| barnacle |
a small sea animal that attaches its shell to rocks, the bottom of ships, docks, and other objects in shallow parts of the ocean. Barnacles float freely in the ocean when they are young. They develop shells with sharp edges as adults. Barnacles are kinds of crustaceans. |
| basin |
an open, shallow bowl used to hold water for washing. [1/2 definitions] |
| bedpan |
a shallow pan used as a toilet by a person who cannot get out of bed. |
| bonefish |
any of several silvery marine fishes, esp. a bottom-feeder living in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of many small bones. |
| card file |
a shallow, usu. small box or drawer for index cards. [1/2 definitions] |
| cardinal flower |
a plant of eastern North America that grows in moist ground or shallow water. [1/2 definitions] |
| cliff dweller |
a member of a prehistoric race of American Indians who lived in the shallow caves and recesses of cliffs of the southwestern United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| coral |
any of various aquatic invertebrates, polyps, that secrete a hard skeleton and often live in colonies. Their cummulative skeletons eventually form reefs in warm, shallow seas. [1/6 definitions] |
| coral reef |
a structure that rises up from the bottom of the sea and is made up of the hard skeletons of tiny sea animals called corals. Coral reefs are found in warm, shallow sea waters around the world. The largest system of coral reefs is found in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
| crawlspace |
a low or shallow area, as beneath the roof or floor of a building, usu. containing wiring and plumbing. |
| dabble |
of ducks or other birds, to feed at the bottom in shallow water by dipping the head. [2/4 definitions] |
| deep |
having great space below or behind a certain point; reaching far down or back; not shallow. [1/7 definitions] |
| edge |
the surface of the thin sides of a flat or shallow object. [1/10 definitions] |
| faille |
a woven fabric with shallow, transverse ribbing, made of silk or other soft material. |
| flatbed |
a truck or trailer having a flat or shallow platform with no sides or top as its body. |
| flatboat |
a flat-bottomed boat used for transporting goods on shallow waters. |
| ford |
a shallow place in a river or other body of water that can be crossed without a boat or raft. [2 definitions] |
| foxhole |
a shallow pit dug to provide a quick, temporary shelter from enemy fire for one or two soldiers. |
| frying pan |
a shallow pan with a long handle, used to cook food. |
| gong |
a shallow, saucer-shaped bell sounded by a mechanically or electrically operated hammer. [1/2 definitions] |
| Gulf of Tonkin |
a shallow arm of the South China Sea lying between Vietnam and China, purportedly the site of North Vietnamese attacks on US ships that precipitated the United States' entry into the Vietnam War in 1964. |