buff (noun)
61sage grouse — noun large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America • Syn: ↑sage hen, ↑Centrocercus urophasianus • Hypernyms: ↑grouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Centrocercus, ↑genus Centrocercus * * * …
62song thrush — noun common Old World thrush noted for its song • Syn: ↑mavis, ↑throstle, ↑Turdus philomelos • Hypernyms: ↑thrush • Member Holonyms: ↑Turdus, ↑genus Turdus * * * …
63manila paper — noun a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp • Syn: ↑manila, ↑manilla, ↑manilla paper • Hypernyms: ↑paper * * * noun or manilla paper …
64buffer — buff|er1 [ bʌfər ] noun count * 1. ) something that protects another thing by being between it and something else that could harm it: The airbag acts as a buffer between the driver and the steering wheel. a ) BRITISH one of two metal springs at… …
65butternut squash — noun 1. plant bearing buff colored squash having somewhat bottle shaped fruit with fine textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind • Syn: ↑Cucurbita maxima • Hypernyms: ↑winter squash, ↑winter squash plant 2. buff colored squash with a long… …
66polisher — noun a power tool used to buff surfaces • Syn: ↑buffer • Derivationally related forms: ↑polish, ↑buff (for: ↑buffer) • Hypernyms: ↑power tool …
67buffcoat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: buff (IV) + coat 1. a. : a coat of buff leather; specifically : a close short sleeved military coat worn for defense in the 17th century b …
68buffy coat — noun : the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscles have settled out in slowly coagulated blood * * * Biochem. a yellowish white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood,… …
69lincoln's sparrow — noun also lincoln s finch Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Thomas Lincoln died 1883 friend of Audubon (who named it) : a small No. American sparrow (Melospiza lincolni) similar to the song sparrow but having a buff band on the breast …
70olive-backed thrush — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or olive back : a common thrush (Hylocichla ustulata) of northern No. America migrating to the tropics that is brownish olive above and whitish beneath and has a ring about the eye and the sides of the head buff and the chest… …
