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buttonlike — adjective small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button bright beady eyes black buttony eyes • Syn: ↑beady, ↑beadlike, ↑buttony • Similar to: ↑bright … Useful english dictionary
stud — stud1 /stud/, n., v., studded, studding, adj. n. 1. a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, esp. as an ornament. 2. any of various buttonlike, usually ornamental objects, mounted on a shank that is passed… … Universalium
cactus — cactuslike, cactoid, adj. /kak teuhs/, n., pl. cacti / tuy/, cactuses, cactus. any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having… … Universalium
toadfish — /tohd fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) toadfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) toadfishes. 1. any of several thick headed, wide mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish), ranging along the … Universalium
umbonate — um·bo·nate (umґbo nāt) [L. umbo a knob] knoblike; buttonlike; having a buttonlike, raised center … Medical dictionary
stud — I [[t]stʌd[/t]] n. v. stud•ded, stud•ding 1) a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, esp. as an ornament 2) clo any buttonlike, usu. ornamental object mounted on a shank that is passed through an article… … From formal English to slang
button fern — noun 1. fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets • Syn: ↑Pellaea rotundifolia • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Pellaea, ↑genus Pellaea 2. Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbi … Useful english dictionary
mescal button — noun the button shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin • Syn: ↑sacred mushroom, ↑magic mushroom • Hypernyms: ↑plant organ • Part Holonyms: ↑mescal, ↑mezcal, ↑pey … Useful english dictionary
botonee botonnee — buttoned uttoned adj. furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of {unbuttoned}. [Narrower terms: {botonee, botonnee}; {button down}; {closed}] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Button — But ton, n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See {Butt} an end.] 1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. [1913 Webster] 2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
