bird, Passerina cyanea: small deep blue North American bunting |
| robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius: large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen |
| bulbul: nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry |
| jay: crested largely blue bird |
| magpie: long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call |
| chickadee: any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America |
| water ouzel, dipper: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom |
| kite: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals |
| bald eagle, American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus: a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
| vulture: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
| great grey owl, great gray owl, Strix nebulosa: large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
| European fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra: a kind of European salamander |
| common newt, Triturus vulgaris: small semiaquatic salamander |
| eft: a newt in its terrestrial stage of development |
| spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum: glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots |
| axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum: larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing |
| bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana: largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice |
| tree frog, tree-frog: any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes |
| tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui: western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
| loggerhead, loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta: very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas |
| leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle |
| mud turtle: bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America |
| terrapin: any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water |
| box turtle, box tortoise: chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly |
| banded gecko: any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast |
| common iguana, iguana, Iguana iguana: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America |
| American chameleon, anole, Anolis carolinensis: small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color |
| whiptail, whiptail lizard: any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards |
| agama: small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World |
| frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi: large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck |
| alligator lizard: slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America |
| Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum: large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested |
| green lizard, Lacerta viridis: a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
| African chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon: a chameleon found in Africa |
| Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Varanus komodoensis: the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands |
| African crocodile, Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus: a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
| American alligator, Alligator mississipiensis: large alligator of the southeastern United States |
| triceratops: huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill |
| thunder snake, worm snake, Carphophis amoenus: small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States |
| ringneck snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake: any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
| hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper: harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
| green snake, grass snake: either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
| king snake, kingsnake: any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals |
| garter snake, grass snake: any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes |
| water snake: any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
| vine snake: slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia |
| night snake, Hypsiglena torquata: nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico |
| boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies |
| rock python, rock snake, Python sebae: very large python of tropical and southern Africa |
| Indian cobra, Naja naja: a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia |
| green mamba: green phase of the black mamba |
| sea snake: any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom |
| horned viper, cerastes, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus: highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
| diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings |
| sidewinder, horned rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes: small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve |
| trilobite: an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts |
| harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio: spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs |
| scorpion: arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger |
| black and gold garden spider, Argiope aurantia: a widely distributed North American garden spider |
| barn spider, Araneus cavaticus: an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'" |
| garden spider, Aranea diademata: a spider common in European gardens |
| black widow, Latrodectus mactans: venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen |
| tarantula: large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites |
| wolf spider, hunting spider: ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web |
| tick: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals |
| centipede: chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
| black grouse: grouse of which the male is bluish-black |
| ptarmigan: large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage |
| ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada |
| prairie chicken, prairie grouse, prairie fowl: brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
| peacock: male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots |
| quail: small gallinaceous game birds |
| partridge: small Old World gallinaceous game birds |
| African grey, African gray, Psittacus erithacus: commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa |
| macaw: long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots |
| sulphur-crested cockatoo, Kakatoe galerita, Cacatua galerita: white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest |
| lorikeet: any of various small lories |
| coucal: Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw |
| bee eater: colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees |
| hornbill: bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers |
| hummingbird: tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight |
| jacamar: tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage |
| toucan: brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak |
| drake: adult male of a wild or domestic duck |
| red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator: widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
| goose: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks |
| black swan, Cygnus atratus: large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
| tusker: any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) |
| echidna, spiny anteater, anteater: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia |
| platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
| wallaby, brush kangaroo: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored |
| koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark |
| wombat: burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger |
| jellyfish: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans |
| sea anemone, anemone: marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton |
| brain coral: massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface |
| flatworm, platyhelminth: parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body |
| nematode, nematode worm, roundworm: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic |
| conch: any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip |
| snail: freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell |
| slug: any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell |
| sea slug, nudibranch: any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body |
| chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
| chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus, nautilus: cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions |
| Dungeness crab, Cancer magister: small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America |
| rock crab, Cancer irroratus: crab of eastern coast of North America |
| fiddler crab: burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male |
| king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica: large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan |
| American lobster, Northern lobster, Maine lobster, Homarus americanus: lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
| spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
| crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster |
| hermit crab: small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods |
| isopod: any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling |
| white stork, Ciconia ciconia: the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
| black stork, Ciconia nigra: Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below |
| spoonbill: wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon |
| flamingo: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes |
| little blue heron, Egretta caerulea: small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere |
| American egret, great white heron, Egretta albus: a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
| bittern: relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes |
| crane: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world |
| limpkin, Aramus pictus: wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call |
| European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio: purple gallinule of southern Europe |
| American coot, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen, Fulica americana: a coot found in North America |
| bustard: large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes |
| ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres: common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia |
| red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina: small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
| redshank, Tringa totanus: a common Old World wading bird with long red legs |
| dowitcher: shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
| oystercatcher, oyster catcher: black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. |
| pelican: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish |
| king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonica: large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle |
| albatross, mollymawk: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight |
| grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus: medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
| killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas |
| dugong, Dugong dugon: sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate |
| sea lion: any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat |
| Chihuahua: an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization |
| Japanese spaniel: breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat |
| Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat |
| Pekinese, Pekingese, Peke: a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle |
| Shih-Tzu: a Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese |
| Blenheim spaniel: red-and-white variety of English toy spaniel |
| papillon: small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat |
| toy terrier: a small active dog |
| Rhodesian ridgeback: a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine |
| Afghan hound, Afghan: tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East |
| basset, basset hound: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears |
| beagle: a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound |
| bloodhound, sleuthhound: a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking |
| bluetick: a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey |
| black-and-tan coonhound: American breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other game |
| Walker hound, Walker foxhound: an American breed of foxhound |
| English foxhound: an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs |
| redbone: a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound |
| borzoi, Russian wolfhound: tall fast-moving dog breed |
| Irish wolfhound: large breed of hound with a rough thick coat |
| Italian greyhound: a toy dog developed from the greyhound |
| whippet: small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England |
| Ibizan hound, Ibizan Podenco: breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt |
| Norwegian elkhound, elkhound: breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk |
| otterhound, otter hound: hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters |
| Saluki, gazelle hound: old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia |
| Scottish deerhound, deerhound: very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland |
| Weimaraner: large breed of hound having a smooth greyish coat; originated in Germany |
| Staffordshire bullterrier, Staffordshire bull terrier: English breed of strong stocky dog having a broad skull and smooth coat |
| American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, pit bull terrier: American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
| Bedlington terrier: a light terrier groomed to resemble a lamb |
| Border terrier: small rough-coated terrier of British origin |
| Kerry blue terrier: an Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat |
| Irish terrier: medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat; developed in Ireland |
| Norfolk terrier: English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry grizzled coat and dropped ears |
| Norwich terrier: English breed of small short-legged terrier with a straight wiry red or grey or black-and-tan coat and erect ears |
| Yorkshire terrier: very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-grey and tan |
| wire-haired fox terrier: a fox terrier with wiry hair |
| Lakeland terrier: breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting |
| Sealyham terrier, Sealyham: a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham |
| Airedale, Airedale terrier: breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire |
| cairn, cairn terrier: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
| Australian terrier: small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn |
| Dandie Dinmont, Dandie Dinmont terrier: a breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears |
| Boston bull, Boston terrier: small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings |
| miniature schnauzer: a small schnauzer |
| giant schnauzer: a large schnauzer |
| standard schnauzer: a medium-sized schnauzer |
| Scotch terrier, Scottish terrier, Scottie: old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears |
| Tibetan terrier, chrysanthemum dog: breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails |
| silky terrier, Sydney silky: Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat |
| soft-coated wheaten terrier: Irish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzle |
| West Highland white terrier: small white long-coated terrier developed in Scotland |
| Lhasa, Lhasa apso: a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs |
| flat-coated retriever: an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water |
| curly-coated retriever: an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water |
| golden retriever: an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
| Labrador retriever: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat |
| Chesapeake Bay retriever: American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan |
| German short-haired pointer: liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany; 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound |
| vizsla, Hungarian pointer: Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat |
| English setter: an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white |
| Irish setter, red setter: an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat |
| Gordon setter: a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat |
| Brittany spaniel: tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat |
| clumber, clumber spaniel: a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair |
| English springer, English springer spaniel: a breed having typically a black-and-white coat |
| Welsh springer spaniel: a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English springer spaniel |
| cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England |
| Sussex spaniel: an English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat |
| Irish water spaniel: breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail |
| kuvasz: long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog |
| schipperke: breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium |
| groenendael: black-coated sheepdog with a heavily plumed tail |
| malinois: fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog |
| briard: old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat |
| kelpie: an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears |
| komondor: Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog |
| Old English sheepdog, bobtail: large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain |
| Shetland sheepdog, Shetland sheep dog, Shetland: a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands |
| collie: a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland |
| Border collie: developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle |
| Bouvier des Flandres, Bouviers des Flandres: rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle |
| Rottweiler: German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs |
| German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian: breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
| Doberman, Doberman pinscher: medium large breed of dog of German origin with a glossy black and tan coat; used as a watchdog |
| miniature pinscher: small German version of a Doberman pinscher |
| Greater Swiss Mountain dog: the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Bernese mountain dog: large powerful long-haired black-coated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking; formerly used for draft |
| Appenzeller: a smaller of the four Swiss breeds |
| EntleBucher: the smallest of the Sennenhunde |
| boxer: a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany |
| bull mastiff: large powerful breed developed by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff |
| Tibetan mastiff: very large powerful rough-coated dog native to central Asia |
| French bulldog: small stocky version of the bulldog having a sleek coat and square head |
| Great Dane: very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog |
| Saint Bernard, St Bernard: a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog |
| Eskimo dog, husky: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog |
| malamute, malemute, Alaskan malamute: breed of sled dog developed in Alaska |
| Siberian husky: breed of sled dog developed in northeastern Siberia; they resemble the larger Alaskan malamutes |
| dalmatian, coach dog, carriage dog: a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia |
| affenpinscher, monkey pinscher, monkey dog: European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
| basenji: small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark |
| pug, pug-dog: small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle |
| Leonberg: a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland |
| Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog: a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland |
| Great Pyrenees: bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
| Samoyed, Samoyede: Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family |
| Pomeranian: breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type |
| chow, chow chow: breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China |
| keeshond: a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland |
| Brabancon griffon: a variety of Brussels griffon having a short smooth coat |
| Pembroke, Pembroke Welsh corgi: the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail |
| Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail |
| toy poodle: the breed of very small poodles |
| miniature poodle: a breed of small poodles |
| standard poodle: a breed or medium-sized poodles |
| Mexican hairless: any of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico |
| timber wolf, grey wolf, gray wolf, Canis lupus: a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America |
| white wolf, Arctic wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum: wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
| red wolf, maned wolf, Canis rufus, Canis niger: reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America |
| coyote, prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans: small wolf native to western North America |
| dingo, warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo: wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
| dhole, Cuon alpinus: fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs |
| African hunting dog, hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus: a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area |
| hyena, hyaena: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion |
| red fox, Vulpes vulpes: the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species |
| kit fox, Vulpes macrotis: small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox |
| Arctic fox, white fox, Alopex lagopus: thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter |
| grey fox, gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus: dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States |
| tabby, tabby cat: a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black |
| tiger cat: a cat having a striped coat |
| Persian cat: a long-haired breed of cat |
| Siamese cat, Siamese: a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip |
| Egyptian cat: a domestic cat of Egypt |
| cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor: large American feline resembling a lion |
| lynx, catamount: short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur |
| leopard, Panthera pardus: large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots |
| snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur |
| jaguar, panther, Panthera onca, Felis onca: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis |
| lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male |
| tiger, Panthera tigris: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered |
| cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus: long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game |
| brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos: large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
| American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus: brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear |
| ice bear, polar bear, Ursus Maritimus, Thalarctos maritimus: white bear of Arctic regions |
| sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus: common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia |
| mongoose: agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents |
| meerkat, mierkat: a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes |
| tiger beetle: active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects |
| ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests |
| ground beetle, carabid beetle: predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
| long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle: long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
| leaf beetle, chrysomelid: brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems |
| dung beetle: any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs |
| rhinoceros beetle: any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts |
| weevil: any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles |
| fly: two-winged insects characterized by active flight |
| bee: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species |
| ant, emmet, pismire: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers |
| grasshopper, hopper: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping |
| cricket: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together |
| walking stick, walkingstick, stick insect: any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
| cockroach, roach: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests |
| mantis, mantid: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer |
| cicada, cicala: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone |
| leafhopper: small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants |
| lacewing, lacewing fly: any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids |
| dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk: slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
| damselfly: slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest |
| admiral: any of several brightly colored butterflies |
| ringlet, ringlet butterfly: any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
| monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus: large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed |
| cabbage butterfly: white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
| sulphur butterfly, sulfur butterfly: any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
| lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly: any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
| starfish, sea star: echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
| sea urchin: shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells |
| sea cucumber, holothurian: echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders |
| wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit: common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) |
| hare: swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes |
| Angora, Angora rabbit: domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair |
| hamster: short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches |
| porcupine, hedgehog: relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur |
| fox squirrel, eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger: exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States |
| marmot: stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter |
| beaver: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges |
| guinea pig, Cavia cobaya: stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research |
| sorrel: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color |
| zebra: any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines |
| hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa: domestic swine |
| wild boar, boar, Sus scrofa: Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States |
| warthog: African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks |
| hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius: massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
| ox: an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus |
| water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis: an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal |
| bison: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns |
| ram, tup: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" |
| bighorn, bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis: wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
| ibex, Capra ibex: wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns |
| hartebeest: a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward |
| impala, Aepyceros melampus: African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps |
| gazelle: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes |
| Arabian camel, dromedary, Camelus dromedarius: one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia |
| llama: wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump |
| weasel: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck |
| mink: slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur |
| polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened |
| black-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes: musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct |
| otter: freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur |
| skunk, polecat, wood pussy: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae |
| badger: sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| armadillo: burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates |
| three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot |
| orangutan, orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus: large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
| gorilla, Gorilla gorilla: largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa |
| chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests |
| gibbon, Hylobates lar: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies |
| siamang, Hylobates syndactylus, Symphalangus syndactylus: large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web |
| guenon, guenon monkey: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face |
| patas, hussar monkey, Erythrocebus patas: reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa |
| baboon: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles |
| macaque: short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa |
| langur: slender long-tailed monkey of Asia |
| colobus, colobus monkey: arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs |
| proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus: Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose |
| marmoset: small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails |
| capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus: monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl |
| howler monkey, howler: monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry |
| titi, titi monkey: small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail |
| spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi: arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail |
| squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus: small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle |
| Madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta: small lemur having its tail barred with black |
| indri, indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus: large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn |
| Indian elephant, Elephas maximus: Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male |
| African elephant, Loxodonta africana: an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
| lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas |
| giant panda, panda, panda bear, coon bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca: large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae |
| barracouta, snoek: a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa |
| eel: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins |
| coho, cohoe, coho salmon, blue jack, silver salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch: small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes |
| rock beauty, Holocanthus tricolor: gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil |
| anemone fish: live associated with sea anemones |
| sturgeon: large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone |
| gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth |
| lionfish: brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins |
| puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish: any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers |
| abacus: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves |
| abaya: (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women |
| academic gown, academic robe, judge's robe: a gown worn by academics or judges |
| accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box: a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
| acoustic guitar: sound is not amplified by electrical means |
| aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
| airliner: a commercial airplane that carries passengers |
| airship, dirigible: a steerable self-propelled aircraft |
| altar: a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made |
| ambulance: a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals |
| amphibian, amphibious vehicle: a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
| analog clock: a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial |
| apiary, bee house: a shed containing a number of beehives |
| apron: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing |
| ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected |
| assault rifle, assault gun: any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use |
| backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder |
| bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold |
| balance beam, beam: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
| balloon: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air |
| ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro: a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper |
| Band Aid: trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
| banjo: a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body |
| bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling |
| barbell: a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting |
| barber chair: a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers |
| barbershop: a shop where men can get their hair cut |
| barn: an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
| barometer: an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure |
| barrel, cask: a cylindrical container that holds liquids |
| barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels |
| baseball: a ball used in playing baseball |
| basketball: an inflated ball used in playing basketball |
| bassinet: a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed |
| bassoon: a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family |
| bathing cap, swimming cap: a tight-fitting cap that keeps hair dry while swimming |
| bath towel: a large towel; to dry yourself after a bath |
| bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body |
| beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
| beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
| beaker: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry |
| bearskin, busby, shako: tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions |
| beer bottle: a bottle that holds beer |
| beer glass: a relatively large glass for serving beer |
| bell cote, bell cot: a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof |
| bib: top part of an apron; covering the chest |
| bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle, tandem: a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats |
| bikini, two-piece: a woman's very brief bathing suit |
| binder, ring-binder: holds loose papers or magazines |
| binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses: an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes |
| birdhouse: a shelter for birds |
| boathouse: a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats |
| bobsled, bobsleigh, bob: a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism |
| bolo tie, bolo, bola tie, bola: a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie |
| bonnet, poke bonnet: a hat tied under the chin |
| bookcase: a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books |
| bookshop, bookstore, bookstall: a shop where books are sold |
| bottlecap: a cap that seals a bottle |
| bow: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow |
| bow tie, bow-tie, bowtie: a man's tie that ties in a bow |
| brass, memorial tablet, plaque: a memorial made of brass |
| brassiere, bra, bandeau: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts |
| breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away |
| breastplate, aegis, egis: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass |
| broom: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle |
| bucket, pail: a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top |
| buckle: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong |
| bulletproof vest: a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet |
| bullet train, bullet: a high-speed passenger train |
| butcher shop, meat market: a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
| cab, hack, taxi, taxicab: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money |
| caldron, cauldron: a very large pot that is used for boiling |
| candle, taper, wax light: stick of wax with a wick in the middle |
| cannon: heavy gun fired from a tank |
| canoe: small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle |
| can opener, tin opener: a device for cutting cans open |
| cardigan: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper |
| car mirror: a mirror that the driver of a car can use |
| carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement |
| carpenter's kit, tool kit: a set of carpenter's tools |
| carton: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top |
| car wheel: a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car |
| cash machine, cash dispenser, automated teller machine, automatic teller machine, automated teller, automatic teller, ATM: an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
| cassette: a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video |
| cassette player: electronic equipment for playing cassettes |
| castle: a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack |
| catamaran: a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck |
| CD player: a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set |
| cello, violoncello: a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone: a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver |
| chain: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
| chainlink fence: a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern |
| chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour: (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
| chain saw, chainsaw: portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain |
| chest: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy |
| chiffonier, commode: a tall elegant chest of drawers |
| chime, bell, gong: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument |
| china cabinet, china closet: a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china |
| Christmas stocking: a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents |
| church, church building: a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty" |
| cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace: a theater where films are shown |
| cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper: a butcher's knife having a large square blade |
| cliff dwelling: a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States" |
| cloak: anything that covers or conceals |
| clog, geta, patten, sabot: footwear usually with wooden soles |
| cocktail shaker: a shaker for mixing cocktails |
| coffee mug: a mug intended for serving coffee |
| coffeepot: tall pot in which coffee is brewed |
| coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" |
| combination lock: lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
| computer keyboard, keypad: a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard |
| confectionery, confectionary, candy store: a confectioner's shop |
| container ship, containership, container vessel: a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes; "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds" |
| convertible: a car that has top that can be folded or removed |
| corkscrew, bottle screw: a bottle opener that pulls corks |
| cornet, horn, trumpet, trump: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves |
| cowboy boot: a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching; worn by American cowboys |
| cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat: a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands |
| cradle: a baby bed with sides and rockers |
| crane: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis |
| crash helmet: a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidents |
| crate: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping |
| crib, cot: baby bed with high sides made of slats |
| Crock Pot: an electric cooker that maintains a relatively low temperature |
| croquet ball: a wooden ball used in playing croquet |
| crutch: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking |
| cuirass: medieval body armor that covers the chest and back |
| dam, dike, dyke: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
| desk: a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments |
| desktop computer: a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace |
| dial telephone, dial phone: a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
| diaper, nappy, napkin: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement |
| digital clock: a clock that displays the time of day digitally |
| digital watch: a watch with a digital display |
| dining table, board: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" |
| dishrag, dishcloth: a cloth for washing dishes |
| dishwasher, dish washer, dishwashing machine: a machine for washing dishes |
| disk brake, disc brake: hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
| dock, dockage, docking facility: landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" |
| dogsled, dog sled, dog sleigh: a sled pulled by dogs |
| dome: a hemispherical roof |
| doormat, welcome mat: a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering |
| drilling platform, offshore rig: drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially |
| drum, membranophone, tympan: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
| drumstick: a stick used for playing a drum |
| dumbbell: an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle |
| Dutch oven: an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire |
| electric fan, blower: a fan run by an electric motor |
| electric guitar: a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means |
| electric locomotive: a locomotive that is powered by an electric motor |
| entertainment center: a wall unit containing sound and television systems |
| envelope: a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. |
| espresso maker: a coffee maker that forces live steam under pressure through dark roasted coffee grounds |
| face powder: cosmetic powder for the face |
| feather boa, boa: a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur |
| file, file cabinet, filing cabinet: office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order |
| fireboat: a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront |
| fire engine, fire truck: any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire |
| fire screen, fireguard: a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) |
| flagpole, flagstaff: a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised |
| flute, transverse flute: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown |
| folding chair: a chair that can be folded flat for storage |
| football helmet: a padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players |
| forklift: a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them |
| fountain: a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises |
| fountain pen: a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel |
| four-poster: a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains |
| freight car: a railway car that carries freight |
| French horn, horn: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves |
| frying pan, frypan, skillet: a pan used for frying foods |
| fur coat: a coat made of fur |
| garbage truck, dustcart: a truck for collecting domestic refuse; "in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart" |
| gasmask, respirator, gas helmet: a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases |
| gas pump, gasoline pump, petrol pump, island dispenser: a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| goblet: a drinking glass with a base and stem |
| go-kart: a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; used for racing |
| golf ball: a small hard ball used in playing golf; dimpled to reduce wind resistance |
| golfcart, golf cart: a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots |
| gondola: long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice |
| gong, tam-tam: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick |
| gown: a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions |
| grand piano, grand: a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs |
| greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions |
| grille, radiator grille: grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator |
| grocery store, grocery, food market, market: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" |
| guillotine: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people |
| hair slide: a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
| hair spray: toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place |
| half track: a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military |
| hammer: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking |
| hamper: a basket usually with a cover |
| hand blower, blow dryer, blow drier, hair dryer, hair drier: a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair |
| hand-held computer, hand-held microcomputer: a portable battery-powered computer small enough to be carried in your pocket |
| handkerchief, hankie, hanky, hankey: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory |
| hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk: a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp: a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
| harp: a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers |
| harvester, reaper: farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields |
| hatchet: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) |
| holster: a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun |
| home theater, home theatre: television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
| honeycomb: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees |
| hook, claw: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
| hoopskirt, crinoline: a skirt stiffened with hoops |
| horizontal bar, high bar: gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends |
| horse cart, horse-cart: heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work |
| hourglass: a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes |
| iPod: (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files |
| iron, smoothing iron: home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth |
| jack-o'-lantern: lantern carved from a pumpkin |
| jean, blue jean, denim: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear |
| jeep, landrover: a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain |
| jersey, T-shirt, tee shirt: a close-fitting pullover shirt |
| jigsaw puzzle: a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces |
| jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw: a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person |
| joystick: a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers |
| kimono: a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese |
| knee pad: protective garment consisting of a pad worn by football or baseball or hockey players |
| knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object |
| lab coat, laboratory coat: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory |
| ladle: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another |
| lampshade, lamp shade: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view |
| laptop, laptop computer: a portable computer small enough to use in your lap |
| lawn mower, mower: garden tool for mowing grass on lawns |
| lens cap, lens cover: cap used to keep lens free of dust when not in use |
| letter opener, paper knife, paperknife: dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
| library: a building that houses a collection of books and other materials |
| lifeboat: a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship |
| lighter, light, igniter, ignitor: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" |
| limousine, limo: large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur |
| liner, ocean liner: a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) |
| lipstick, lip rouge: makeup that is used to color the lips |
| Loafer: a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel |
| lotion: any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin |
| loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
| loupe, jeweler's loupe: small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists |
| lumbermill, sawmill: a mill for dressing logs and lumber |
| magnetic compass: compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
| mailbag, postbag: letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag" |
| mailbox, letter box: a private box for delivery of mail |
| maillot: tights for dancers or gymnasts |
| maillot, tank suit: a woman's one-piece bathing suit |
| manhole cover: a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street) |
| maraca: a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs |
| marimba, xylophone: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets |
| mask: a covering to disguise or conceal the face |
| matchstick: a short thin stick of wood used in making matches |
| maypole: a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day |
| maze, labyrinth: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost |
| measuring cup: graduated cup used to measure liquid or granular ingredients |
| medicine chest, medicine cabinet: cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries |
| megalith, megalithic structure: memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) |
| microphone, mike: device for converting sound waves into electrical energy |
| microwave, microwave oven: kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food |
| military uniform: prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers |
| milk can: large can for transporting milk |
| minibus: a light bus (4 to 10 passengers) |
| miniskirt, mini: a very short skirt |
| minivan: a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car |
| missile: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control |
| mitten: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together |
| mixing bowl: bowl used with an electric mixer |
| mobile home, manufactured home: a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
| Model T: the first widely available automobile powered by a gasoline engine; mass-produced by Henry Ford from 1908 to 1927 |
| modem: (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line |
| monastery: the residence of a religious community |
| monitor: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions |
| moped: a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine |
| mortar: a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle |
| mortarboard: an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top |
| mosque: (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret |
| mosquito net: a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos |
| motor scooter, scooter: a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
| mountain bike, all-terrain bike, off-roader: a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
| mountain tent: a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper |
| mouse, computer mouse: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" |
| mousetrap: a trap for catching mice |
| moving van: a van used for moving home or office furniture |
| muzzle: a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting |
| nail: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
| neck brace: a brace worn to steady the neck |
| necklace: jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) |
| nipple: a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier |
| notebook, notebook computer: a small compact portable computer |
| obelisk: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top |
| oboe, hautboy, hautbois: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece |
| ocarina, sweet potato: egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
| odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer: a meter that shows mileage traversed |
| oil filter: a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine |
| organ, pipe organ: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
| overskirt: an outer skirt worn over another skirt |
| oxcart: a cart that is drawn by an ox |
| oxygen mask: a breathing device that is placed over the mouth and nose; supplies oxygen from an attached storage tank |
| packet: a small package or bundle |
| paddle, boat paddle: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat |
| paddlewheel, paddle wheel: a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat |
| padlock: a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut |
| paintbrush: a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) |
| pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies: (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers |
| palace: official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) |
| panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together |
| paper towel: a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
| parachute, chute: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall |
| parallel bars, bars: gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
| park bench: a bench in a public park |
| parking meter: a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time |
| passenger car, coach, carriage: a railcar where passengers ride |
| patio, terrace: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence |
| pay-phone, pay-station: a coin-operated telephone |
| pedestal, plinth, footstall: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) |
| pencil box, pencil case: a box for holding pencils |
| pencil sharpener: a rotary implement for sharpening the point on pencils |
| perfume, essence: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor |
| Petri dish: a shallow dish used to culture bacteria |
| photocopier: a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies |
| pick, plectrum, plectron: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
| pickelhaube: a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers |
| picket fence, paling: a fence made of upright pickets |
| pickup, pickup truck: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard |
| pier: a support for two adjacent bridge spans |
| piggy bank, penny bank: a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
| pill bottle: a small bottle for holding pills |
| pillow: a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
| ping-pong ball: light hollow ball used in playing table tennis |
| pinwheel: a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'" |
| pirate, pirate ship: a ship that is manned by pirates |
| pitcher, ewer: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring |
| plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" |
| planetarium: a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling |
| plastic bag: a bag made of thin plastic material |
| plate rack: a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
| plow, plough: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing |
| plunger, plumber's helper: hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains |
| Polaroid camera, Polaroid Land camera: a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds |
| pole: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic |
| police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria: van used by police to transport prisoners |
| poncho: a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head |
| pool table, billiard table, snooker table: game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played |
| pop bottle, soda bottle: a bottle for holding soft drinks |
| pot, flowerpot: a container in which plants are cultivated |
| potter's wheel: a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC" |
| power drill: a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials |
| prayer rug, prayer mat: a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions |
| printer: (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing |
| prison, prison house: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment |
| projectile, missile: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| projector: an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen |
| puck, hockey puck: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey |
| punching bag, punch bag, punching ball, punchball: an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing |
| purse: a small bag for carrying money |
| quill, quill pen: pen made from a bird's feather |
| quilt, comforter, comfort, puff: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together |
| racer, race car, racing car: a fast car that competes in races |
| racket, racquet: a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games |
| radiator: a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan |
| radio, wireless: a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves |
| radio telescope, radio reflector: astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources |
| rain barrel: a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
| recreational vehicle, RV, R.V.: a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities |
| reel: winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod |
| reflex camera: camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed |
| refrigerator, icebox: white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures |
| remote control, remote: a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" |
| restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery: a building where people go to eat |
| revolver, six-gun, six-shooter: a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) |
| rifle: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" |
| rocking chair, rocker: a chair mounted on rockers |
| rotisserie: an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns |
| rubber eraser, rubber, pencil eraser: an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil |
| rugby ball: inflated oval ball used in playing rugby |
| rule, ruler: measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths |
| running shoe: a light comfortable shoe designed for running |
| safe: strongbox where valuables can be safely kept |
| safety pin: a pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user |
| saltshaker, salt shaker: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt |
| sandal: a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot |
| sarong: a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific |
| sax, saxophone: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore |
| scabbard: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet |
| scale, weighing machine: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass |
| school bus: a bus used to transport children to or from school |
| schooner: sailing vessel used in former times |
| scoreboard: a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) |
| screen, CRT screen: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube |
| screw: a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head |
| screwdriver: a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw |
| seat belt, seatbelt: a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident |
| sewing machine: a textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing |
| shield, buckler: armor carried on the arm to intercept blows |
| shoe shop, shoe-shop, shoe store: a shop where shoes are sold |
| shoji: a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper |
| shopping basket: a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping |
| shopping cart: a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping |
| shovel: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle |
| shower cap: a tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showering |
| shower curtain: a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area |
| ski: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow |
| ski mask: a woolen face mask to protect the face from cold while skiing on snow |
| sleeping bag: large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors; usually rolls up like a bedroll |
| slide rule, slipstick: analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators |
| sliding door: a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging |
| slot, one-armed bandit: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" |
| snorkel: breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water |
| snowmobile: tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front |
| snowplow, snowplough: a vehicle used to push snow from roads |
| soap dispenser: dispenser of liquid soap |
| soccer ball: an inflated ball used in playing soccer |
| sock: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee |
| solar dish, solar collector, solar furnace: a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures |
| sombrero: a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico |
| soup bowl: a bowl for serving soup |
| space bar: the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used |
| space heater: heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room |
| space shuttle: a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere |
| spatula: a turner with a narrow flexible blade |
| speedboat: a fast motorboat |
| spider web, spider's web: a web resembling the webs spun by spiders |
| spindle: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
| sports car, sport car: a small low car with a high-powered engine; usually seats two persons |
| spotlight, spot: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer |
| stage: a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box" |
| steam locomotive: a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
| steel arch bridge: a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
| steel drum: a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
| stethoscope: a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body |
| stole: a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women |
| stone wall: a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields |
| stopwatch, stop watch: a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
| stove: any heating apparatus |
| strainer: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through |
| streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity |
| stretcher: a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles |
| studio couch, day bed: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed |
| stupa, tope: a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists |
| submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes |
| suit, suit of clothes: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit" |
| sundial: timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial |
| sunglass: a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire |
| sunglasses, dark glasses, shades: spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades" |
| sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker: a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn |
| suspension bridge: a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends |
| swab, swob, mop: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors |
| sweatshirt: cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity |
| swimming trunks, bathing trunks: swimsuit worn by men while swimming |
| swing: mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth |
| switch, electric switch, electrical switch: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
| syringe: a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids |
| table lamp: a lamp that sits on a table |
| tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
| tape player: electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
| teapot: pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle |
| teddy, teddy bear: plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials) |
| television, television system: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points |
| tennis ball: ball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis |
| thatch, thatched roof: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) |
| theater curtain, theatre curtain: a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance |
| thimble: a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container |
| thresher, thrasher, threshing machine: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw |
| throne: the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne" |
| tile roof: a roof made of fired clay tiles |
| toaster: a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread |
| tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist: a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |
| toilet seat: the hinged seat on a toilet |
| torch: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance |
| totem pole: a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast |
| tow truck, tow car, wrecker: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) |
| toyshop: shop where toys are sold |
| tractor: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications |
| trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, semi: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
| tray: an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food |
| trench coat: a military style raincoat; belted with deep pockets |
| tricycle, trike, velocipede: a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals |
| trimaran: a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls |
| tripod: a three-legged rack used for support |
| triumphal arch: a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory |
| trolleybus, trolley coach, trackless trolley: a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires |
| trombone: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide |
| tub, vat: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids |
| turnstile: a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering |
| typewriter keyboard: a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed |
| umbrella: a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy |
| unicycle, monocycle: a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals |
| upright, upright piano: a piano with a vertical sounding board |
| vacuum, vacuum cleaner: an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
| vase: an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers |
| vault: an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof |
| velvet: a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back |
| vending machine: a slot machine for selling goods |
| vestment: gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
| viaduct: bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley |
| violin, fiddle: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow |
| volleyball: an inflated ball used in playing volleyball |
| waffle iron: a kitchen appliance for baking waffles; the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle |
| wall clock: a clock mounted on a wall |
| wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money |
| wardrobe, closet, press: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes |
| warplane, military plane: an aircraft designed and used for combat |
| washbasin, handbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin: a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
| washer, automatic washer, washing machine: a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically |
| water bottle: a bottle for holding water |
| water jug: a jug that holds water |
| water tower: a large reservoir for water |
| whiskey jug: a jug that contains whiskey |
| whistle: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound |
| wig: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair |
| window screen: screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window |
| window shade: an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window |
| Windsor tie: a wide necktie worn in a loose bow |
| wine bottle: a bottle for holding wine |
| wing: one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane |
| wok: pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking |
| wooden spoon: a spoon made of wood |
| wool, woolen, woollen: a fabric made from the hair of sheep |
| worm fence, snake fence, snake-rail fence, Virginia fence: rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails |
| wreck: a ship that has been destroyed at sea |
| yawl: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) |
| yurt: a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing |
| web site, website, internet site, site: a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers" |
| comic book: a magazine devoted to comic strips |
| crossword puzzle, crossword: a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle |
| street sign: a sign visible from the street |
| traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
| book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrapper: a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed |
| menu: the dishes making up a meal |
| plate: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" |
| guacamole: a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings |
| consomme: clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken |
| hot pot, hotpot: a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot |
| trifle: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate |
| ice cream, icecream: frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring |
| ice lolly, lolly, lollipop, popsicle: ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick; "in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly" |
| French loaf: a loaf of French bread |
| bagel, beigel: (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust |
| pretzel: glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot |
| cheeseburger: a hamburger with melted cheese on it |
| hotdog, hot dog, red hot: a frankfurter served hot on a bun |
| mashed potato: potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed |
| head cabbage: any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw |
| broccoli: branched green undeveloped flower heads |
| cauliflower: compact head of white undeveloped flowers |
| zucchini, courgette: small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green |
| spaghetti squash: medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti |
| acorn squash: small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh |
| butternut squash: buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh |
| cucumber, cuke: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
| artichoke, globe artichoke: a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart |
| bell pepper: large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties |
| cardoon: only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes |
| mushroom: fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi |
| Granny Smith: apple with a green skin and hard tart flesh |
| strawberry: sweet fleshy red fruit |
| orange: round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees |
| lemon: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh |
| fig: fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried |
| pineapple, ananas: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated |
| banana: elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh |
| jackfruit, jak, jack: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted |
| custard apple: the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp |
| pomegranate: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind |
| hay: grass mowed and cured for use as fodder |
| carbonara: sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese |
| chocolate sauce, chocolate syrup: sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water |
| dough: a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll |
| meat loaf, meatloaf: a baked loaf of ground meat |
| pizza, pizza pie: Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese |
| potpie: deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings |
| burrito: a flour tortilla folded around a filling |
| red wine: wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes |
| espresso: strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans |
| cup: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl |
| eggnog: a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor |
| alp: any high mountain |
| bubble: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) |
| cliff, drop, drop-off: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" |
| coral reef: a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone |
| geyser: a spring that discharges hot water and steam |
| lakeside, lakeshore: the shore of a lake |
| promontory, headland, head, foreland: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
| sandbar, sand bar: a bar of sand |
| seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast: the shore of a sea or ocean |
| valley, vale: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
| volcano: a mountain formed by volcanic material |
| ballplayer, baseball player: an athlete who plays baseball |
| groom, bridegroom: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony |
| scuba diver: an underwater diver who uses scuba gear |
| rapeseed: seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil |
| daisy: any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
| yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum: maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan |
| corn: the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal |
| acorn: fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base |
| hip, rose hip, rosehip: the fruit of a rose plant |
| buckeye, horse chestnut, conker: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut |
| coral fungus: any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral |
| agaric: a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside |
| gyromitra: any fungus of the genus Gyromitra |
| stinkhorn, carrion fungus: any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet" |
| earthstar: any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star |
| hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa: large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees |
| bolete: any fungus of the family Boletaceae |
| ear, spike, capitulum: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |
| toilet tissue, toilet paper, bathroom tissue: a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets |
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