Abroad (adv.) At large |
Abroad (adv.) Without a certain confine |
Abroad (adv.) Beyond the bounds of a country |
Abroad (adv.) Before the public at large |
Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). |
Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Beech tree () The beech. |
Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Bo tree () The peepul tree |
Breast-high (a.) High as the breast. |
Building (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build |
Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. |
Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. |
Building (n.) That which is built |
Bully tree () The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. |
Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles |
Caper tree () See Capper, a plant, 2. |
Clarify (v. t.) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter |
Clarify (v. t.) To make clear |
Clarify (v. t.) To glorify. |
Clarify (v. i.) To grow or become clear or transparent |
Clarify (v. i.) To grow clear or bright |
Continuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Continue |
Cow tree () A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. |
Crab tree () See under Crab. |
Date (n.) The fruit of the date palm |
Date (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made |
Date (n.) The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place |
Date (n.) Assigned end |
Date (n.) Given or assigned length of life |
Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing |
Date (v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event |
Date (v. i.) To have beginning |
Financially (adv.) In a dfinancial manner. |
Fir tree () See Fir. |
Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. |
Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus). |
Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. |
Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. |
Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). |
Hep tree () The wild dog-rose. |
High (v. i.) To hie. |
High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High (superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
High (superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual |
High (superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like |
High (superl.) Of noble birth |
High (superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like |
High (superl.) Very abstract |
matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
all fours high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks high jinks hijinks high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
bodybuilding anaerobic exercise muscle building musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort |
sea-duty service abroad shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
continuing trespass | trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains, dumping his garbage on my land was a case of continuing trespass |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
extravagance prodigality lavishness highlife high life | excessive spending |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
treason high treason lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
pilot project pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
retention keeping holding | the act of retaining something |
guardianship keeping safekeeping | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper, he left his car in my keeping |
Manhattan Project | code name for the secret United States project set up in to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
continuing education | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
construction building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
shipbuilding ship building | the construction of ships |
arboriculture tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
high technology high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
arborolatry tree-worship | the worship of trees |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
buyer's market buyers' market soft market | a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy |
high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |