armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
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bargello | (noun) needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines | Synonyms: flame stitch |
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beefalo | (noun) hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds | Synonyms: cattalo |
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blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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bolo | (noun) long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin | Synonyms: bolo knife |
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(noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola, bola tie, bolo tie |
bordello | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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buffalo | (noun) any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo | Synonyms: Old World buffalo |
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(noun) large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains | Synonyms: American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison |
(noun) meat from an American bison | - |
caimitillo | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf |
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cattalo | (noun) hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds | Synonyms: beefalo |
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cello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: violoncello |
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cembalo | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: harpsichord |
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cigarillo | (noun) small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper | - |
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cocobolo | (noun) a valuable timber tree of tropical South America | Synonyms: Dalbergia retusa |
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coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
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criollo | (noun) cocoa of superior quality | - |
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(noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | - |
dalo | (noun) herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dasheen, taro, taro plant |
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frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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gigolo | (noun) a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman | - |
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granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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halo | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, nimbus |
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(noun) a circle of light around the sun or moon | - |
(noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, ring |
hello | (noun) an expression of greeting | Synonyms: hi, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo |
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hollo | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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hullo | (noun) an expression of greeting | Synonyms: hello, hi, how-do-you-do, howdy |
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jaboncillo | (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, Sapindus saponaria |
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jello | (noun) fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder | Synonyms: Jell-O |
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kilo | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilogram |
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mamoncillo | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, ginep, honey berry, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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milo | (noun) small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains | Synonyms: milo maize |
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morello | (noun) cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice | - |
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(noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus austera |
ocotillo | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus |
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ovolo | (noun) a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | Synonyms: quarter round, thumb |
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peccadillo | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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phyllo | (noun) tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes | - |
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piccolo | (noun) a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | - |
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polo | (noun) a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball | - |
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pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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(noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
pueblo | (noun) a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | - |
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pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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silo | (noun) a cylindrical tower used for storing silage | - |
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(noun) military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired | - |
smilo | (noun) perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America | Synonyms: Oryzopsis miliacea, smilo grass |
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solo | (noun) a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied | - |
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(noun) any activity that is performed alone without assistance | - |
(noun) a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) | - |
tamarillo | (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato | Synonyms: tree tomato |
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tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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(noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
tomatillo | (noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk | Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato |
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(noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa |
(noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry |
tornillo | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite |
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tremolo | (noun) vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one | - |
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(noun) (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones | - |
trompillo | (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America | Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle |
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tupelo | (noun) any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America | Synonyms: tupelo tree |
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(noun) pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum | - |
violoncello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: cello |
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