English words for 'The thornback ray.'
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- Any thorny shrub.
- any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
- Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- (graph theory) A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
- (chiefly Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
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- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
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- a thorny stem or twig
- Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- tangled mass of prickly plants
- a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- Alternative spelling of briar.
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- Cucurbita pepo
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Cucurbita maxima
- Cucurbita moschata
- any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
- any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
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- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
noun
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
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- (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
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noun
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- A prickle or thorn.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
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- prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
- A plant that moves in response to touch and other physical stimuli; especially Mimosa pudica, an annual plant native to Central and South America.
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- prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
- Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
- The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
- The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
- The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
noun
- large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
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- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The top of a ridge.
- The spine of an animal.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
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adj
- (botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.
- Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
- Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
- (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
- marked by a ready flow of speech
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verb
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- A bushing.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
noun
noun
noun
- Any thorny shrub.
- any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
- Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- (graph theory) A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
- (chiefly Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
noun
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a thorny stem or twig
- Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- tangled mass of prickly plants
- a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- Alternative spelling of briar.
noun
noun
- Cucurbita pepo
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Cucurbita maxima
- Cucurbita moschata
- any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
- any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
noun
- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
noun
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
verb
noun
noun
noun
- A prickle or thorn.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- A tool for pricking.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
- A plant that moves in response to touch and other physical stimuli; especially Mimosa pudica, an annual plant native to Central and South America.
noun
- prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
- Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
- The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
- The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
- The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
noun
- large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
noun
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The top of a ridge.
- The spine of an animal.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
verb
noun
noun
- A bushing.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
verb
noun
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
adj
- (botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.
- Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
- Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
- (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
- marked by a ready flow of speech