Word Meanings - RINGNECKED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. Ring- necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.

• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• BREASTHIGH
  High as the breast.
• Black bass
  An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides.
• Colorado group
  A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
• Black-faced
  Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
• Defining
  of Define
• Black-jack
  A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
• Havana
  Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar
• Blackness
  The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
• Narrow
  Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
• Blackwash
  A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
• necklaced
  Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.
• Breastplate
  A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
• Tufthunting
  The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
• Adulterant
  That which is used to adulterate anything.
• Callid
  Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.
• BLACKHAMBURG
  A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.
• Americanism
  Attachment to the United States.
• Americanization
  The process of Americanizing.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.

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