The pendulous branches of the weeping willow offer a shady retreat on a hot summer's day. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : pendulous blossoms. From Dictionary.com.
In old specimens the branches become semi-pendulous. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Thunbergia coccinea, in which the racemes are always pendulous. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Abies Brunoniana, a large solitary tree, with pendulous branches. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The small, pendulous body attached to the back part of the palate. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
So I went into my shop, and made a pendulous cradle that would rock the child. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
The new hybrids freely produce spikes of bright pendulous flowers of many charming colours. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
A beautiful tree, with pendulous leaves and cones, which resemble those of Abies, occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The chops of good depth, but not pendulous, completely covering the teeth when mouth is closed. From Wordnik.com. [The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog] Reference
The lax and pendulous cord, which in this case, overlies the upper part of the saphenous opening. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The chops wide, with well defined wide and deep, not line between nostrils. pendulous, completely. From Wordnik.com. [The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog] Reference
No. 51 is an exposition of the mistake made by the sturdy sisterhood of stout and pendulous proportions. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
The trees along this portion of the boundary nullah, are covered with masses of pendulous Neckera and Hypna. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Mr. Craven makes a semi-circular sweep with a huge brush, the point of which lights on a pendulous ash bough. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Myrica, and pendulous lichens occurred in abundance, but grasses predominate, chiefly Airoid and Andropogons. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Fruit similar in form to the Squash-pepper, but of smaller size, erect or pendulous; orange-yellow at maturity. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
A fine, evergreen wall shrub with holly-like leaves, and long, pendulous scarlet and orange flowers in June. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Q. ilecifolia re-appears 500 or 600 feet below the ridge, Pinus spinulosa common, with a Salix, grey pendulous lichens. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
They also vary in habit of growth, being mostly erect but some pendulous and some dwarf with twisted contorted branches. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
= Avoid if you possibly can a high stomach, or a big stomach, or what we call in technical language a pendulous abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
Page 22, somebody is asked to "clasp with panting soul the pendulous earth," an image which, we take it, exceeds that of. From Wordnik.com. [Early Reviews of English Poets] Reference
He was wearing nothing but shades, the sax hanging at his side as he leaned forward with his pendulous belly hanging out. From Wordnik.com. [The Naked Wedding] Reference
Soneratia apetala less common, but becomes more so as we approach Rangoon, it is an elegant tree with pendulous branchlets. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
At the pagoda, and about it, Grimmia was found on rocks, with the usual pendulous Neckerae, Q. ilecifolia, Vibura, Hypericum. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
O (long) will give the "tragic sound" through rounded opening, with lips protruded, the tongue pendulous in the roof of the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it] Reference
This variety has the branches curving, and more pendulous; in other respects it resembles the type, and requires the same treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
It is principally, if not solely, distinguished by the pendulous or drooping character of its pods; those of all other sorts being erect. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
He ended; when the twy-coloured poplar of Hercules hid his shaded hair with pendulous plaited leaf, and the sacred goblet filled his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Much of the backache and heaviness in the pelvis is entirely relieved by the supporting of the pendulous abdomen with a well-fitted binder. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
They stride the earth of their own accord, knocking down bridges, buildings — obliterating whole towns with each pendulous swing of her juggernauts of doom. From Wordnik.com. [B00bs] Reference
Berating the pendulous night, horizon awash with crystals, pheromone vapor wafting its scarcely defined spaces, soul crowing opacity, I visited the ruins my aspiration. From Wordnik.com. [VII] Reference
"Oh, Gay-org," Margaret said, and she threw himself at the little twerp, dwarfing him with the pendulous, heaving breasts that lay beneath the frilly lace ruffle at her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Norm Bladdon, Private G.I.] Reference
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