Approach (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time |
Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense |
Approach (v. t.) To bring near |
Approach (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character |
Approach (v. t.) To take approaches to. |
Approach (v. i.) The act of drawing near |
Approach (v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near. |
Approach (v. i.) Movements to gain favor |
Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached |
Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. |
Approach (v. i.) See Approaching. |
Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure |
Area (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. |
Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. |
Area (n.) An extent of surface |
Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure |
Area (n.) A spot or small marked space |
Area (n.) Extent |
Concho-spiral (n.) A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. |
Country (adv.) A tract of land |
Country (adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. |
Country (adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region |
Country (adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. |
Country (adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. |
Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs. |
Country (a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city |
Country (a.) Destitute of refinement |
Country (a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
Country-base (n.) Same as Prison base. |
Country-dance (n.) See Contradance. |
Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross (n.) Church lands. |
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross (a.) Not parallel |
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross (prep.) Athwart |
cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
farewell leave leave-taking parting | the act of departing politely, he disliked long farewells, he took his leave, parting is such sweet sorrow |
succession taking over | acquisition of property by descent or by will |
apprehension arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
follow-up followup reexamination review | a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment |
cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
point after point after touchdown extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
follow-through | carrying some project or intention to full completion, I appreciated his follow-through on his promise |
follow-through | the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion, his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target, squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through |
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 |
approach approaching coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something, the hunter's approach scattered the geese |
landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
groundontrolled approach GCA | aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
spiral | flying downward in a helical path with a large radius |
follow-up followup | an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done |
follow-on | an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings |
country-dance country dancing contredanse contra danse contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
pickings taking | the act of someone who picks up or takes something, the pickings were easy, clothing could be had for the taking |
paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
a mischief mischief-making mischievousness deviltry devilry devilment rascality roguery roguishness shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
grasping taking hold seizing prehension | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
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 |
hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
photography picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
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 |
approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
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 |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
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 |
inventory inventorying stocktaking stock-taking | making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand, an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing, they held an inventory every month |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
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 |
winemaking wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |