After-note (n.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note. |
Anthony's Fire () See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint. |
Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Ash-fire (n.) A low fire used in chemical operations. |
Avoid (a.) To empty. |
Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out |
Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate |
Avoid (a.) To make void |
Avoid (a.) To keep away from |
Avoid (a.) To get rid of. |
Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade |
Avoid (v. i.) To retire |
Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant. |
Bank note () A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. |
Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date |
Bank note () A promissory note payable at a bank. |
Breathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breathe |
Breathing (n.) Respiration |
Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion. |
Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation |
Breathing (n.) Aspiration |
Breathing (n.) Exercising |
Breathing (n.) Utterance |
Breathing (n.) Breathing place |
Breathing (n.) Stop |
Breathing (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open |
Breathing (n.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below. |
Burning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burn |
Burning (a.) That burns |
Burning (a.) Consuming |
Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat |
Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter |
Cover (v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another |
Cover (v. t.) To envelop |
Cover (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something) |
Cover (v. t.) To hide sight |
Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on |
Cover (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger |
Cover (v. t.) To remove from remembrance |
Cover (v. t.) To extend over |
Cover (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on. |
Cover (v. t.) To copulate with (a female) |
Cover (n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing |
Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals |
Cover (n.) Shelter |
Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game |
Cover (n.) The lap of a slide valve. |
Cover (n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture |
Cover (v. i.) To spread a table for a meal |
Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
enfilade enfilade fire | gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation |
base hit safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
safety | a score in American football, a player is tackled behind his own goal line |
water travel seafaring | travel by water |
burning combustion | the act of burning something, the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance |
burning | a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
water sport aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
water-skiing | skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat |
water polo | a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal |
safety squeeze play safety squeeze | the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully |
treading water | a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms |
fire watching | (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky |
air cover | the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations |
water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
breathing external respiration respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
abdominal breathing | breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles, abdominal breathing is practiced by singers |
periodic breathing Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate |
exhalation expiration breathing out | the act of expelling air from the lungs |
inhalation inspiration aspiration intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
safety blitz linebacker blitzing blitz | (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line |
reconnaissance by fire | a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire |
fire firing | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy, hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes, they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire |
antiaircraft fire | firing at enemy aircraft |
barrage barrage fire battery bombardment shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops, the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
call fire | fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit |
close supporting fire | fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it |
cover covering fire | fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations, artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal |
deep supporting fire | fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications |
direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
concentrated fire massed fire | fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) |
counterbattery fire | fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems |
countermortar fire | mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons |
counterpreparation fire | intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered |
destruction fire | fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects |
direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
distributed fire | fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target |
friendly fire fratricide | fire that injures or kills an ally |
hostile fire | fire that injures or kills an enemy |
grazing fire | fire approximately parallel to the ground, the center of the cone of fire does rise above meter from the ground |
harassing fire | fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale |
indirect fire | fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons |
interdiction fire | fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area |
neutralization fire | fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable |
observed fire | fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer, fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations |
preparation fire | fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault |
radar fire | gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar |