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Aard-vark :: Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue..

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..

Adarce :: Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy..

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length..

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

Gage :: Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance..

Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads..

Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..

Pipe Laying :: Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc..

Altitude :: Altitude (n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face..

Superconception :: Supercolumniation (n.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this..

Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla..

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Groundage :: Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..

Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..

Brindled :: Brindled (a.) Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.

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