Contact
(n.) A close union or junction of bodies |
Contact
(n.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction. |
Contact
(n.) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. |
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. |
Measuring
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Measure |
Measuring
(a.) Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. |
Scot-free
(a.) Free from payment of scot |
Shot-free
(a.) Not to be injured by shot |
Shot-free
(a.) Free from charge or expense |
| contact | close interaction, they kept in daily contact, they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings |
| eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other, a teacher should make eye contact with the students |
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 |
contact
physical contact | the act of touching physically, her fingers came in contact with the light switch |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
| contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
| triangulation | a method of surveying, the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated |
laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis
LASEK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
| laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
LASIK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
extramarital sex
free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
technology
engineering | the practical application of science to commerce or industry |
automotive technology
automotive engineering | the activity of designing and constructing automobiles |
| communications technology | the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems |
| digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
| computer technology | the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
rail technology
railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
measurement
measuring
measure
mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
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 |
brawl
free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
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 |
measuring worm
inchworm
looper | small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments, mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae |
contact
tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact, they forget to solder the contacts |
| contact contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication |
| contact print | a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative |
| electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
| 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 |
laser
optical maser | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light |
laser-guided bomb
LGB | a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent, laser-guided bombs cannot be used in cloudy weather |
| laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT | an engineering university in Cambridge |
| measuring cup | graduated cup used to measure liquid or granular ingredients |
measuring instrument
measuring system
measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
measuring stick
measure
measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
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 |
wiper wiper arm
contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
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 |
| 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 |
| free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
| triangulation | a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart, useful in navigation |