Bond service
() The condition of a bond servant |
Bord service
() Service due from a bordar |
Cold-short
(a.) Brittle when cold |
Cycle
(n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens |
Cycle
(n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order |
Cycle
(n.) An age |
Cycle
(n.) An orderly list for a given time |
Cycle
(n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins. |
Cycle
(n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire |
Cycle
(n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. |
Cycle
(v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes |
Cycle
(v. i.) To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle. |
Hot-short
(a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Knight service
() A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4. |
Red-short
(a.) Hot-short |
Service
() Alt. of Service |
Service
() A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. |
Service
(n.) The act of serving |
Service
(n.) The deed of one who serves |
Service
(n.) Office of devotion |
Service
(n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. |
Service
(n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge |
Service
(n.) Useful office |
Service
(n.) Profession of respect |
Service
(n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it |
Service
(n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law |
Service
(n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. |
Service
(n.) The act of serving the ball. |
Service
(n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. |
Short
(superl.) Not long |
Short
(superl.) Not extended in time |
Short
(superl.) Limited in quantity |
Short
(superl.) Insufficiently provided |
Short
(superl.) Deficient |
Short
(superl.) Not distant in time |
Short
(superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp |
Short
(superl.) Less important, efficaceous, or powerful |
Short
(superl.) Abrupt |
Short
(superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth |
Short
(superl.) Brittle. |
Short
(superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed |
Short
(adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance |
Short
(n.) A summary account. |
Short
(n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. |
Short
(n.) Short, inferior hemp. |
Short
(n.) Breeches |
Short
(n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Short
(adv.) In a short manner |
Short
(v. t.) To shorten. |
Short
(v. i.) To fail |
short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
| short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
| service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant, that restaurant has excellent service |
| curb service | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
| self-service | the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria) |
overhaul
inspection and repair
service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
service serving
service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
| service cutback | the act of reducing service |
whist
long whist
short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
serve
service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play, his powerful serves won the game |
| service | work done by one person or group that benefits another, budget separately for goods and services |
| consulting service | service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) |
| advisory service | a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making |
attestation service
attestation report | a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else |
| national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
| service | (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him |
| military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
| knight's service | land tenure by service to the lord as a knight |
welfare work
social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
| service | employment in or work for another, he retired afteryears of service |
| public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
shortstop
short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
sea-duty
service abroad
shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
servicing
service | the act of mating by male animals, the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
nap
catnap
cat sleep
forty winks
short sleep
snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
| short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
extension
extension service
university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
service religious service
divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules, the Sunday service |
church service
church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
prayer meeting
prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
chapel service
chapel | a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar, he was late for chapel |
| committal service | service committing a body to the grave, the committal service will be held next Monday |
conscription
muster
draft selective service | compulsory military service |
| service | an act of help or assistance, he did them a service |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
| community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
| inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
| service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
harrier eagle
short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
| German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany,
pointer and
bloodhound |
short-horned grasshopper
acridid | grasshopper with short antennae |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
dinner service
dinner set | a table service for serving dinner |
freight elevator
service elevator | an elevator designed for carrying freight |
frontage road
service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |