slate´like´

Look at other dictionaries:

• Slate-gray — a. Of a dark gray, like slate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slate-colored Fox Sparrow — Taxobox name = Slate colored Fox Sparrow status = NE regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Emberizidae genus = Passerella species = P. (iliaca) schistacea trinomial = Passerella iliaca schistacea group… …   Wikipedia

• slate — slate1 /slayt/, n., v., slated, slating. n. 1. a fine grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification. 2. a thin piece or plate …   Universalium

• slate-grey — adjective of the color of slate or granite the slaty sky of dawn • Syn: ↑slate gray, ↑slaty grey, ↑slaty gray, ↑slaty, ↑slatey, ↑stone grey, ↑stone gray …   Useful english dictionary

• Slate (programming language) — Infobox programming language name = Slate paradigm = Prototype based year = 2003 designer = developer = The TUNES Project for a Free Reflective Computing System latest release version = 0.3.5 latest release date = August 10, 2005 typing = strong …   Wikipedia

• slate — I. /sleɪt / (say slayt) noun 1. a fine grained rock formed by the compression of mudstone, that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification. 2. a thin piece or plate of this rock or a similar …  

• Slate call —    A caller consisting of a peg and a piece of slate. The peg is stroked across the slate to produce the sound of the turkey. The slate is sometimes enclosed in plastic, wood or any substance like a turtle shell …   Hunting glossary

• slate-off —    a person with low intelligence or lacking common sense    Like an incomplete house roof:     He left aw at he hed to his slayatt hoff of a newy. (EDD the beneficiary was his nephew)    Such a person is still said to have a slate loose …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• International Talk Like a Pirate Day — Type Parodic Date September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol Chumbucket) a …   Wikipedia

• Dead Like Me — This article is about the television series. For the film, see Dead Like Me: Life After Death. Dead Like Me Genre Comedy drama Fantasy Created by …   Wikipedia