coupling
mating
pairing
conjugation
union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
| assortative mating | mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating |
| disassortative mating | mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating |
side-glance
side-look | a glance sideways, she shot him an impatient side-glance |
side-blotched lizard
sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
pistol
handgun
side arm
shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
pommel horse
side horse | a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center, held upright by two steel supports, one at each end |
| side | an extended outer surface of an object, he turned the box over to examine the bottom side, they painted all four sides of the house |
| side chapel | a small chapel off the side aisle of a church |
side door
side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
| side pocket | a pocket on the side of a billiard table |
| side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
| side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
| side-wheeler | a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side |
| side yard | the grounds at either side of a house |
snare drum
snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
straight chair
side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
sideburn
burnside
mutton chop
side-whiskers | facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
| side | either the left or right half of a body, he had a pain in his side |
| side | an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect), he was on the heavy side, he is on the purchasing side of the business, it brought out his better side |
| side view | a view from the side of something |
| supply-side economics | the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy, advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce |
side
position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute, there are two sides to every question |
English
side | (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist |
silver lining
bright side | a consoling aspect of a difficult situation, every cloud has a silver lining, look on the bright side of it |
side dish
side order
entremets | a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course |
side
side of meat | a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food |
| side of beef | dressed half of a beef carcass |
| flitch side of bacon | salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork |
| side of pork | dressed half of a hog carcass |
| side | a family line of descent, he gets his brains from his father's side |
| side | one of two or more contesting groups, the Confederate side was prepared to attack |
side
face | a surface forming part of the outside of an object, he examined all sides of the crystal, dew dripped from the face of the leaf |
lee
lee side
leeward | the side of something that is sheltered from the wind |
| side | a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure, the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side |
| side | a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location, they always sat on the right side of the church, he never left my side |
| blind side | the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed |
| east side | the side that is on the east |
| north side | the side that is on the north |
| south side | the side that is on the south |
| west side | the side that is on the west |
top
top side
upper side
upside | the highest or uppermost side of anything, put your books on top of the desk, only the top side of the box was painted |
slope
incline
side | an elevated geological formation, he climbed the steep slope, the house was built on the side of a mountain |
| side judge | a football official |
side effect
fallout | any adverse and unwanted secondary effect, a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal |
| credit side | account of payments received, usually the right side of a financial statement |
| debit side | account of payments owed, usually the left side of a financial statement |
to windward
windward side
weatherboard
weather side | the side toward the wind |
to leeward
leeward side | the side sheltered from the wind |
| flip side | a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect), the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control, on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition |