Bearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear |
Bearing (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self |
Bearing (n.) Patient endurance |
Bearing (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it |
Bearing (n.) Purport |
Bearing (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth |
Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports |
Bearing (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests. |
Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span |
Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing |
Bearing (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates. |
Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl. |
Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc. |
Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. |
Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up |
Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body |
Ring (v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell |
Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. |
Ring (v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. |
Ring (v. i.) To practice making music with bells. |
Ring (v. i.) To sound loud |
Ring (v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate |
Ring (v. i.) To be filled with report or talk |
Ring (n.) A sound |
Ring (n.) Any loud sound |
Ring (n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. |
Ring (n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. |
Ring (n.) Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person |
Ring (n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed |
Ring (n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight |
Ring (n.) A circular group of persons. |
Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. |
Ring (n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. |
Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. |
Ring (n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium. |
Ring (n.) A clique |
Ring (v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring |
Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark |
Ring (v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout. |
Ring (v. i.) To rise in the air spirally. |
Ring-necked (a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Ring-streaked (a.) Having circular streaks or lines on the body |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |
ring-around-theosy ring-around-aosy ring-aosy | a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
perjury bearing false witness lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
ring vaccination | administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient, prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization |
ring containment | a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism, vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them, ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic |
ring rot bacteria Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
ring ouzel ring blackbird ring thrush Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
grass snake ring snake ringed snake Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar, common in England |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
bearing | a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily |
bearing rein checkrein | a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position |
bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
beltway bypass ring road ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bevel gear pinion and crown wheel pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
binder ring-binder | holds loose papers or magazines |
boxing ring prize ring | a square ring where boxers fight |
carabiner karabiner snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
chain mail ring mail mail chain armor chain armour ring armor ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
charge bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
comforter pacifier baby's dummy teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
engagement ring | a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal |
gas ring | gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned |
hoop ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling, there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse |
journal bearing | the bearing of a journal |
key ring | a circular ring of metal for holding keys |
life buoy lifesaver life belt life ring | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
mourning ring | a ring worn as a memorial to a dead person |
napkin ring | a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin |
nose ring | a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it |
O ring | a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic, used to seal a joint against high pressure |
piston ring | seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall |
ring band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
ring | a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle |
rings | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes, used for gymnastic exercises, the rings require a strong upper body |
signet ring seal ring | a ring bearing a signet |
slinger ring | dispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
storage ring | container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used |
sumo ring | the circular ring in which Sumo wrestlers compete |
thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution |
towel ring | a circular hoop for holding a towel |
wedding ring wedding band | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding |