mail-order buying catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
metier medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited, in law he found his true metier |
mail fraud | use of the mails to defraud someone |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
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) |
direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
mail call | a call of names of those receiving mail |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
chiton coat-of-mail shell sea cradle polyplacophore | primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
body armor body armour suit of armor suit of armour coat of mail cataphract | armor that protects the wearer's whole body |
chain mail ring mail mail chain armor chain armour ring armor ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
mail | a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system |
mailbag mail pouch | pouch used in the shipment of mail |
mailboat mail boat packet packet boat | a boat for carrying mail |
mail car | a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted |
mail slot | a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered |
mail train | a train that carries mail |
medium frequency MF | to kilohertz |
positive correlation direct correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small, the correlation coefficient is between and |
medium | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
storage medium data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
magnetic storage medium magnetic medium magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
broadcast medium broadcasting | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications |
mail mail service postal service post | the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office, the mail handles billions of items every day, he works for the United States mail service, in England they call mail `the post' |
snail mail | any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service, email is much faster than snail mail |
first class st class firstlass mail stlass mail | mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection |
express express mail | mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system |
bulk mail | mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than stlass rates and paid for in one lot |
direct mail | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
voice mail voicemail | a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls, telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed |
mail | the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service |
thirdlass mail third class | mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates |
junk mail | thirdlass mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant' |
electronic mail e-mail email | (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in, you cannot send packages by electronic mail |
spam junk e-mail | unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) |
direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') |
direct object object of the verb | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
mail order | a purchase negotiated by mail |
air mail | mail that is sent by air transport |
surface mail | mail that is sent by land or sea |
registered mail registered post | mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery |
dead letter dead mail | mail that can neither be delivered nor returned |