| foxhound |
any one of several breeds of medium-sized short-haired hounds often trained to hunt foxes. |
| frigate |
a fast, medium-sized, armed sailing vessel used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
| fritillary |
any of a number of medium-sized butterflies with brownish wings that are spotted on the undersides with black and silver. [1/2 definitions] |
| Garand rifle |
a semiautomatic, clip-fed rifle, which was standard issue of the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War; M-1. |
| Gordon setter |
any of a Scottish breed of medium-sized hunting dog having a soft, silky black and tan coat. |
| gram atom |
the quantity of an element with a weight in grams numerically equal to its atomic weight; gram-atomic weight. |
| gram molecule |
the quantity of a substance with a weight in grams numerically equal to its molecular weight; mole; gram-molecular weight. |
| gray whale |
a medium-sized mostly gray or black whalebone whale of the North Pacific. |
| hearty |
warm-hearted and sincere; friendly. [1/6 definitions] |
| interior monologue |
in literature, material that expresses a character's inner thoughts, often presented in stream-of-consciousness narrative. |
| Jim-Crow |
"for the use of blacks only," as designated by Jim-Crow laws. [1/2 definitions] |
| Labrador retriever |
any of a breed of medium-sized retriever, originating in Newfoundland, with a short coat and a tapering tail. |
| lynx |
any of several medium-sized wild cats having soft, spotted fur and tufted ears. |
| M- |
used with a number to denote equipment produced for U.S. military use, such as the M-16 rifle. |
| made-to-order |
made specially for a particular person; custom-made. [1/2 definitions] |
| modification |
a change in the form of a word or word element, such as the change of the prefix "in-" to "im-" in "impossible". [1/5 definitions] |
| northern harrier |
a medium-sized gray or brown hawk common in marshes in North America and Eurasia; marsh hawk. |
| Olympic Games |
an international amateur athletic competition patterned after the ancient Greek games, held every four years in different countries, with separate dates and locations for winter and warm-weather sports. |
| opium poppy |
a Eurasian annual poppy having grayish-green leaves and bearing large white, red, pink, or purple flowers, and oily seeds, the unripe pods of which may be harvested for their opium-containing sap. |
| ox |
a large, clumsy, dim-witted man. [1/2 definitions] |
| pop-top |
denoting or having a top that can be popped open, usu. with a pull tab, as on vacuum-packed cans. [1/3 definitions] |