Admissible (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted |
Air cell () A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only. |
Air cell () A receptacle of air in various parts of the system |
A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning. |
A posteriori () Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment |
Art union () An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists. |
Asymmetrical (a.) Incommensurable. |
Asymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical |
Bank-sided (a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship |
Bartlett (n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. |
Barton (n.) The demesne lands of a manor |
Barton (n.) A farmyard. |
Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height |
Base (a.) Low in place or position. |
Base (a.) Of humble birth |
Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth |
Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. |
Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal |
Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded |
Base (a.) Not classical or correct. |
Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound |
Base (a.) Not held by honorable service |
Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support |
Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing |
Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. |
Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument |
Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. |
Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt |
Base (n.) The chief ingredient in a compound. |
Base (n.) A substance used as a mordant. |
Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. |
Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. |
Base (n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed |
Base (n.) A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part |
Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. |
Base (n.) The smallest kind of cannon. |
Base (n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. |
Base (n.) The basal plane of a crystal. |
Base (n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. |
Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. |
Base (n.) The housing of a horse. |
Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. |
Base (n.) The lower part of a robe or petticoat. |
Base (n.) An apron. |
Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made |
Base (n.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. |
Base (n.) A rustic play |
Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. |
Base (n.) To put on a base or basis |
Base (a.) To abase |
cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
interaction | a mutual or reciprocal action, interacting |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
mail-order buying catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
Babinski Babinski reflex Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
base on balls walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
base hit safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
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 |
triple three-base hit three-bagger | a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base |
corner kick | a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line |
intersection | the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) |
sexual conquest score | a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse, calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang |
random sampling | the selection of a random sample, each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
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 |
multiple voting | the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
score | the act of scoring in a game or sport, the winning score came with less than a minute left to play |
bowling score | the score in a bowling match |
football score | the score in a football game |
baseball score | the score of a baseball game |
basketball score | the score in a basketball game |
variation variance | an activity that varies from a norm or standard, any variation in his routine was immediately reported |
reversal | a change from one state to the opposite state, there was a reversal of autonomic function |
accession rise to power | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne), Elizabeth's accession in |
first base | the initial stage in accomplishing something, we didn't get to first base with that approach |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
power dive | a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
slippage | failing to hold or slipping out of place, the knots allowed no slippage |
permutation | act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group |
transposition reversal | the act of reversing the order or place of |
reversion reverse reversal turnabout turnaround | turning in the opposite direction |
dispersion dispersal dissemination diffusiona | the act of dispersing or diffusing something, the dispersion of the troops, the diffusion of knowledge |
union unification uniting conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
permutation | complete change in character or condition, the permutations...taking place in the physical world- Henry Miller |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
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 |
cliff diving | diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff |
prisoner's base | a children's game, two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base |
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 |
monte fourard monte threeard monte | a gambling card game of Spanish origin, or cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time |
daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
square dance square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties, the team was unable to capitalize on the power play |