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| badger |
a furry mammal with short legs and a long body. The American badger has a white stripe on its forehead that runs down its back, and it has long dark marks on its face also. Badgers eat worms, rodents, rabbits, and plants. Different kinds of badgers live in Europe, Asia, and North America. They are related to skunks, otters, and other kinds of weasels. [1/2 definitions] |
| band2 |
a stripe or strip that contrasts with its surroundings in color or material. [1/4 definitions] |
| bar1 |
a stripe or narrow marking. [1/10 definitions] |
| belted |
marked with a stripe or band of color around the abdomen. [1/2 definitions] |
| cobia |
a large tropical game fish with a prominent black stripe on either side. |
| crossbar |
a bar that lies in a nonvertical position, such as a painted stripe or the horizontal bar used in pole vaulting. |
| dimity |
a sheer fabric, usu. of cotton, woven with a fine stripe or check of heavier thread. |
| pin stripe |
a very thin stripe, esp. on fabric used in the making of suits. [1/2 definitions] |
| service stripe |
a stripe worn on the left sleeve of a military uniform to show the amount of time the wearer has spent in active military service. |
| silversides |
any of a family of small marine or freshwater fishes found along the U.S. Atlantic coast, having a silvery stripe along each side. |
| skunk |
a small, meat-eating North American mammal with black fur, a bushy tail, and a broad white stripe down its back, noted for the foul smell of the fluid it ejects when alarmed. [1/3 definitions] |
| stria |
a thin, narrow stripe, channel, or ridge, esp. one of several parallel marks or bands, as in certain muscles. [1/2 definitions] |
| stripe1 |
to mark with a stripe or stripes. [1/2 definitions] |
| tuxedo |
a complete suit of evening clothes for men that are worn on very formal occasions. A tuxedo consists, usually, of a black jacket, black trousers with a shiny, black side stripe, and a special white shirt. It is worn with a bow tie. Some tuxedo jackets have long "tails" at the back. |
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