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 tar-wood tar-wood /tɑːr wʊd/

noun

  1. New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes  ( Dacrydium colensoi , tar-wood , tarwood )
    New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
  2. New Zealand shrub  ( Dacrydium bidwilli , Halocarpus bidwilli , New Zealand mountain pine , tar-wood , tarwood )
    New Zealand shrub


 April fool April fool /'eɪprɪl fuːl/

noun

  1. A practical joke or trick played on the first day of April  ( April fool )
    a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April
  2. The butt of a prank played on April 1st  ( April fool )
    the butt of a prank played on April 1st
     I was the April fool last year when my friends played a prank on me.
    I was the April fool last year when my friends played a prank on me.


 plesiosaur plesiosaur /ˈpliːsiəsɔːr/

noun

  1. Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous  ( plesiosaur , plesiosaurus )
    extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous


 jump rope jump rope /dʒʌmp roʊp/

noun

  1. [ N. American] A child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope  ( jump rope [ N. American] )
    a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope
  2. [ N. American] A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it  ( jump rope [ N. American] , skip rope [ N. American] , skipping rope [British] )
    a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it