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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

red goatfish
Mullus auratus noun body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side

red goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum noun common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States

red grouse
moorfowl noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain

Red Guard
noun a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles

red gum
Eucalyptus amygdalina noun red gum tree of Tasmania

Red Hand Defenders
RHD noun a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder

red haw
Crataegus mollis noun American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs

red helleborine
Cephalanthera rubra noun orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers

red herring
smoked herring noun a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

red hot
noun a frankfurter served hot on a bun

red jungle fowl
Gallus gallus noun a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl

red kauri
Agathis lanceolata noun New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark

red lauan
red lauan tree noun valuable Philippine timber tree

red laver
noun edible red seaweeds

red lead
minium noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

red light
noun the signal to stop

red light
noun a cautionary sign of danger

red line
noun a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink

red maids
redmaids noun succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States

red maple
scarlet maple noun maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn

red marrow
red bone marrow noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells

red meat
noun meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)

red morning-glory
star ipomoea noun annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States

red mulberry
Morus rubra noun North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit

red oak
noun any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles

red osier
red dogwood 1 American dogwood noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

red osier dogwood
red dogwood 1 American dogwood noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

red phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius noun phalarope of northern oceans and lakes

red pine
Pinus resinosa noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark

red poll
noun hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle

red porgy
Pagrus pagrus noun food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America

red raspberry
noun any of several raspberries bearing red fruit

red rockfish
Sebastodes ruberrimus noun a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America

red salmon
sockeye noun fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

red sandalwood
red sanderswood noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

red sanders
red sanderswood noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

red scare
noun a period of general fear of communists

Red Sea
noun a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

red shift
redshift noun (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding

red shrubby penstemon
redwood penstemon noun low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California

red silk cotton
noun a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok

red silk-cotton tree
simal noun East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

red siskin
Carduelis cucullata noun South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail

red snapper
Lutjanus blackfordi noun an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

red spider
red spider mite noun small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest

red spruce
eastern spruce noun medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood

red squirrel
noun common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia

Red Tai
noun a branch of the Tai languages

red tide
noun seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin

red trillium
sessile trillium noun trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor

red underwing
Catocala nupta noun moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings

red valerian
French honeysuckle 2 Centranthus ruber noun European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers

red water
noun a disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria

red wine
noun wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes

red wolf
maned wolf noun reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America

red-backed mouse
redback vole noun any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America

red-backed sandpiper
dunlin noun small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

red-bellied snake
Storeria occipitamaculata noun harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States

red-bellied terrapin
red-bellied turtle noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell

red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator noun widely distributed merganser of America and Europe

red-breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis noun bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests

red-breasted sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius ruber noun western North American sapsucker

red-breasted snipe
Limnodromus scolopaceus noun a dowitcher with a red breast

red-brick
redbrick adjective of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century

red-brown
reddish-brown adjective of brown tinged with red

red-coated
lobster-backed adjective used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats

red-eyed vireo
Vireo olivaceous noun of northern North America having red irises and a olive-grey body with white underparts

red-flowered
adjective having red flowers

red-flowered silky oak
Grevillea banksii noun tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia

red-fruited
adjective bearing red fruit

red-green dichromacy
red-green color blindness noun confusion of red and green

red-grey
red-gray adjective of grey tinged with red

red-handed
adjective in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; `caught red-handed`

red-hot
adjective glowing red with heat

red-hot poker
Kniphofia praecox noun widely cultivated hybrid poker plant

red-lavender
reddish-lavender adjective of something having a lavender color tinged with red

red-lead putty
noun a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings

red-legged partridge
Alectoris ruffa noun common western European partridge with red legs

red-letter
adjective memorable for being a special occasion; `on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity`

red-letter day
noun a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)

red-light district
noun a district with many brothels

red-necked grebe
Podiceps grisegena noun large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck

red-orange
reddish-orange adjective of orange tinged with red

red-purple
reddisn-purple adjective of purple tinged with red

red-rimmed
adjective rimmed with red; `your red-rimmed eyes reveal that you have been crying`

red-shafted flicker
Colaptes caper collaris noun western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail

red-shouldered hawk
Buteo lineatus noun North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders

red-skinned onion
Allium haematochiton noun onion with white to deep red tunic; California

red-spotted purple
Limenitis astyanax noun similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

red-striped
reddish-striped adjective having red stripes

red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

red-violet
reddish-violet adjective of violet tinged with red

red-winged blackbird
redwing 2 Agelaius phoeniceus noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

redact
redactor noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

redaction
noun the act of putting something in writing

redberry
red-berry noun small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries

redbone
noun a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound

redbreast
robin redbreast 2 Old World robin noun small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

redbrick university
noun (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University

redbud
Cercis canadenis noun small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood