downy milkweed seeds. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Benelli's UltraLight 12 gauge was the last word in downy-light autoloaders - until now. From Wordnik.com. [10 New Shotguns from the 2008 SHOT Show] Reference
A potentially fatal fungal disease called downy mildew has been attacking basil plants in. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The latter two are almost counterparts of each other, although the downy is the more common. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
Who lull'd in downy slumbers shall agree. From Wordnik.com. [Poems] Reference
A number of little downy hairs were curling there. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Woodpeckers -- the downy woodpecker; observations 217. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Of what use to the young leaves is the downy covering?. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
"Let's strangle it," the girl offered, stroking its downy fur. From Wordnik.com. [Origin] Reference
Find the nest of the downy and describe the nest and the eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
He refused to open, but the downy-mustached boy on his left, whose voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The downy huddle was down to just two chicks, cuddling together for warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Bernays: Motherhood] Reference
Language: Write a story about the winter experiences of a downy woodpecker. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Each of the guests receives a present in the shape of a downy white kitten. From Wordnik.com. [A Day at the County Fair] Reference
Follow the downy woodpecker to the apple tree and find out what he was pecking. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Mathew would grin at me, all gums and downy glow, and cackle at nothing in particular. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning] Reference
The name is taken from the bird whose downy breast the finish of the fabric resembles. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The soft, downy snow made him think of a soft, warm covering for the form of his little one. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
Or you could be resting on my downy pillow, nestled in the warm soft white where I lay my head. From Wordnik.com. [Between] Reference
Examine an apple tree upon which a downy has been at work and find out what it was doing there. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
A few downy curls were perceptible on the temples -- in colour and fineness resembling her own. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
These millions of rootlets give a velvety appearance to the alimentary canal, like a nap or downy surface. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Primitive sheep were covered with hair and the wool which now characterizes them was then a downy under-coat. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Raúl's crown was even and downy, swirls emanated from the center where a hurricane had been tamed by heat. From Wordnik.com. [LYES] Reference
These four are the white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, and the merry little chickadee. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
I was feeling a nose, and an ear, but it wasn't like feeling real skin, softer, downy … then I heard a voice. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
Examine the bark scales when a downy woodpecker has been at work and note that the cocoons have been destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
She glanced at his round, innocuous face, with the downy mustache and ruminative eyes, and smiled irrepressibly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
'Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, no more with his downy pinions lights on his unsullied with a tear:'. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The softness of the mattress enfolded me in its downy embrace, the warmth of Stefan's body still trapped within its depths. From Wordnik.com. [Small Victory: the realm of pawns] Reference
Place a few (artificial) little fluffy chickens on the island and several downy ducklings in the surrounding lake (mirror.). From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
Color soft and rich as the downy side of a peach, bloomed upon her cheek, which rested against the palm of one plump little hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Elizabeth's coops in the backyard and examined the little groups of begging, downy balls with the animation of a true farmer's wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Birds suitable for study by the pupils of Form II are the crow, flicker, downy woodpecker, blue-bird, chipping-sparrow, phoebe, wren. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
She told her of the broods of downy chicks that she cared for, and the butter-making, and the household tasks she was able to help Aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Moreover Cateye had succeeded in breaking Judd in to soft, downy beds and in making him strive to do things much as other fellows would. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
She gazed down until her vision wearied of the motley, ever-changing, yet ever the same crowd; and then she reclined in the downy depths of. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
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