| bean
|
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
edible bean |
| bean
|
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans |
- |
| bean
|
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
bean plant |
| bean
|
informal terms for a human head |
dome,
attic,
noggin,
noodle,
bonce |
| bogbean
|
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
Menyanthes trifoliata,
marsh trefoil,
water shamrock,
bog myrtle,
buckbean |
| buckbean
|
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
Menyanthes trifoliata,
marsh trefoil,
water shamrock,
bog myrtle,
bogbean |
| butterbean
|
small flat green bean similar to lima beans |
sieva bean,
civet bean,
butter bean |
| caesarean
|
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
C-section,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
| calean
|
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water |
narghile,
nargileh,
hookah,
hubble-bubble,
hubbly-bubbly,
kalian,
water pipe,
sheesha,
shisha,
chicha |
| cerulean
|
a light shade of blue |
sapphire,
sky-blue,
azure,
lazuline |
| cesarean
|
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
C-section,
caesarean,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
| cetacean
|
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals |
blower,
cetacean mammal |
| clean
|
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead |
clean and jerk |
| crustacean
|
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
- |
| dean
|
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college |
- |
| dean
|
a man who is the senior member of a group |
doyen |
| dean
|
(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals |
- |
| empyrean
|
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected |
heavens,
welkin,
sphere,
vault of heaven,
celestial sphere,
firmament |
| epicurean
|
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
gastronome,
gourmet,
epicure,
bon vivant,
foodie |
| gallinacean
|
heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
gallinaceous bird |
| gean
|
wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting |
mazzard,
mazzard cherry |
| hirudinean
|
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
bloodsucker,
leech |
| horsebean
|
seed of the broad-bean plant |
broad bean,
fava bean |
| horsebean
|
large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States |
Jerusalem thorn,
Parkinsonia aculeata |
| jean
|
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric |
denim,
dungaree |
| larvacean
|
any member of the class Larvacea |
- |
| lean
|
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical |
inclination,
tilt,
leaning,
list |
| mean
|
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
mean value |
| nemertean
|
soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |
ribbon worm,
nemertine,
proboscis worm |
| ocean
|
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
- |
| ocean
|
anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume |
sea |
| paean
|
a formal expression of praise |
panegyric,
pean,
encomium,
eulogy |
| paean
|
(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
pean |
| pean
|
(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
paean |
| pean
|
a formal expression of praise |
paean,
panegyric,
encomium,
eulogy |
| percoidean
|
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
percoid,
percoid fish |
| platyctenean
|
ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body |
- |
| proboscidean
|
massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
proboscidian |
| sarcocystidean
|
parasite of the muscles of vertebrates |
sarcocystieian,
sarcosporidian |
| scarabaean
|
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes |
scarabaeid,
scarabaeid beetle |
| screwbean
|
shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
Prosopis pubescens,
screw bean,
screwbean mesquite,
tornillo |
| soybean
|
a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food |
soy,
soya bean |
| soybean
|
erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia |
soy,
soya,
soya bean,
Glycine max,
soja,
soja bean,
soybean plant |
| soybean
|
the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) |
soy,
soya,
soya bean |
| terpsichorean
|
a performer who dances professionally |
dancer,
professional dancer |
| testacean
|
any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell |
- |
| tirolean
|
soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade |
tyrolean |
| tyrolean
|
soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade |
tirolean |