| desman |
either of two molelike aquatic mammals found in eastern Europe and western Asia that feed on insects and have webbed feet and a long snout. |
| dogie |
in the western United States, a strayed or motherless calf. |
| Douglas fir |
a tall evergreen timber tree of western North America that has hard durable wood and short needles, and bears narrow cones. |
| dude |
a person visiting a western U.S. ranch who is from the city or does not know much about ranch life. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ecuador |
a country in western South America on the Pacific coast. Quito is the capital of Ecuador. |
| E.E.C. |
abbreviation of "European Economic Community," an economic association of major western European countries mainly designed to eliminate tariffs on trade among member nations and establish uniform tariffs on goods from other countries; Common Market. |
| Esperanto |
an invented language based on word roots that are common to many Western languages, designed for international use. |
| Eurocommunism |
a type of communism favored in some Western European nations, claimed to be independent of the Russian Communist party. |
| evening star |
a bright planet, esp. Venus, seen in the western sky at or soon after sunset. |
| farewell-to-spring |
a flowering plant of the western United States that bears bright blooms of pink, white, or purple. |
| Finno-Ugric |
a subfamily of the Uralic family of languages including Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian, spoken in eastern Europe, western Siberia, and the Ural mountains. [1/2 definitions] |
| France |
a country in western Europe. Paris is the capital of France. |
| Gambia River |
a river that rises in North Guinea in western Africa and flows westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ghana |
a country in western Africa on the Atlantic coast. Accra is the capital of Ghana. |
| git1 |
a spelling of the word "get" that represents a pronunciation primarily associated with the southern and western U.S. [1/2 definitions] |
| gopher |
a small striped ground squirrel of western North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| greasewood |
a thorny shrub native to western North America that contains a small amount of oil and is often used for fuel. [1/2 definitions] |
| grizzly bear |
a large bear found in the northwestern United States and western Canada. The fur of the grizzly bear can be grayish or brown. |
| Guam |
the largest of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific, and a U.S. territory. |
| Guinea |
a country in western Africa on the Atlantic coast. Conakry is the capital of Guinea. |
| Haiti |
a country that occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies. (Cf. Dominican Republic.) |