Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim. |
Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long (superl.) Slow in passing |
Long (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long (superl.) Far-reaching |
Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long (n.) The longest dimension |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long (prep.) By means of |
Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long (a.) To belong |
Long-armed (a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived (a.) Having a long life |
Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois. |
Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness. |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand |
Long-sightedness (n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted |
Long-sightedness (n.) See Hypermetropia. |
Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent. |
Long-suffering (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time |
Long-suffering (n.) Long patience of offense. |
Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck. |
Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue. |
Long-tongued (a.) Talkative |
Long-waisted (a.) Having a long waist |
Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt |
Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed |
Second-sight (n.) The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind |
Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision |
Sight (v. t.) A spectacle |
Sight (v. t.) The instrument of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) Inspection |
Sight (v. t.) Mental view |
Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained |
Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. |
long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
view survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
long-eared owl Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs long-legs stilt plover Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
long-horned beetle longicorn longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
long-horned grasshopper tettigoniid | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
albacore long-fin tunny Thunnus alalunga | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna, reaches pounds and has long pectoral fins, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
battle sight battlesight | an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges |
bellarmine longbeard long-beard greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
bolster long pillow | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows |
ditch spade long-handled spade | a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches |
gunsight gun-sight | a sight used for aiming a gun |
jointer jointer plane jointing plane long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together |
long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
long johns | warm underwear with long legs |
long sleeve | a sleeve extending from shoulder to wrist |
long tom | a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy |
long trousers long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
panoramic sight | gunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle |
peep sight | rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned |
sight setting | the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions |
telescopic sight telescope sight | gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight |
vaulting horse long horse buck | a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated, used lengthwise for vaulting |
long-sufferance long-suffering | patient endurance of pain or unhappiness |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
long bone os longum | in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow |
long saphenous vein great saphenous vein | the longest vein in the body, runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein |
sight ken | the range of vision, out of sight of land |
sight vision visual sense visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
night vision night-sight scotopic vision twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
sight | an instance of visual perception, the sight of his wife brought him back to reality, the train was an unexpected sight |
sight | a range of mental vision, in his sight she could do no wrong |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
f adieu adios arrivederci auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio good-by goodby good-bye goodbye good day sayonara so long | a farewell remark, they said their good-byes |
sight gag visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
sight | anything that is seen, he was a familiar sight on the television, they went to Paris to see the sights |
Tai Long Shan | a branch of the Tai languages |