Definitions
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico (Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.
WordNet 3.0
- n. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
Examples
“For you know -- or will learn -- that there are clocks _and clocks_.”
“Not forgetting to reset the clocks is a challenge everyone has to master, but the switch to or from daylight saving poses extra challenges for tech-laden travellers.”
“Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.”
“In any case, all this brouhaha about bioligical clocks is too steeped in class and race for my liking.”
“Protagonist George Crosby's love for repairing clocks is a prominent theme in”
“Italian clock manufacturer Diamantini & Domeniconi have sent us photos of seven of their latest clocks from a variety of designers.”
“Or remove all clocks from the room and tell anyone who enters that they have to remove their watches.”
“Like most organisms, we have built-in clocks that govern our “circadian rhythm,” our pattern of alertness.”
“Some things can be druv, and then agin some things can't, and clocks is that kind.”
“One of his wooden-made yankee clocks is here – its case displaying "a most elegant picture" of Cupid, in frilled trowsers and morocco boots, the American prototype of the little god not being allowed to appear so scantily clad as he is generally represented.”
Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clocks’.
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Ponderable Plant Names
List of plant names (common or scientific) that go trippingly off the tongue, are fun to contemplate, expose the wit of the namer, or just plain befuddle.
tongueshape mudmi..., glandular maiden ..., jeweled maiden fern, stately maiden fern, hairy maiden fern, downy maiden fern, widespread maiden..., turkey tangle fog..., yankeeweed, clitoria fragrans, clitoria mariana, tall tumblemustard and 261 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Writing
immunity, reaching, affinity, divinity, ingenuity, linguistics, pictures, kaleidoscopes, statistics, hope, monolith, mist and 222 more...
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Systems of Survival
Words from the book by Jane Jacobs.
Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival, system, survival, Ralph Waldo Emerson, morals, values, territories, trade, working life, loyal, honest and 123 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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Words that are also songs
Totally ripped off from John.
tribute, sister, mother, pain, plowed, peaches, lump, kitty, drive, warning, duvet, clocks and 46 more...
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From the Estate of the Brothers Collyer
A list of things retrieved from the home of two compulsive hoarders after their bodies were found buried underneath the 103 tons of garbage they had amassed over several decades. The ...rope, baby carriages, doll carriage, rakes, umbrellas, bicycles, food, potato peelers, guns, chandeliers, bowling balls, camera equipment and 31 more...
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Regency romance
bombazine, sprigged muslin, adventuress, clocks, neckcloth, pelisse, ruined, phaeton, four in hand, bonnet, sarcenet, faro and 20 more...
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One-Word Song Names
One-word titles of songs I like.
TÃtulos compuestos por una sóla palabra de canciones que me gustan.one, pride, bad, help, starlight, satisfaction, clocks, yellow, creep
Tweets
Looking for tweets for clocks.
lampbane "Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and the ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
Singing come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease"
Jan 8, 2007