| Cover-point | (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
| Dew-point | (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
| Dust-point | (n.) An old rural game. |
| Libration point | (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
| Point | (v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
| Point | (n.) That which pricks or pierces |
| Point | (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
| Point | (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
| Point | (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
| Point | (n.) An indefinitely small space |
| Point | (n.) An indivisible portion of time |
| Point | (n.) A mark of punctuation |
| Point | (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
| Point | (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
| Point | (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
| Point | (n.) A small matter |
| Point | (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
| Point | (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
| Point | (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
| Point | (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended |
| Point | (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. |
| Point | (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below) |
| Point | (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. |
| Point | (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. |
| Point | (n.) Lace wrought the needle |
| Point | (n.) A switch. |
| Point | (n.) An item of private information |
| Point | (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
| Point | (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game |
| Point | (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type. |
| Point | (n.) A tyne or snag of an antler. |
| Point | (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board. |
| Point | (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil |
| Point | (n.) To give a point to |
| Point | (n.) To direct toward an abject |
| Point | (n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. |
| Point | (n.) To supply with punctuation marks |
| Point | (n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. |
| Point | (n.) To give particular prominence to |
| Point | (n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. |
| Point | (n.) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. |
| Point | (n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. |
| Point | (v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it |
| Point | (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. |
| Point | (v. i.) To approximate to the surface |
| Point-blank | (n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. |
| Point-blank | (n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. |
| Point-blank | (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal. |
| Point-blank | (a.) Directed in a line toward the object aimed at |
| Point-blank | (a.) Hence, direct |
| Point-blank | (adv.) In a point-blank manner. |
| Point d'appui | () See under Appui. |
| Point-device | (a.) Alt. of Point-devise |
| Point-devise | (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact |
| Point-device | (adv.) Alt. of Point-devise |
| Point-devise | (adv.) Exactly. |
point after
point after touchdown
extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
springboard
jumping-off point
point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
| three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bluepoint
blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
| blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
corner
street corner
turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
| diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point
breaker point
point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
| dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
| dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
| gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
| gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
| petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
| petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
| point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
| point power point | a wall socket |
| point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
| point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace
needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
spearhead
spearpoint
spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |
three-way switch
three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
well point
wellpoint | a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area |
| boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
| vanishing point | the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge |
| point spot | an outstanding characteristic, his acting was one of the high points of the movie |
| point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic, he knows my bad points as well as my good points |
| selling point | a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers |
Curie temperature
Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |
| dew point | the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins |
flash point
flashpoint | the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air |
freezing point
melting point | the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid |
| boiling point boil | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level, they brought the water to a boil |
point
pointedness | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip |
| point of view | the spatial property of the position from which something is observed |
forte strong suit
long suit
metier
specialty speciality strong point
strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
| weak point | an attribute that is inadequate or deficient |
| craniometric point | a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken |
auriculare
auricular point | the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus |
jugale
jugal point | the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone |
orbitale
orbital point | the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit |
prosthion
prostheon
alveolar point | craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla |
| pressure point | an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure, you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu |
| McBurney's point | a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus, the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis |
| point system | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules |
| point of honor | a concern that seriously reflects on your honor |
| pressure point | where problems or difficulties are likely to occur, a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit |
focus
focusing
focussing
focal point
direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
| grade point | a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course |
Rubicon
point of no return | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
detail
item
point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole, several of the details are similar, a point of information |
| sticking point | a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal |
precedent
case in point | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time |
zero
zero point | the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured |
| point | a geometric element that has position but no extension, a point is defined by its coordinates |
intersection
intersection point
point of intersection | a point where lines intersect |
| high point | the most enjoyable part of a given experience, the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert |
| point | the object of an activity, what is the point of discussing it? |
phi coefficient
phi correlation
fourfold point correlation | an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female) |
point of view
viewpoint
stand
standpoint | a mental position from which things are viewed, we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians, teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events |
| point system | a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch |
item
point | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list, he noticed an item in the New York Times, she had several items on her shopping list, the main point on the agenda was taken up first |
| point | a brief version of the essential meaning of something, get to the point, he missed the point of the joke, life has lost its point |
| rallying point | a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together |
| talking point | an especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion |
| point of order | a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure |
decimal point
percentage point
point | the dot at the left of a decimal fraction |
mantissa
fixed-point part | the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the mantissa is . |
fixed-point notation
fixed-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention |
floating-point notation
floating-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix, in the floating-point representation system, . is represented as .- where - is the exponent |
| point head | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer, the point of the arrow was due north |
exclamation mark
exclamation point | a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation |
period
point
full stop
stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
| suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete |
question mark
interrogation point | a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question |
pedal point
pedal | a sustained bass note |
| vowel point | a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel |
reference point
point of reference
reference | an indicator that orients you generally, it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved |
lubber's line
lubber line
lubber's mark
lubber's point | a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading |
grade point average
GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
landmark
turning point
watershed | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend, the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations |
point mutation
gene mutation | (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene |
bluepoint
blue point | oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast, usually eaten raw |
apoapsis
point of apoapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited |
jumping-off place
point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
| celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) |
equinoctial point
equinox | (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
navel
navel point | the center point or middle of something, the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe |
end point
endpoint
termination
terminus | a place where something ends or is complete |
extreme point
extreme
extremum | the point located farthest from the middle of something |
geographic point
geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth |
| point source | a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
periapsis
point of periapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited |
| point | the precise location of something, a spatially limited location, she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street |
| pressure point | any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point |
port of entry
point of entry | a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise |
topographic point
place
spot | a point located with respect to surface features of some region, this is a nice place for a picnic, a bright spot on a planet |