position | the act of positing, an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player, what position does he play? |
placement location locating position positioning emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place |
special verdict | a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other |
K jet super acid special K honey oil green cat valium super C | street names for ketamine |
Saturday night special | a cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
position spatial relation | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated, the position of the hands on the clock, he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage |
position posture attitude | the arrangement of the body and its limbs, he assumed an attitude of surrender |
ballet position | classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet |
lithotomy position | a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart, assumed for vaginal or rectal examination |
lotus position | a sitting position with the legs crossed, used in yoga |
missionary position | a position for sexual intercourse, a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top, soalled because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples |
superiority favorable position favourable position | the quality of being at a competitive advantage |
inferiority unfavorable position | the quality of being a competitive disadvantage |
special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom |
special effect | an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film) |
special relativity special theory of relativity special relativity theory Einstein's special theory of relativity | a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems |
position stance posture | a rationalized mental attitude |
position view perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics etc., consider what follows from the positivist view |
place position | an item on a list or in a sequence, in the second place, moved from third to fifth position |
cleanup cleanup position cleanup spot | (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team) |
aide-memoire position paper | a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications) |
sealed instrument contract under seal special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached |
special pleading | (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations |
special act | a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district |
special delivery | mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) |
side position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute, there are two sides to every question |
special | a television production that features a particular person or work or topic, the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight |
special session | a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions |
special | a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising, they are having a special on pork chops |
special pleading | an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence |
position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy |
Special Olympics | an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons |
special | a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant |
special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
Special Branch | a government police department dealing with political security |
Naval Special Warfare NSW | the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare |
Special Forces U. S. Army Special Forces United States Army Special Forces | a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting |
SWAT team SWAT squad Special Weapons and Tactics team Special Weapons and Tactics squad | a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations |
special court-martial | a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action, consists of at least three officers |
Special Air Service SAS | a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups) |
special jury blue ribbon jury | a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues |
pole position | the most favorable position at the start of a race |
position place | the particular portion of space occupied by something, he put the lamp back in its place |
position | the appropriate or customary location, the cars were in position |
military position position | a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons |
special agent | someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform |
position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome |