workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| loading | the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc., the loading took hours |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
Battle of the Marne
Belleau Wood
Chateau-Thierry
Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus
Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
| Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse
Meuse River
Argonne
Argonne Forest
Meuse-Argonne
Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
| Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
| Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
| Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
cooter
river cooter
Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
river limpet
freshwater limpet
Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn
river prawn
Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
| river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
hippopotamus
hippo
river horse
Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
river otter
Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad
Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana
Dawson River salmon
saratoga
spotted barramundi
spotted bonytongue
Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
| dock loading dock | a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
| New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
| river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
warhead
payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
burden load
encumbrance
incumbrance
onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
carbohydrate loading
carbo loading | a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles, carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing |
anchovy pear
river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
| river prawn | large Australian prawn |
Hudson River school
romantic realism | the first coherent school of American art, active from to , painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England |
river basin
basin
watershed drainage basin catchment area
catchment basin
drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
loading zone
loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
load line
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
| East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
| Harlem River | a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx |
Aare
Aar
Aare River | a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine |
Acheron
River Acheron | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon |
Adige
River Adige | a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea, Verona is on the Adige |
Aire
River Aire
Aire River | a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire |
Alabama
Alabama River | a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery, flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River |
Allegheny
Allegheny River | a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River |
Amazon
Amazon River | a major South American river, arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic, the world's nd longest river ( miles) |
Amur
Amur River
Heilong Jiang
Heilong | an Asian river between China and Russia, flows into the Sea of Okhotsk |
Angara
Angara River
Tunguska
Upper Tunguska | a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River |
Apalachicola
Apalachicola River | a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border |
Araguaia
Araguaia River
Araguaya
Araguaya River | a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River |
Argun
Argun River
Ergun He | a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River |