inky-cap mushroom means: having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured
intercom means: a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
jacquard loom means: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
jibboom means: a spar that extends the bowsprit
john chrysostom means: (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
kaffir boom means: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
kaffir boom means: small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
keurboom means: tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
keurboom means: fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental
king's ransom means: a very large treasure
buttonlike means: small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
circumflex artery of the thigh means: an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles
commandment means: a doctrine that is taught
commandment means: something that is commanded
crocodile tears means: a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping
damp course means: a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building
false dogwood means: evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
fiber-optic transmission system means: a communication system using fiber optic cables
flamingo flower means: commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
genus hevea means: small genus of South American trees yielding latex
inconsequentially means: lacking consequence
jointed charlock means: Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
louis armstrong means: United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)
lygodium means: chiefly tropical climbing ferns
os pubis means: one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
regional anesthesia means: loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
silkgrass means: valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
space bar means: the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used
urocyon cinereoargenteus means: dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States
vanda caerulea means: famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
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