eastern : Idioms & Phrases


eastern catholicism

  • noun the beliefs and practices of any of the eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople or Antioch or Alexandria or Moscow or Jerusalem
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eastern chimpanzee

  • noun long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees
    Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii.
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eastern chinquapin

  • noun shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
    Castanea pumila; chinquapin; Allegheny chinkapin; dwarf chestnut.
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eastern chipmunk

  • noun small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
    Tamias striatus; ground squirrel; striped squirrel; hackee.
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Eastern Church

  • noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
    Orthodox Church; Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Orthodox Catholic Church.
  • noun the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire
    Byzantine Church.
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  • . See Greek Church, under Greek.
Webster 1913

eastern coral snake

  • noun ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
    Micrurus fulvius.
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eastern cottontail

  • noun widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions
    Sylvilagus floridanus.
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eastern cottonwood

  • noun a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber
    necklace poplar; Populus deltoides.
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eastern cricket frog

  • noun a cricket frog of eastern United States
    Acris gryllus.
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eastern dasyure

  • noun a variety of dasyure
    Dasyurus quoll.
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eastern desert

  • noun a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
    Arabian Desert.
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eastern fence lizard

  • noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
    Sceloporus undulatus; pine lizard.
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eastern flowering dogwood

  • noun deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
    common white dogwood; Cornus florida.
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eastern fox squirrel

  • noun exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
    Sciurus niger; fox squirrel.
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eastern gray squirrel

  • noun common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
    eastern gray squirrel; cat squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis.
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eastern grey squirrel

  • noun common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
    eastern gray squirrel; cat squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis.
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eastern ground snake

  • noun in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America
    Potamophis striatula; Haldea striatula.
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eastern hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
    orient.
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eastern hemlock

  • noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
    spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis; Canadian hemlock.
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eastern highlands

  • noun a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
    Great Dividing Range.
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eastern hop hornbeam

  • noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
    ironwood; Ostrya virginiana; ironwood tree.
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eastern indigo snake

  • noun a variety of indigo snake
    Drymarchon corais couperi.
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eastern kingbird

  • noun a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail
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eastern lowland gorilla

  • noun a kind of gorilla
    Gorilla gorilla grauri.
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eastern malayo-polynesian

  • noun an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
    Oceanic.
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eastern meadowlark

  • noun a meadowlark of eastern North America
    Sturnella magna.
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eastern narrow-mouthed toad

  • noun small toad of southeastern United States
    Gastrophryne carolinensis.
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eastern orthodox

  • noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
    Orthodox Church; Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Orthodox Catholic Church.
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
    Russian Orthodox; Greek Orthodox; Orthodox.
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eastern orthodox church

  • noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
    Orthodox Church; Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Orthodox Catholic Church.
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eastern pasque flower

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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eastern pipistrel

  • noun one of the smallest bats of eastern North America
    Pipistrellus subflavus.
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eastern poison oak

  • noun poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
    Rhus quercifolia; Toxicodendron quercifolium; Rhus toxicodenedron.
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eastern red cedar

  • noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
    red cedar; red juniper; Juniperus virginiana.
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eastern red-backed salamander

  • noun common salamander of eastern North America
    Plethodon cinereus.
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eastern roman empire

  • noun a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
    Byzantine Empire; Byzantium.
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eastern samoa

  • noun a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
    American Samoa; AS.
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eastern silvery aster

  • noun a variety of aster
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eastern sioux

  • noun a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
    Santee Dakota; Santee Sioux; Santee.
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eastern spruce

  • noun medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
    yellow spruce; Picea rubens; red spruce.
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eastern standard time

  • noun standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
    Eastern Standard Time; EST.
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eastern time

  • noun standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
    Eastern Standard Time; EST.
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eastern turki

  • noun a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
    Jagatai; Jaghatai; Chagatai.
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eastern united states

  • noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
    East.
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eastern white pine

  • noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
    weymouth pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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eastern woodrat

  • noun large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
    Neotoma floridana.
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islamic great eastern raiders-front

  • noun a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
    IBDA-C.
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middle eastern

  • adjective of or relating to or located in the Middle East
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