Words containing genusm

architectural engineering means: the branch of engineering that deals with the construction of buildings (as distinguished from architecture as a design art)

baby-faced means: having a youthful-looking face

candle holder means: a holder with sockets for candles

cliff rose means: tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover

contracted means: reduced in size or pulled together

diervilla means: small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles

fable means: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

fable means: a short moral story (often with animal characters)

fable means: a deliberately false or improbable account

fan blade means: blade of a rotating fan

floreal means: eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers

fred astaire means: United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

genus sclerotium means: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

informatory means: providing or conveying information

interior department means: the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

lateral humeral epicondylitis means: painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)

pempheridae means: sweepers

spanish civil war means: civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939

spelaeologist means: a person who explores caves

stratum corneum means: the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off