Abutment (n.) State of abutting. |
Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presses |
Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. |
Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc. |
Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil. |
Fancy-free (a.) Free from the power of love. |
Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others |
Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government |
Free (superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. |
Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned |
Free (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity |
Free (superl.) Clear of offense or crime |
Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust |
Free (superl.) Unrestrained |
Free (superl.) Not close or parsimonious |
Free (superl.) Exempt |
Free (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint |
Free (superl.) Ready |
Free (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise |
Free (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all |
Free (superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase |
Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic |
Free (superl.) Certain or honorable |
Free (superl.) Privileged or individual |
Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else |
Free (adv.) Freely |
Free (adv.) Without charge |
Free (a.) To make free |
Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars |
Free (a.) To frank. |
Free-denizen (v. t.) To make free. |
Free-hand (a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Free-handed (a.) Open-handed |
Free-hearted (a.) Open |
Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint |
Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. |
Free-love (n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
Free-lover (n.) One who believes in or practices free-love. |
Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male. |
Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver |
Free-minded (a.) Not perplexed |
Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery |
Free-spoken (a.) Accustomed to speak without reserve. |
Free-swimming (a.) Swimming in the open sea |
Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve. |
Free will () A will free from improper coercion or restraint. |
Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity. |
Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hinge |
Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges. |
Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner |
foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
documentation support | documentary validation, his documentation of the results was excellent, the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
support reinforcement reenforcement | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission, they called for artillery support |
close support | close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
electronic warfare-support measures ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
restraint | the act of controlling by restraining someone or something, the unlawful restraint of trade |
restraint of trade | any act that tends to prevent free competition in business |
brawl free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
support | aiding the cause or policy or interests of, the president no longer has the support of his own party, they developed a scheme of mutual support |
support | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities, his support kept the family together, they gave him emotional support during difficult times |
logistic support logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
integrated logistic support | the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation |
mutual aid international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
interdepartmental support interagency support | provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government |
inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
amnesty pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
abutment | a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge |
abutment arch | an arch supported by an abutment |
arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
headrest head restraint | a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash |
life-support system life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
restraint constraint | a device that retards something's motion, the car did not have proper restraints fitted |
support | any device that bears the weight of another thing, there was no place to attach supports for a shelf |
support | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation, the statue stood on a marble support |
support column | a column that supports a heavy weight |
support hose support stocking | elasticized stocking intended to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg (as in case of varicose veins) |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
chasteness restraint simplicity simpleness | lack of ornamentation, the room was simply decorated with great restraint |
grace grace of God free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
restraint control | discipline in personal and social activities, he was a model of polite restraint, she never lost control of herself |
free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
free will discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
support | something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest, the policy found little public support, his faith was all the support he needed, the team enjoyed the support of their fans |
free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
nonparametric statistic distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
deism free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |