Double
(a.) Twofold |
Double
(a.) Being in pairs |
Double
(a.) Divided into two |
Double
(a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. |
Double
(adv.) Twice |
Double
(a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like |
Double
(a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle |
Double
(a.) To be the double of |
Double
(a.) To pass around or by |
Double
(a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. |
Double
(v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value |
Double
(v. i.) To return upon one's track |
Double
(v. i.) To play tricks |
Double
(v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake |
Double
(n.) Twice as much |
Double
(n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.) |
Double
(n.) That which is doubled over or together |
Double
(n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues |
Double
(n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another |
Double
(n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence |
Double
(n.) Double beer |
Double
(n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. |
Double
(n.) A game between two pairs of players |
Double
(n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. |
Double-acting
(a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions |
Double-bank
(v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Double-banked
(a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart. |
Double-barreled
(a.) Alt. of -barrelled |
Double-beat valve
() See under Valve. |
Double-breasted
(a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Double-charge
(v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge
(v. t.) To overcharge. |
Double dealer
() One who practices double dealing |
Double dealing
() False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. |
Double-decker
(n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks. |
Double-decker
(n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. |
Double-dye
(v. t.) To dye again or twice over. |
Double-dyed
(a.) Dyed twice |
Double-ender
(n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. |
Double-ender
(n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end. |
Double-entendre
(n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. |
Double-eyed
(a.) Having a deceitful look. |
Double-faced
(a.) Having two faces designed for use |
Double-faced
(a.) Deceitful |
Double first
() A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. |
Double first
() One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics. |
Double-handed
(a.) Having two hands. |
Double-handed
(a.) Deceitful |
Double-headed
(a.) Having two heads |
Double-hung
(a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords |
| double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
| double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
line-drive double
line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
double
two-base hit
two-bagger
two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
double-blind procedure
double-blind experiment
double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
word division
hyphenation | division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page |
| double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
| double dribble | an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop) |
| double Dutch | the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners |
| word game | any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words |
| daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
| word play | playing on words or speech sounds |
| double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
| double play | the act of getting two players out on one play |
double entry
double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
double cross
doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
duplicity
double-dealing | acting in bad faith, deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another |
| double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
| doubling double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of , I decided his double was a bluff |
| double take | a delayed reaction indicating surprise |
education
instruction teaching pedagogy didactics
educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
course course of study
course of instruction
class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
teaching
instruction
pedagogy | the profession of a teacher, he prepared for teaching while still in college, pedagogy is recognized as an important profession |
| catechetical instruction | teaching religious principles by questions and answers |
| whole-word method | teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words |
verbolatry
grammatolatry
word-worship | the worship of words |
| double jeopardy | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried, prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
bass fiddle
bass viol bull fiddle
double bass
contrabass
string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
a bus
autobus
coach charabanc
double-decker
jitney
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
contrabassoon
contrafagotto
double bassoon | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
| double bed | a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers |
double-bitted ax
double-bitted axe
Western ax
Western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head |
double boiler
double saucepan | two saucepans, one fitting inside the other |
| double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
| double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
| double clinch | a clinch with two loops |
double crochet
double stitch | a kind of crochet stitch |
| double door | two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed |
| double glazing | a window with two panes of glass and a space between them, reduces heat and noise transmission through the window |
| double-hung window | a window having two sashes that slide up and down |
| double knit | a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches |
double-prop
double-propeller plane
twin-prop
twin-propeller-plane | a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) |
| double reed | a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds |
doubleeed instrument
double reed | a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together |
jeroboam
double-magnum | a large wine bottle (holds
of a gallon) |
chic
chicness
chichi
modishness
smartness
stylishness
swank
last word | elegance by virtue of being fashionable |
complex instruction set computing
complex instruction set computer
CISC | (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip |
reduced instruction set computing
reduced instruction set computer
RISC | (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform |
| freedom from double jeopardy | a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution |