foul shot
free throw
penalty free throw
charity toss
charity throw
charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
| laying on of hands | laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination |
| laying on of hands | the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body |
hands
custody | (with `in') guardianship over, in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child, my fate is in your hands, too much power in the president's hands, your guests are now in my custody, the mother was awarded custody of the children |
extramarital sex
free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
| free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
| telephone order | receiving orders via telephone |
brawl
free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty
pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
freetail
free-tailed bat
freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| dial telephone dial | a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
| free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
| free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
handset
French telephone | telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle |
radiotelephone
radiophone
wireless telephone | a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables |
telephone
phone
telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
| telephone bell | electric bell that rings to signal a call |
telephone booth
phone booth
call box
telephone box
telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord
phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line
phone line
telephone circuit
subscriber line
line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone pole
telegraph pole
telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
telephone receiver
receiver | earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds |
telephone system
phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
telephone wire
telephone line telegraph wire
telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
weight free weight
exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
grace grace of God
free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
| free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
drop
dip
fall
free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
free will
discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
| free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
| free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
| free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
nonparametric statistic
distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
deism
free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
| free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
rural free delivery
RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
telephone
telephony | transmitting speech at a distance |
call phone call
telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
phone message
telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
radiotelephone
radiotelephony
wireless telephone | telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire |
free morpheme
free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |