sand : Idioms & Phrases


banded sand snake

  • noun a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes
    Chilomeniscus cinctus.
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beach sand verbena

  • noun prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
    beach sand verbena; Abronia umbellata.
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Brain sand

  • calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
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desert sand verbena

  • noun soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
    Abronia villosa.
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Ear sand

  • (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith.
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Founder's sand

  • a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
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george sand

  • noun French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
    Sand; Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin; Baroness Dudevant.
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Green sand

  • (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
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hastings sands

Has"tings sands"
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  1. (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.
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Iron sand

  • an iron ore in grains, usually the magnetic iron ore, formerly used to sand paper after writing.
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Molding, ∨ Moulding, sand

  • (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
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Parting sand

  • (Founding), dry, nonadhesive sand, sprinkled upon the partings of a mold to facilitate the separation.
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pink sand verbena

  • noun prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
    beach sand verbena; Abronia umbellata.
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Rope of sand

  • something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon.
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rough-sand

  • verb sand roughly
    • rough-sand the door before painting it
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Sand badger

  • noun southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
    hog-nosed badger; hog badger; Arctonyx collaris.
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  • (Zoöl.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
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Sand bag

  • (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins.
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Sand ball

  • soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet.
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sand bar

  • noun a bar of sand
    sandbar.
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Sand bath

  • . (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed . (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
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Sand bed

  • a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace.
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sand berry

  • noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
    mountain box; creashak; common bearberry; wild cranberry; mealberry; bear's grape; sandberry; hog cranberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; red bearberry.
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Sand birds

  • (Zoöl.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; called also shore birds.
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sand blackberry

  • noun stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)
    Rubus cuneifolius.
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Sand blast

  • a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process.
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Sand box

  • . (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand . (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping.
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Sand bug

  • (Zoöl.), an American anomuran crustacean (Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
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Sand canal

  • (Zoöl.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function.
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sand cast

  • verb pour molten metal into a mold of sand
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sand cat

  • noun a desert wildcat
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sand cherry

  • noun small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
    Prunus pumilla susquehanae; Prunus pumila; Prunus cuneata; Prunus susquehanae.
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Sand cock

  • (Zoöl.), the redshank. Prov. Eng.
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Sand collar

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
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Sand crab

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The lady crab . (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
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Sand crack

  • noun a fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness
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  • (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness.
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Sand cricket

  • noun large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
    Stenopelmatus fuscus; Jerusalem cricket.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States.
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Sand cusk

  • (Zoöl.), any ophidiod fish. See Illust. under Ophidiod.
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Sand dab

  • noun the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America
  • noun small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
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  • (Zoöl.), a small American flounder (Limanda ferruginea); called also rusty dab. The name is also applied locally to other allied species.
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Sand darter

  • (Zoöl.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
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sand devil's claw

  • noun alternatively placed in genus Martynia
    Martynia arenaria; Proboscidea arenaria.
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Sand dollar

  • noun flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
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Sand drift

  • drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand.
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sand dropseed

  • noun erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America
    Sporobolus cryptandrus.
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sand dune

  • noun a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
    dune.
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Sand eel

  • noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    launce; sand lance; sand eel.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A lant, or launce . (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
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Sand flag

  • sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
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Sand flea

  • noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
    sand flea; beach flea; sandhopper.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea . (b) the chigoe . (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
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Sand flood

  • a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. James Bruce.
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Sand fluke

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The sandnecker . (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus); called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab.
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Sand fly

  • noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
    Phlebotomus papatasii; sandfly.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge.
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Sand gall

  • (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
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Sand grass

  • (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast.
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Sand grouse

  • noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
    sandgrouse.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (P. exustus). The large sand grouse (P. arenarius), the painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under Pterocletes.
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Sand hill

  • a hill of sand; a dune.
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Sand hopper

  • noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
    sand flea; beach flea; sandhopper.
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  • (Zoöl.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
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Sand hornet

  • (Zoöl.), a sand wasp.
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sand lance

  • noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    launce; sand lance; sand eel.
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Sand lark

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India . (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper . (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel (Ægialophilus ruficapillus); called also red-necked plover.
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Sand launce

  • noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    launce; sand lance; sand eel.
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  • (Zoöl.), a lant, or launce.
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sand leek

  • noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks
    Spanish garlic; giant garlic; Allium scorodoprasum; rocambole.
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Sand lizard

  • noun a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
    Lacerta agilis.
  • noun one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
    side-blotched lizard; Uta stansburiana.
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  • (Zoöl.), a common European lizard (Lacerta agilis).
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Sand martin

  • noun swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
    bank swallow; Riparia riparia; bank martin.
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  • (Zoöl.), the bank swallow.
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Sand mole

  • (Zoöl.), the coast rat.
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Sand monitor

  • (Zoöl.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
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Sand mouse

  • (Zoöl.), the dunlin. Prov. Eng.
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Sand myrtle

  • noun low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage
    Leiophyllum buxifolium.
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  • . (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
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sand painting

  • noun a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background
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Sand partridge

  • (Zoöl.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species (A. Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A. Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
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sand phlox

  • noun low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
    chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria.
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Sand picture

  • a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface.
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Sand pike

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The sauger . (b) The lizard fish.
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Sand pillar

  • a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
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Sand pipe

  • (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in dept, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; called also sand gall.
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Sand pride

  • (Zoöl.), a small british lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; called also sand prey.
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Sand pump

  • in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
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Sand rat

  • noun small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
  • noun southern European gerbil
    Meriones longifrons.
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  • (Zoöl.), the pocket gopher.
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sand reed

  • noun European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
    sand reed; Carex arenaria.
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Sand rock

  • a rock made of cemented sand.
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Sand runner

  • (Zoöl.), the turnstone.
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sand sage

  • noun silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands
    silvery wormwood; Artemisia filifolia.
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Sand saucer

  • (Zoöl.), the mass of egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; called also sand collar.
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Sand screw

  • (Zoöl.), an amphipod crustacean (Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America.
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sand sedge

  • noun European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
    sand reed; Carex arenaria.
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Sand shark

  • noun shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
    Odontaspis taurus; sand shark; Carcharias taurus.
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  • (Zoöl.), an American shark (Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora.
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Sand skink

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
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Sand skipper

  • (Zoöl.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
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Sand smelt

  • (Zoöl.), a silverside.
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Sand snake

  • noun small North American burrowing snake
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially E. Jaculus of India and E. Johnii, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis, especially P. sibilans.
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Sand snipe

  • (Zoöl.), the sandpiper.
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sand sole

  • noun a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
    Psettichthys melanostichus.
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sand spurry

  • noun prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
    sea spurry; Spergularia rubra.
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Sand star

  • (Zoöl.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
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sand stargazer

  • noun small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
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Sand storm

  • a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
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Sand sucker

  • the sandnecker.
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Sand swallow

  • (Zoöl.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
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sand tiger

  • noun shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
    Odontaspis taurus; sand shark; Carcharias taurus.
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sand trap

  • noun a hazard on a golf course
    bunker; trap.
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Sand tube

  • a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zoöl.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zoöl.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.
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sand tumor

  • noun a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
    psammoma.
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sand verbena

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
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Sand viper

  • noun highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
    horned viper; cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp.
  • noun harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
    puff adder; hognose snake.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Hognose snake.
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Sand wasp

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilidæ and Spheridæ, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.
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sand wedge

  • noun a wedge used to get out of sand traps
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sand-blind

  • adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
    dim-sighted; visually impaired; purblind; visually challenged; near-blind.
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Sand"-blind" adjective
Etymology
For sam blind half blind; AS. sam- half (akin to semi-) + blind.
Definitions
  1. Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. Shak.
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Sand-box tree

  • (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
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Sand-hill crane

  • (Zoöl.), the American brown crane (Grus Mexicana).
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Sea-sand reed

  • (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.
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Shell sand

  • minute fragments of shells constituting a considerable part of the seabeach in some places.
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sweet sand verbena

  • noun taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers
    Abronia fragrans.
  • noun plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
    snowball; Abronia elliptica.
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western sand cherry

  • noun dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
    Prunus besseyi; Rocky Mountains cherry.
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yellow sand verbena

  • noun plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia
    Abronia latifolia.
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