bugleweed | (n) a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States, Syn. Lycopus virginicus |
junior middleweight | (n) weighs no more than 154 pounds |
light middleweight | (n) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds |
longheaded thimbleweed | (n) thimbleweed of northern North America, Syn. Anemone riparia |
middleweight | (n) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds |
middleweight | (n) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds |
middleweight | (n) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds |
sickleweed golden aster | (n) a variety of golden aster |
thimbleweed | (n) a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles, Syn. Anemone cylindrica |
tumbleweed | (n) any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass |
tumbleweed | (n) bushy plant of western United States, Syn. Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans |
virginia thimbleweed | (n) thimbleweed of central and eastern North America, Syn. Anemone virginiana |
bugle | (n) any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover, Syn. bugleweed |
galax | (n) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall, Syn. Galax urceolata, galaxy, beetleweed, coltsfoot, wandflower |
griffith | (n) United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948), Syn. David Lewelyn Wark Griffith, D. W. Griffith |
lewis | (n) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969), Syn. John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis |
powys | (n) British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939), Syn. Llewelyn Powys |
russian thistle | (n) prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States, Syn. Salsola kali tenuifolia, Russian tumbleweed, tumbleweed, Russian cactus |
winged pigweed | (n) bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds, Syn. Cycloloma atriplicifolium, tumbleweed |
Bugleweed | n. (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. Lycopus Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Costlewe | a. Costly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Dronkelewe | a. [ See Drink. ] Given to drink; drunken. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Flewed | a. Having large flews. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Rattleweed | n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Slewed | a. Somewhat drunk. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Thimbleweed | n. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Tumbleweed | n. (Bot.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |