skedaddle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ run away, as if in a panic
skeen arch
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an arch whose height is less than half its width
skeet shooting
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
skeet
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
skeeter hawk
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
skeg
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
skein
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ coils of worsted yarn
skeletal muscle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
skeletal frame
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
skeletal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"
skeletal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
skeleton
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
skeleton
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
skeleton
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
skeleton key
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
skeleton
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
skeleton shrimp
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
skeleton fork fern
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia
skene arch
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an arch whose height is less than half its width