goalpost | (n) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field |
malposed | (adj) characterized by malposition |
malposed tooth | (n) a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
malposition | (n) faulty position, Syn. misplacement |
realpolitik | (n) politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations, Syn. practical politics |
rickettsialpox | (n) mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox |
walpole | (n) English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797), Syn. Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, Horace Walpole |
walpole | (n) Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745), Syn. Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford, Sir Robert Walpole |
blackthorn | (n) erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries, Syn. Crataegus calpodendron, pear hawthorn, pear haw, Crataegus tomentosa |
mole salamander | (n) brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States, Syn. Ambystoma talpoideum |
northern pocket gopher | (n) greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States, Syn. Thomomys talpoides |
goal post | n. (Sport) One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{ 3 }, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights. To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights. [ PJC ] Variants: goalpost |
malposed tooth | n. (Med.) A tooth that has grown in a faulty position. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
Malposition | n. [ Mal- + position. ] A wrong position. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Palpocil | n. [ See Palpus, and Cilium. ] (Zool.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Pedipalpous | a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps. [ 1913 Webster ] |