Word Finder - canary

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A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

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Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

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A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.

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A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.

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A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).

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Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)

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A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.

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A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.

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An informer or snitch; a squealer.

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A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).

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A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.

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To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)

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To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.

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Of a light yellow colour.

I have two tame pigeons and a tiny canary bird.

Hybrids are also common, the canary breeding freely with the siskin, goldfinch, citril, greenfinch and linnet.

The smile on Dean's face made Fred wonder which cat swallowed which canary.

Fuerteventura lies between Lanzarote and Grand Canary.

Almost all the Guanches used to wear garments of goat-skins, and others of vegetable fibres, which have been found in the tombs of Grand Canary.

Acting upon that theory, the experts of TokyO and Nagoya have produced many very beautiful specimens of monochrome enamelyellow (canary or straw), rose du Barry, liquid-dawn, red, aubergine purple, green (grass or leaf), dove-grey and lapis lazuli bl,ue.

It has been found that by a particular treatment, in which the mixing of large quantities of vegetable colouring agents with the food plays an important part, the ordinary "canary yellow" may be intensified so as to verge upon a more or less brilliant flame colour.'

Originally, on the other hand, Guinea was supposed to begin as far north as Cape Nun, opposite the Canary Islands, and Gomes Azurara, a Portuguese historian of the 15th century, is said to be the first authority who brings the boundary south to the Senegal.

He visited the Azores and the Canary Islands, of which he constructed an admirable map. In 1782 his frigate was taken by a British squadron; he himself was carried to England, but was almost immediately released on parole and returned to France.

Very nearly resembling the canary, but smaller in size, is the Serin (Serinus hortulanus), a species which not long since was very local in Europe, and chiefly known to inhabit the countries bordering on the Mediterranean.

Ever since the researches of Leopold von Buch the Canary Islands have been classical ground to the student of volcanic action.

The aborigines of the Canary Islands, the Guanches, would seem almost certainly, from the remains of their language, to have been Berbers.

It is spoken nowhere else, though, as has been said, place-names in the Canary Islands and other remains of the aboriginal language there prove it to have been the native tongue.

They also decrease the specific gravity, so that the grain is more readily carried by the wind, especially when, as in Briza, the glume has a large surface compared with the size of the grain, or when, as in H olcus, empty glumes also take part; in Canary grass (Phalaris) the large empty glumes bear a membranous wing on the keel.

P. canariensis (Canary grass, a native of southern Europe and the Mediterranean area) is grown for bird-food and sometimes as a cereal.

The greater number of birds belong to the order Passeres; starlings, weavers and larks are very common, the Cape canary, long-tailed sugar bird, pipits and wagtails are fairly numerous.

It has about ioo,000 inhabitants, and comprises four kazas (cantons), namely, (1) Maitos, noted for its excellent cotton; (2) Keshan, lying inland north of Gallipoli, noted for its cattle-market, and producing grain, linseed and canary seed; (3) Myriofyto; and (4) Sharkeui or Shar-Koi (Peristeri) on the coast of the Sea of Marmora.

Wheat and maize are exported to the Aegean islands and to Turkish ports on the mainland; barley, oats and linseed to Great Britain; canary seed chiefly to Australia; beans to France and Spain.

Disregarding the traditions which assign 1412 or even 1410 as the commencement of these explorations, it appears that in 1415, the year of Ceuta, the prince sent out one John de Trasto on a voyage which brought the Portuguese to Grand Canary.

The forests of central France during this epoch showed, according to Saporta, a singular admixture of living European species, with trees now characteristic of the Canary Isles and of North America.

The growth of the Canary Wharf complex has brought in an influx of people, from the fairly affluent to the very rich.

He works for an investment bank in London at Canary Wharf.

Sid began by opening a bank account in the name of his pet canary, Walter.

They can be planted with clumps of reed, reed canary grass or other marginal vegetation.

One US journalist described France as, " the coal miner's canary of modern European society " .

Fens around lough margins may have common reed or reed canary grass.

Since it opened in 2004, Curve has joined the small coterie of restaurants in Canary Wharf that offers serious wining & dining.

Zoco Boardriding Adventures organizes surfing, kite surfing and windsurfing holidays in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.

The spaghetti westerns were also shot in the Canary Islands at Sioux City in San Agustin.

Most of them are natives of the Old World, and chiefly of its eastern division, but several inhabit the western portion of North America, and one, C. githagineus (of which there seem to be at least two local races), is an especial native of the deserts, or their borders, of Arabia and North Africa, extending even to some of the Canary Islands - a singular modification in the habitat of a form which one would be apt to associate exclusively with forest trees, and especially conifers.

The canary readily imitates the notes of other birds, and in Germany and especially Tirol, where the breeding of canaries gives employment to a large number of people, they are usually placed for this purpose beside the nightingale.

There are also two species of owl, three species of sea-mew, the stockdove, quail, raven, magpie, chaffinch, goldfinch, blackcap, canary, titmouse, blackbird, house-swallow, &c. As to the insects, mention may be made of a species of gnat or mosquito which is sometimes troublesome, especially to strangers.

Forming part of the group of Canary Islands, Gran Canaria is one of the largest and most southerly of the group.

Zoco Boardriding Adventures organizes surfing, kite surfing and windsurfing adventures in Canary Islands, Spain.

Animals that appear smaller than your cat are generally greeted without fear, but enlarge a harmless canary on a big screen TV, and suddenly your cat is looking at a predator, not prey.

If you want the green in your eyes to stand out, stay away from yellow tones, especially mustard, canary, and lemon, which will emphasize the gold in your eyes, not the green.

She also provided the voice of Black Canary in the Justice League Unlimited series.

It travels throughout the Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands and the Aegean Sea.

It travels to Cartagena, Malaga, theCanary Islands, and theBahamasbefore it docksin New Orleans.

This trip has ports of call inthe Canary Islands, St. Maarten, St. John's, Barbados, and otherexotic travel destinationsbeforedocking in Colon, Panama.

The Canary Grass, P. canariensis, is a pretty annual kind, with graceful variegated seed spikes.

When it comes to canary diamond rings, beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder.

These stones display the rich yellow coloring that has earned them the title "canary diamonds", named after the intense yellow feathers of the popular songbird.

Canary diamonds are actually quite rare, comprising less than one-tenth of a percent of all natural diamonds mined and cut for use in the jewelry trade.

So, if warm shades of sunshine yellow please your fancy, or you're at least ready to consider your options, why not check out a few canary diamond rings?

After all, if the twenty-four carat canary diamond engagement ring Paris Hilton received from Paris Latsis is any indication, the popularity of yellow diamonds is on the rise.

Diamonds by Lauren specializes in canary diamonds.

The company recommends that pairing a canary diamond between two brilliant white diamonds will actually show off the yellow stone to its greatest advantage.

In this spirit, Green Carat offers their Canary Uncaged solitaire ring.

Whether you prefer canary or white diamonds, the important thing is to choose jewelry and gemstones that genuinely appeal to your personal sense of style, not simply because of an arbitrary value put on them by someone else.