Burying ground
() Alt. of Burying place |
By-view
(n.) A private or selfish view |
Ground
(imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground
(n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground
(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground
(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground
(n.) Land |
Ground
(n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground
(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground
(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground
(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground
(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground
(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground
(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground
(n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground
(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground
(n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground
(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground
(v. t.) To found |
Ground
(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground
(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground
(v. i.) To run aground |
Ground
() imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Horizontal
(a.) Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. |
Horizontal
(a.) Parallel to the horizon |
Horizontal
(a.) Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon |
Middle-ground
(n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Plan
(a.) A draught or form |
Plan
(a.) A scheme devised |
Plan
(a.) A method |
Plan
(v. t.) To form a delineation of |
Plan
(v. t.) To scheme |
Plano-horizontal
(a.) Having a level horizontal surface or position. |
Plot
(n.) A small extent of ground |
Plot
(n.) A plantation laid out. |
Plot
(n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale. |
Plot
(v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of |
Plot
(n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one |
Plot
(n.) A share in such a plot or scheme |
Plot
(n.) Contrivance |
Plot
(n.) A plan |
Plot
(n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. |
Plot
(v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it |
Plot
(v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem |
Plot
(v. t.) To plan |
Plot-proof
(a.) Secure against harm by plots. |
Projection
(n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward. |
Projection
(n.) A jutting out |
expulsion
projection
ejection forcing out | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
protrusion
projection jut
jutting | the act of projecting out from something |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
view
survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
horizontal integration
horizontal combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level |
ground-shaker
seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake
Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula
Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler
massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
ground beetle
carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
ground squirrel
gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel
Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail
Richardson ground squirrel
Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel
parka squirrel
Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk
hackee
striped squirrel
ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou
Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
ground sloth
megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor
ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
conformal projection
orthomorphic projection | a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape |
conic projection
conical projection | a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles |
equal-area projection
equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
finder
viewfinder
view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
flat coat
ground
primer priming primer coat
priming coat
undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
| floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
| ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
| ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
| ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |
| ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
| ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
| ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
groundsheet
ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
| homolosine projection | an equal-area projection map of the globe, oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents |
horizontal bar
high bar | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends |
| horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
horizontal stabilizer
horizontal stabiliser
tailplane | the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
| horizontal tail | the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
hovercraft
ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
land mine
ground-emplaced mine
booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
| map projection | a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude |
Mercator projection
Mercator's projection | a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder, areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator |
plan
architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure, the plans for City Hall were on file |
| polyconic projection | a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe |