FELINES Synonyms

• a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

• feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

• an informal term for a youth or man

• a spiteful woman gossip

• the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant

• a whip with nine knotted cords

• a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

• any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

• beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

• a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

• young domestic cat

• give birth to kittens

• the pelt of a leopard

• large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

• large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo

• the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22

• a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)

• a text browser

• short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

• A young cow or bull.

• Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

• A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).

• A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

• A small island, near a larger island.

• A cabless railroad engine.

• An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

• The back of the leg below the knee.

• The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

• A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.

• A young female animal.

• (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman

• A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)

• A queen (the playing card.)

• A term of endearment. (see usage notes)

• One's girlfriend.

• One's daughter.

• A roebuck two years old.

• Cocaine, especially in powder form.

• (somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).

• A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.

• A domestic cat, especially a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

• A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

• An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.

• A tall, thin, awkward person.

• Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger.

• A person clad in rags and tatters.

• A bird, the black tern.

• A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

• A dirty and untidy woman.

• a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

• a leopard in the black color phase

• large American feline resembling a lion

• large American feline resembling a lion

• a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

• informal terms referring to a domestic cat

• a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

• female cat

• having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

• male cat

• an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

• a cruelly rapacious person

• any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

• outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

• without official authorization

• (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive

• any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws