Words containing pleat

adonic means: a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis

adonic means: having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee

adonic means: or relating to or like Adonis

bamboo fern means: fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds

birch leaf miner means: small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation

business deal means: a particular instance of buying or selling

ellen price wood means: English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)

fistulinaceae means: a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other

granulose means: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

honorarium means: a fee paid for a nominally free service

movement for revenge means: an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan

ontogenesis means: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

pasteboard means: stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper

power-assisted means: supplementing or replacing manual effort

pteroylmonoglutamic acid means: a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

ratibida columnaris means: coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains

sexual abstention means: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

someone means: a human being

sonchus oleraceus means: annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

spermaceti means: a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale