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BYE |
So long! |
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CHEERIO |
So long |
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FAREWELL |
So long; sayonara |
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DOT |
The year when it all began so long ago |
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EARED |
Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as,
long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. |
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BOA |
A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in
shape to the boa constrictor. |
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LEGGED |
Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as,
a long-legged man; a two-legged animal. |
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ARROWWOOD |
A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and
thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. |
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CRANE'S-BILL |
The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the
fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. |
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HOOKAH |
A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the
smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. |
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BRITZSKA |
A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to
give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey. |
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TETHER |
A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to
a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits. |
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DARTER |
The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so
called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See
Snakebird. |
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IRONHEADS |
A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so
called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed
on a long handle. |
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ALCAIC |
A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety
consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable,
and two dactyls. |
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TICKLE |
To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling
sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which
become dengerous if too long protracted. |
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PENTAIL |
A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; --
so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the
base and plumose at the tip. |
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CRACOWES |
Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts
of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first
worn in the fourteenth century. |
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PERPETUITY |
The quality or condition of an estate by which it
becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period;
also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated. |
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HACKLE |
One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of
fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial
flies; hence, any feather so used. |
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BAR |
An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be
long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or
of lead; a bar of soap. |
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HORNTAIL |
Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous
insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees.
So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females. |
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ZAMINDAR |
A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now,
usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long
as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. |
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STAKE |
A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one
end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as,
a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. |
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BLOCK |
A large or long building divided into separate houses or
shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other
so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops. |