| agriculture |
the raising of crops and livestock, or the science connected with improving the processes involved. |
| animal husbandry |
the science or practice of raising and breeding domestic animals, such as livestock. |
| barbed wire |
a wire or strands of wire with barbs at regular intervals, used as a military barrier or fencing for livestock; barbwire. |
| barn |
a large farm building designed to house livestock or store equipment or produce. |
| barnyard |
a yard or fenced area adjacent to a barn, esp. an enclosure for livestock and other farm animals. [1/3 definitions] |
| brisket |
in livestock, the part of the chest adjacent to the ribs, or the meat derived from it. |
| factory farming |
a strictly controlled system of livestock farming in which animals are confined indoors under high density conditions to reduce costs and increase output. |
| farming |
the business or practice of raising crops and livestock. |
| feedlot |
a plot of land on which livestock, esp. cattle to be sold for beef, are fattened before being shipped to market. |
| feedstuff |
food for livestock or poultry; fodder; feed. |
| field corn |
any of several varieties of corn grown as livestock feed. |
| freight |
a train that carries goods or livestock, but no passengers. [1/6 definitions] |
| gadfly |
any of various flies, such as the horsefly or botfly, that bite and pester livestock. [1/3 definitions] |
| hipped1 |
of livestock, having a dislocated or injured hip. [1/3 definitions] |
| kraal |
in southern Africa, a fenced-in area for livestock. [2/3 definitions] |
| loco |
a plant of western North America that is poisonous to livestock; locoweed. [2/3 definitions] |
| loco disease |
a nervous disease of livestock, caused by locoweed poisoning and involving dullness, clumsiness, and partial paralysis. |
| locoweed |
any of several plants of western and central North America that are poisonous to livestock. |
| manger |
a trough from which livestock feed. |
| mesquite |
any of several shrubs or small trees of the legume family, found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, which bear pods rich in sugar that are used as fodder for livestock. [1/2 definitions] |
| nagana |
a disease of livestock transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies. |