sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
cookie sheet baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
fitted sheet contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sheet bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
sheet piece of paper sheet of paper | paper used for writing or printing |
tear sheet | a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication |
style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
tabloid rag sheet | newspaper with half-size pages |
appointment book appointment calendar | a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments |
almanac farmer's calendar | an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year |
calendar | a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc), I have you on my calendar for next Monday |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
tip sheet | a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc. |
dope sheet scratch sheet | a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races |
lead sheet | a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form |
sheet music | a musical composition in printed or written form, she turned the pages of the music as he played |
test paper examination paper exam paper question sheet | a written examination |
sheet lighting | lightning that appears as a broad sheet, due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds |
calendar | a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) |
perpetual calendar | a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years |
sheet | any broad thin expanse or surface, a sheet of ice |
balance sheet | a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets |
plane sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape, we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane, any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane |
week calendar week | a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday |
calendar day civil day | a day reckoned from midnight to midnight |
calendar | a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year |
Roman calendar | the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome, replaced by the Julian calendar in BC |
Gregorian calendar New Style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressingdays, making Oct be called Oct , and providing that only centenary years divisible by should be leap years, it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in |
Julian calendar Old Style calendar | the solar calendar introduced in Rome in b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the -month year of days with each th year having days and the months having ordays except for February |
Revolutionary calendar | the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in and abandoned in , dates were calculated from Sept. , |
Revolutionary calendar month | a month in the Revolutionary calendar |
Jewish calendar Hebrew calendar | (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews, dates from BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world), a lunar year of days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years |
lunar calendar | a calendar based on lunar cycles |
lunisolar calendar | a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles |