aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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bung | (noun) a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask | Synonyms: spile |
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dung | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: droppings, muck |
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geebung | (noun) any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits | - |
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lung | (noun) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood | - |
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mung | (noun) seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung bean, munggo |
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(noun) erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | Synonyms: mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata |
(noun) seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung bean, munggo |
pung | (noun) a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners | - |
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pungapung | (noun) putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber | Synonyms: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, telingo potato |
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quellung | (noun) the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms | Synonyms: quellung reaction |
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rung | (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rundle, spoke |
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(noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair | Synonyms: round, stave |
shantung | (noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
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tudung | (noun) a scarf worn around the head by Muslim women in Malaysia; conceals the hair but not the face | - |
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tung | (noun) Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil | Synonyms: Aleurites fordii, tung-oil tree, tung tree |
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young | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: offspring |
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(noun) young people collectively | Synonyms: youth |