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garden symphilid
garden symphilid
/ˈɡɑːrdən sɪmˈfɪlɪd/
noun
Minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
(
garden centipede
,
garden symphilid
,
Scutigerella immaculata
,
symphilid
)
minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
provincial
provincial
/prəˈvɪnʃəl/
adjective
(
)
Of or associated with a province
(
provincial
)
of or associated with a province
Provincial government
provincial government
(
)
Characteristic of the provinces or their people
(
provincial
)
characteristic of the provinces or their people
Deeply provincial and conformist
deeply provincial and conformist
In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
Narrow provincial attitudes
narrow provincial attitudes
noun
A country person
(
bucolic
,
provincial
,
peasant
)
a country person
The hardworking peasant tilled the land to provide food for his family.
The hardworking peasant tilled the land to provide food for his family.
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
(
provincial
)
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
The general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
ballpoint
ballpoint
/ˈbɔlpɔɪnt/
noun
A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
(
ballpen
,
ballpoint
,
ballpoint pen
,
Biro
[British]
)
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
towpath
towpath
/ˈtoʊpæθ/
noun
A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
(
towing path
,
towpath
)
a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
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