Word Finder - leaps

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The act of leaping or jumping.

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The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

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A group of leopards.

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A significant move forward.

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A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.

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It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

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A fault.

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Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

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A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

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A salmon ladder.

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A basket.

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A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.

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Half a bushel.

The revenue of the state went up by leaps and bounds.

Along the middle of the hinder half of the back is a line of long erectile white hairs, forming the "fan," continued down over the rump; in repose this is concealed by the surrounding hair, but is conspicuously displayed when the animal takes the great leaps from which it derives its popular name.

During the years from 1896 to 1910, he came to hold a position within the British Empire which was in its way unique, and in this period he had seen Canadian prosperity advance progressively by leaps and bounds.

But its linen manufactures, begun early in the 18th century, gradually restored prosperity; and when other industries had taken root its fortunes advanced by leaps and bounds, and there is now no more flourishing community in Scotland.

A crippled beggar, miraculously cured, leaps up to help them.

Toddlers are growing and developing in leaps and bounds.

In his mind's eye Dean could picture climbers rappelling downward in great lunges, covering many feet in long swings, reaching the bottom in but a few mad leaps into space.

The Indian flying-squirrel (P. oral) leaps with its parachute extended from the higher branches of a tree, and descends first directly and then more and more obliquely, until the flight, gradually becoming slower, assumes a horizontal direction, and finally terminates in an ascent to the branch or trunk of the tree to which it was directed.

He described it as barren and sterile, and almost devoid of animals, the only one of any importance somewhat resembling a raccoon - a strange creature, which advanced by great bounds or leaps instead of walking, using only its hind legs, and covering 12 or 15 ft.

Wherever moral postulates make their presence felt, Butler's doctrine of man, as of God, leaps into new vigour.

That stream is sure sooner or later to carry with it every reality that has been reached by side-issues and leaps; and of such things we have important cases in the works of Strauss and Debussy.

Here the Umgeni leaps in a single sheet of water down a precipice over 350 ft.

When running, they arch their backs and scurry away in a series of short leaps.

Some one throws himself over a cataract or leaps into the crater of a volcano, and immediately a score or two follow.

Here, as elsewhere, the laws of evolution hold, permitting no sudden stupendous leaps.

The Nile at the Ripon Falls leaps over a basalt dike.

By means of this muscular foot the cockle burrows rapidly in the muddy sand of the sea-shore, and it can also when it is not buried perform considerable leaps by suddenly bending the foot.

The seat of the hunting man is the most important of any connected with amusement; he must sit firm, so as not to be thrown off when his horse leaps, or makes a mistake, and he must be able to save his horse under all circumstances, and to make as much of him as possible.

A few miles below the lake, the river, after a succession of rapids, leaps over a cliff, making the Upper Fall, 109 ft.

But after the close of the Civil War the production increased by leaps and bounds, till in 1907 it was thirty-one times as great as in 1865; and the percentage which it formed of the world's production rose to some 14% in 1870, 21% in 1880, 35% in 1900 and 43% in 1907.

No sooner is the object of alarm scented or seen than each one seeks safety in the most inaccessible situations, which are often reached by a series of astounding leaps over crevasses, up the faces of seemingly perpendicular rocks, or down the sides of equally precipitous chasms. The chamois will not hesitate, it is said, thus to leap down 20 or even 30 ft., and this it effects with apparent ease by throwing itself forward diagonally and striking its feet several times in its descent against the face of the rock.

The revenue went up by leaps and bounds.

It then leaps into the air and alights upon its four feet, but instantaneously erecting itself, it makes another spring, and so on in such rapid succession as to appear as if rather flying than running.

C. Fabricius instituted the genus Gammarus for five species, of which only three were amphipods, while he left five other amphipods in the genus Oniscus, from this total of eight science has developed the order, at first very slowly, but of late by great leaps and bounds, so that now the Gammaridea alone comprise more than 1300 species, distributed among some 300 genera and 39 families.

Pius might no longer rule over the papal states; but there was consolation in the thought that, within the realm of conscience, his power had increased by leaps and bounds.

The philosophies which are " redargued " are divided into three classes, the sophistical, of which the best example is Aristotle, who, according to Bacon, forces nature into his abstract schemata and thinks to explain by definitions; the empirical, which from few and limited experiments leaps at once to general conclusions; and the superstitious, which corrupts philosophy by the introduction of poetical and theological notions.

The natural arch that admits one to Mammoth Cave has a span of 70 ft., and from a ledge above it a cascade leaps 59 ft.

They have elongated hind-limbs and long hairy tails; and progress by leaps, in the same manner as jerboas, from which they differ in having five hind-toes.

The number of persons holding immediately of the crown began at once to multiply by leaps and bounds.

The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood.

To study the skillful tactics and aims of Napoleon and his army from the time it entered Moscow till it was destroyed is like studying the dying leaps and shudders of a mortally wounded animal.

At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle leaps to his feet.

Although your infant seems so tiny and helpless, her development will continue to grow in leaps and bounds.

Since the first test tube baby born to the world stunned scientific and medical communities, technology has grown by leaps and bounds.

You're probably not going to be using yours to do daring leaps off the sides of hills in competitions, though.

Shopping online has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, and many holiday shoppers choose to do most, if not all, of their holiday gift buying from popular retail outlets online.

This is why the computer security industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade.

If children do indeed learn by example, their fledgling characters will grow by leaps and bounds when they witness mutual respect between the important people in their lives.

Live Science reported that Category 4 and 5 hurricanes specifically have increased by leaps and bounds, as much as 50 percent between 1970 and 2004.

The villain is Venom, once again, but this time instead of fighting you are navigating your way through various leaps and jumps from web to web, making your way to where you will save the woman you love.

For example, if your son is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in science, does the school offer accelerated placement programs, extensive science projects or an active after school club?

Now that he is a toddler, however, he is much more active, and even though he is still growing in leaps and bounds, he's also probably much rougher on his clothing.

Footless pajamas work for those kids who continue to grow in leaps and bounds.

Rather than spinning webs, these catlike spiders stalk and pounce on their prey, their leaps reaching distances of up to 16 times their own length.

Since the popularity of solar lighting is growing by leaps and bounds, it is much easier to find that it used to be.

While organic baby food is only a very small part of the baby food market overall, it has been growing by leaps and bounds.

Sleepwear in particular has grown leaps and bounds, and is now available in a multitude of stylish designs that look just as wonderful as they feel.

More advanced players can change the pitch, lead, and velocity of passes as well as pull out a dizzying variety of running moves like spins, jukes, fakes, leaps, and stiffarms.

While his jumping skills in early games were confined to one height, Mario's 3D adventures introduced many new leaps and acrobatic combinations that earn him his fame for flying into the air.

Toadsworth leaps out of bed and is ready to greet the Princess with open arms when a giant alien creature pops out of the time machine.