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| Aral Sea |
formerly, a very large, single lake in Central Asia. Once one of the world's largest lakes, the Aral Sea has vastly diminished in volume of water and has divided into separate parts as a result of the diversion, for agricultural purposes, of the rivers that fed the lake. The southeastern part of the Aral Sea has become entirely dry. |
| bottle |
formula or cow's milk fed to infants in place of mother's milk, usu. contained in a bottle fitted with a nipple. [1/4 definitions] |
| doggie bag |
a bag or box in which a restaurant will pack leftovers of a patron's meal to betaken home, presumably to be fed to a pet. |
| feedstock |
raw materials used in an industrial process, such as metal bars to be fed into a machine for cutting or shaping. |
| 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. |
| grain-fed |
of or pertaining to cattle that are fed a diet consisting primarily of corn and soy grains, or to beef produced by such cattle. |
| krill |
tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that feed on plankton and are in turn fed on by whales, seals, squid, sharks, and other sea animal species. |
| mash |
a mixture of grain, meal, or the like in hot water, to be fed to farm animals. [1/5 definitions] |
| milkfed |
of an animal, fed on milk or milk products in order to obtain tender meat. |
| nourishment |
the act of nourishing or feeding, or the state of being nourished or fed. [1/2 definitions] |
| oasis |
an area of vegetation in the midst of a desert, fed by a spring or well. [1/2 definitions] |
| rotary press |
a printing press with the type mounted on plates on a rotating cylinder, fed by a continuous roll of paper. |
| royal jelly |
a gelatinous, highly nutritive secretion of the maxillary glands of worker honeybees, fed to all larvae initially and then as the only food to those selected to become queen bees. |
| sleek |
healthy and well-fed. [1/4 definitions] |
| slop |
(usu. pl.) a thin gruel or food scraps fed to animals. [1/9 definitions] |
| spoon-fed |
fed by a spoon, esp. with liquid or semiliquid food. [1/2 definitions] |
| stable2 |
a building, often containing stalls, where domestic animals, esp. horses or cows, are kept and fed. [1/3 definitions] |
| swill |
liquid food or food mixed with much liquid, esp. refuse fed to domestic animals; slop. [1/8 definitions] |
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