breakthrough | making an important discovery |
first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
cabaret floorshow floor show | a series of acts at a night club |
breakthrough | a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense |
ceiling | the overhead upper surface of a covered space, he hated painting the ceiling |
dance floor | a bare floor polished for dancing |
floor flooring | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure), they needed rugs to cover the bare floors, we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
floor | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business, there was a motion from the floor |
floorboard floor board | a board in the floor |
floor cover floor covering | a covering for a floor |
floor joist | joist that supports a floor |
floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
fly gallery fly floor | a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater, stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
hatchway opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
mezzanine mezzanine floor entresol | intermediate floor just above the ground floor |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
parquet parquet floor | a floor made of parquetry |
shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines, the productive work is done on the shop floor |
threshing floor | a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain |
ceiling | (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds |
ceiling | maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) |
absolute ceiling | the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight |
combat ceiling service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly, the chairman granted him the floor |
privilege of the floor | the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session |
orifice opening porta | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity, the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart |
possibility possible action opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
discovery breakthrough find | a productive insight |
opening line | the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) |
opening | the initial part of the introduction, the opening established the basic theme |
ceiling roof cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
glass ceiling | a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions |
floor base | a lower limit, the government established a wage floor |
price floor | floor below which prices are not allowed to fall, the government used price supports to maintain the price floor |
wage floor | floor below which wages are not allowed to fall |
ground floor | becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage), he got in on the ground floor |
opening opening night curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
opening | a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
floor | the occupants of a floor, the whole floor complained about the lack of heat |
floor | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water |
floor | the ground on which people and animals move about, the fire spared the forest floor |
floor | the lower inside surface of any hollow structure, the floor of the pelvis, the floor of the cave |