barrel roll | a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course |
a mischief mischief-making mischievousness deviltry devilry devilment rascality roguery roguishness shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising fashioning making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
winemaking wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
slave-making ant slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
a ashcan trash can garbage can wastebin ash bin ash-bin ashbin dustbin trash barrel trash bin | a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected |
barrel cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids |
barrel gun barrel | a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired |
barrel knot blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together, the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times |
barrel organ grind organ hand organ hurdy gurdy hurdy-gurdy street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
barrel vault | the simplest form of vault, a single continuous arch |
beer barrel beer keg | a barrel that holds beer |
breech rear of barrel rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
pickle barrel | a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled |
rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
wine cask wine barrel | a barrel that holds wine |
qualification making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something, her qualifications for the job are excellent, one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree, she has the makings of fine musician |
decision making deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
informing making known | a speech act that conveys information |
cooper barrel maker | a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs |
echinocactus barrel cactus | any cactus of the genus Echinocactus, strongly ribbed and very spiny, southwestern United States to Brazil |
golden barrel cactus Echinocactus grusonii | large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines |
barrel cactus | a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits |
pork barrel pork | a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents |
leak wetting making water passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
photomechanics photoplate making | the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods, photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing |
barrel bbl | any of various units of capacity, a barrel of beer is gallons and a barrel of oil is gallons |
barrel barrelful | the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold |
barrel drum | a bulging cylindrical shape, hollow with flat ends |
barrel | put in barrels |
nonprofit non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
barrel-shaped | having the general shape of a barrel |
cracker-barrel folksy homespun | characteristic of country life, cracker-barrel philosophy, folksy humor, the air of homespun country boys |
epochal epoch-making | highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era, epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill, an epoch-making discovery |