| American Indian |
a member of any of the aboriginal peoples of North America, South America, or the West Indies, usu. excepting the Eskimos. |
| French and Indian War |
a war between France and England fought in North America from 1754 to 1760, which was part of the Seven Years' War. |
| Indian agent |
a U.S. government official responsible for dealing with American Indian tribes, esp. on reservations. |
| Indian bread |
see "corn bread." [2 definitions] |
| Indian club |
a wood or metal club with a long neck, like a bottle, used for hand and arm exercises. |
| Indian corn |
corn; maize. |
| Indian file |
in single file, usu. walking. |
| Indian meal |
cornmeal. |
| Indian millet |
a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks; durra. |
| Indian Ocean |
an ocean south of Asia that stretches from Africa to Australia; Indian. |
| Indian paintbrush |
any of several herbs of the southwestern United States that bear bright orange or red spiky flowers. |
| Indian pipe |
an almost leafless waxy white plant, related to heath, that lives on decayed organic matter, bears a single white flower on each stalk, and looks like a tobacco pipe. |
| Indian pudding |
a baked pudding made of cornmeal, with milk and molasses. |
| Indian summer |
a late period of warm dry sunny weather, usu. in late fall or early winter. |
| Indian tobacco |
a poisonous North American annual, related to the bellflower, that bears light blue flowers and puffed seed pods. |
| Indian wrestling |
a wrestling contest in which two people lie on their backs side by side, but facing in opposite directions, raise and lock their respective near legs, and attempt to force the opponent's leg to the ground. [3 definitions] |
| non-Indian |
combined form of Indian. |
| Plains Indian |
a member of any of the buffalo-hunting, seminomadic North American Indian peoples that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. |
| wooden Indian |
a carved wooden statue of a standing American Indian brave, formerly placed as an advertisement in front of cigar stores. |