Chino-Japanese War
— Noun
– English
~ a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
Boer War
— Noun
– English
~ either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)
civil war
— Noun
– English
~ a war between factions in the same country
Crimean War
— Noun
– English
~ a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856
cold war
— Noun
– English
~ a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
Cold War
— Noun
– English
~ a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
waratah
— Noun
– English
~ straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
waratah
— Noun
– English
~ tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
warble fly
— Noun
– English
~ hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
warble
— Noun
– English
~ a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
warble
— Verb
– English
~ sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
warble
— Verb
– English
~ sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
sedge warbler
— Noun
– English
~ small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
parula warbler
— Noun
– English
~ small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
myrtle warbler
— Noun
– English
~ similar to Audubon's warbler
true warbler
— Noun
– English
~ small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
warbler
— Noun
– English
~ a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
warbler
— Noun
– English
~ a small active songbird
golden warbler
— Noun
– English
~ yellow-throated American wood warbler
flycatching warbler
— Noun
– English
~ any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing