a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

fortitude and determination

rub with sandpaper

southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig

a bar of sand

evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn

stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)

pour molten metal into a mold of sand

a desert wildcat

small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit

a fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness

large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States

the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America

small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

alternatively placed in genus Martynia

flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms

erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America

a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

European leek cultivated and used like leeks

a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia

one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States

swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks

low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage

a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas

southern European gerbil

European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands

European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers

small North American burrowing snake

a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America

small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey

shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers

a hazard on a golf course

a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles

any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena

highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye

harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

a wedge used to get out of sand traps