douglas : Idioms & Phrases

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big-cone douglas fir

  • noun douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
    Pseudotsuga macrocarpa; big-cone spruce.
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douglas elton fairbanks

  • noun United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
    Fairbanks; Julius Ullman; Douglas Elton Fairbanks.
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douglas fairbanks

  • noun United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
    Fairbanks; Julius Ullman; Douglas Elton Fairbanks.
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douglas fairbanks jr.

  • noun United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
    Fairbanks.
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douglas fir

  • noun strong durable timber of a douglas fir
  • noun tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
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douglas hemlock

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
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douglas macarthur

  • noun United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
    MacArthur.
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douglas moore

  • noun United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969)
    Moore.
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douglas pine

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
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douglas spruce

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
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douglas squirrel

  • noun far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel
    Tamiasciurus douglasi; chickeree.
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edgar douglas adrian

  • noun English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997)
    Baron Adrian; Adrian.
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edward douglas white jr.

  • noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
    White; Edward White; Edward D. White.
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frederick douglass

  • noun United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
    Douglass.
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green douglas fir

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
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ian douglas smith

  • noun Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
    Ian Smith; Smith.
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james douglas morrison

  • noun United States rock singer (1943-1971)
    Jim Morrison; Morrison.
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mary douglas leakey

  • noun English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
    Mary Leakey; Leakey.
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ray douglas bradbury

  • noun United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)
    Ray Bradbury; Bradbury.
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sir john douglas cockcroft

  • noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
    Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
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stephen a. douglas

  • noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
    Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Douglas.
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stephen arnold douglas

  • noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
    Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Douglas.
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