Thesaurus / stilt
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Dorris in turn threatened to raise it on stilts and move the flags to 100-foot flagpoles—a plan that turned out to be unnecessary because the state refused to add vegetation.
THE HIDEOUS PEOPLE BEHIND A ‘HEINOUSLY UGLY’ CONFEDERATE STATUEMARK POTOKDECEMBER 19, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThe cheery blue puffs suspended atop ladderlike stilts suggested heaven was attainable.
THE HUDSON VALLEY’S OUTDOOR ART PARKS MAKE FOR AN ALLURING PANDEMIC DESTINATIONNEVIN MARTELLAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA Y Combinator alum, Stilt was founded five years ago by Rohit Mittal and Priyank Singh.
STILT, A FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDER FOR IMMIGRANTS, RAISES $100 MILLION DEBT FACILITY FROM SILICON VALLEY BANKCATHERINE SHUJANUARY 27, 2021TECHCRUNCHWith the utmost caution he came over the high sedges on his stilt-like legs to the brink of the creek and posed.
ROOF AND MEADOWDALLAS LORE SHARPThese birds are of the plover family, and might with propriety be called the stilt plovers.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, VOL. 2GILBERT WHITEThe stilt breeds as far north as eastern Oregon, but is little seen north of southern California in the winter.
GAME BIRDS AND GAME FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COASTHARRY THOM PAYNEYou notice that, unlike those stilt-walkers, the herons, the flamingoes have webbed feet.
THE ADVENTURES OF A GRAIN OF DUSTHALLAM HAWKSWORTHBut he said he would do his best to run out the remainder on a stilt.
MARY TUDOR, QUEEN OF FRANCEMARY CROOM BROWNAcross these sticks, from stilt to stilt, at each end, bind a five-inch-length stick (Fig. 58).
MOTHER NATURE'S TOY-SHOPLINA BEARDIn firing, the pottery is sometimes placed on a stilt but this is not absolutely necessary.
THE POTTER'S CRAFTCHARLES F. BINNSWORDS RELATED TO STILT
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- lightweight
- meager
- narrow
- peaked
- pinched
- pole
- puny
- rangy
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- rickety
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- shriveled
- skeletal
- skinny
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- small
- spare
- spindly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- subtle
- threadlike
- twiggy
- twiglike
- undernourished
- underweight
- wan
- wasted
- wizened
- all skin and bones
- angular
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- fleshless
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- lightweight
- meager
- narrow
- peaked
- pinched
- pole
- puny
- rangy
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- rickety
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- shriveled
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- small
- spare
- spindly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- subtle
- thin as a rail
- threadlike
- twiglike
- undernourished
- underweight
- wan
- wasted
- weedy
- wizened
- all skin and bones
- angular
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- fleshless
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- lightweight
- meager
- narrow
- peaked
- pinched
- pole
- puny
- rangy
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- rickety
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- shriveled
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- small
- spare
- spindly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- subtle
- thin as a rail
- threadlike
- twiggy
- twiglike
- undernourished
- underweight
- wan
- wasted
- wizened
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