English words for 'Juncus tenuis'
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noun
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
adj
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
- The plant Crotalaria juncea.
- (US) A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
- The plant Cannabis indica.
- source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
- valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
- Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
noun
- (botany) A tendril.
- (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
- (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.
- a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
- usually coiled
- a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
noun
noun
- A small collar of inner petals or leaf-like extensions to the stem.
- A type of dahlia having a small collar of short inner petals.
- The jagged circle in the mid-diameter of the iris, separating the darker shade of the iris from the lighter shade of the iris.
- (advertising) An advertising card fitted around the neck of a bottle.
- A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff
- The rim of loosened keratin surrounding a skin lesion.
noun
noun
- (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
- (botany) In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath.
- A strap-shaped structure.
- (botany) A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.
adj
verb
adj
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
verb
prefix
noun
noun
- herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
- a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
- Parietaria debilis.
- Any plant of the genus Parietaria.
- Achillea ptarmica (European pellitory, bastard pellitory, wild pellitory, sneezewort.
- Tanacetum cinerariifolium (formerly Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium) (feverfew, Dalmatian pellitory).
- Parietaria judaica (spreading pellitory).
- Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum), a plant containing an oil once used for toothaches and facial neuralgia.
- Parietaria hespera.
- Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis).
noun
noun
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- Ellipsis of lotus position.
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
- Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
noun
noun
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
adj
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
- The plant Crotalaria juncea.
- (US) A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
- The plant Cannabis indica.
- source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
- valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
- Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
noun
- (botany) A tendril.
- (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
- (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.
- a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
- usually coiled
- a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
noun
noun
- A small collar of inner petals or leaf-like extensions to the stem.
- A type of dahlia having a small collar of short inner petals.
- The jagged circle in the mid-diameter of the iris, separating the darker shade of the iris from the lighter shade of the iris.
- (advertising) An advertising card fitted around the neck of a bottle.
- A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff
- The rim of loosened keratin surrounding a skin lesion.
noun
noun
- (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
- (botany) In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath.
- A strap-shaped structure.
- (botany) A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.
noun
noun
- herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
- a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
- Parietaria debilis.
- Any plant of the genus Parietaria.
- Achillea ptarmica (European pellitory, bastard pellitory, wild pellitory, sneezewort.
- Tanacetum cinerariifolium (formerly Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium) (feverfew, Dalmatian pellitory).
- Parietaria judaica (spreading pellitory).
- Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum), a plant containing an oil once used for toothaches and facial neuralgia.
- Parietaria hespera.
- Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis).
noun
noun
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- Ellipsis of lotus position.
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
- Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
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adj
verb
adj
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns