| actinide series |
the series of chemical elements, mostly synthetic and all radioactive, that have from eighty-nine to 103 protons per atom. |
| aloe |
any of a genus of mostly African plants that have thick, jagged leaves and bear red or yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| amanita |
any of various, mostly poisonous mushrooms having blade-shaped gills on the underside. |
| Amish |
a Christian sect that separated from the Mennonites in the seventeenth century, the members of which advocate simple living and now live mostly in farming areas of the northeastern United States. [1/3 definitions] |
| amphibole |
any of a number of hydrous silicate minerals, such as hornblende, that mostly comprise various combinations of magnesium, calcium, sodium, iron, and aluminum. |
| army ant |
any of various carnivorous, mostly tropical ants that travel about in great numbers. |
| asteroid |
any of thousands of celestial bodies with diameters between one and five hundred miles that revolve around the sun in orbits that lie mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars; planetoid. |
| backwoods |
(often used with a sing. verb) an area that is mostly covered with trees and that has few inhabitants. [1/4 definitions] |
| barelegged |
with the legs mostly uncovered. |
| bat2 |
any of various usu. night-flying mammals that have wings that are covered with membranes, and that sense objects mostly by means of reflected sound waves rather than by vision. |
| blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
| bladderwort |
any of a large group of mostly aquatic plants with small bladders on their finely divided leaves that trap their prey. |
| bloody Mary |
(often cap.) a mixed drink made mostly of vodka and tomato juice. |
| bluepoint |
a small oyster found mostly in beds near the eastern tip of Long Island. |
| bowl1 |
a deep, rounded dish used mostly for containing food, liquids, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| brass band |
a musical group or band composed mostly of brass instruments. |
| bush1 |
an area of uncultivated, mostly uninhabited land, usu. covered densely with bushes or other plants (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/3 definitions] |
| chalk |
a soft whitish limestone derived mostly from minute sea shells. [1/6 definitions] |
| Cherokee |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the southeastern United States, and now is mostly in Oklahoma and North Carolina. [1/2 definitions] |
| chiefly |
mainly; mostly. [1/2 definitions] |
| chromosphere |
a layer of gas, mostly hydrogen, that surrounds a star, esp. the sun, above the photosphere and below the corona. |