Breasted (imp. & p. p.) of Breast |
Breasted (a.) Having a breast |
Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. |
Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. |
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Scale (n.) The dish of a balance |
Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra. |
Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale |
Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. |
Scale (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish |
Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura |
Scale (n.) A scale insect. (See below.) |
Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement |
Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. |
Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. |
Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales |
Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth |
Scale (v. t.) To scatter |
Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. |
Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae |
Scale (v. i.) To separate |
Scale (n.) A ladder |
Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. |
Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. |
Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances |
Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system |
Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave |
Scale (n.) Gradation |
Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts |
Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder |
Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps |
Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera |
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. |
Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae. |
economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
Binet-Simon Scale | the first intelligence test |
yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast, of northern coniferous forests |
white-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
woodpecker peckerwood pecker | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
green woodpecker Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
downy woodpecker | small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
redheaded woodpecker redhead Melanerpes erythrocephalus | black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck |
red-breasted sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius ruber | western North American sapsucker |
red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator | widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
scale | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
fish scale | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish |
red-breasted snipe Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
soft scale | an insect active in all stages |
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
armored scale | insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female |
San Jose scale Aspidiotus perniciosus | small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees |
double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
scale weighing machine | a measuring instrument for weighing, shows amount of mass |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
vernier scale vernier | a small movable scale that slides along a main scale, the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale |
pH pH scale | (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter, provides a measure on a scale from to of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where is neutral and greater than is more basic and less than is more acidic), |
scale value | a value on some scale of measurement |
scale musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
diatonic scale | a scale with eight notes in an octave, all but two are separated by whole tones |
major scale major diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the rd and th and th and th |
minor scale minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |
chromatic scale | a -note scale including all the semitones of the octave |
gapped scale | a musical scale with fewer than seven notes |
pentatonic scale pentatone | a gapped scale with five notes, usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted |
C major C major scale scale of C major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats |
scale scurf exfoliation | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
leafy liverwort scale moss | moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves, usually epiphytic |
scale scale leaf | a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
scale fern scaly fern Asplenium ceterach Ceterach officinarum | small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds |
Brix scale | a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions |
Beaufort scale | a scale from to for the force of the wind |
scale factor | a number used as a multiplier in scaling |
time-scale factor | the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process |
scale | relative magnitude, they entertained on a grand scale |