scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
worldly concern earthly concern world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
tremor earth tremor microseism | a small earthquake |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
Earth earth | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell), it was hell on earth |
hell hell on earth hellhole snake pit the pits inferno | any place of pain and turmoil, the hell of battle, the inferno of the engine room, when you're alone Christmas is the pits, |
crust Earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth |
Earth earth world globe | the rd planet from the sun, the planet we live on, the Earth moves around the sun, he sailed around the world |
land dry land earth ground solid ground terra firma | the solid part of the earth's surface, the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land, the earth shook for several minutes, he dropped the logs on the ground |
surface Earth's surface | the outermost level of the land or sea, earthquakes originate far below the surface, three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water |
earth-god earth god | a god of fertility and vegetation |
earth-goddess earth goddess | a goddess of fertility and vegetation |
earth mother | the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility |
alternating current AC alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current DC direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current Kuroshio current Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
lion's foot gall of the earth Nabalus serpentarius Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
chufa yellow nutgrass earth almond ground almond rush nut Cyperus esculentus | European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers |
heath pea earth-nut pea earthnut pea tuberous vetch Lathyrus tuberosus | European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
red currant garden current Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
wild potato vine wild sweet potato vine man-of-the-earth manroot scammonyroot Ipomoea panurata Ipomoea fastigiata | tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root, sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato |
man-of-the-earth Ipomoea leptophylla | a morning glory with long roots of western United States |
truffle earthnut earth-ball | any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber, grow naturally in southwestern Europe |
earthtongue earth-tongue | any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum |
liquid assets current assets quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
checking account chequing account current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
rare earth rare-earth element lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |
ader wax earth wax mineral wax ozokerite ozocerite | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum, some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
earth color | a colored mineral used as a pigment |
alkaline earth alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
bleaching clay bleaching earth | an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils |
potter's clay potter's earth | clay that does not contain any iron, used in making pottery or for modeling |