Cold-short (a.) Brittle when cold |
Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise. |
Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated |
Red-short (a.) Hot-short |
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-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration. |
Short-breathed (a.) Having short life. |
Short circuit () A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. |
Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.) of Short-circuit |
Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circuit |
Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. |
Short-dated (a.) Having little time to run from the date. |
Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. |
Short-jointed (a.) Having short intervals between the joints |
Short-lived (a.) Not living or lasting long |
Short-spoken (a.) Speaking in a quick or short manner |
Short-waisted (a.) Having a short waist. |
Short-winded (a.) Affected with shortness of breath |
Short-wited (a.) Having little wit |
Weight (v. t.) The quality of being heavy |
Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness |
Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure |
Weight (v. t.) Importance |
Weight (v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness |
Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass |
Weight (v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies |
Weight (v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. |
Weight (v. t.) To load with a weight or weights |
Weight (v. t.) To assign a weight to |
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 |
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 |
weight gaining | bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
shortstop short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
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 |
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 |
sash weight | a counterweight for a sliding sash |
short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
short line | a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
short pants shorts trunks | trousers that end at or above the knee |
short sleeve | a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
weight | an artifact that is heavy |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
equivalent equivalent weight combining weight eq | the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element, the standard is for oxygen |
weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
body weight | the weight of a person's body |
reporting weight | a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) |
dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
throw-weight | the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) |
weight weightiness | the relative importance granted to something, his opinion carries great weight, the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed |
short bone os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
short gastric artery arteria gastrica breves vasa brevis | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach |
short saphenous vein | a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
short list shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
note short letter line billet | a short personal letter, drop me a line when you get there |
short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
arietta short aria | a short aria |
short shrift summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
short order | an order for food that can be prepared quickly |
weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force, bowed down by the weight of responsibility |
irascibility short temper spleen quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
chuck short ribs | between the chuck and the brisket |
short ribs | cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum |
gainer weight gainer | a person who gains weight |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |