bear means: contain or hold; have within
bear away means: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
bear cat means: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
bear claw means: claw of a bear; often used in jewelry
bear claw means: an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery
bear claw means: almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw
bear cub means: a young bear
bear down means: exert a force or cause a strain upon
bear down means: pay special attention to
bear down means: exert full strength
83 means: being three more than eighty
agglutinating activity means: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
antiphrasis means: the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
antiprotozoal means: a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa
bone dry means: without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
bull fiddle means: largest and lowest member of the violin family
calcination means: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
combinable means: able to or tending to combine
cyrus the elder means: king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
gioacchino pecci means: Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
maidservant means: a female domestic
mouse-ear hawkweed means: European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium
paddle steamer means: a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
paraboloid reflector means: a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam
plough horse means: a horse used to pull a plow
shanghaier means: a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
so to speak means: as if it were really so
so to speak means: in a manner of speaking
spleenwort means: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
st. elias range means: a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
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