Direct (a.) Straight |
Direct (a.) Straightforward |
Direct (a.) Immediate |
Direct (a.) In the line of descent |
Direct (a.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east |
Direct (v. t.) To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal |
Direct (v. t.) To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way |
Direct (v. t.) To determine the direction or course of |
Direct (v. t.) To point out to with authority |
Direct (v. t.) To put a direction or address upon |
Direct (v. i.) To give direction |
Direct (n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. |
Direct-acting (a.) Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. |
Fancy-free (a.) Free from the power of love. |
Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others |
Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government |
Free (superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. |
Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned |
Free (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity |
Free (superl.) Clear of offense or crime |
Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust |
Free (superl.) Unrestrained |
Free (superl.) Not close or parsimonious |
Free (superl.) Exempt |
Free (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint |
Free (superl.) Ready |
Free (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise |
Free (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all |
Free (superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase |
Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic |
Free (superl.) Certain or honorable |
Free (superl.) Privileged or individual |
Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else |
Free (adv.) Freely |
Free (adv.) Without charge |
Free (a.) To make free |
Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars |
Free (a.) To frank. |
Free-denizen (v. t.) To make free. |
Free-hand (a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Free-handed (a.) Open-handed |
Free-hearted (a.) Open |
Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint |
Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. |
Free-love (n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
Free-lover (n.) One who believes in or practices free-love. |
Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male. |
Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver |
Free-minded (a.) Not perplexed |
Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery |
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 |
kick boot kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot, he gave the ball a powerful kick, the team's kicking was excellent |
goal-kick | (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line |
goal-kick | (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal |
place kick place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
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 |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
kick kicking | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics, the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements, the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him |
kick up | raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground, a first movement in doing a handstand |
kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
swimming kick | a movement of the legs in swimming |
flutter kick | a swimming kick, the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees |
frog kick | a swimming kick, knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended |
dolphin kick | a swimming kick, an up and down kick of the feet together |
scissors kick | a kick used in the sidestroke, legs are brought together in a scissoring motion |
indirect immunofluorescence | a method of using fluorescence microscopy to detect the presence of an antigen indirectly |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
indirect fire | fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons |
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 |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
kick in the butt | punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
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 |
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 |
indirect lighting | a concealed lighting fixture |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
kick pleat | pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking |
kick starter kick start | a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body |
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 |
kick | the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs), a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick |
nonparametric statistic distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |