andrew | (n) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland, Syn. St. Andrew, Saint Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle |
andrews | (n) United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960), Syn. Roy Chapman Andrews |
drew | (n) United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862), Syn. John Drew |
kendrew | (n) English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917), Syn. Sir John Cowdery Kendrew |
low st andrew's cross | (n) low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico, Syn. Hypericum hypericoides |
st. andrew's cross | (n) a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length, Syn. saltire |
st andrews's cross | (n) shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas, Syn. Hypericum crux andrae |
carnegie | (n) United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919), Syn. Andrew Carnegie |
closed gentian | (n) gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all, Syn. Gentiana andrewsii, blind gentian, bottle gentian |
clown | (n) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior, Syn. merry andrew, goofball, buffoon, goof |
downing | (n) United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852), Syn. Andrew Jackson Downing |
huxley | (n) English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917), Syn. Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley |
jackson | (n) 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845), Syn. Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory |
johnson | (n) 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875), Syn. President Andrew Johnson, President Johnson, Andrew Johnson |
lloyd webber | (n) English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948), Syn. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton |
marvell | (n) English poet (1621-1678), Syn. Andrew Marvell |
mellon | (n) United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937), Syn. Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon |
millikan | (n) United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953), Syn. Robert Andrews Millikan |
red clintonia | (n) plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon, Syn. Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana |
white | (n) United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918), Syn. Andrew Dickson White, Andrew D. White |
wyeth | (n) United States painter (born in 1917), Syn. Andrew Wyeth |